I think you're supposed to bend over to measure your cup size because the way a bra is ideally supposed to fit is for all of the boob to be in the cup. (That might sound obvious, but as a woman with a larger rack, a lot of times most of the boob is in the cup but there is definite sideboob hanging out outside the cup. The advice I heard to help get all the boob in the cup is when you get dressed, you reach around and kind of grab the sideboob and guide it towards the cup. And it actually works! And suddenly the rack of doom is even more doomtastic.
Yeah, and the more boob in the bra, the more comfortable it is. Sometimes I'll try a 36, but even with the weight I gained on Wellbutrin, the band still rides up (esp. now that I'm working out), so I need a 34, but finding a cup that fits everything is a HUGE pain. I've got some Gs and some Hs that do okay. (In addition to weight, and before the weight gain started, I gained boob on the stupid med. Because, you know, a DDD just isn't boobtastic enough.)
Oh, it's a strange world when I look at the weather and go "Oh, thank god, only 96 degrees."
Happy Day to the Buffista-Americans!
French 75 Popsicles for tonight in the freezer. But I didn't realize the Popsicle set I got only makes four. Four! So I have most of a pitchers worth of delicious cocktail, and several hours until people get here. Uh oh.
Also if anyone else is hiding out inside, the history channel doc on the revolution is fascinating.
Thank you for this discussion. I have never been measured and I have an irrational avoidance to be measured. I need professional assistance. There is a store called "The Bra Lady" or something, so I might try them or the Nordstrom.
I worry that I will be a sarameg and after all that, not find a bra I like.
The other thing with Nordie's is that whatever they tell you your proper size is, different bras fit differently. They'll bring in multiple bras and some varying sizes to find the ones that really work. And while they are not cheap as a rule, there was more than one they brought in that I bought that was in the $20 range. (Others more like $70 though.)
Scrappy: J got to test-drive a Bentley? Was he required to wear a monocle while he was driving?
Pretty sure that's required by law.
LeN, the store I buy from, Intimacy, measures without touching. I don't know what kind of dark magic they perform, but I have six bras from them, and five are absolute winners (and one has a strap that keeps falling off my shoulder--but my boobs look fine). They take care of all the bra size translation, keeping a record of what brands and sizes I buy from them.
I don't mind being touched, but if anyone is hesitant, that might be less intimidating.
Just got back from The Heat. Which was funny--good lord, should I ever meet Melissa McCarthy I will hug her and rest my head on her shoulder and sigh with happiness and suggest we go for drinks. And it was sweet where I expected, and garnered a couple rounds of applause from the 4th of July matinee crowd. And, unlike the i've-seen-it-all-in-the-preview guy predicted, only one quasi-fat joke, and that from a bad guy. Thing is, for all he was sure the trailers gave away--how did he know what case they are investigating and what's at stake?
Bumped into a former co-worker from UCLA Med there. UCLA Med I miss only because the co-workers felt like they were really my age, not that people my age had to act older. I think I remember it unfairly wistfully. It was nice to see him--he passed on a couple knives to me while I worked there, and his oldest kid is doing krav now, which is very touching. I got the job through krav--one of the students worked there and told her boss to stop hemming and hawing over the resumes and just take a chance on me.
She works for Microsoft now, apparently.
