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As a child of the early 90s, I spent a lot of my youth at the local mall. It was the center of my shopping universe for a long time, with big anchor stores such as Sears, and Filene’s, and Macy’s (back then, they were owned by separate parent companies).
I would just hang out, a la ‘Mallrats’ with my friends. Over time, my local mall became the regional shopping capital. A second floor was added, and eventually an expanded wing – giving it over 2million sq ft of leasable retail space. It’s huge and has very wide aisles.
When I visit home, I always want to spend at least one day at the Mall. However, logistics are much harder now with a very active toddler. My shopping goal was to get some new nursing bras, because of my extended nursing, my bras are all pretty beat up. More importantly, my body is still in transition and my bra size changed again. The bra is probably the most important piece of clothing a woman has, as noted in the article “Bra Fitting” by The Doctors TV.
With the help of my mother and my aunt, I logged in a solid five-hour trip. By the time I was ready to find the obligatory Destination Maternity store, Mr. ToddlerFile was ready for nurse-nap.
To my surprise, with the expanded retail space, there was a significant reduction in common sitting places. I forgot the Ergo, so I had to carry his toddler body close as he started to drift off and I searched for any seat. I finally found one in a dark hallway, off of the main walk way. As if anyone who needed a brief respite was banished from the public view.
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Mr. ToddlerFile fell asleep just in time for me to meander through DM. My strategy is to always bee-line to the clearance. I was in total luck this trip, because they had at least two styles of bra on clearance in my size! With a special “Buy 2, Get 1 Free” clearance offer – I just needed one more clearance thing. My hard-and-fast rule is that all of my clothing has to be nursing friendly. But the problem with DM is that every article of clothing accentuates an expectant mother’s beautiful belly. I spent a lot of time going through all of the dresses and shirts, and settled on one “nursing” shirt that I would rate as passable #functionalfashion. It’s black so at least
I still have the ruins of my old baby-house, as I still carry several pounds of baby-weight. I try to avoid any form-fitting clothing, and now prefer styles that are loose and comfortable. I found this zipper-gem from Seraphine on the clearance rack. I thought the zipper accents along the collarbones were clever and very functional, but it was just too form fitting and out of my price point.
Of course, clothes would fit better if I could get on a consistent exercise regiment and eat healthier foods. That just seems out of my reach most days. At the end of the day, I felt like a total winner walking away with two bras and a shirt for under $40!
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