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November 22, 2009
4.22: Suspension
Bra shopping sucks.
I've been holding out on buying new bras until I was done being pregnant, then until I was done nursing. Then I found a bunch of bras I hadn't worn since I got pregnant the first time, and I thought there were one or two in there that would work.
After I got stabbed by an escaping underwire, I rethought my position.
So for weeks, bra shopping has been on my to do list. It's not exactly the sort of thing to do with a boob obsessed toddler, though, so it took some time before I got desperate enough and had Rex along to wrangle kids.
I managed to find two bras that I thought might work at outlet for an absolute steal. One of them didn't make the cut once we got home, but the other does an admirable job of propping the old girls up to a position equal to their former glory. And it's comfy, which is probably more of a requirement than it's suspensory abilities. The downside is it's bright blue color. As my sole source of lift, this just won't do.
I'm going to need a backup.
So tonight I went back to my old, if expensive, standby, . It took me a while to find my old friend, the unlined Body by Victoria, since they've changed the damn thing yet again. Fortunately, the damn thing was still comfortable and much more supportive than my old bra, which said the same size on the tag but is now at least a size larger in every direction.
However.
They don't have a single bra in that style in the color I want, much less one in my size.
Did I mention that this was at the regular, here's-my-firstborn, I-can-only-afford-the-one store at the mall? And that they haven't had the right color the last three times I've shopped there?
For now, I guess I'll be the woman at the PTA meeting wearing the white shirt with the shiny blue boobs. The PERKY blue boobs.
Posted by me at November 22, 2009 10:24 PM
Comments
Have you done a web search for other colors of the blue bra? I buy all my bras online (thank you, freaky size) and often have good luck on eBay. If you know the brand, style and size that works, you're already ahead of the game. Get googling, girl!
Posted by: Summer at November 23, 2009 10:21 AM
Yeah, now that I have the right size and a comfy style, I can pick up another couple. They're even on sale! The only concern I have is that I did the same thing a year or so ago with Victoria's Secret, and the bra they sent was the same style number, but slightly different and not in a good way. It's made me a bit leery of the online thing, although as a general rule, I'm in love with the internet.
Posted by: Becky 
at November 23, 2009 10:07 PM