Maternity Clothes

Dear Avacado

It's Week 23 and you are clearly showing the world that you exist.  I had to go to Court this morning and went to my closet to get a skirt and YIKES - it almost wouldn't zip.  When we got to Court there were comments from everyone (well the two women attorneys) that it was "about time you start showing."

So, after Court since we were near the Kittery Outlets you and I went shopping for more clothes.  We bought three sweaters at Old Navy (two for work and 1 for weekends) and two more tank tops to wear under the sweaters.  We also bought a nice scarf to add some color to the sweaters since we just got black and white.  Then we went to Motherhood Maternity and bought a black cowl neck dress (a steal at just $12) and three shirts.  One shirt will be going back because after trying it on at home it was decided that it just didn't look right.

If your keeping track (which I am) this means that the maternity clothing portion of the closet currently contains the following:

4 dresses (2 casual 2 work)
3 dress pants
1 casual pant/capri
1 short
2 shirts (work)
3 tee shirts
1 tunic
4 tank tops (2 technically maternity, 2 not)
2 cable knit sweaters (not really maternity but just bought a size up)
2 open weave short sleeve sweaters (again, not really maternity)
1 shawl

I am still waiting for more fall clothes to hit the racks because while I have a few short sleeve casual shirts that I have been wearing on weekends I have nothing that will work for when summer turns to autumn. 

xoxo
Erin

Maternity Clothes

Dear Avacado,

Today you were a little more noticeable when I zipped up my skirt (I had a trial today and always try to dress to impress!) so after court I found myself at the maternity clothing store in the mall.  What an experience that was - finding clothes on a normal day is usually tough but this was a different monster.

I ended up with a pair of capris, a pair of shorts and two shirts.  The capris have what they call a "full panel" meaning that the elastic comes up above my stomach and the shorts have an "under band" which means there is a thick band that sits below my expanding stomach.  We shall see which style I prefer.

All that's left to do is find some work clothes that I can tolerate wearing -so much of the clothing has ties under the chest (empire waist) or has ties in the back (circa 1980s housewife clothes) ..... neither is my style and I can't imagine finding myself in these clothes on a daily basis let alone in Court!

Hopefully a trip to visit your Aunt Ana in Boston will remedy the clothing situation soon.  Until then - please stay tucked deep inside so my work clothes will fit :)

xoxo
Erin