tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post3472248154674561813..comments2023-10-22T05:08:51.281-06:00Comments on Confessions of a Rotten Correspondent: cross my heartthe rotten correspondenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02704525054720181936noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-19977340357645772722008-03-05T16:57:00.000-06:002008-03-05T16:57:00.000-06:00This is like the best post EVER!! I loath bra shop...This is like the best post EVER!! I loath bra shopping. Since i gained weight my bras are too tight and I have that muffin top up top...<BR/><BR/>I love this post!! Thanks for sharing. It was like reading about my last bra shopping experience's but written by a very funny witty gal!Kaytabughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11823989062127968170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-9227038337265751962008-03-04T23:44:00.000-06:002008-03-04T23:44:00.000-06:00Dear R.C. - You certainly hit a nerve with your hi...Dear R.C. - You certainly hit a nerve with your hilarious post! And I adore the graphics...very glamorous! I am down to one decent bra that I can wear to work. I thought I lost it last week and had to wear camoflaging clothing over my red white and blue cotton, only wear around the house in my pjs bra. Thank goodness, I found it in the clean laundry! Guess it is time to buy another. sigh...my cannon balls are very hard to fit (and carry).<BR/>Thanks for the fun read!Murphy's Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956344979943850992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-13271123073895754742008-03-04T20:30:00.000-06:002008-03-04T20:30:00.000-06:00aims - it's like asking a guy to get you pantyhose...aims - it's like asking a guy to get you pantyhose. Or sanitary products. "Uh, yeah...I need the super thin panty liner with the wings and the turbo stripe". Right. That's gonna not get lost in translation.<BR/><BR/><BR/>potty mummy - a hundred and fifty pounds?? For a bra?? Is it on Johnny Depp?? Does he come with??<BR/><BR/>akelamalu - that route has a lot going for it. I've gotten a couple of suggestions from this post that may keep me out of a store for quite a while!<BR/><BR/>jenn - I know what you mean. I'm not big. Trust me on this. But I, uh, have had three kids. Enough said? And the bras look big and icky. Why do you have to wear an A cup to get a pretty bra?<BR/><BR/>happy in the abyss - oh, my god. I had totally forgotten about the water bra. I do however remember when Sasquatch walked into my living room with your bra on his head. Couldn't even see his sweet little face for those big ol' cups.<BR/><BR/>kimberly - I do misery well.<BR/><BR/>ann - all of my other bras have come from Target, too. But they bunch up on me for some reason. I like them and they're cute and not too pricey...but they crumble like cheap fenders. <BR/><BR/>rose - you are a sweetheart. I'm always happy when you're here. <BR/><BR/>janet - my feeling is that nordie's does almost everything better.And more expensively. Way more expensively. But oh, I do miss it.<BR/><BR/>swearing mother - hey! wait a minute! That wasn't you behind the security camera yesterday, was it? Because you're describing me too, sister. <BR/><BR/>corey - haven't all of our girls seen better days? I don't think I'm the best advertisement for bra shopping.<BR/><BR/>graham cracker - okay, you have a wacoal too? That's the Oprah bra, right? Now I know I need to check this out. I've never even heard of this bra. (and by the way...hello!!)the rotten correspondenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02704525054720181936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-80987357739389112742008-03-04T19:16:00.000-06:002008-03-04T19:16:00.000-06:00Bra shopping is the pits! When I was younger, bef...Bra shopping is the pits! When I was younger, before kids, I actally had a favorite Maidenform with the cone shape poking out. I was thrille when it was featured in an ad in the magazines. Now I do go where they fit you ane bring suggestions and have paid a lot for Wacoal. Then I buy a few, since I learned that once I find one I like, the manufacturer disconitniues it and I have to start all over again.Graham Crackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12001146418079784785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-11811702056521075902008-03-04T17:40:00.000-06:002008-03-04T17:40:00.000-06:00OH MAN! That has to be one of the best posts I ha...OH MAN! That has to be one of the best posts I have read in AGES! I mean AGES!!!!!!! You are too funny! thank you for the laugh. <BR/>I soooooooooo need a new bra or two. The girls have seen better days. lolCorey~living and lovinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05719661119360487023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-40412102713769114702008-03-04T16:47:00.000-06:002008-03-04T16:47:00.000-06:00And then you find the perfect bra, fits like a dre...And then you find the perfect bra, fits like a dream, you look great from the front. But catch a look at yourself in the rear view mirror and, wow, are those another set of boobs handing over the back too?