I already posted above, but I've had a slight change in plans I think. I just thought about this....I'm having surgery on May 29, and by early August I hope to be down enough so that my shorts are literally falling off me. (They are already getting loose because I've lost 19 lbs in the last few months.) So, I will probably need to buy about 2 pairs of shorts...enough to just get me by at home, since I don't wear them to work. I don't think I'll wait until August to buy them, because as we all know, by the time August rolls around only fall clothes will be in the stores, lol. The problem is, I have no clue what size to buy.

I wear a 22W or 2X now, so I wonder what I'd wear by late summer in August?
As far as the rest of my clothes, like I posted above, I have lots of stuff in my closets. But for whatever reason, I got rid of my smaller shorts.
Any recommendation on what size of shorts I might want to buy? I'm 5'5", with average length legs, and my current weight is posted below. I'll be sure to buy from a store with a decent return policy and save the receipt too.