Buying Clothes at the Thrift Shop with Twenty Dollars in My Pocket

I've dropped two sizes and it was getting hard to find any clothes that fit right. I cannot spend $500 on a new wardrobe every two sizes that I lose. I don't want to be wearing big clothes because I won't feel good about myself. In come... thrift stores and Facebook For Sale pages. I always hear how people find good stuff at thrift stores. It only took one good shopping trip to open a whole new world to me. I have now bought several new pieces. This is the way I will do it until the end of my adventure then this mama will be ready to have a 12 hour shopping day. Oh yea!

It feels awesome to wear smaller size clothes and makes me feel happy. It's very motivating!

So then I realized as I was buying new clothes, the clothes rack in my closet started to bend. Oh, I need to get rid of my old clothes. It took me a couple weeks to think about this. I felt scared and nervous. I am not confident that I won't be in that size again. I realized getting rid of them is part of going forward. It's also weird to remember memories in those clothes. I will always have the memories and the clothes are just fabric. So here I go I sold some and donated the rest. They're out of my closet. Good bye 22/24 and 26/28. I am now in a 2x and size 18 pants. I have not been in this size in 7 years.

Oh I have to tell ya that recently I felt like skipping out of Sam's Club because I bought a jacket that fit! A jacket from Sam's Club fit! I didn't have to pay high dollar at the specialty store and I could just buy it at a regular store. I want more of that kind of shopping! Woot!

The top is from a thrift shop.