Returning home with the kill
Oct. 23rd, 2010 04:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sienamysticThe spirit of Artemis and Esther Williams was with me, and I have returned, swimsuit in hand, and a pair of goggles, too.
I ended up spending a little more than I wanted. My Reebok suit was originally seventy bucks, but was marked down to fifty. It's a bright teal blue tank suit (the Santa Barbara solid classic tank), with no embellishment except for a little...what do you call it, ruching, maybe, but not to define an area or make your boobs look great but to simply add some loose cloth over the stomach. It was a tossup between it and another Reebok tank, black with a white vaguely Hawaiian border along the top, and what decided it was the fact that this was ten bucks cheaper and fit a little bit better, plus Bemo liked the color on me. Both of the suits it came down to were size 16, although there was a size 14 in the running until I saw that it was eighty bucks.
I tried on a slew of other suits, including a few Speedos. I found some that fit me well, but the lack of any support was noticeable in most of them, and the ones that held me in were too small, and I'd get a little more side-boob showing that was probably advisable. Some of the ones with the cross-strap backs were a little more challenging to wriggle into and out of, although I loved the way they sat on my body. I may revisit that option in another twenty pounds or so.
Grand total, including goggles, was $66. As I said, a little more than I wanted to spend, but honestly, having the ability to try on the suits proved to be really important to me.
I ended up spending a little more than I wanted. My Reebok suit was originally seventy bucks, but was marked down to fifty. It's a bright teal blue tank suit (the Santa Barbara solid classic tank), with no embellishment except for a little...what do you call it, ruching, maybe, but not to define an area or make your boobs look great but to simply add some loose cloth over the stomach. It was a tossup between it and another Reebok tank, black with a white vaguely Hawaiian border along the top, and what decided it was the fact that this was ten bucks cheaper and fit a little bit better, plus Bemo liked the color on me. Both of the suits it came down to were size 16, although there was a size 14 in the running until I saw that it was eighty bucks.
I tried on a slew of other suits, including a few Speedos. I found some that fit me well, but the lack of any support was noticeable in most of them, and the ones that held me in were too small, and I'd get a little more side-boob showing that was probably advisable. Some of the ones with the cross-strap backs were a little more challenging to wriggle into and out of, although I loved the way they sat on my body. I may revisit that option in another twenty pounds or so.
Grand total, including goggles, was $66. As I said, a little more than I wanted to spend, but honestly, having the ability to try on the suits proved to be really important to me.
