DO YOU HATE BATHING SUIT SEASON? YOU WON’T ANYMORE!
Bathing suit season always sneaks up on me. I begin the spring with the best intentions of getting into shape for bathing suit season and, in one week it seems, the weather goes from 45 shivering degrees to 85 sweltering degrees and I’m unprepared. I haven’t been to the gym. I never lost the ten, ok, maybe fifteen, pounds that crept up on me since last bathing suit season and I haven’t been shopping for bathing suits because I haven’t lost the ten, ok, maybe fifteen, pounds that crept up on me since last bathing suit season. It’s a vicious cycle and I keep repeating it.
Bathing suit shopping. Have you ever heard of a more cruel and unusual punishment? I’d rather have every one of my teeth drilled without novocaine than go bathing suit shopping. It’s the worst. No amount of self-hypnosis or psyching myself up can prepare me for the bathing suit department at my local department store. Oh, the people who design bathing suit departments are devious. They try to lure you in with cheery decorations and brightly colored displays. But their happy (and perfectly proportioned) mannequins don’t fool me. I’m about to pass through the gates of hell and stand practically naked in front of an unforgiving mirror, wearing the skimpiest piece of fabric, as I critique my thighs and butt under the most unflattering light that magnifies every lump, bump and dimple. You might as well pull my fingernails out one at a time.
Well, I’m going to have to brave the torture because I just got my first pool party invitation of the season. But I’m going to mitigate it by shopping for a bathing suit in the privacy of my own bedroom. Yup, it’s the internet for me. No more futile trips to the dressing room. No more unforgiving mirrors. No more unflattering lights. I’m going online. A quick google search revealed several manufacturers that size their bathing suits by your bra size and have built-in bras. That’s genius for women who require a certain level of support. Another search turned up slimming suits. And you know what? The suits are cute! I think I can really rock some of these styles. I can’t wait to get what I ordered. Click through the gallery to see some of my picks and, perhaps, spare yourself the torture of the bathing suit department.
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