| I didn't used to like shopping for clothes and things | | | | I also used to feel self conscious as I thought that |
| but since I have lost three stone, I have begun to | | | | people were looking at me and wondering |
| realise how many nice clothes there are out there | | | | whether someone of my size should be in such |
| and how nice it is to look really good. I have | | | | as shop but I now have more confidence and do |
| started buying a few really classic pieces such as | | | | not care about what people are thinking. |
| stylish jeans and tops, coats and women's shoes. | | | | I dress up smartly when I go shopping and feel |
| I have been looking for things which are a good | | | | happy to go in any shops, whether they are |
| quality and do not age so that they will last me a | | | | cheaper ones or ones aimed at people with more |
| long time. | | | | money, because I feel that I can easily buy things |
| I think it is good spending a lot of money on | | | | from either shop. I have also bought a couple of |
| something and then it will last a long time. I think | | | | formal dresses for summer events that I have |
| that if you really want to change with the | | | | coming up - a wedding and a Christening. I have |
| fashions then it doesn't matter so much as you | | | | been careful to choose styles which are classical |
| will change your outfits with the seasons. | | | | and colours which are not too fashionable. I am |
| However if you want something to last year | | | | hoping that I will be able to wear them again |
| after year then it needs to be more classic so | | | | sometime. It is tricky with this sort of thing |
| that it does not go out of fashion so quickly. I | | | | because you do not really want to be seen in the |
| have started looking in different shops as well. I | | | | same thing twice so unless you can somehow |
| used to be afraid to look at teen clothing thinking | | | | change the outfit significantly with different |
| that I was too old to wear it, but now I am a | | | | accessories or wear it to an occasion which has |
| smaller size, I seem to be able to get away with | | | | different people attending to the first one. |
| wearing things which I never thought that I could. | | | | |