Gap Gift Card, I Miss You Already

I had a revelation yesterday in a dressing room at TJ Maxx. I looked at myself in the mirror and realized I have been working out for the past long while in rags. And not cute Williams Sonoma washcloth or dishtowel rags. The kind you make from old shirts you don't wear anymore because they're dirty or have holes in them.

See, because of all of your great input on Monday's post, I decided to venture out into the retail world (ahem. the discount retail world) to just see if there was any workout attire available in my budget range of nil. So I started at the Gap and found some cute workout wicky capris, (much cooler than the ones I saw online) but ouch. 39.50. Even with a gift card, that's a little hard to swallow. So I ventured off to TJ's and Target to see if I could do any better. I hauled in about 15 things to the curtained dressing room...along with a six year-old who was wearing his coat backwards (with his hood on his face so he kept bumping into stuff), a four year old in buzz light year pajamas (shoes sans socks), and an 18 month old strapped in an umbrella stroller. I knew I had to be fast. I wouldn't be long before the little one stood up and figured out how to walk with the stroller dragging behind him...still fastened in but able to use his feet.

Miracle of miracles they were actually pretty easy to rein in. They just kept popping in and out of curtains (making the toddler snort he was laughing so hard). It helped that we were the only ones in the dressing room. And so for a couple of brief moments I glanced at myself in these new workout clothes and instantly realized how I probably should've gotten a couple of new things oh, I don't know...3 years ago. For example. A bunch of the t-shirts I run in are from Target. But I wore them with the last pregnancy until I couldn't anymore, so they are majorly stretched out in the tummy and arms. And the long-sleeved shirt I wear underneath said t-shirts is a weird greenish grayish stripe. I think I looked like a depressed clown.

Anyway, I didn't find anything at TJ's or Target that came close to the capris I tried on first at the Gap. I kept comparing everything to them. Which made me think I should probably just bite the bullet and get them. So I did:


And I love them.

SO The jeans can wait a little longer, although I will need some 6's, it's not like the 8's are going to be falling off of me tomorrow. And really, my need for some new workout clothing far surpassed the need to replace my favorite sports bra, it's holding up just well.