Right now I really need help with making ends meet. I'm struggling financially to get back on my feet after being out of work for awhile due to medical reasons. I also gained quite a bit of weight and I cannot afford to buy clothes that fit me now. I am not above the thrift stores, but when you are the size I am now, it's hard to find anything. I am needing to get some basic items of clothing that I can mix and match. I am wearing a size 28 or 3X in most cases, sometimes more like a 30 or 4X is appropriate. I finally went to a store called ROSS and thought my prayers were answered, but all the items I tried on there in my size, just didn't fit. In my local area, I have found a store called Catherines, which is very nice and high quality, but quite expensive for my current situation. I find that the catalog shopping through Lane Bryant, Sears, Just My Size and a few others, are more affordable, but it requires a waiting period too.
I am able now to get back to work, in a call center type situation, but I do not have the clothing required for their business casual dress code. This is so hard for me because I gained alot of weight over a very short period of time and suffered a great deal of mental cognition, memory, and speech problems...not to mention being extremely tired, before being properly diagnosed. I am still not completely well, but feel so much better than I have in ages! I just feel so "stuck" because I am ready to get my life back and bring some form of normalcy back to my children's lives, but I am having such a hard time making things happen. Nothing is falling into place because I am sooo broke and I don't receive the children's child support money like we should all the time, so it is really hard. I've had to go to a clothes closet through the church to get my children their clothes, but it's so hard to find anything in my size, anywhere! It's becoming humiliating and embarrassing for me. It's so discouraging I just cry sometimes.
If there is anything you can do to help, either through funds or maybe you have some clothing to spare in the size I need? I would be so thankful and when I get back to work and on my feet again, which I hope will be soon, I can pay it forward to someone else. Please help me if you can.
Thanks again,
Debbie
