Maternity Clothes

I recently starting shopping for maternity clothes.  I feel pretty good that I have gotten all the way to 20 weeks and so far have been able to shop in my own closet for clothes to wear!   That and the ability to wear scrubs to work has really gotten me through the last few months.  But now I am having to resort to unbuttoning my regular pants while sitting, and absolutely after I've eaten, so I thought that was the "go" signal to buy new clothes.  

What I didn't know is that evidently the maternity clothing lines aren't always designed with updated fashion in mind, and, judging by the one store I tried things on in, they haven't learned the finer points of how certain fabrics feel against your skin....they shouldn't make you want to rip them off to get them away from you!  I went to a boutique to see what if that was better...it definitely was....if I was able to spend $200 for one pair of maternity jeans!

I did find a couple of dresses that are cute enough to wear, but I don't think that I can wear dresses to work for the entire rest of my pregnancy (and the time before I can get back into my regular clothes).  I have gone to Beth's advice of trying to stay in normal clothing lines and buy bigger sizes until I absolutely have to buy the other kind!  Thankfully blouse-y style shirts are in right now as are low-rise pants ;)

I'll eventually have to put the belly pants back on, but you can rest assured that I won't be back in the first store looking at their pants though!