Betsy Newmark has a post here pointing to an article from the New York Times about Laura Bush's style for the upcoming inauguration.

The article says that Ms. Bush has slimmed down to a size 6.

This leads me to believe that it is time for me to go dress shopping at more expensive stores. Geez, I might be down to a 4 or a 2.

Some time back, Gentleman Fritz suggested that ladies who sought to lose a dress size or two should take a second job, save all those paychecks, and buy a new wardrobe. He guaranteed they'd be down at least one size.

UPDATE: To read this post properly, you might need to know that I started sewing in the '60s. According to the patterns in that era, when I was sixteen in 1973, weighing less than I do now, I wore a 10. When I last bought a decent dress in 1991, a little heavier than I am now, I wore an eight.

None of this is a big deal, except that I have no idea of what size to order from a catalog, or what size pattern to buy if I'd like to sew again.