Have Women's sizes changed?

Thanks so much everyone for posting!  Now I know I'm not going crazy!  

All the more reason to wait until I need it to buy something!  I was discussing shopping with a friend and I told her I wouldn't be buying anything new until I didn't have older things that fit me.  She told me I should still shop and buy something to shrink into..... I said right back that I'd rather save the joy of it until I actually would fit into it and the shopping would be part of the victory celebration!

I Think it depends on your body make up. People constantly told me I wad lying about weight or sizr. Im 4.5ft tall. At 140 pounds I wore a 4 on top and six on the bottom. At 170 I wore a 8. But I worked out 7 days a week 2 hrs a dsy. Plus you have to remember there is a huge difference between juniors and womens sizes of the same. 

I kept my favorite jeans from 1985, a comfy worn pair of size 10  hand me down Calvin Klein faded jeans. My daughter who loves vintage clothes has borrowed them. Although they fit her looser than they did me back then she was able to wear them. We went jean  shopping the other day and she is a 2-4. 

They have definitely changed. I kept my favorite dress from the 80's. I was the same weight, but my waist was 2 inches smaller then. It is a size 9 and is way too small. I usually wear a size 4 in dresses now.

The marketing for this started years ago when they brought out size 0. I am 5'2, and can wear size 0 and just tried on a very tight (but I was feeling fat, so I got out some vanity sizing to make me feel better) 00. I range from 126-132. WIth that said, when we get closer to goal, we have a lot of extra skin hanging about, with no fat underneath. Very squishable. I think this should factor in as well. :-)

Generally, I am a size 4-6 pant, x-small or small top.