I got "The Look!" (From July 31, 2011)

I've been wearing maternity clothes now for about the last 3 weeks (wait for me while I go back and check the last blog entry). Yeah. That's about right. Here's some things I've learned so far:

1. Maternity jeans by Duo Maternity, sold through JC Penney, ROCK THE HOUSE!!
2. Maternity tops do more than hide the belly, they also show off "the girls."
3. Maternity cami's are especially helpful in making a sort of modesty panel underneath those low-cut maternity tops, hiding some of the girls.
4. Wearing cami's under maternity tops in Phoenix Arizona at the end of July is wicked hot.
5. Full panel khaki pants sold through Old Navy are uber soft. And, although the reviews say they are true to size, they're actually a bit big. But, stick with it ... you have no idea how big your butt will get in the next 6 months.

So, here I am, rocking the maternity clothes when I realize I have to laundry because I'm running low. "Already," I think? I liken laundry to that song Shari Lewis popularized with Lamb Chop....you know the one ... "This is the song that never ends ... because it goes on and on my friends..." So, 5 days later, I have to do laundry. And, what was I thinking not adding maternity shorts to my order? Oh, yes. I remember now. "I'll just do the hair tie thing and walk around with my shorts unzipped and unbuttoned." Newsflash: if its not comfortable zipped up, it's still not comfortable unzipped.

I go to work the other day and I'm wearing my uber soft kahki's with my brown maternity t-shirt. I'm chatting with one of my manager friends when another manager comes by. I haven't seen this manager in a while and start to think, "You know, I don't think she knows I'm preggo." So, we continue our conversation and that's when I see it. THE LOOK! I got so excited knowing that, out of the three people there, I noticed that I got THE LOOK! Come on, you know the one. The "I'm talking with you and while you're looking at me you attempt to take a quick sneak peak at my belly and start to wonder, 'Hmmm, is she pregnant or has she just gained some weight?'" And then, it happened again! And then again! I kept thinking that I should really put her out of her curiosity but I decided against it. After all, we can slightly blame a fashion industry which put out empire waist tops and called them cool.

A couple of days later, I see a rep I hadn't seen in a while. "OMG! She's pregnant!! Uh, wait...NO...it's that damn fashion top! I can't tell! Maybe she just gained some weight..." A couple of days later, I notice her in another empire-waist top and, when she sat down to help someone, I saw the unmistakeable "this belly is going nowhere but right in front of me because it's hard as a rock and got a kid growing in there," look. A few minute later, I go over to her and start up the nonsense chit chat until I can say, "So, what's new with you?" And guess what? She's pregnant too! Due two weeks before me! And you know what ... I gave her "The Look" too... I love being pregnant.