Some fairly basic shorts that I ordered showed up today, and they actually seem to fit!

I may not like trying on clothes to an extreme degree, but buying them without even being able to hold them up and eyeball the size makes me nervous enough that I usually just avoid it.

But, at least 90% of my shorts by now fall into at least one one of several categories: starting to literally fall apart, way too big, and/or “I know that has to be somewhere in this house, wtf?!”. (Probably also too big and maybe worn out too, but yeah.)

Getting out to try to buy more has been complicated, so I finally did go ahead and order some. With an elastic waist, because jfc I don’t trust sizing charts for pants in particular with a trickier fit. Especially in women’s sizes, with the lack of consistency and a build nobody is designing for.

(If the waist fits, will tons of fabric be billowing around my nonexistent ass? Less of a problem than when I needed bigger sizes, but still. That is rarely a good look 😒 I would just buy men’s sizes, but it’s pretty much all hotter knee shorts available aimed at men.)

I ended up picking a place where I’ve had decent luck in their brick and mortar stores, with fairly consistent sizing. Plus a location not far away that worst case I could probably return the stuff to if it didn’t work, without having to ship it back to them. With my executive function and everything else, that usually just doesn’t happen.

But, that worked out well enough that I’m more inclined to order from them again! It can get really frustrating when you’re staying low enough on spoons to have trouble buying clothes in person. After several years of that intensifying, the clothing situation is not great.

Glad to at least get a couple of test pairs of functioning shorts that don’t look too bad, and I had probably better just cave and do more online clothes shopping. Even though I haven’t been getting out much lately, I still don’t like feeling like a ragamuffin. Not necessarily great for the old mental health.