Did you know I have cellulite on my knees?

[JimmyJazz]

Seriously! Is there anything fuggin' worse that going into a dressing room and trying on clothes? Do they make the lighting in there SO BAD as to magnify every stinkin' flaw so that you what???? Buy more clothes to cover that shit up?

There is nothing else on this planet that can possibly lower a woman's self esteem more than going into a department store and trying on a pair of jeans.

Hallelujah. Holy shit. Where's the Tylenol.

On edit: corrected due to Left is Write pointing out the error of my ways - where was she when I was a teenager, I ask you?

[Lars39]

1. Yes, there is: swimsuit

:o

[JimmyJazz]

5. I stand corrected:

[Mizmoon]

38. I believe it is actually a bathing costume

that's what my grandma always called it :)

[politicat]

2. 1 word: Swimsuit

That is all.

[progmom]

3. dork

you are a dork.

:loveya:

[miss_kitty]

4. support hose

1 size too small. That'll make those knees look unnaturally tight and round. Just like we like 'em!

[JimmyJazz]

6. Hey PUNKIN'

Where the hell have you been? Getting your panties out of that bind? :P

[miss_kitty]

13. I'm afraid those panties are bunched so badly, they'll never unbunch!

:rofl:

[Abelman]

7. Thank God

That just happens to be my fetish.

[CO Liberal]

8. No, But If You Hum a Few Bars, I'll Join In On The Chorus

:-)

[Skittles]

9. I've never understood why they make that lighting so harsh

I always feel terrible after leaving a department store dressing room and I really am in pretty good shape!

[JimmyJazz]

14. 'Splain that to me please! It seems to me that if they are trying to make

me look GOOD - they would have the dimmest lighting possible in a dressing room without making me feel like I should be donning a cape and wanting to suck people's blood. I just think sales would increase a bit if they did things my way is all I'm saying. :o

[Skittles]

28. I would settle for NORMAL lighting!

WTF is up with that g.d. NEON sh**????? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. Come, JimmyJazz, we kick their insensitive asses!

I think you are correct they would get better sales - I know I would try on clothes longer. You don't suppose they need the lighting for......surveillance work do you? :o

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

19. Same here...

I'm like 5'1" and 101 lbs. My arms & back are *ripped*. I wear a friggin' 2. The lighting in dressing rooms still makes me feel fat. Dimples of fat start appearing...I mean, what the fuck?

I look fine in all other lighting.

[Skittles]

29. see haruka

that lighting is so bad it makes you see stuff you - and OTHERS - normally would NOT SEE. It's like CELLULITE LUMINOL. :o

Hey, congrats on you look - I am 48 and have done an regular aerobic exercise routine for the past 12 years but during the past year I have added some weight training because aerobics simply was not enough any more. Weighs work wonders! :D

[Left Is Write]

10. You mean "where's the Tylenol"?

;)

Sorry...I shouldn't poke at you when you're feeling ravaged.

You're beautiful on the inside AND on the outside.

[JimmyJazz]

11. I fixed it and I blamed you!

NEENER NEENER :D

[blue neen]

12. I swear my legs used to be so long and lean.

Thennnnn, I hit my 40's. Gak! It's depressing. I just don't understand what's going on with my body. :shrug:

I'm sure you look fine in your jeans. Have a great time in Boston. Those of us stuck in PA want to see all the pics!

[CottonBear]

15. I can feel your pain.

I am lucky to be able to wear riding breeches and jeans most of the time. Form fitting but concealing! My legs are extra pale and the riding breeeches hid the saddle rubs and scars. Even when I wear a bathing suit I'm usually kayaking or canoeing so legs are not in view.

My legs are not fat, they're just really pale and I've got a nasty surgical scar on my right ankle. I broke my ankle and am now the proud owner of 7 screws and a plate which protrude from my ankle. Not real pretty.

[blue neen]

16. I know what you mean.

I had foot surgery last year and have 2 really nasty scars. Everybody has their sandals out, but I feel too self-conscious to wear them now.

Maybe we should just say "Ah, the hell with it!" and not be so hard on ourselves, huh?

