I recently went to buy a new pair of jeans. I mean it's summer, and in Maine somehow, it's been a hot muggy one already. Whenever it comes to trying on clothes at different stores my anxiety heightens. I feel like some guys don't get it. In one store I'm on size, and then in another I could be two sizes larger. Maybe it's because of my hips and my butt.

It really takes a mental toll.

Being a girl that's an in-between size can be frustrating. Some things fit in my hips and waist, but not in my thighs, or other way around. And honestly no matter how much weight I lose I'll never be "one size" and I feel like many people can relate to that. I feel like many people can relate to never having jeans, or denim or pants in general in similar sizes unless they're the same brand, or style.

How does this affect you mentally you ask? The other day I was like, "Wow I'm a size 12 in these jeans, but a size 14 in their shorts, and then a size 16 in these other shorts." It makes me feel bigger than I am, and it's mentally exhausting. I'm trying to figure out where I went wrong, but it isn't even my fault that I'm three different sizes in two different stores.

I wish all stores had a similar size scale or something along those terms. I wish I could have the same pair of shorts, or leggings, or jeans in my dresser. I wish I could have the same size shirts, or sweatshirts that all fit the same. I don't understand why shopping must be so difficult every time I go. I thought I could go into a store that I shop at constantly and just get the same size.

WRONG.

That is not how shopping works most of the time. That would make things a lot easier now wouldn't it?

Stores, can you please make shopping a little less daunting on us females? I hate having to try clothes on because it makes me hate what I see in the mirror. Even when I'm my most confident in my own skin and size.

Brands, can you help a sister out?