<BR/><BR/>In fact, my fat back boobs are really in need of more support than the front ones these days. To much information, but that's just the way it is I'm afraid. Dammit.Swearing Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07277450057243928790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-51302087245415120052008-03-04T16:45:00.000-06:002008-03-04T16:45:00.000-06:00bra shopping is totally the devil's work, meant to...bra shopping is totally the devil's work, meant to make you feel as fat and unattractive as possible. sigh.<BR/><BR/>what i liked about nordie's is that i could get fitted there by their little ladies with tape measures (and then go seek the same bra elsewhere for less).the planet of janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11444337511603560544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-70635933650514409142008-03-04T15:51:00.000-06:002008-03-04T15:51:00.000-06:00RC--your blog is the first one I check every day--...RC--your blog is the first one I check every day--so funny!! Thanks for your kind comment on mine yesterday; it really meant a lot to me.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00691293013547048119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-40441851976206337402008-03-04T13:01:00.000-06:002008-03-04T13:01:00.000-06:00I bought a new bra on Saturday. My experience wasn...I bought a new bra on Saturday. My experience wasn't anywhere near as excruciating. I buy some of my groceries at a place that is sort of like a Target. So I just went into the underwear section there, rooted around until I found one without padding, and tossed it in my shopping cart.<BR/><BR/>It never occurred to me to try it on. I got measured at Marshall Field's before my wedding a few years ago and even though I've gain a little weight since then, none of it was in the chest area. <BR/><BR/>Don't hate me because it's easy for me to buy bras. I probably just have much lower standards.-Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08359625931588140579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-69547566530905408632008-03-04T12:46:00.000-06:002008-03-04T12:46:00.000-06:00Brilliant post!Brilliant post!Kimberly Vanderhorsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01653757517652257445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-89700835404898266872008-03-04T12:26:00.000-06:002008-03-04T12:26:00.000-06:00I am reminded fondly, of course, of the water bra ...I am reminded fondly, of course, of the water bra incident we shared. However, having one of those go-measure you and snap your fingers you get the bra of your dreams is not always paradise. Mine are usually over $40 a pop and they are never the most attractive choice. I go for comfort and let Heidi Klum wear the pretty crap.<BR/><BR/>Congrats on a new bra. Love u!Happy in the Abysshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18430029245934599353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-17296259430261173542008-03-04T11:39:00.000-06:002008-03-04T11:39:00.000-06:00Ugh, I hate bra shopping too. I went to one of th...Ugh, I hate bra shopping too. I went to one of those magic places and the bra size they gave me was GINORMOUS, and the bras they brought in for me were bigger than my grandma's head. WHY? It's such an insult to go bra shopping.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-36179102686739387262008-03-04T11:33:00.000-06:002008-03-04T11:33:00.000-06:00I love shopping but not when I have to buy a bra! ...I love shopping but not when I have to buy a bra! I have been measured twice, in two different specialist shops and neither of them came up with a size that I feel comfortable in. I now order bras from a catalogue in various styles, in quantities that make them think I'm opening a shop, then I keep the one that looks/fits/feels best. I then send the others back and order 5 more of the one that's right. My last lot cost me £20 each! Guess what - I need some new ones. :(Akelamaluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234268568845148285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-45580269115751135052008-03-04T11:02:00.000-06:002008-03-04T11:02:00.000-06:00Good point RC - why DID you get just one? And luc...Good point RC - why DID you