It’s that time of year again. I have avoided it for several years but it is a must this year. It’s time. I have to say hello and good-bye and both will be painful in a way only women can understand.
My time came earlier than for most of you.
I have to …I have to..I have to find a new…..
SWIMSUIT
I heard the collective gasp, the memories of poorly lit dressing rooms with unforgiving mirrors in stores that are sometimes cruel enough to carry the latest copy of Sports Illustrated Swim Suit Edition.
Seriously
I have been avoiding this for several years managing to eek out one more season from my ever faithful friend. It has seen me through several sprint triathlons and tons of training ( well maybe not tons since swimming is still my worst sport) and great times with the grandkids at the pool and ocean.
It deserves a decent burial..the elastic is so gone it leaves black marks on my back. A not so subtle plea to be replaced.
So I ventured out…well I ventured online to find another replacement hoping beyond hope that this same style was still available.
Yes I am a dreamer.
I surfed the net and even called TYR. I sent them a photo and the very nice gal called me back and said incredulously
“Did you buy this in Canada” Uh..nooo right here in the good ole USA. “We ( TYR) don’t even make that style with that back”
mmmm..Well somebody there did because it has your logo monogramed on it. What she meant to say was “You are out of luck”
As I started to surf again I wished that I could just plug in my dream suit into someplace like map quest and it would direct me to the exact suit I needed. I guess that is what google is suppose to do but it misses the mark…alot.
Zappos was my online choice. Love them. I call them just so I can hear the joke of the day. The gal was so helpful and my suit came the next day. Loved the color, the feel of the fabric and then I noticed it was missing something.
The shelf bra.
Ugh Double ugh. It’s not that I even need it for support because the newer suits are so snug everything is smooshed anyway. I want it for the extra lining because…how shall I say this….I would rather shiver to show I am cold than have my breasts tell the whole world “It’s a bit nipply in here”
As luck would have it I ended up near a sports store that specializes in triathlons. Called ahead to see if they had suits which they did. What the really nice guys failed to tell me was that ALL but two of the suits were size small.
One of the two looked like it would do. It was lined, had a shelf bra ( yes) so I tried it on and… no, no and no.
So that is how I found myself having a conversation with a really cute guy about swimsuits and shelf bras. Yep I had that conversation with a really cute guy. And yes at the beginning it was embarrassing ( we did not get into the nipply part but he got my drift) I needed some answers and he ended up being very helpful.
Turns out the need for speed has ruled out the shelf bra in 99% of the kind of suits I like to wear. Wow. This turtle swimmer has no need for speed..just the need to finish without drowning.
So hello new TYR suit from Zappos..you must do as I have a swim training this week-end. You fit fine..let’s just hope the “girls” behave, stay in place and decline to do any weather forecasting. I’ll keep you all posted or…. not!
Keep triing!