[CottonBear]

26. That's the right attitude!

I went to a rock concert at a club last year. (I live in a very famous rock and roll college town.) I was wearing sandles. The girl next to me asked "did you have surgery too?"

We can be "the proud to have survived Orthopaedic surgery group!"

I hope your foot is feeling OK, I am now the proud owner of a "weather ankle."

[Skittles]

30. hey blue neen

have you tried any of that scar- reducing product you can get over the counter? It worked really good on a scar I had on my arm - of course it that scar was probably nowhere near the league yours is - still could be worth a try

[blue neen]

32. Do you know the name of it?

I hadn't heard anything about it.

Thanks for the tip! :)

[Skittles]

33. OOH - damn, I have forgotten

they were running commericals on TV - I think I got mine at Target. Just persue around the medical items section. If I see that commerical I will let you know!

[JimmyJazz]

17. Yowza!

The price we pay for being active people! I'm sure your legs look great - we just need to start believing that "pale" is something to be admired and not looked down upon.

[CottonBear]

27. You are right : Pale is good!

And safer than skin cancer!

Have you tried weight training? The proper types of squats and lifts can really tone up legs. I've got to start training to get back in "riding shape." You can do a lot of these exercises at home. Try some of those velcro weight bands for the ankles and do leg lifts, donkey kicks, lunges and squats. Your knees will look great in no time at all!

[ScreamingMeemie]

18. I do now.

;) This is why I never try on clothes...I just buy them. And then of course, they don't fit, and I promise myself I will take them back tomorrow...only, tomorrow never really ever comes, does it?

:hug:

[JimmyJazz]

20. EXACTLY! Actually, I stopped trying on clothes and just bought

some things I thought would look okay. When I got them home and tried them on, they looked fine to me...I tell you, it's that damned lighting in the dressing room :silly: Makes my ass look big every time!

[ScreamingMeemie]

21. I know, and it magnifies a tummy beyond belief as well...I would

never ever buy anything if I tried anything on in the stores...

Speaking of fitting rooms...Remember stores like Marianne's in the 80's? Where they had the community dressing rooms which were just big black rooms with hooks and you had to change in front of everyone? I hated those....shudder...

[JimmyJazz]

24. Remember them? I worked for them!

The horror! Hold me please! :scared:

[ScreamingMeemie]

25. Awwww... poor baby!

:hug: I bought all my techno colored jumpsuits there...and my shaker sweaters too! :hug:

[progmom]

22. you and me both, sista

I still have a bag full of bras from Kohl's here to return.

[ScreamingMeemie]

23. I've got a coat and a pair of khaki's to return to Burlington Coat...

perhaps we can do that after lunch? Snort!!! Anyway, Wednesdays are good for me! :bounce:

[Magrittes Pipe]

31. That's nothing.

You should see what I have on MY knees. :o

[RandomKoolzip]

34. A dangling nutsac?

[Misunderestimator]

35. I have never understood the lighting in dressing rooms...

and I never look as bad as I do in those damn mirrors. I can't STAND shopping for clothes.

[Heidi]

36. No, I didn't know that. But . . .

isn't it better to discovery it yourself in the privacy of a dressing room, than to have some Size 2 sales-teen point it out to you?

[redqueen]

37. Have you read The Beauty Myth?

I need to... we're all so being played.

Don't believe the media, JJ... you're gorgeous. :hug:

I always love that Christmas Vacation reference. :D

[GalleryGod]

39. Aren't you supposed to be picking up the Omnipotent Progmom ?

Don't mean to be a weiner whiner:blush: but I thought I'd ask?

I took the Liberty of calling Guv'nuh Romney's office!:rofl:

[elehhhhna]

40. Remember 3 things for bathing suit season:

1) Posture is EVERYTHING. Pull it up, suck & tuck, in a mirror. Find out what it feels & looks like to stand straight (weird for most of us, really). It knocks 10 lbs. and lotsa poochie-looking stuff right off.

2) Fake tan blurs some ugly stuff on and appears to slim your legs & behind, etc. Try it.

3) The uplighting from sand, patios, etc in bright sun makes those dimples appear less pronounced. God's gift to our thighs!



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