Does this require real pants?

That's the main question I find myself thinking each day when I think about all the things I have to do.  And I have to say, at 37 weeks, 4 days pregnant, almost always, the answer is no.

I have these old baggy sweat pants that I bought in college - I've always been swimming in them - I'm not going to say that they're tight, now, but they're not nearly as loose as they used to be.  They are grey and I have to say that they go pretty nicely with all of my colored maternity shirts from Target.  They also just about flood over my shoes so that you can't tell I'm wearing my beat up J. Crew flip flops that, besides tennis shoes, are the only shoes I really want to wear, right now.  And even those flip flops make lines on my swollen sausage feet.  And I do have a few dresses that I could wear, but then I have to worry about being judged for having my flip flops in full view...right, because I'm not already being judged for wearing these pants out in public.  At least I draw on my eyebrows and touch my lashes with a bit of mascara.  Could be worse and way scarier, if we're being honest.

Ha, what an awful picture - look at that giant belly and those poor little feet.  Ah, pregnancy. :)

For instance, today, my main goal was to make it to the dry cleaners to do wife duties and drop off and pick up some shirts for the husband.  Definitely did not require real pants.  Even if I had added on a trip to the grocery store, still wouldn't have been reason enough for real pants.  In fact, had I gone to the grocery store, I would have made a point to buy some ice cream (and hey, maybe pickles, even though that's not something I'm craving) just to look more desperate in my pregnant state to be able to get away with such things as not wearing real pants.  Everyone loves a pregnant lady, right?

These are what I have found as reasons to wear real pants:
1. Doctor's appointments - so that they don't think I've given up on life
2. Out to dinner - not that we're going to fancy places but I think even Panera would frown on sweat pants - at least I used to frown at people in sweat pants at Panera, but hey, maybe I'm a little judgmental
3. Errands - I know that I didn't feel as though the dry cleaners and the grocery store required real pants but if I've got a list of places I need to go, I at least try and look like I have it together.  I am well aware of "the people of Wal-Mart" websites and emails going around but just because I'm pregnant, doesn't mean I should appear on that list (not that my sweat pants alone would warrant such a thing, but still). 

While we're making rules here, I do have to say that I've been out a few times without makeup and as someone who hardly EVER does that, to all you other pregnant ladies and moms with young children that do such a thing on a regular basis, I get it, now.  However, I would also like to say that the times I was out without makeup, one of those times I was in work out clothes (and probably showing my belly to strangers which surely distracted from my face) and the other time, I was wearing real pants.  Sometimes you have to sacrifice one for the other. 

I already know tomorrow will be a real pants day because I'll be out with Nishant and I don't want him to be embarrassed.  Might as well savor today for all it's worth and revel in the sweat pants!