On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:56:10 +0100, badriya 
wrote:

>On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 10:45:22 +0100, Jenny M Benson
> wrote:
>
>>In message , badriya 
>> writes
>>>Well, now I am no longer 28 I find mostly they seem to have the larger 
>>>sizes!   It is some kind of Sod's Law that there is always a surplus of 
>>>the sizes you are not.
>>
>>Nearly a year ago I saw a really nice pair of trousers in Bon Marché (in 
>>which emporium I buy 90% of my clothing) in Wrecsam and tried on the 
>>size 24.  I was delighted to find that they were too big for me ... 
>>until I discovered that there were plenty of every other size except 22. 
>>I went to Chester and tried the store there - none in size 22.  Then I 
>>happened to be in Stoke-on-Trent and saw the BM there - they didn't have 
>>any in size 22 either.
>>
>>Now that that particular style is no longer on sale I could possibly fit 
>>a size 20!
>I saw size 22 teeshirts in M and S today but no bigger in the ones I
>looked at. 
Asda today had some in 24.  It had very few size 10 or 12.