A fun (but unproductive) day

It always seems to get a little I have to give a lot. Today I had a fun day...but in exchange I got absolutely NOTHING accomplished which means I will spend tonight & all day tomorrow working on my homework. ::Sigh:: "Hi...My name is Kristina" (hi Kristina) "I am a procrastinator." The first step is admitting I have a problem; now over coming it is the next step.
So today instead of staying home & writing my paper, reading my texts, or any of the other 1,000,000 things I have to do, I went to the BIGGEST MALL I've ever seen in my life. Kevin & I went to the Bridgewater Mall because I finally had to break down & buy myself some maternity clothes! I'll be 18 weeks in on Tuesday & my baby is approximately 5 1/2" long & 7 oz so needless to say my belly is a bit bigger than before. I went to Mimi Maternity/Motherhood Maternity which is part of Pea in the Pod Maternity. I've always been a plus size girl (my pre-pregnancy size is about an 18/20) so it's never easy to find clothes for me & I figured that finding maternity clothes would not be any easier. I could've ordered online but I need something right away & wanted to be able to try them on rather than get something that didn't fit right & have to send it back & delay the whole process. The ladies that worked there were very nice & helpful. The store (it was one store w/2 sections & each section a different name) looked larger than it was but when I asked & pointed in the direction of the plus size clothes I was shown one rack about 6 feet long~ & that was it! Is it me or is a large percentage of the population "larger" than in the past? Why are there no clothes for bigger girls? And when you finally find some they aren't even cute? So I started looking & wandered off the small corner (that even Kevin commented was ridiculously small) & started looking at the 'regular' clothes that were size XL. I decided to give it a shot & try a pair of black stretchy pants on & to my surprise, they fit! I was pretty excited because it felt good to know I wasn't completely limited to that one rack that I first looked at & found NOTHING. I moved over & found some really cute maternity shirts too that were nice. And the best part was it was almost all on sale! I had a really good time picking out clothes & ended up with 2 pairs of 'work' pants to add to the 3 pairs I already have, a nice blue sweater w/a hood, 2 t-shirts, 1 long sleeve t-shirt, & a few button down shirts. Ok, so maybe I went over board but I was having so much fun! Lately I haven't felt like I looked pregnant, just F-A-T in my regular shirts & clothes that barely fit. When I put these on I feel like I look pregnant & I like how they feel. It was a definite ego boost which I really needed right now. I'll probably take some pix & post them. I'm not one for belly pics (my belly was never a favorite feature of mine..) but I would like to show progress of my changing body. One of these days I'll get around to it!

Well I really do need to get to that paper. I want it to be done this weekend & I haven't even started writing it! Hope you are having a nice weekend too.

~Kristina