So, I was downtown today for my bi-monthly weigh-in at the dr's office and decided to haul my 15 pounds heavier arse through the skyway system to check out the down coats at Macy's, since I can barely zip my warmest jacket over my fast-growing baby bump any more. And its currently freezing here on the icy tundra - and prettymuch everywhere else in the country. I found a few I liked - esp a cream, knee length number with fur trim by Laundry, on sale for only $99. I want something I will be able to wear again in the winter when I'm not prego, but the normal coats in Large that look good now probably won't zip up in a couple of months when my bump is huge, and XL is big enough to cover the bump but too big to ever wear again without looking like a puffy chubablub. I asked the saleswoman if they have any maternity jackets and she said No, but told me to go look in the Fatty section for a "1X" or upstairs in the maternity section. So first I checked out the Fatty area, which btw I've recently learned: they always put the maternity stuff right next to "plus sized" as if its the same thing..making prego women feel more like whales than we already are (sorry Fatties, I now sort of feel your pain, just like Tyra did when she wore that fat suit on her soon to be defunct show of narcissism). And the coat selection for Fatties is horrendous - all weird fake furs and suede, which just will not do when it is -10 degrees outside. I went upstairs to the strange maternity section hidden behind all of the kiddie clothes, with a stop to peruse some cute little froggie and alligator outfits for baby Gus, and saw exactly ONE maternity peacoat. I've been to A Pea in the Pod, Hot Mama, Target, Macy's and many other stores, and this is just about the only maternity coat I've even seen, anywhere. What are pregnant people in freezing MN supposed to do?? Apparently spend $100 for a hugeass down coat you will most likely never wear again. I don't get it - and I hate all maternity clothing makers who jack up the prices on stuff you'll wear for about a minute. So far I've been able to get away with wearing normal sweaters and shirts and just had to buy maternity jeans and leggings, but shopping lately is driving me insane. I can't buy anything normal size because I don't know how big I'm going to get, and hate overpriced, ugly "maternity" clothes and don't want to waste a bunch of money on that shiz. I guess my only option is to journey out to MOA where Gap and H&M have maternity sections. Which will be quite an adventure since even pre-pregnancy a trip to the MOA exhausted me...that place is just too big. It's enough to make me start dressing in all cheesy prego humor tee-shirts:
And..end rant.
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