Well, that was fun.

Morning. 

(A couple things - lined CROTCH?  Plus size or  'chubby'  is 10-16?  And, what is a gay clan plaid?  It sounds like a club.)

I swore yesterday was Saturday, all day long, because I have no concept of time, and I spent it out with my daughter getting her school schtuff and other erroneous activities, it felt like a weekend day. 

There were so many other parents and kids scouring the racks of JC Penney and Kohl's and making pigs of themselves.  (I think the messy shoppers only tick me off so much because it used to be ME following behind them refolding shirts, jeans, and spacing hangers.  Yes, at Lane Bryant five thousand years ago, we were asked to "space the hangers" on the racks, evenly.)  The messy shoppers unfold everything and fail to put it back, or pile 10-15 pieces in a dressing room, and leave them there, when we're out on the floor looking for That Size. 

And of course, shopping to find this child clothing, is near impossible anyway, and as she's asking "why doesn't anyone have a juniors plus section, there are so many big girls!"  I know you guys have given me good suggestions of online shops, and consignment shopping, she's still impossible.  She would like a piece here and there that is trendy enough, but not that she resembles a clown in the bright neons that have been popular.  It's beyond frustratng for her, I know it.  Two of her closest friends are overweight, and I can imagine they have a hard time shopping as well, and they wear very plain clothes, because, they fit.  We shop in the adult departments, because juniors' clothes make her want to gauge her eyes out.  Picking up a size 1 jean last night, she shows me,  "Who WEARS this stuff?"  Nobody I know, anyway.  She picks through the tee-shirts, all form-fitting and baby-tees, loves the designs, but she knows they're meant to be tight.

Again, why don't companies make the stuff to fit?  It's just reality - there are lots of overweight pre-teens and teens!  LOOK AROUND. 

Want a shock?  Go to Wal*Mart and look around.  No.  Really.  Look.  It's most obvious there.

For an example:

Look at the girls eye-ing the Miley Cyrus line that is out right now.  Super skinny zebra-prints, tight tee shirts and slick leggings.

It's not the girls that can fit into them.  You'd think a place like WM would take note of their clientele.  My daughter has blatantly said, "Don't think we're shopping there for clothes!"  But then she had to peek at the Miley line, and decided on the funky shoes, which she CAN fit into.