In-Between

Threads Magazine

Many Thai women are small, slim, stylish, and wear nice clothes. Brian took me to a nice shop in the ‘small mall,’ – “Maya” (pronounced, “may-yah!”) to look for some workout clothes, plus other things.

Because I’ve lost some weight, a ‘large’ fit me – tightly – but I think that is the largest size in the shop.

I brought 4 pairs of jeans here with me when we moved to Thailand. I ended up cutting off two pairs to make shorts for my gym workouts because the shorts I bought at the shop are still fairly tight in the waist and uncomfortable when trying to exercise.

This helped a bit, but now the jeans – shorts and regular jeans – are too loose around the waist and hips. I’m not to the point where I would fit into the jeans at the shop, but have a problem keeping the jeans on. ARRRRGH!

I ordered a travel sewing kit and it arrived yesterday. I have just finished altering the two long pairs of jeans, the two pairs of shorts, and some fleecy pants I call my ‘snuggies.’ The sewing isn’t NEAT, but it’s sturdy. I wear my shirts outside my pants anyway, so the stitching at the waist doesn’t show, and my pants are staying on – always a good thing… 😂

The long term solution, I realize, is for me to continue to lose the lard so I DO fit into the smaller sizes here.

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10 responses to “In-Between

  1. Ah, that’s great, Linda, that you could remedy the situation until you can fit into the new store sized clothes there! Sewing is such a handy skill!

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  2. rajkkhoja's avatar rajkkhoja

    Wow,Linda! Good Idea for you have finished altering the two long pairs of jeans. .b

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