{"id":8424,"date":"2018-01-02T11:21:09","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T16:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/?p=8424"},"modified":"2018-01-02T11:21:09","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T16:21:09","slug":"stich-fix-redux-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/02\/stich-fix-redux-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Stich Fix: Redux, Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes, that’s right! Your fashion-challenged Avid Bruxist is\u00a0fixing her stitches\u00a0again<\/a>!<\/p>\n

See, what had happened was:<\/p>\n

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  1. my promise to myself that I would just go shopping<\/em> once a month was a vile and pernicious lie; and<\/li>\n
  2. I literally split my pants.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    My coworker texted me and was like, uh maybe check ur butt?<\/em> Fortunately, this coworker was a friend and she said it nicer than that, like she intimated that maybe there was a flaw in the\u00a0fabric or that I had gotten yellow paint on my red jeans, but no, it was my butt. More specifically it was my cotton underpants which I buy in a 6-pack<\/a> because you can’t tell me what to do.<\/p>\n

    It was a wake-up call, for sure. I was pretending for a long time that my clothes fit, when they absolutely no longer did, and the thing about wearing too-tight clothes is it makes you feel like your body is wrong. Now, lots of people would say, “Well, your body\u00a0is<\/em> wrong. You need to go on a diet.”<\/p>\n

    And to them I say, “Thanks for sharing. Now shove it up your ass.”<\/p>\n

    See the thing about\u00a0going on a diet is it doesn’t work. #fightme if you want, but please read\u00a0Health at Every Size<\/em> by Linda Bacon first. And then you won’t fight me–you’ll come in for a bit of cuddle and maybe\u00a0boo-hoo\u00a0on my shoulder for a few,\u00a0but then we’ll high-five and have a snack because keeping our blood sugar steady is good self-care.<\/p>\n

    That’s all I’m going to say about\u00a0diets for right now, but I do want to reiterate that wearing the wrong size clothes is a great way to feel bad about yourself all the time. I’ve definitely put on weight since the boys were born. I had that weird pregnancy net loss (plus 19 lbs during gestation, minus 30 with the birth), but since then, I’ve slept very little and eaten a lot of cookies. Those actions are related. Also, I quit CrossFit a year ago, but I had already gained the weight before my exodus.\u00a0Wearing my old sports bras was basically having an hour-long Heimlich. I haven’t bought new sports bras yet because all I’m doing for exercise is walking the dogs, but I! HAVE! BOUGHT! NEW! STITCH! FIX!<\/p>\n

    The first order in our redux series was, like previous ones, a mixed bag. And as always, I consulted my fashion guru Kate for advice.<\/p>\n

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    She concurred that the cherry blossoms were quite nice.<\/p>\n

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    The Swingline is an under-utilized sartorial tool, IMHO.<\/p>\n

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    Kate gave me a thumbs-up on the elbow patches and suggested I buy a bubble pipe to complete the look.<\/p>\n

    Next piece came with many reservations.<\/p>\n

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    I hate it when she asks me that.<\/p>\n

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    I’ll look into buying some leggings, but I decided to send the dress back. Amongst other issues, the sleeves were way too long.<\/p>\n

    I regret to inform you that my struggle with shoes continues.<\/p>\n

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    I actually LOVED the flats Stitch Fix sent, but.<\/p>\n

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    She asked which was it, and I had to reply that it was both–too floppy on my heels and too squeezy on my toes. I’m so sad about it. I just want cute pointy flats that don’t hurt my feelings. Alas, my search goes on.<\/p>\n

    For those keeping score at home, the YESes were Vero Moda Marky crew neck top ($44), Tribal Fia seamed trouser ($58), and RD Style Morrison elbow patch pullover ($64); NOs were Absolutely Ettel sweater dress ($54) and MIA Alana pearl flat ($59).<\/p>\n

    If you want to try Stitch Fix for yourself, please use\u00a0this link<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. They’ll give me a $25 credit, and I\u2019ll keep writing these silly blogs.<\/p>\n

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    Yes, that’s right! Your fashion-challenged Avid Bruxist is\u00a0fixing her stitches\u00a0again! See, what had happened was: my promise to myself that I would just go shopping once a month was a vile and pernicious lie; and I literally split my pants. My coworker texted me and was like, uh maybe check ur butt? Fortunately, this coworker … Continue reading Stich Fix: Redux, Part 1<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[125],"tags":[155],"class_list":["post-8424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fayshun","tag-stitch-fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8424"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8437,"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8424\/revisions\/8437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}