All roads lead to WalMart
Dec. 20th, 2009 12:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vanillafluffyIt occurred to me that I didn't mention the "all roads lead to WalMart" experience I had in yesterday/Friday's post. First, I ran into a gal I used to know from the billing service---she wasn't woring there when they closed down, but she'd heard about it. And a little later, much to my delight, I bumped into SpaceCadet, a former UUCC member whom I adore but seldom see.
The first words out of her mouth were, "My God, you've lost weight!". And since it's been over a year since I've seen her, I smiled and agreed. I wasn't even dressed UP...it was icky rainy weather, so I had on my old indestructible denim shirt-dress and the new grey shoes.
Said dress I've had since...good grief, I got it in the fall of 2000. I remember, because I was working at the Dysfunctional Family Business at the time. My coworker loaned me the money to get it from the consignment store I found it at because it was a couple days til payday and she said anything that awesome I should snag immediately and not trust that no one else would buy it in the meantime.
Mind you, I haven't been able to wear it all of that time. From about 2002 til 2005, I couldn't get into it at all. (I blimped up from about 345 to 393---my heighest weight---then took it off when I started writing again. Not overnight, but over the course of about six months of skipping lunch to write, coming home and parking myself in front of the computer to write some more, etc.) I didn't wear it often at my last job, because it's more casual than I usually dressed for that. Yes, it has princess seaming, but still, it's NOT fancy. But for running around on a drippy day, it works well.
Anyway, SpaceCadet and I exchanged email addys and yakked for a bit. She reminds me a lot of my favorite cousin, except that she's less uptight and not Lutheran.
The first words out of her mouth were, "My God, you've lost weight!". And since it's been over a year since I've seen her, I smiled and agreed. I wasn't even dressed UP...it was icky rainy weather, so I had on my old indestructible denim shirt-dress and the new grey shoes.
Said dress I've had since...good grief, I got it in the fall of 2000. I remember, because I was working at the Dysfunctional Family Business at the time. My coworker loaned me the money to get it from the consignment store I found it at because it was a couple days til payday and she said anything that awesome I should snag immediately and not trust that no one else would buy it in the meantime.
Mind you, I haven't been able to wear it all of that time. From about 2002 til 2005, I couldn't get into it at all. (I blimped up from about 345 to 393---my heighest weight---then took it off when I started writing again. Not overnight, but over the course of about six months of skipping lunch to write, coming home and parking myself in front of the computer to write some more, etc.) I didn't wear it often at my last job, because it's more casual than I usually dressed for that. Yes, it has princess seaming, but still, it's NOT fancy. But for running around on a drippy day, it works well.
Anyway, SpaceCadet and I exchanged email addys and yakked for a bit. She reminds me a lot of my favorite cousin, except that she's less uptight and not Lutheran.