{"id":3743,"date":"2015-12-01T13:24:46","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T21:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/?p=3743"},"modified":"2023-10-17T23:37:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T06:37:11","slug":"that-old-shopping-feeling-yes-ive-got-top-gun-on-the-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/that-old-shopping-feeling-yes-ive-got-top-gun-on-the-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"That old shopping feeling (Yes, I&#8217;ve got Top Gun on the mind)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Window shopping around on Amazon again. There were some really great Black Friday sales that I regretted not being able to take advantage of, though we did pick up a couple of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fire-Display-Wi-Fi-GB-Special\/dp\/B00TSUGXKE\/?tag=harperkingsley-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fire 7&#8217;s<\/a> to give as gifts, so that was pretty cool.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=harperkingsley-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B00MOU1K1M&amp;asins=B00MOU1K1M&amp;linkId=WPRXM5JLXQ5FUIIW&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The bad thing about shopping for clothes online is the question &#8220;Size as expected?&#8221; Which sometimes makes me want to scream.<\/p>\n<p>When all I want to do is buy a pair of pants, surprise, surprise, I kind of want to be able to fit those pants over my ass. That, or I don&#8217;t want them constantly falling down like I&#8217;m wearing clothes stolen off a giant. Either way, the trick merchants play on consumers with their ever sliding scale of sizes is ridiculous.<\/p>\n<p>I want clothes that fit. Barring that, I prefer clothes that are a little over large rather than skin tight. I prefer fabrics that breathe, and I prefer that they don&#8217;t choke me out when they do it.<\/p>\n<p>It sucks to find a shirt that I really like, then when I look at the chest measurements on the sizing chart I have to jump up to a Large or an X-Large, only to have a shirt arrive that fits across the chest and flaps around everywhere else. Or to buy a shirt in a Large or X-Large that I really like the looks of, only to try and put it on and find out that it squishes me across the chest and sticks to my skin like spandex. Or to order in Medium or Small and receive something that contains enough material to be used as a tent. Seriously, wtf?<\/p>\n<p>So while I find plenty of joy in window shopping for clothes, most times I don&#8217;t buy anything at all. And that&#8217;s sad. Because if it were up to me, I&#8217;d never have to step into a store&#8217;s changing room ever again. I&#8217;d just get a bodyscan done and pick through a bunch of pre-sorted clothing all in my size and general style.<\/p>\n<p>Where is the future of fashion? We&#8217;re waiting for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Window shopping around on Amazon again. There were some really great Black Friday sales that I regretted not being able to take advantage of, though we did pick up a couple of the Fire 7&#8217;s to give as gifts, so that was pretty cool. The bad thing about shopping for clothes online is the question&hellip;<\/p>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/that-old-shopping-feeling-yes-ive-got-top-gun-on-the-mind\/\" title=\"That old shopping feeling (Yes, I&#8217;ve got Top Gun on the mind)\" class=\"entry-more-link\"><span>Read More<\/span> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">That old shopping feeling (Yes, I&#8217;ve got Top Gun on the mind)<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"Layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[55],"tags":[127,645],"class_list":["entry","author-harperkingsley0-0","post-3743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-real-life","tag-amazon","tag-shopping"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2pPoL-Yn","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4181,"url":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/prompt-071\/","url_meta":{"origin":3743,"position":0},"title":"Prompt: 071. sunset","author":"Harper Kingsley","date":"March 12, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Prompt: 071. sunset 1. 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