get just one? <BR/><BR/>And lucky you, $30 for a bra sounds extremely inexpensive to me. In this neck of the woods £30 is the average. And that's before you start going to those whizzy shops you were talking about. When I was looking for a birthday treat bra, I found myself recoiling in horror as I realised I had been about to try on one for ONE HUNDRED AND FITY POUNDS! Needless to say, it went straight back on the shelf. I mean, I couldn't try it on. What if I liked it?Potty Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04751869800592294891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-60631361463891284402008-03-04T10:57:00.000-06:002008-03-04T10:57:00.000-06:00After many years of sagging and memories of pain u...After many years of sagging and memories of pain under my right boob - I finally went back to an underwire. Why the pain you ask? Gall bladder - but I always associated it with that wire...<BR/><BR/>Now I get mine at Walmart - 16$ <BR/><BR/>The other day the wire broke and I asked The Man if he would stop in and pick me up one - he actually refused!! Can you believe that?!aimshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12685252628734838159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-26732449484856208982008-03-04T09:46:00.000-06:002008-03-04T09:46:00.000-06:00belle - I have to admit that some of the stuff was...belle - I have to admit that some of the stuff was really <I>really</I> cute. I'm trying to stay off that path, but can totally see the appeal. (Once I find something that fits, anyway).<BR/><BR/>flowerpot - I can't keep straps on my shoulders. I don't know why, but I can't. So I usually wear the racerbacks just to keep them on.<BR/><BR/>laurie - I guess I'm simply tired of them not fitting. Or looking like ass the second time I wear them. I've had these ridges in my old bra that you could see a block away. I looked like the three boobed bimbo.<BR/><BR/>And the chocolate? Is fabulous. Thank you, thank you <I>thank you</I>!!<BR/><BR/>pixelpi - checked my email. Those Spanx bras look very interesting. I'm going to check those out on-line. I'm hoping that they have the natural cone shaped ones on sale. <BR/><BR/>crystal - I have a wide back,too. Or big rib cage. Whatever. Yours may be from contentment. Mine is from too many mashed potatoes.<BR/><BR/>mya - exactly. Light the damn room a little better and those bras would fly off the shelves. I'm not totally sure about the security surveillance, but I think the y really do have people watching to keep you from stealing. Like anyonw is going to steal a bra that gives you the boob version of a Unibrow.<BR/><BR/>kitten - on my way to email you back. Hang in there. <BR/><BR/>rudee - "Wacoal" is the brand? Hmm. I've never heard of it. Itty bitty committee?? You're cracking me up!<BR/><BR/>lil mouse - I like those Hanes t-shirt bras. I just need a little more support. I may go and check them out again, though. God knows I'm going to need more that one bra.<BR/><BR/>pursegirl - are you shitting me??? <BR/>Seriously? Can those 89 year old ladies actually fit the damn things? <BR/><BR/>I have to go and cuss now.<BR/><BR/>amy - that was kind of what I thought, too. If anyone wants to watch me try on bras they've obviously got problems way beyond lingerie.<BR/><BR/>I'll see your stretch marks and raise you one.the rotten correspondenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02704525054720181936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-14913184608361662192008-03-04T09:30:00.000-06:002008-03-04T09:30:00.000-06:00ped crossing - $60 for a bra? Are you serious? Goo...ped crossing - $60 for a bra? Are you serious? Good god.I like Nordies. Too much - it's probably a good thing we don't have one.<BR/><BR/>kaycie - but they didn't have another one. Well, they did, but the color was awful. You would have been able to see it under anything but a black shirt. <BR/><BR/>my two cents - it was the last thing I felt like doing yesterday,but I found myself bra-less. I'm like you, though. I can't get that baby off fast enough.<BR/><BR/>thalia's child - okay, that is really funny. So I guess there really is a lot of leeway in determining size, right? <BR/><BR/>carolyn - I didn't need a bra until I had kids. But after three pregnancies and nursing I need a holster. Not for size...for sag.<BR/><BR/>sweet irene - I think that's the trick. Once you find one you like you just keep getting that same kind. I haven't actually worn this new one yet. I have to break it in still.<BR/><BR/>mother of this lot - exactly! It's even worse, though, because this store was doing a buy two get one free and I STILL didn't want to spend sixty bucks on bras.I'm sure I'll regret it.