I hate shopping

[psocoptera]

Why is this shirt only available in extra-small? It's *orange and purple plaid*! I really want one. Alas, I am a Target extra-large, not an extra-small. If I had better sewing-fu I'd be tempted to buy one and try to turn it into a dress for Junie, if I thought I could take the shoulders in somehow. (But maybe that's a bad habit to start, trying to live vicariously through my kid?)

Comments

[crystalpyramid]

Does that mean it's last season's and they're out of all the other sizes? If so, you might try in-store clearance racks.

[psocoptera.livejournal.com]

Sadly, it was something I saw on a clearance rack (in an extra-small) and went online to see if I could find in the right size.

... it is a little tempting to go driving around tomorrow to the other two nearby Targets, just to see if I could get lucky, but I doubt Junie would stand for that much pawing through clearance racks.

[adfamiliares.livejournal.com]

The name suggests that it's Juniors, i.e. not meant to come in adult-women sizes.

[psocoptera.livejournal.com]

Well, but the Juniors section has other things in extra-large. I think they even had other flannel shirts from the same line, in different colors, in extra-large. It's true that the cut would still probably not be ideal but for a flannel I'm not looking for too much beyond "big enough".

[cereph.livejournal.com]

Ah, I hate it when I find awesome shirts that they no longer have in my size. I had the same thing happen with this shirt at Kohls recently. It too was on the clearance rack, and only in an extra small. I checked two other Kohls and online, and they didn't have it anymore since it was the previous season's.

[saxifrage.livejournal.com]

if you want to, you could probably buy two and then cut up one to use as a gusset to enlarge the other one--I'd be happy to bring over my sewing machine and help with the craft project, if you'd like. Then again, you're probably busy enough being a mommy that you don't exactly need more craft projects. And it could be argued that I have a bit of a crafting addiction myself... but sewing is so much fun!

[psocoptera.livejournal.com]

I decided to buy the small one and try turning it into a toddler dress after all - the sleeves will need to be much shorter, and I'm thinking I can use the extra fabric from that to turn into a sash to tie in the back? I guess the first step should be to actually get it onto her and assess...