Fabulous

It took me a few weeks to find the motivation to go to the mall to buy maternity jeans. Most malls in the Los Angeles area are awful. They are crowded, outdated and ugly. If I do have to go to one, Brandon always says "good for you". He knows it takes courage to step through those glass doors. Last Saturday night at 5:00 I worked up the nerve to drive all the way to the mall in Sherman Oaks because they have an A Pea in the Pod store and a Baby Style.

I thought I would have the best luck at A Pea in the Pod. I was wrong. I tried on a good seven or eight pairs and they were all either too tight or made me look frumpy. These were $200 jeans for the love of goodness! And I was willing to pay that if they made me look and feel better about my growing behind. The woman who worked there didn't help the situation. She asked my name twice in the period of about two minutes and seemed tired of me after four. On top of that, she guessed my size as being bigger than I thought I was. Thank you, kind lady. I left the store feeling fat and sad and headed for Baby Style.

I like Baby Style. They have cute maternity clothes and adorable stuff for babies. After the nightmare that was A Pea in the Pod, I thought that Baby Style would surely come to my rescue. They had to have hip, designer jeans that fit me, right? Wrong. I tried each and every brand and style they carried and it was the same story - they either didn't fit me right or they made me look squat. Thankfully, the women who worked there were nice, albeit a bit naive. One saleswoman was clearly scared of me when I told her I was about to have a meltdown in the dressing room because nothing was fitting me. Thankfully she said the right thing - "was it because they're all too big?" Yes. Yes it was.

I did have a meltdown, but I waited until I was on the escalator on the way out of the mall. I called both Brandon and my mom and they were awesome, no surprise. Said all the right things. Of course I still went home and had a good cry, but it was nice to feel so much love and compassion from the people who mean the most to me. And I got over it. The next day I ordered some jeans on the Gap's website that arrived today and I am super happy with what I got - jeans that fit! And they're cute! And they were under $70! They're called the 'Fabulous jean' and they are. I should have listened to Lenore, the very wise (and also pregnant) wife of my cousin, Sean. She told me months ago to get jeans from the Gap. Sorry, Lenore. Next time I'll listen. I promise.