Pink Freud is cracking me up.

Indeed. So would you go with a cigar...or something else?

vw, those wrap dresses are totally flattering to one's bosom and one's waist -- BUT they also drape close to the body.

Like, you know how an all-cotton button-down shirt wears differently -- almost stiffer, in a way -- than a silk shirt? That's what I mean.

Anyway, because of how they drape, they aren't forgiving to any curves that a person might consider excessive. Actually, that would include the bosom, if in fact one considered one's own bosom excessive. (See, I like my rack, so I love wrap shirts that are cut like the top of that dress, but since I have a buddha and a lot of junk in the trunk, I won't wear a wrap *dress* because it doesn't camouflage the way I would like.)

And I am so NOT implying that you have excessive curves! I just wanted to mention my own lovely intersection of body image demons and clingy wrap-style clothing.

cereal:

Happy Birthday, Cashmere!!!

Happy Marriage, Jars!!!

And I am so NOT implying that you have excessive curves! I just wanted to mention my own lovely intersection of body image demons and clingy wrap-style clothing.

You crack me up.

I am learning to embrace the curves. My dear Puertorrican friend and J have reminded me that they can be beautiful. I may change my mind after putting it on, but oh, well. I can send it back then. Or wear the Spanx, which are also my friend.

happy marriage jars!

Happy Birthday, Cashmere!!

Happy Getting Married Day to Jars and (soon to be) DH!!

Yes, this. Very this.

Connie, was it you asking about remedies other than cranberry juice for your friend's UTI? My doc once told me I could take 2000mg of vitamin C in place of the cranberry. As for herbal remedies, I like olive leaf extract for infections in general, and uva ursi is supposed to be very good for the urinary tract.

Wrap dresses are among those items I always have to try on. Some make me look way better than I deserve, and some make me look worse than even my body image demons had tried to tell me I look.

Thanks, Wind. My housemate seems to have come down with one--at least, she's hitting the bathroom every hour, it seems. She'd better contribute a little more to the toilet paper fund.

I am learning to embrace the curves.

I'm wearing a wrap shirt today (AIFG), and I adore it. But my tummy and my ass don't need anything clinging to them. Nope.

Relatedly -- I was mentally grumbling this morning that, for the past 3 or 4 weeks, the scale has not moved from the 10-12 pounds I've lost (I'm not sure exactly how much, b/c I can't distinguish those teeny hash marks on the scale dial). So I pulled out the measuring tape. I've lost about 2 inches on my waist and 1 or 2 on my bosom and 1 on my hips.

So -- right on! I'll take it. My waist/hip differential is *still* 11-12 inches. Like I said -- CURVY.

Happy Birthday, Cash!

Yay for marrying Jars! Have a wonderful day.

Yo, Bitches, guess who has a 'puter again?!?!

(we had some very interesting conversations, though)