Yes, today a male coworker did walk into my office while I was rigging up my pants with two small plastic ponytail holders. What can I say? Things are getting snug. Fortunately he immediately recognized what I was doing and just laughed at me. We're doing a trial together late next month that should be hilarious. There is one problem, though. The number of suits I own and can actually wear drops almost by the second at this point.
Every single day I have fewer options. I am in the notorious stage between my regular clothes and maternity clothes. The advice I find online doesn't really apply either. People suggest buying a few pairs of cheap pants that are 1 or 2 sizes bigger than your normal size and using them to get through the next two months or so. Just a few things from Target or Old Navy that you can wear now and again after the baby comes (did you know your body does not just magically shrink back down to pre-conception size hours after birth? me neither!). This is not practical advice for me though, since a few pairs of pants won't do me much good. I need suits. And a few of them have to be decent. And fit correctly.
So this weekend I'm hitting up my first maternity store. I'm actually a bit nervous about it. The maternity clothes in Target are frankly horrible (although I saw some cute things online, the stuff in the store was nas-ty). And that's been the extent of my venture into maternity clothes so far. Is there any chance I'll find the wonderful mystical outfit that looks OK now and still fits fine 30 baby pounds later? I guess we'll find out.
