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I was determined to look good in a bathing suit this year. The past two years I’ve bought very utilitarian bathing suits on sale at TJ Maxx which is really scraping the bottom of the barrel but they were decent enough to wear chasing Miss A down at the pool and not totally horrific. I can’t justify forking over nearly $80 for a bathing suit like I did back in my 20s when, ironically, I wore bikinis and was paying more for less material.
I’ve been taking my hip hop class for weeks, getting down on all fours doing an exercise my instructor calls “butts” (glorified donkey kicks), and making a complete fool out of myself so I decided I deserved to buy a new bathing suit just in time for spring break.
Ultimately I ended up buying this tankini top from Victoria’s Secret which I found from a seller on ebay who sells overstocks from Victoria’s Secret. (Bargain woot!) Don’t worry, I wore bottoms with it since I already had a solid black pair. Although my new tankini top definitely does the boobs good, mine look nothing like this after breastfeeding two babies:
There’s not an exercise out there that will restore the pristine 20-something nature of my boobs like this model’s.
I have to admit I bought a black skirted bathing suit bottom last year, but give me a break it’s the uber minimalist bathing suit skirt. It’s just enough to cover my upper thighs, barely, but then again it’s a slippery slope once you enter the kingdom of skirted bathing suits and the temptation to spiral downward into the mom jeans pool of swim wear.
I was very pleased with my tankini top, and dang if I can’t find ONE SINGLE DECENT PICTURE to share of me wearing it from vacation (cough) but I noticed on our trip that it has a tendency to ride up after several hours and in one picture when we were out boating I realized that my boobs are now so flimsy that if I’m not careful my halter top tankini will hoist my boobs all the way up to my neck.
I might not be taut, but I’m flexible!
Cute top! I am a skirt wearer. I admit it. I am careful to get skirts that aren’t too “Old Lady” but the way I’m built, I look MUCH better with a skirted suit. I like tankinis from Lands End.
LOVE this post title!
I actually got an awesome tankini from SAM’S CLUB last year for $28. I love it so much (and it has no skirt, thankyouverymuch) that I may skip the horrific experience of looking for another one I like and just let that one ride for another year. Or two. Or four.
I am not a fan of tankinis. They tend to ride up in the middle, exposing all of that extra skin I attained from my offspring. The very flesh I was TRYING to hide with said tankini.
Plus, they never look as good on me when wet as they do when dry.
I am definitely on that road to a full-body swim suit. Do I HAVE to show my upper thighs? I mean, I’m married. The thighs did what they were supposed to do, pre-children. Now? They’re just scaring the little kids at the pool….
SO FUNNY.
I got a Lands’ End tankini top last year and LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it. It stands up to all the pool-side/laundry trauma. I think VS would, too.
Just also wanted to let you know my URL changed.
I paid a ton last year for a black tankini that I like, thinking you know, the more I pay the better this will turn out.
Whatever.
“flimsy” is a really good way to describe my boobs too. sigh.
uh oh…I’m definitely a tankini top girl and skirts…yep I’ve been wearing those for a few years….crap, I think you just gave me a complex!
~K
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I consider my use of the skirted bathing suit to be a public service. Nobody needs to see what’s behind curtain #1 on my body.
Cute! Love the top.
As far as the skirt goes – by this summer I’ll have given birth to three human beings. Not only do the boobs sag, but the butt isn’t too far behind. Maybe next year I’ll shoot for a cute suit? Maybe
I just bought a skirted tankini. I bought one with a top that will match the bottoms from my boyshort tankini, too. I hate paying that much money for something I’ll hate being seen in. But, we’re going on a real vacation this year. What I wear to swim at my SIL’s is not going to cut it on a public beach.
Life can be rough when you have kids and it’s even harder trying to find good tankinis for cheap. One place I found a great deal is http://www.hapari.com/modest-tankinis/. Their swimwear is reasonable and looks good too. Your boobs might not look as good as Jaime Pressly but you can still have fun.
nice and elegant.
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I like the way you are presenting the matter.
thank you and keep going on.
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This is aiding really great for me! It really helps in my decision making. Hope to get the skirt that suits me