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Mar. 21st, 2004 05:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
likethebeerLast presents bought for mda. He said don't go too crazy, such I just got him 4 (or maybe 5--I don't know whether #5 is something we could both use or not). Then I went on a bra-buying hunt. Ah, yes, me and bras. Such a complicated relationship. I bought 3 in January, but only 1 I like, and I had even tried them on and did twists, turns, and bows.
I bought mostly practical things this time around, and tried them on again. I don't like the bras that have that pre-molded look, which are the 2 bras I bought in January that I don't like. I thought they would make me look shapely and proper, but they cut at the edge of my flesh in the front and, yep, 4 boob-look. I like things that are stretchy and move w/you, and have lace. I tried on 4 and only 1 fit even though 3 were the same size. So I had to trudge out again and thought I'd try different sizes. Turns out I'm still too big for 34 C, a little too small for 36 C (which I've been for close to 20 years if not that), and too big for 36B (thank god. I have nothing against B-cups, but I might as well get the gravitas along w/the hunched shoulders). Bra buying has got to be one of the hardest things around in the clothes buying world. You can go Playtex, but even those might not look right. As an example, I did get 1 of those--$9, yeah!--and it looks just like the other ones--fits me fine around the ribcage, leaves just a taint of ripply fabric at the top. Sigh. I had my favorite styles, which I lost and then found again years ago (possibly during the bra-buying trip I wrote about for my 30th b-day). Why didn't I buy 100 of these things? I haven't seen them in a while. Maybe I should start shopping on line, and find the bras at the manufacturers I know. Oh, Olga, I love you. You pretty much have it going on compared to Vanity Fair. Although, now that I come to think of it, I did buy 2 Vanity Fairs.
Then, on a whim, I bought tap pants/boy shorts, whatever. "Boy shorts" is incorrect for these, b/c they're lacy. I've always been reluctant to buy them b/c they look just cutey sexy as anything, but I know I do not have a butt or thighs like the ones shown in the ads. But they were on sale and, fuck, I need something to bring a little joy to my life right now (I know spring's here, and the longer days are definitely working, but not enough). So, shoot, I brought them home, put them on, and they're cute! Yeah, i can still see the cellulite in all the usual places, but I had this fear that these cute shorts were going to squeeze the cellulite out and emphasize it. Like buying what looks like it will be a great bathing suit and it just highlights the ripples under the skin. No, they make me (or actually, my mid-riff and the top of my thighs) still look like me, but cute! They're seriously about as good looking as I could have hoped.
I bought mostly practical things this time around, and tried them on again. I don't like the bras that have that pre-molded look, which are the 2 bras I bought in January that I don't like. I thought they would make me look shapely and proper, but they cut at the edge of my flesh in the front and, yep, 4 boob-look. I like things that are stretchy and move w/you, and have lace. I tried on 4 and only 1 fit even though 3 were the same size. So I had to trudge out again and thought I'd try different sizes. Turns out I'm still too big for 34 C, a little too small for 36 C (which I've been for close to 20 years if not that), and too big for 36B (thank god. I have nothing against B-cups, but I might as well get the gravitas along w/the hunched shoulders). Bra buying has got to be one of the hardest things around in the clothes buying world. You can go Playtex, but even those might not look right. As an example, I did get 1 of those--$9, yeah!--and it looks just like the other ones--fits me fine around the ribcage, leaves just a taint of ripply fabric at the top. Sigh. I had my favorite styles, which I lost and then found again years ago (possibly during the bra-buying trip I wrote about for my 30th b-day). Why didn't I buy 100 of these things? I haven't seen them in a while. Maybe I should start shopping on line, and find the bras at the manufacturers I know. Oh, Olga, I love you. You pretty much have it going on compared to Vanity Fair. Although, now that I come to think of it, I did buy 2 Vanity Fairs.
Then, on a whim, I bought tap pants/boy shorts, whatever. "Boy shorts" is incorrect for these, b/c they're lacy. I've always been reluctant to buy them b/c they look just cutey sexy as anything, but I know I do not have a butt or thighs like the ones shown in the ads. But they were on sale and, fuck, I need something to bring a little joy to my life right now (I know spring's here, and the longer days are definitely working, but not enough). So, shoot, I brought them home, put them on, and they're cute! Yeah, i can still see the cellulite in all the usual places, but I had this fear that these cute shorts were going to squeeze the cellulite out and emphasize it. Like buying what looks like it will be a great bathing suit and it just highlights the ripples under the skin. No, they make me (or actually, my mid-riff and the top of my thighs) still look like me, but cute! They're seriously about as good looking as I could have hoped.
