A Little Depressing....

About a month ago I finally went out to my parents house to clean out all the stuff that I had left there when I moved out 7.5 years ago. Going through boxes of things from your childhood that you have not looked at in about 10 years sure does bring back a lot of great memories. Had I done this 5 years ago, EVERYTHING would have been packed into my car and brought home with me, but I have come to realize that I do not need boxes of my old school binders dating back to grade 6, or notes written back and forth between me and my old "boyfriends" And did I really need to hang on to the piles of backstreet boys posters and calendars? Nope, not anymore, so I managed to toss most of it in the garbage, but I did bring home a few things. Those things have since been sitting in my bedroom, still in the boxes until yesterday. I decided I should really get them put away, so I open up the boxes, already forgetting what I had brought home. My memory isn't what it used to be since having 2 kids. I didn't get to far in emptying my 2 boxes. Why you might ask. Well, the first thing I pulled out, was my grade 12 prom dress. Made me think back to that time. The time were I sneakily (is that a word) convinced one of my best buds to ask the guy I liked to go to prom with her so that we could all go together. Yes I am a terrible person, but is it as terrible if it turns out that I now have 2 beautiful daughters with that handsome guy?? I like to tell myself it is. Anyway, back to the dress. Now, after 10 years and 2 babies, I am sure I will still look fabulous in this long slinky type dress. NOPE!!! I was wrong. I should never have taken the dress out of the closet. I tried telling myself it was cause my hair was not done fancy and I am nursing so my boobs don't fit it quite the same, but in all reality it was the bulging belly that did me in. Luckily Piper was sleeping and no one else was in the house to see, so I stuck this dress to the very back of my closet. Next, the dress I wore to my ex boyfriends prom the year after mine. Well, this one looks like it will be a little more forgiving. It was, but there's no hiding this belly in a long slender dress. So, it joins my prom dress. Ok, this is getting a little depressing, but there's only 1 dress left... the bridesmaid dress I wore for my best friends wedding. I looked good that night and it is a beautiful dress. So, on it goes and it looked really good.... IF I sucked in my belly and bum as far as I could. Truthfully, when I stood relaxed I wondered to myself, am I 6 months pregnant again? So, needless to say, this made me a little depressed so instead of going through the rest of my boxes and putting things away, I opened a bag of chips and went to town on them. Yes I know, not gonna make the belly disappear, but it sure did make me feel a little better in the moment.