Funbags? Hardly.
Boobs. Breasts. Tits. There are lots of words for these appendages, but the one that seems most incongruous to me at the moment is “funbags”. There’s nothing fun about these things… they’re too big to be anything but a nuisance. I have been shopping for the right bra for the last 4 months now. I had the perfect bra, but when the first underwire snapped as I bent over to get out of my car one day, I knew I would have to find something else. Wacoal bras aren’t cheap, and while I think you should support “the girls” to the best of your ability, I just can’t spend that kind of money on undergarments. I’d rather spend it on shoes… but I don’t.
Anyway, because I am 1) overweight, and 2) of good, German, farmhand stock, I am well-endowed. Doesn’t well, when used as a prefix, usually indicate something positive? Yeah, I’m not feeling so positive… just very frustrated. I’ve measured, and measured, and measured again… according to all the calculations I’ve done, I should be wearing one band size and one or two cup sizes larger than my lovely Wacoal bras were. So that’s what I’ve been trying on, but that is a large enough size that it’s very difficult to find locally. I’ve ordered about ten different bras online, and have had to return them ALL. All of them!! Every last one. None of them fit. Some were pricey, some were not… but they all looked terrible. In the meantime, the last underwire on my last perfect bra gave out as I was cleaning the bunny room one night. I had to do something, so I went to Kohl’s and bought a couple of stopgap measures. They don’t fit very well, but I figured they’d do for now. I can tell they are the wrong band AND cup size – I can use the tightest hook closure and still pull the band over 2″ away from my body, and the center wires don’t lay flat like they’re supposed to.
So, lastnight I go to Kohl’s, not really intending to look at bras, but figuring I might as well try to find the next cup size bigger. It’s a triple-letter size, so I don’t have a lot of hope, but they actually do have a few different styles. I pick a smaller band size and the larger cup size, and they are ENORMOUS. There is enough extra fabric to fit at least one more breast in each cup! I’m so confused… what the heck? So, I try just reducing the band size, leaving the cup size the same as what I’ve been wearing. Still too big. Then, I figure I’ll try the size I was wearing before I started my search for the new perfect bra. Lo and behold, I tried on 3 different styles, and they fit. Hallelujah! It’s puzzling, for sure, because it’s not like I’ve lost any weight over the last 4 months… so I don’t understand why the size and styles that didn’t fit back then suddenly do, but I’ll take it. They cost together what one of the Wacoal bras do, so I’ll take it.
I have happy boobs now, that’s for sure.
Piggybank
I was absolutely not kidding when I said Facebook would be my new timesuck. It’s soooo easy to just play around and totally forget that hey! I haven’t posted here in like 2 weeks!
I guess I don’t have enough going on right now to provide much blog fodder. Between playing with Facebook, sleeping over with the girls, and cleaning up after the animals, I’ve barely had time over the last week to catch up on TV (except for Battlestar Galactica… only 3 episodes left!), let alone write in this space. The only really new thing – and it’s not really new – is that I’ve put myself on an austerity program. I’d already decided I wasn’t going to spend unnecessary money for most of January and all of February… and I’ve kind of extended it into March. Just like the company I work for, no new spending in Q1! I guess you could argue that the nearly 10 lbs. of gummy bears purchased over the last 2 months aren’t really necessary… but my tummy would argue right back.
Anyway, I figure if the likes of these bloggers can do it, so can I. I found out yesterday what my raise will be this year, and what I’m getting for a bonus… it’s generous, given the state of the economy these days. And I’m not going to waste it… I’m going to save it. I have all of these things to save for – home improvement projects, upgraded technology, wardrobe enhancements – and now is the time to do it. Oh, don’t worry. I’ll spend some of it and do my part to boost the economy, but I’m going to try really, really hard to limit frivolous spending.
To help me with my savings goals, I think I’m going to try out SmartyPig. It doesn’t cost anything to set up an account, and right now it has a better rate than my ING Direct savings account. You get incentives if you cash in your savings with one of their preferred merchants… say you’re saving for a TV, for example, and you’ve reached your savings goal. Rather than withdraw the money the old-fashioned way, you turn it into a Best Buy giftcard, and you get up to a 6% boost to your savings. Friends can also “donate” to your savings goal, which is kind of different.
Now I just need to figure out what to save for first.