<BR/><BR/>maggie may - on my way over to check out the award! And I can't believe the size changes that often. Mine better NEVER change again.the rotten correspondenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02704525054720181936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-21198987733432523302008-03-04T08:09:00.000-06:002008-03-04T08:09:00.000-06:00I bought three bras this weekend because I've, uh,...I bought three bras this weekend because I've, uh, outgrown mine. As in, I've gotten too fat for them. I saw that Oprah thing, too, and it just doesn't matter what the calculations are. The only thing that works is trying them on. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as a comfortable bra. I tried on some that were potentially comfortable, but they never had quite the right size. Annoying. I go braless whenever I can. And I just flash the camera behind the mirror. Like they're going to want to watch a fat mom with stretch marks down to her toes try on bras.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03656235714427761274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-86621458984690767222008-03-04T08:08:00.000-06:002008-03-04T08:08:00.000-06:00Ok, you are going to hate me... but Weavers does h...Ok, you are going to hate me... but Weavers does have a team of 89 year old women who are "bra specialists". They measure you and retrieve bras for you. I say you do that this weekend. I'll go too- with my own chair and some popcorn. <BR/>I hate bras and bra shopping. The only thing that makes me consider plastic surgery is that one procedure that makes your boobs all perky and BACK in the place they started. I'd even lose a cup size if I never had to wear a bra ever, ever again!!<BR/>BTW- call me!pursegirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00781246723822676141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-9129164912034635342008-03-04T08:01:00.000-06:002008-03-04T08:01:00.000-06:00dont you hate that? Yup bras are super expensive u...dont you hate that? Yup bras are super expensive unless you're hitting up Walmart for Hanes tshirt bras. which are pretty comfy. and the mirrors in vicky's secret? awful. make you look super duper fat even if you're just barely a little fat. why do they buy these mirrors? there are other mirrors people! and the sexier a woman looks the more she's going to buy, hello!Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04474928571871603804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-52187929744930055472008-03-04T07:40:00.000-06:002008-03-04T07:40:00.000-06:00RC, Oprah does an October show about her favorite ...RC, Oprah does an October show about her favorite "Wacoal" bras. I went to their website-and noticed they make "petite" bras. I'm sure that petite indicates stature, but who knows? Maybe it's a new line just for the likes of me. I'm going to let my other friends on the itty bitty committee know I found this item.Rudeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17889298704039071473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-59141128550267631202008-03-04T07:31:00.000-06:002008-03-04T07:31:00.000-06:00I hear ya! I hate bra shopping! I sent you an emai...I hear ya! I hate bra shopping! I sent you an email with questions if ya don't mind.<BR/>Thank you!kittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049382336915982813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-1875927948045296652008-03-04T07:21:00.000-06:002008-03-04T07:21:00.000-06:00RC, I sympathise. I hate bra shopping. Is it true ...RC, <BR/>I sympathise. I hate bra shopping. Is it true US changing rooms station security guards behind the mirror glass???? Eek. And why is it that changing rooms are always so badly lit and unflattering? If they lied more, they'd sell more.<BR/><BR/>Mya xMyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14106690738320651376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-51043036685182349982008-03-04T06:33:00.000-06:002008-03-04T06:33:00.000-06:00I always have a problem with bras! My back is wid...I always have a problem with bras! My back is wide and my boobs have somehow grown in size during the last few years - contentment perhaps? <BR/><BR/>Crystal xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407016858777887859.post-85236158218171621392008-03-04T06:30:00.000-06:002008-03-04T06:30:00.000-06:00Yeah, enough of the weight-losing. Are you anorexi...Yeah, enough of the weight-losing. Are you anorexic? Do you need more carbs?<BR/><BR/>The illustrations are hysterical, BTW. I love the 1950's "cone shaped breasts." Such a <I>natural</I> look.<BR/><BR/>Check your email.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13784078775130185200noreply@blogger.com