Round is a Shape!

Dammit, Dammit, Dammit!

I hate being put in positions, besides looking in the mirror each morning, when I have to face the fact that I am FAT.

This morning I responded to a business invitation for an annual meeting followed by a customer appreciation thingy...dinner and boat cruise around the Toronto Harbour..sounds like fun right! I thought so! Anyway on the invite it asked you to respond by a certain date along with your shirt size. I responded in plenty of time and left out my shirt size. These large companies always give away VERY nice gifts!
One year it was a briefcase/bag type thing, another it was a really nice pen set. So begins the next email conversation.

Thank you very much for the invitation. I would be pleased to attend.
See you then.
Linda

Her response

Glad you can make it - please send me your shirt size.
Thanks, Susan

My response

hmmph...thought I could get away without doing that....

Fat....is that a size? LOL

I don't know, these things never fit me anyway.

but seriously if you really want to try....it would be something like a 3 or 4XL. if that's isn't available and it usually isn't in these promotional type things just make it an XL and I'll give it to hubby.

Thanks, Linda

Her response

Here's the story - the item we are speaking of is a wind jacket - I haven't seen all the sizes - but they are apparently equivalent to a golf shirt size (personally the one sample I tried on was not a generous sized example).
Ladies only goes to an XL and Mens to an XXL.
I certainly understand your frustration - I will set aside whichever choice you make. If the men's xxl is extremely generous I'll let you know.

Susan

My response

Susan,

Could you set aside a Men's XXL for me and hell, since I'm doing WW maybe someday I'll fit in to it and be able to look back on this very embarrassing moment and laugh!

Thanks!
Lin

Oh well, another Jacket for DH (he'll love it, jacket fetish...totally a blog for another day) Good thing in this is the fact that with some advanced planning they can place me with skinny peeps on boat so we aren't travelling in circles!

Anyway, Happy Victoria Day weekend Canadians! To my friends in the US...be jealous, be very jealous of our long weekend cause we will be of your Memorial Day Weekend on the 30th!!!
TTYL!