Maternity Clothes

Sunday April 3rd

This is about the third time I have gone shopping for maternity clothes. Each time I have returned home empty handed and feeling ever so slightly grouchy. My bugbear with maternity ranges is that a) most shops don't have them, they may in their catalogues or websites but rarely in store and b) where they do they are so dowdy I would really, well rather not. So like I say I haven't, until now, relented.

The problem is I am fast running out of things to wear. I went through my clothes rack the other day taking out and folding up and packing away clothes that won't be of any use for another year. I still only have a pot belly sized bump, like you might have after over indulging at Christmas. But there's been a general thickening round the waist band and round my boobs which means that most of my clothes now make me look like a freshly stuffed home made sausage.

After huffing and puffing at pairs of jeans with thick elasticated waist bands I compromise and buy two dresses a size larger than I normally would, with adequate space for the bump for I hope at least another month or two.

I finish off the expedition with a hot choc with cream and chocolate flakes, just to help the bump on it's way.