I love this thread title - rings all too true for me. This time last year I saw a lot of a size 12/14 'friend', who was good company but did manage to drag me round clothes shopping quite a lot (I could rarely join in because there wasn't anything in my size - my role was to hold the bags and bring smaller sizes to the changing room). Put me off group shopping, I can tell you! I saw her in December and this time it was me suggesting another outing - to get a new party frock, because everything I had was falling off me and I was down to a 20/22 size so could try places like Next and even Monsoon - funnily enough, she wasn't keen. Normally she'd be in touch by now to go round the sales but .....