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I sat in a booth today. With plenty of room to spare.

I fit comfortably into a regular bathroom stall.

I finally wore my size 12 pair of pants!

I bought something from Victorias Secret.

It's a light weight hoodie. Says pink and is pink. I bought a large but when I got it home it was really too big. BONUS! It's so cute IDC!

I choked on the price but it's my reward to myself. I'm a notorious bargain hunter and I'm fine with used clothes. So that was a tough one paying full price. It's so cute though. post-137384-14293959385302_thumb.jpg

Happy happy happy!!!

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Good job! I paid $50 for a Nike jacket a couple months ago because it was the first time I had ever fit into an extra small. I was also not thrilled with the price, but when you have great NSV's like you posted about, it's ok to splurge a little! :)

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Good job! I paid $50 for a Nike jacket a couple months ago because it was the first time I had ever fit into an extra small. I was also not thrilled with the price, but when you have great NSV's like you posted about, it's ok to splurge a little! :)

Awesome! An ex small? I can't imagine. I've tried to figure out what NSV means???

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I was just talking with my husband yesterday about stages and clothes. His suggestion to me was the thrift stores - this way when I hit another goal and need smaller things, I can just redonate the ones I have and get new ones.

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I think it is very important to reward yourself when you reach and realize victories along your weight loss journey. I will never forget the feeling when I jumped from size 16 to size 12. I refused to buy a bunch of new clothes until I had lost a considerable amount of weight, so the first time I did go shopping for some clothes that would fit me better, I had dropped 2 full sizes. I rewarded myself by buying every color pants that they had in my new size.

I'm now in that stage again where I refuse to buy more clothes until a bit more weight is gone. Maybe this time I'll jump down to a size 8 which would be my goal size!

Oh and by the way.... the hoodie is adorable!

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I was just talking with my husband yesterday about stages and clothes. His suggestion to me was the thrift stores - this way when I hit another goal and need smaller things, I can just redonate the ones I have and get new ones.

I love thrift stores and consignment shops. Garage sales and my favorite, FB swap sites. Swaps are great, you make better money than consigning. More money to splurge on victory clothes.

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I think it is very important to reward yourself when you reach and realize victories along your weight loss journey. I will never forget the feeling when I jumped from size 16 to size 12. I refused to buy a bunch of new clothes until I had lost a considerable amount of weight, so the first time I did go shopping for some clothes that would fit me better, I had dropped 2 full sizes. I rewarded myself by buying every color pants that they had in my new size.

I'm now in that stage again where I refuse to buy more clothes until a bit more weight is gone. Maybe this time I'll jump down to a size 8 which would be my goal size!

Oh and by the way.... the hoodie is adorable!

Goal? Fantastic!!! Wtg! I love the hoodie. I just have to mentally block out what I spent on something that has the signature PINK on it. I'm not like that. I'm not a purse or shoes person. Lol, I bought stuff for a friend and all the items were put in one of those pretty VS bags. I requested my own pretty VS bag. I'm easily entertained ;)

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I still have a pair of 20's that I wear on occasion. Even with a belt they slide down and I walk on the cuffs. I can pull them up and down with them belted. I'm probably in the minority that finds that entertaining.

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