Most places in this area have a limit of how much you are allowed to have in the dressing room but if you ask you can place your selections on the rack either just inside or outside the dressing room. I have cheated and simply placed what I wanted to try on in an easily found rack among other types clothing when I have been told no.

Grew up being privileged, from locally owned clothing stores, taking home clothes on approval. Able to take home garments, try them on, and return those not wanted. Those were the good old days.

Only 3 items allowed in the dressing rooms here. Curious to know how many others pile on so many clothes to try on that it hurts their back and neck. Seriously?

Can you fill us in on what store you are talking about? If it's a Macy's type store, I would find a sale rep and have her help you with a dressing room.

When I go to Loft, I usually don't have tons of clothing to try on there. The petite section is small. Most of my clothes from there are bought online. I then return to the store where I find find something else to exchange it with.

When I go to Marshall's it's easy as you can get a cart. I think they allow 10 items in at a time. I usually don't have more than that, but if I did, the rest can stay in the cart to be swapped out.

Maif, I am curious as to what store will not assist you when asked?

One of the reasons I like to shop in the stores that provide carts.

I despise clothes shopping, so I never have that many to carry. If 3 don't fit, then I'm out of there.

I've been pleading to my local grocery store to put a hook on the door of the customer washroom though, for coats and purses. Our only choice is the floor and the baby change table. ICK!!!

Carts do make shopping so much easier. One thing I don't like about malls in the winter is you have to walk all around wearing your coat and getting hot or carry it. It is not easy looking at merchandise holding a big winter coat. Then when you have too many shopping bags you have to run them out to the car then go back in to finish your shopping. By then I just say "no more" and leave instead of going back in. Why can't they have a place you can drop off your coat, bags and continue shopping in comfort. Even if it is lockers. There is several shopping malls in my city that have gone under and several others on the brink of going under. They aren't getting the foot traffic anymore. I think one of the reasons is that it is too inconvenient to shop at anymore. The last two time I went to our local mall was only to take the grandkids to the play area. I didn't even go into a store.

I always take two or three of each thing I am trying on. What happens when you wear a size 4, but the sizes run small and you need a 6 or vice versa? I am not about to get dressed all over again and go find the better fitting size. So if I choose one or two things, and I have three of each, that's enough to bother my neck. I hear you always!

I went to Macy, Marshalls and TJ Maxx. I don't know why I blanked out on using the carts at TJ Maxx :-( Same here rob333, I like to make the most of my trips into the dressing room.

Jasdip, I carry my purse like a crossbody so that I don't have to put it down in the ladies room. Never will I place a purse on a public bathroom floor, ick (also).

Nicer stores used to have a button to summon a clerk to bring another size if you need one, those days are mostly gone.

Function - I agree about those winter coats. I've gotten to where it's easier to wear a lighter coat and freeze for those few minutes in the parking lot and have a wrestling match with a bulky coat. One of the other issue along those lines I've encountered is very hot stores in the winter. I've ask why the store was so hot and they said the temperate is controlled at a central location halfway across the country.

I ended up back at Macys yesterday to take advantage of their sales. Prepared with a lighter purse with a long strap and only took in my keys and phone with cards inside. While I gathered clothes to try on, I used racks near by to hang them while I continued looking. Worked out pretty good.

Ugh, you would think they would be more accommodating since you are there to spend money- the more the better right? I can be hard to fit when it comes to jeans and it's a pain when you have to keep heading out for a couple more pairs to try on. No wonder when I find some i like, I buy a couple pairs.

I'll tell you what's really frustrating is that we tend to shop in the morning and our local Walmart does not open the fitting room until 10am :^( This is really hard when you are trying to find bargains for a growing kid. I'm getting good at holding things up to her to eyeball for size. More recently, we've just started ordering from Target online, because if something doesn't fit well, so far they have made it very easy to return in store.

Hi watchme,

I've been known to ask stores that are semi-freezerish ...

... when they figure that they may begin renting sweaters.

Sometimes at a community centre, as well.

Various answers have been forthcoming, as I usually do it in rather a joking fashion.

ole joyful

I despise trying on clothes in a store. I would rather buy them and return them if it doesn't work. My chair often does not even fit in the dressing room. Should be a definite rule for ADA specifications. I also hate stores that pile up stuff in the aisle and around them so that I can't get around at all unless I just run through them and run it down. Sometimes I feel like doing that! Aisle bowling! But I won't risk damaging my chair.