I Feel Like a New Woman
Seriously, you've got to try this. But first:
I went to get a haircut after school, just a trim. Now, I wore today a variation on my normal daily uniform: jeans, a tee shirt, and a button-down shirt over that, long sleeves rolled up. (When it's cold, I'll wear a sweater instead of a button-down, but I digress.) Usually, I wear a dark-colored tee shirt for camouflage purposes, but I wore a solid black button-down today, so I wore a lovely textured white tee underneath. It's not like I was ever going to take the over-shirt off, anyway.
But I took it off to get my hair washed, and while my hair was cut. Before the stylist came over and put that drape-y thing over me, I was sitting for several minutes, looking at myself in the mirror in that white tee and all I could think was "I look like every old bat I've ever seen with her boobs down to her waist. Omigod. Why oh why can't boobs just stay in the proper boob-place your whole life? Is that too much to ask?" And then I was covered, thankfully, and put the button-down back on as soon as my hair was done.
What did I do when I got home? Okay, maybe this is just common sense, but I'll bet there are plenty of us -- okay, not you, Cosmic -- who just never think of doing this:
I shortened up my bra straps.
Well, yes, I couldn't get away with sleeveless because my bra is up to my armpits, but let me tell you, ladies: I looked in the mirror -- wearing the white tee -- and I look like I lost ten pounds, or maybe it's ten years. Okay, they're not where they were when I was 16 -- that ship has sailed, its rotted hulk resting on the bottom of the sea -- but maybe where they were when I was 40, so that's something, eh?
Listen, you gotta get your kicks wherever you can these days. Fred Thompson is running for president, and I'm not getting any out of that.
WATCHING LAWNORDER (as per Red Nose) :: ENTRY #1575
What you talkin about Willis??? I will have you know that I had my breasts removed in 2002 at the age of 49.
ReplyDeleteBack then, I was a 36C and could still hold up a pencil with no problem. As a matter of fact, Terry would run his hand down my back to see if I was even wearing a bra.
SO yes, Though I don't know what your talking about, it's only because I never had to pull up my straps, so there! Lol.
I used to have quite perky boobs when I was younger {as perky as a D cup can get anyway} But having and nursing Warren pretty much deflated my balloons. I do tighten up the bra strap though, I've found the right bra can make a HUGE difference in how I look.
ReplyDeleteI tighten up those straps until I look like a hampster with his cheeks filled! It makes a HUGE difference!
ReplyDeleteI am so bad about getting the proper bras (and hiking up those straps). P.S. Summer's so funny.
ReplyDeleteI can only figure you gals haven't been paying attention. I'm older than all of you, I nursed three babies, and I had a lumpectomy. But I've always been careful to wear proper fitting bras -- and I don't have ruts in my shoulders either. Even though I may refer to them as "waist" and "knee," mine are still where they belong. I guess being properly fitted was out of style by the times you little kids got your first bras.
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