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.

Just got back from The Heat. Which was funny

I saw a preview for it back when we saw Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, and since it was an R-rated movie, there was an R-rated preview for The Heat (there was even a special warning before the preview). And it looked funny as HELL.

only one quasi-fat joke

The trailer really made me want to see it, but I was so, SO wary, because of fat jokes. I am SO glad to hear the movie skips them.

It's pouring down rain here, so I think fireworks are not on the schedule for tonight. Maybe we'll go see The Heat instead.

my child is working my last nerve. up for hours before me he refuses to be satisfied with anything he can do himself.

I don't think anyone make fat jokes at McCarthy unless she gives them permission, and she's not the self-deprecating kind of comic. I don't think I'm spoiling shit by saying that one of the bad guys says she looks like a teenaged mutant ninja turtle and it's not played like he's funny. There are Boston accent jokes, and they get meta about albino jokes, and admit (too late) they were wrong for doing so.

I should go catch a movie. I still haven't seen Much Ado.

This design cracks me up [link] but I don't think it works well on a shirt. I seem to feel that way about a lot of Threadless designs.

DH and I took the kids to the pool this morning, then Dinosaur BBQ for lunch, and now I'm lounging on the couch while Dylan plays Wii Fit and Aeryn naps.

I wish I had an AC in my living room. It's hot here.