Swimsuits

For goodness sake, would someone please explain to me WHY ON EARTH a simple one piece swimsuit has to cost $85?!? Seriously? I understand that there is some aerospace engineering that goes into these things, but $85? For less than a yard of material? Are you kidding me?

And why is trying on swimwear so humiliating? I mean you’re there, and this little stall you’re in turns into your own personal version of hell as you evaluate how your body looks in this swimsuit or that. It’s just awful.

Mike is convinced that the answers to these two questions are linked. You see, the process has to be humiliating so that when you do find that one perfect suit that doesn’t make you look like a COW, you’ll spend anything.

As you can tell, I’m in the market for a new swimsuit. I had a couple that are now too big for me and the one that did fit was old enough that it just needed to go away. So, here I am looking for a new suit. And the process began in early January.

I found a Speedo at Costco and it was super cute. I was so excited that I was going to be able to take a suit with us on our trip to Vegas. But, the neck line came down WAY too low for me to be comfortable. It was a little too revealing for me. Mike, of course, loved it. So, that one went back. Then I found one in the Land’s End catalog recently that I think will work, but there’s the cost issue. At first I thought I would just be paying for the Land’s End name, so I decided to see if Khol’s had anything similar for a more reasonable price. They had something similar, but it was still $85. I thought I’d also try Stein Mart, but to no avail.

It really is difficult to find a “suitable” suit anymore. I guess the general public is not as concerned as I am about revealing too much of “the girls.” Of course, most people don’t have as much “girls” to reveal as I do. I like the plunging necklines and I think it’s what I need, but a little less plunge would be nice, thank you very much.

So, to all the ladies out there who are in the market for a new swimsuit for this summer… Good Luck!