Little Kite Girl

It’s been a good couple ‘o days.  Poor John did make it to school and his test yesterday.  I think his back is healing, if only slowly.  I had a play date with Alicia and Spencer, and after visiting at their house a bit we went to the mall.  We walked around and did a wee bit of shopping, and Alicia and I talked and talked and talked.  It was a good time.  The highlight of the afternoon was when we went out to the parking lot to go home and Alicia’s stroller…well…it wouldn’t close.  So she is nursing Spencer in the car (because he was freaking out) and then Camper started freaking out in my car (we took two cars because who wants to move a carseat?)…and we’re both taking turns calming the babies and attacking the stroller that wouldn’t die, trying to figure out if she really NEEDS to close her trunk to get home.  Oh how different things are these days, haha.  But it was really nice to get out and chat with another Mommy and hang out with someone who can investigate the spit up on my pants (under the sling, I couldn’t see it) and decide whether it was a “pull the sweater down over it” kind of spit up or a “go to the bathroom and hose down” kind of spit up.

I got home and hung out with the fam a bit, then went back to the mall to exchange some bras I bought.  Now that I’m not breastfeeding I’m pretty sure I’m the size I’m going to be from now on.  One of my friends (a very skinny friend, by the way) had once told me that I should check out the bras at Lane Bryant.  She loved them because of a certain kind of ribbing, or something…I’m not sure.  She studied costume design so all I know is that she knew what she was talking about.  Anyway.  Yes, I know that Lane Bryant is a “plus size” store, but first of all, their sizes start at 14…which is honestly not something I consider that “plus size,” and their bras come in regular sizes starting with 36 bands.  When I worked at Vicky’s I wore a 34 band, so I couldn’t wear the Lane Bryant bras, but now that I’ve had someone habitating between my ribs for 9 months it’s safe to say I can handle a few more inches of space.  Sure enough, the bras were way comfortable, and once I found the right size (the sizing is a bit weird) I’m feeling like a real person again.  With real bras.  Kind of nice.  I still have about 20 bras from when I worked at Victoria’s Secret, all pretty much new (we got all the new styles free), which I wonder if I’ll ever be able to wear again.  Honestly…probably not.  But who knows what to do with them?  Not I, says me.  So if you’re looking for a good bra and wear at least a 36 band, check out Lane Bryant.  They are on sale right now too.

Clothes after having a baby is an interesting thing.  There seem to be two kinds of girls.  First, the kind that have their baby and all their weight falls off and they go right back to what they were before.  Second, the kind that struggle, to some extent, to figure out what their bodies will be like forevermore.  I fit more into the second.  I can fit into some of my clothes from before the baby, but they look, different.  I am a seriously different shape now.  So we started from the inside out.  Our limited budget does allow for new underwear, and a couple shirts and pants here and there.  What I really need are some skirts and nicer things for nicer events.  But here’s a question, how do I know what to keep from before the baby?  I don’t want to lug around clothes that will never fit again and just make me depressed, but then again, I do want to keep things that I’ll be able to use.  A lot of things are just a WEE too small.  Any advice out there?  Like, toss the jeans but keep the skirts?  In the meantime I’m going to try and expand my wardrobe slowly with things that are comfortable, flattering for NOW, and that can be used even when I lose more of this baby weight.  Speaking of baby weight, I think my baby is waking up from his nap Later.