Okay, disclaimer: I have never run a marathon. Probably buying a bra is much easier. I liken the experience to running a marathon because it is a feat of endurance and patience, and sometimes you think you’re not going to make it/find a bra.
I tried on eleven bras today. Eleven that I remember, anyway – there might have been a couple extra I’ve forgotten. Since Cushing’s, my boobs have grown bigger and become saggier, which actually makes it kind of difficult to find a bra that fits. Added to that is that I don’t want to just own bras that will cover my boobs and not squeeze me to the point of suffocation; I want to own bras that make my boobs look amazing. Even if I am the only person who sees them, I still want them to look awesome – Cleavage Man deserves a good home.
Side note: I have often thought it would be cool to be a miniature person living in someone’s cleavage. You’d be surrounded by lovely padding and have a great view of the world. I have occasionally drawn little stick figures in my cleavage, and in the last appearance of Cleavage Man, he was wearing a top hat and a monocle. Who ever said I’m not classy?
Anyway. So, I tried on about eleven bras, probably driving the salesperson nuts, and have come away with a bra that on its own doesn’t look spectacular (no lace or pretty colours or exciting patterns), but one that should make Cleavage Man pretty happy, should he ever make another appearance.
And speaking of marathons, the Mother’s Day run is tomorrow. I am freaking out slightly because I am fairly certain that I am not fit enough to run 8km. Why did I ever think this would be a good idea?! I hope I don’t die.
LOL! I wish you and I could go bra shopping together. I have a bit of the opposite problem. I’m very petite due to my birth defect and NF (my family is all quite tall and large, my geneticist says that I would be too if not for everything). Although mine are bigger than my mom’s at my age, according to her, I can’t really fill out a normal cup, I need padding. Without it I look like a 13 or 14 year old girl. And I get all these mailers for Victoria Secret’s with $10 off coupons and stuff and rarely get to use them. We’d hava a blast, I’m sure.
And I hope you do well on your run. Our mother’s day is today as well, and both my mom and I have to work
But we work for the same company just at different buildings and she’s only a quick inter office call away. Seriously though, who the bloody hell buys cars on Mother’s Day? I’d so much rather be home watcing Downton Abbey again and making my Steampunk corset for our tea next weekend (I’m going with our local group to a tea house in Tampa).
By: minavilly on May 14, 2012
at 1:29 am
We probably would! I tend to go bra shopping on my own, and I often have to mentally prepare myself for it, because I *know* it’s not going to be a quick, in and out kind of expedition.
Local group? Tea house? A weekend of just tea?! What is that?? It sounds awesome, whatever it is!
P.S. Survived the run. Blog post later.
By: jennnigan on May 14, 2012
at 8:29 am
Shopping is never quick and easy when you have/have had a medical condition.
I’m a member of the Tampa Bay Steampunk Society. We are growing group based out of the greater Tampa Bay Area on the West Coast of Florida. Tampa was has a long Victorian history. My university was in an old hotel built in 1891. In the 1880s Henry Plant brought the railroad to Tampa, then a sleepy fishing village. Then, Gabriel Martinez Ybor came stopped in Tampa on his way to Galveston, Texas and decided to move is Cigar Factories from Key West to Tampa instead of Galveston. After the hotel, the rest is, as they say, history. We have a teas house called The Empress Tea Room. I’ve never been, but we planned a group outing for next Sunday and we have yet to finish my new corset. Maybe I’ll post about it in my companion blog. I’ll link you to it.
Awesome! My next post is on my summer class, Preparing Instructional Media.
By: minavilly on May 15, 2012
at 7:00 am