Had a look in Big W & Kmart yesterday...nothing...got a couple of tops from Big W, but they are just 'normal' tops which will stretch to accomodate a bump! Pants are really what I need and both stores just had jeans or trackpants, Big W had pants that could be used as office wear, but they started from size 14! Going to Target today, so hopefully they have something, otherwise I'll just take my chances on Ebay! Lol. SUrely it can't be that hard to find a skirt and a couple of pairs of pants in a "city" as big as Wagga!
I have picked up some great maternity buys so far.. I got myself a pair of cargos (I live in them), and demin shorts, and a few bonds maternity t-shirts... pretty much most things I have brought have been on sale.
I live in dresses for work, as I find anything with a waist band far to uncomfy sitting all day. Most of the dresses I have a normal dresses just up a size, but I did manage to pick up a black 'Ripe' maternity dress at Myer for $25.00, reduced from $99.00!
Oh I did get a great skirt from K-mart, just from regular ladies section, which has a fold down waist band, it a really strechy fabric.. its been fantasic too.
All of my maternity pants are from kmart. But someone i brought them 2 yrs agao when i was preg the first time. A girl at work said she couldn't find much there the other day either.
I only have three maternity bottoms. Black and taupe pants and a black skirt. I also have one stretchy skirt from normal clothes and i do have a maternity dress but i am not big enough for that yet. I really popped this week so some of my normal pants are starting to get too tight and some i ditched all ready casue they cut across the bladder.
I found that i bought things too big too thinking i would get huge. I only have 3 tent tops for the final few weeks of preg but again i haven't pulled those out yet. (I am 23wks now)
If you buy up a size in normal clothes now you will also be able to wear them after baby before all the weight comes off. I had to buy some new work stuff when i returned cause i hadn't lost all my tummy when i returned 6mths later. A few weeks of working and not grazing all day saw those clothes swim on me so i'll start wearing those soon as i grow out of my normal clothes.
Don't buy up a size in maternity, i find my maternity clothes in my size are bigger than the next normal size up. A mistake i made when ordering tops of the net as my breastfeeding tops are all too big for me, in particluar since they are designed with an in built bra.
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