Here's a little tip I discovered last summer when I was too nervous to have the surgery:

If you still have time before surgery, look at your local ads for garage sales and find the ones specifically advertising "plus-size clothes." Those can be big bonus buy places: I've found a lot of sales where the seller seems to have had WLS (I don't ask unless she/he is talking about it) and is selling a range of plus/XL sizes of clothes and also WLS books and the types of smaller tupperware, dishes, scales, measuring cups, and other handy kitchen items folks like us can use. Plus, it's like clothes shopping for the future!

(Here in MN we only have a small weather window for these types of sales, and we're not even there yet--so it's get it while you can. . . and I've got some lovely clothes awaiting me from previous bargain hunting! :))

Great idea! Thanks for sharing!

I'm having a sale to sell all my clothes and I can't believe the outpour of women who are interested. I posted on Facebook and within 24 hours I had 30+ women contact me privately wanting to shop before my garage sale.

Something to keep in mind, Garage Sales already swinging into gear in Ohio, once I have my surgery I will have dumpsterfull of 26'30 range clothes, alas no hardly name brand unless you consider Just my Size and refugees from WalLyWorld men's department, I dressed to cover,not. to be cute . But watch out world? my cute will re-emerge, I am going to rock it this late in life, look for the old fluffy? ewe dressed as a cute little lamb. And if I wear a cute little? ribboned bow, it will cover my neck wrinkles!?

13 hours ago, Over and Out said:

Here's a little tip I discovered last summer when I was too nervous to have the surgery:

If you still have time before surgery, look at your local ads for garage sales and find the ones specifically advertising "plus-size clothes." Those can be big bonus buy places: I've found a lot of sales where the seller seems to have had WLS (I don't ask unless she/he is talking about it) and is selling a range of plus/XL sizes of clothes and also WLS books and the types of smaller tupperware, dishes, scales, measuring cups, and other handy kitchen items folks like us can use. Plus, it's like clothes shopping for the future!

(Here in MN we only have a small weather window for these types of sales, and we're not even there yet--so it's get it while you can. . . and I've got some lovely clothes awaiting me from previous bargain hunting! :))

I hear ya. I live in Northwestern Wisconsin and we just went from winter to summer. Where do you live in MN? If you're in the twin cities area, some cities are having community-wide garage sales coming up.

One to look forward to , no that I've ever been to The Massive Route40/National Road Yard Sale. Multi-state with Mega Deals, Google it for the date this year, sometime this summer.?

May 30th through June 3, Baltimore Maryland to St Louis Missouri, I guess it is quite spectacular.