One of the most depressing things about not having a scale at home is trying on clothes. I could have sworn I was doing good, and maybe even lost a little weight. Then I went shopping for jeans... I was shocked to find that I couldn't even button my normal size. (If I was lucky enough to even get them up all the way) Sizes here are not right. At least not to me. I have to buy one or two sizes bigger than usual. I am pretty sure that it is just that these brands are smaller baseline.. But I can't be absolutely sure if I don't have a scale.. AGH! It doesn't help that we went after the biggest meal of the day :(
Another frustration with buying pants especially here is that they are made completely different. Women here very proud of their curves and want to show off their hips (per Carlos, and what I have seen seems to back this up :) I am of the mindset that I want to minimize and hide my post baby hips. No luck here. Pretty much every pair of pants is cut to emphasize large hips and butts, and then tapers in so drastically that they are like jeggings from the knee down. I hate it! I pretty much always buy boot cut jeans so that I can try to even everything out, but I found one pair of jeans that helped me to do that, but overall they were just ok, and at $100 they better be a little more than just ok. I don't usually spend more than $60 or $70, unless it is a very special situation, so why do it here?? Anyway.. I found a pair that could almost classify as straight leg, and Carlos liked them, so did I surprisingly!
Another weird thing is that all the pants come standard 33" length. I like my jeans long enough that they cover my shoes, and not look like highwaters when I sit down.. But the longest I would buy is 31". Carlos buys 33 length and he is over 6 feet tall. I guess it is because everyone here wears high heels. Plus I think I am shorter than average here too. I have never worn my pants like this-- but I guess there is a first time for everything, and since this is the way most people wear them, I won't be out of place!
(I went with the ballet flats in case you were wondering :)
So it was a winner of a trip! I really needed jeans because I brought two pairs with me, and I squated down to talk to Emma wearing one pair, and split them :( I hate when that happens. Oh well- I guess thats what happens after about 3 years! So I am down to 1 pair here. This would not be a huge deal except that we need to wear pants when we go to the farm because of the bugs. So, one wrong move, and the others are goners, then where will I be? Wearing pj pants.
After we left the mall, we had to go to the grocery. In search of a scale. The whole outing had me panicking. (I know I haven't been eating much dinner here, but would all the queso crema and crackers make up for that???) As we walked to the service desk to ask if they had any (they didn't) we passed a rack of clothes. Not just any clothes- jeans. And the brand you ask??? ABERCROMBIE & FITCH. In the grocery. And $25. What???
I was half expecting to see the label marked on like at TJ Maxx, but nope! They seem to be normal/undamaged :)
I was so surprised, and delighted that I might finally find jeans cut the way I like them that I grabbed a handful and headed to the changing room. I don't think I have stepped foot in an Abercrombie for myself in almost 10 years. (I started to feel like I was someone's mom) But I couldn't afford to be picky this trip! All said and done, I bought two pairs of jeans, and a pair of khakis for the price of the jeans that I bought in the mall. Go figure. I never would have imagined that they would have Abercrombie and Hollister in the grocery store. I tried to think of the "weird" foreign brands that we have in Wal-Mart and made a mental note to be a little less judgmental :)
On another note- Emma went to school this morning, and she walked in the door by herself, and gave her lunch box to the teacher! She hasn't done that yet! We always have to pick her up and hand her over kicking and screaming. I guess times are changing!
Good news/ bad news about our plans for this afternoon- Emma, and Charlie need blood drawn so that they can get their blood types documented for citizenship. I need it too for my visa. I could easily get the records from home, but since the kids need theirs too I want to do it here so that they can see it first before they get it done. I am so nervous for it because Emma can be so dramatic, and I don't know if they can do a heel stick, or will need to do a venipuncture. Ugh. That is the bad news. But we will get to see Carlos' hospital, and I am very excited for that since it is supposed to be pretty nice!
Another weird thing is that all the pants come standard 33" length. I like my jeans long enough that they cover my shoes, and not look like highwaters when I sit down.. But the longest I would buy is 31". Carlos buys 33 length and he is over 6 feet tall. I guess it is because everyone here wears high heels. Plus I think I am shorter than average here too. I have never worn my pants like this-- but I guess there is a first time for everything, and since this is the way most people wear them, I won't be out of place! 
(I went with the ballet flats in case you were wondering :)
So it was a winner of a trip! I really needed jeans because I brought two pairs with me, and I squated down to talk to Emma wearing one pair, and split them :( I hate when that happens. Oh well- I guess thats what happens after about 3 years! So I am down to 1 pair here. This would not be a huge deal except that we need to wear pants when we go to the farm because of the bugs. So, one wrong move, and the others are goners, then where will I be? Wearing pj pants.
After we left the mall, we had to go to the grocery. In search of a scale. The whole outing had me panicking. (I know I haven't been eating much dinner here, but would all the queso crema and crackers make up for that???) As we walked to the service desk to ask if they had any (they didn't) we passed a rack of clothes. Not just any clothes- jeans. And the brand you ask??? ABERCROMBIE & FITCH. In the grocery. And $25. What??? 
I was half expecting to see the label marked on like at TJ Maxx, but nope! They seem to be normal/undamaged :)
I was so surprised, and delighted that I might finally find jeans cut the way I like them that I grabbed a handful and headed to the changing room. I don't think I have stepped foot in an Abercrombie for myself in almost 10 years. (I started to feel like I was someone's mom) But I couldn't afford to be picky this trip! All said and done, I bought two pairs of jeans, and a pair of khakis for the price of the jeans that I bought in the mall. Go figure. I never would have imagined that they would have Abercrombie and Hollister in the grocery store. I tried to think of the "weird" foreign brands that we have in Wal-Mart and made a mental note to be a little less judgmental :)
On another note- Emma went to school this morning, and she walked in the door by herself, and gave her lunch box to the teacher! She hasn't done that yet! We always have to pick her up and hand her over kicking and screaming. I guess times are changing!
Good news/ bad news about our plans for this afternoon- Emma, and Charlie need blood drawn so that they can get their blood types documented for citizenship. I need it too for my visa. I could easily get the records from home, but since the kids need theirs too I want to do it here so that they can see it first before they get it done. I am so nervous for it because Emma can be so dramatic, and I don't know if they can do a heel stick, or will need to do a venipuncture. Ugh. That is the bad news. But we will get to see Carlos' hospital, and I am very excited for that since it is supposed to be pretty nice!
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