Okay, I know that I am not the only poor and plus sized girl having a baby in this state. So why is it that none of the stores around here carry cheap plus sized maternity clothes?
I'm not even looking for anything fancy, just some jeans and t-shirts. So far I have managed to find 2 shirts at a local JC Penney's that were 2X, but that's it.
Now, don't get me wrong... If I had unlimited amounts of cash to throw at the situation I could definitely find clothes around here that would fit. Unfortunately, I am not independently wealthy. And, besides, there's even a limited supply of the expensive stuff in my size. (I refuse to wear anything that has a giant bow strapped to my stomach!)
So, I resorted to buying some basics online and praying that they would both fit and look good.
I got my order in the mail yesterday. The shirts are fine, but the pants are a disaster. Somehow they think that if you are large around the middle you must also be as tall as an Amazon Warrior with a butt the size of a VW Bug! I tried putting the jeans in the washer on the hottest setting to see if I could shrink them down a bit (had there been a pair at a store locally that I could have tried on first I wouldn't be having this problem), but that has only helped a little.
I can't believe that I am the only woman in Utah with this problem. Come on people... this state has one of the highest birth rates in the nation, and not all of us look like Twiggy!!
In an effort to resolve this issue I am trying to decide which one of the following strategies makes more sense. Either I am going to open my own store to sell larger size maternity basics here locally. Or, I am going to organize a Million Pregnant Big Girls march to the state capital to demand equal representation. (Imagine a million plus sized hormone monsters waddling up capital hill! That would get some attention!)
In the meantime I am going to sit here, eat my breakfast cookie, and try and get some work done.
