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I haven't enjoyed clothes shopping since I was 17 years old. 30 years ago! Now I am actually enjoying it! I love to go into stores even when I am not going to buy something just to see that it fits and looks good. I know that is obnoxious probably to retail employees but dang that is fun.

For the past couple decades I have hated shopping. I was always somewhere between a 16-22w. Now I can shop in "regular" sizes and stuff is starting to look good. I'm happy but my budget might take a beating. :blush:

I just got this blouse in a large. The picture is from the online ad, obviously not me lol. Cannot believe it fits. I would have NEVER bought something like this before. (I lived in black stuff that was baggy).

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Obese people never like clothes shopping. I hated it and tried to avoid it as much as possible. I always had to by the 3xl or 4xl size clothes. Nothing looks good when you are Obese. Now that I am at goal weight, normal size clothes look great. I know I look good in new clothes. Not a painful disheartening experience anymore. Yippee!!!

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I would be so excited and then the energy level would drop within 15 minutes of being in the first shop. You pick 5-6 outfits that you hate but hope you fit in since they are the only large sized items left of the rack and you still don't fit in them.. not a single one of them.

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Shopping is such an issue for me. I buy the 2x tshirts from the men isle in Walmart because i wouldn't be caught dead showing my curves. And i have 2 pairs of jeans that i loved. But as most of you know when you have big thighs they rub together and wear holes in the crotch area. So i have been sewing Patches on my jeans so i dont have to go shopping for a new pair. That is how bad i hate shopping. I cant wait till Feb so i can get my WLS and throw my clothes out.

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It's a NSV that is really freeing. I hated going to plus sized shops that only seemed to carry hideous clothes. The main reason I am so happy donating my too big clothes now is because they are so ugly!

I still don't know why fashion retailers haven't figured out that plus sized women want to look good, too. Not be relegated to wearing the ugly stuff that is on the racks.

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For those of you who are still wanting large size clothes, there's a website called "fullbeauty.com" They've got big and tall men's clothes as well as large woman's clothes. They also carry woman's tall and petite length pants and some tops/jackets. As you get smaller, they carry smaller sizes also. I live in their clearance isle and also always google for coupon codes. Good luck.

I use to shop the chain store for big and tall men for clothes in 6x because I didn't know this website existed. What a blessing to find woman's clothes that fit.

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I'm a guy. I think they would have to operate on my brain to make me enjoy shopping. But I am glad to see you getting some enjoyment again from something you used to love.

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I love shopping too! It felt wonderful to get rid of all those big clothes and to be able to fill my closet with cute clothes that I wished I could've fit in for 30+ years. Trying on clothes now is a hobby of mine. I've never tried on anything in the past because I hated to look in the mirror at myself. Now I love it and can spend hours going from store to store and trying on such cute stuff!

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I love shopping too! It felt wonderful to get rid of all those big clothes and to be able to fill my closet with cute clothes that I wished I could've fit in for 30+ years. Trying on clothes now is a hobby of mine. I've never tried on anything in the past because I hated to look in the mirror at myself. Now I love it and can spend hours going from store to store and trying on such cute stuff!

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I love shopping too! It felt wonderful to get rid of all those big clothes and to be able to fill my closet with cute clothes that I wished I could've fit in for 30+ years. Trying on clothes now is a hobby of mine. I've never tried on anything in the past because I hated to look in the mirror at myself. Now I love it and can spend hours going from store to store and trying on such cute stuff!

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I love shopping too! It felt wonderful to get rid of all those big clothes and to be able to fill my closet with cute clothes that I wished I could've fit in for 30+ years. Trying on clothes now is a hobby of mine. I've never tried on anything in the past because I hated to look in the mirror at myself. Now I love it and can spend hours going from store to store and trying on such cute stuff!

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ditto!

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