Honey, Does this Dress Make Me Look Fat?

O.k. So, after church this morning, the boys and I met my mother-in-law for lunch at the Nordstrom Cafe. We had a really nice time with her, and then the three of us decided to take our usual walk around the mall. We stopped first at the children's clothing department of Nordstrom to say "hi" to a girlfriend of mine, Elaine, who works there.

I confessed to her that I felt a little uncomfortable in what I was wearing. The dress I had worn to church was one of those high-waisted, flowey, almost maternity-looking dresses. You know one of those that looks much better on really skinny women? While I may have lost 9.2 lbs. over the past three weeks, this dress made me look like I gained it! Any way, she was very sweet and told me that my make-up and eyes looked really pretty :-)

So, after we had taken our walk, we were waiting for the elevator at Nordstrom, when a young mom and her two children came out of the women's lounge. I really liked the stroller that she had. It was one of those with a seat for an older child on the front and a place for your infant on the back. Since she was waiting for the elevator, too, I told her how nice I thought it was and asked her how she liked it. Well, she proceeded to tell me that she thought I'd love it,"...especially with your older one, the baby and one on the way!" I had to stop and think about it for a minute to understand what she meant, ... but then I got it. She thought I was pregnant! I about died!

Please keep the encouraging weight loss comments coming! With 9.2 lbs. down, 30 and some odd lbs. to go, I need all of the encouragement I can get. I have to admit, after that little encounter, I kind of wanted to purge my Nordstrom lunch (not really, but it was kind of depressing!). I guess sometimes you just kind of have to laugh that stuff off, though.