:confused: Okay.... Here's the deal. Years ago in my skinny college days, I had this adorable black and white sun dress. I LOVED it. It made me feel totally feminine. It was my favorite dress, and my favorite pictures are taken in that dress. I haven't felt that way in years. A couple weeks ago I saw an almost identical sun dress in J.C. Penney. My mouth literally watered. I'm not scheduled for banding until September. Would I be punishing myself if I went ahead and bought it in a size I could possibly wear next spring or summer? Kind of like a goal? Or would that be setting myself up?

I would buy it purely for the satisfaction of fitting into it at some point in time, even if its too big for you by next summer. I wouldnt care. I bought lots and lots of clothes in the presurgery lead up, I was so excited to think about shopping in normal stores again. I never got to wear some of them, but they were still motivating and it felt so good to try them on regularly and feeling them get closer and closer to fitting.

Oh girl...BUY IT! And who cares if you shoot past the sizing? It will feel EVEN BETTER to pull it on and have it be too big!!!

Plus, when you are at goal size, you can take that to a seamstress and ask them to make you that dress in a small size. I'm jus' sayin'....