Summertime is finally here…

You can always tell summer time is here by four things – patio furniture, corn on the cob, watermelon and swimsuits. yes swimsuits. Shopping for them make me anxious and sick to my stomach, unfortunately the last bathing suit i bought was in 2006 and broke the third time I wore it when I was in Fort Lauderdale visiting a friend and ended up having to walk back to her apartment from her complex’s pool with my towel covering my top since the clip on the back broke off.

So this upcoming weekend, we’re trekking up to Vermont to see my family in our “victory lap” which have been our trips visiting friends and family since our engagement.

Except, during this weekend, we’re going to my family reunion. Which is at a lake. Whiiiccchhh requires me wearing a bathing suit and while I’m not…fat…by any means, I’m too self conscious and realistic about my current sedentary tendencies to have an desire to wear a two piece bathing suit. If you’re in that inbetween state, I am certain that that is the WORST possible time for a gal to go shopping for a swimsuit. I have no desire to do just that at all this season, and still ultimately decided on buying on online not just because I overshopped the local resources and saw nothing I liked (the ones i did like? were at least $100 and I don’t have that kind of bling to spend on a swim suit i’ll wear maybe 3 times this summer…if I’m lucky) not to mention, I feel wretched enough about my body…as I have for the past few years, and had no desire to go try on a bathing suit in poor lighting with mirrors that emphasize the flaws. When I had a target date with my pal L earlier this week, I was waiting for her and figured I’d try on a bathing suit…it was cute, unfortunately, it was a little big in the front and in the rear. it was a two piece tankinin…after taking it off wondering why a medium was so large on me, I realized it was a maternity swim suit. Whoops? Talk about embarrassing.

Lucky for me, now that I’m really turning on the marathon training, I should feel okay to wear a two piece bathing suit in the next…month. maybe 2.

But of course, that’s not…in five days, that’s in 30.

So I had to search for a bathing suit. And I really liked a black one piece, strapless bandeau style one. But I was a bit hesitant.

But up until today, it was shipping in “2-6 weeks.” Today it said it would be shipped in 24 hours. But I was hesitant. I’m always very hesitant to buy bathing suits that I can’t try on…paranoia.

Then I saw this one from Alloy. I had gone through Victoria’s Secret bathing suits, Delias, Macy’s, JCrew, etc..etc… and didn’t see anything that was a classic looking but still modest with a lil bit of skin. I by no means wanted to wear a granny-panty like swimsuit, but I can’t wear a itty bitty yellow polka dot bikini either. I know this.

I settled on this:

Cute. Yet modest. Yet still has the sexy back also. I just hope and pray that the size works. Though I’m pretty sure it will. Also, I got it in navy. woo   I found a coupon online for free shipping so it discounted my 2 day shipping – I have to make sure i get it before Thursday since we’re leaving first thing friday morning although, if by some chance of God I have to order a different one for whatever reason, I’ll have it overnighted to my dad’s to arrive friday since we’ll be there friday afternoon, going north to Lake Dunmore on Saturday morning then heading up to Burlington Saturday night and to Westford/Colchester to my mom’s house on Saturday night then fly back to DC at 630 Monday am. Crazy schedule but like this weekend it’s a jaunt up north. Short and sweet without too many distractions. THere are dozens of people I’d love to see but I highly doubt I’ll see too many of them just because it’s such a whirlwind trip. I’ll just have to spend a lil bit more time up there this fall after the marathon.

Anyhow, the weekend was great but that’s not what this is about, full report on that tomorrow.

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