Since I started this new job in education, I’ve been mostly wearing the professional clothes I bought a year ago, when I thought I had a different job locked up that never panned out.

Guess what? I’ve gained a bit of weight since then.

Yeah, a bit…

Really, most of the clothes I’m wearing to work are two or three sizes too small for me, and I’m just faking it under long tops and open jackets.

You could say one reason I’m doing this is because I want to save money.

But I think we all know what the real reason is. I am unwilling to admit to the larger sizes.

I’m not embarrassed by larger sizes. There’s no reason to be. Anyway, no one else sees them. They only bother me. They remind me of all the ground I’ve lost.

I used to cut out the sizes so I couldn’t see them. But I stopped doing that because I’d still know, and it’s harder to donate clothes with no sizes.

But I’m often uncomfortable and can’t wait to get home and change.

So I guess the question is, do I stubbornly persist in discomfort? Or do I embrace my outer booty and go shopping in the appropriate department?

Whatever I buy now, on account of the surgery, may not fit for very long, that’s the only thing. Is it worth it to hold off?

This looks like a job for Marshall’s.