Monthly Archives: May 2010

Your Floyd would love this.

May. 4, 2010

Confession: Right now I am wearing a bra from the 9th grade. I’m 25. I fail at lingerie– it’s just not on my radar. I’ve never had a good experience, never found anything that made me look anything less than a dingbat, and just bah. Honeymoons and wedding nights are times when one is supposed to break out the big guns, but I don’t have any guns. The closest thing to lingerie I wear is a wifebeater and VS Pink undies. It’s either that or nekkid. Why is that? Well let me tell you.

  1. My boobs are really far apart. Homies start practically under my armpits, and I have a good fist space between ‘em. This means that they do not behave under any circumstances. (Just wait until we get to my dress fitting posts… You’ll see.)
  2. I also have boobs on the small side. I feel like too much padding is false advertising, and besides that, they still don’t behave when being “pushed up.” They tend to peace out the bottom.
  3. Straps are never long enough. Never. I’m 40 feet tall. Oh yeah, and I played basketball for 13 years. Clearly I failed at wearing correct sports bras, and they’re on the lower side because of that.
  4. Any sort of lingerie that is of the chemise, corset, etc. nature ends badly because I’m 40 feet tall. I just end up looking like a moron with the waist in the wrong spot and my butt hanging out when it’s not supposed to.
  5. I have no idea what my bra size is anymore. I have lost a truck-ton of weight in the past year, which is why I’m back to wearing bras from forever ago. I’m too busy [read: lazy and terrified] to get fitted. Bah.
  6. I just can’t see spending eleventeen thousand bucks on gorgeous underwear that I’ll handwash once, then accidentally put in the washing machine only to get ripped to shreds. I’d rather buy fonts or shoes.

All of that being said, I still feel like I need to have something in the lingerie department for wedding adventures. While the thought of lingerie shopping makes me fall over, it’s fun to pretend, right? So that’s what I’m going to do, damnit. Yes. these are all pieces, that in this pretend world my chest behaves, I’m normal-people-proportioned-and-not-10832408-feet-tall, and I don’t buy fonts, that I would want pretty hardcore.

1. Enchanting Silk-Tulle Bra & Enchanting Silk-Tulle Bow Briefs, Damaris 2. Eden Silk-Chiffon Triangle Bra & Eden Silk-Chiffon Briefs, Jean Yu 3. Lauren Whistling Bra & Lauren Whistling Thong, Stella McCartney 4. Stella McCartney Grace Waking Chemise, Stella McCartney 5. Sedgemoor Chemise, The Lake and Stars 6.Franklin Tank, The Lake and Stars 7. Franklin Brief, The Lake and Stars 8. Opportunity Tulle Corset & Opportunity Ruched Tulle Thong, La Perla

9. Fenella Bra, Fenella Waspie, & Fenella Thong, Agent Provocateur 10. Love Basque, Agent Provocateur

11. Melody Bra, Melody Waspie, & Melody Brief, Agent Provocateur 12. Nikita Demi Bra, Nikita Suspender, & Nikita Brief, Agent Provocateur

13. Mamba Bra & Mamba Brief, Agent Provocateur 14. Eleanor Bra, Eleanor Rollon, & Eleanor Thong, Agent Provocateur

15. Gardinia Corset, Agent Provocateur 16. Gardinia Bra, Gardinia Waspie, & Gardinia Brief, Agent Provocateur

Damnit, for someone who doesn’t do lingerie, I sure do love a whole lot of this stuff. If only it had any chance of fitting. Perhaps #1-4 would make friends with my weird set? I guess I’ll never know unless I try…

Do you have lingerie issues? Who else has torso or height issues when buying skivvies? Also, please tell me that there are other crazy-far-apart boob peeps out there, because the annoying clerk at Victoria’s Secret seems to think I’m a freak of nature.

*For anyone that’s wondering, that delightful quote is from the best show on the planet, aka 30 Rock.

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Pete and Repete were sitting in a boat.

May. 2, 2010

Pete fell out. Who was left?

{ Tiffany & Co. }

Last October, we thought we had picked out our wedding bands. Fast forward a few months, and I started having major doubts. It is important to us that our rings not be apart of the overall wedding budget– i.e. we each personally pay for the other’s ring. My art-hippie-student-self can’t afford to drop $2,000 on a band, and I wasn’t keen on the idea of begging him to spend that much on a band if I were only able to afford a quarter of that price. So, back to the drawing board.

Because Tiffany & Co. has little-to-no white gold wedding bands, I knew we would need to meander away from our jewelry mecca. Having our bands in platinum, especially his, jacked the price up astronomically, so white gold it is. After countless frustrating Saturdays filled with rings that we were “meh” over, we decided on two bands from Mayors & Birks.

{ Birks }

They were white gold, half the price of the Tiffany rings, and very pretty. My band was a little “squared” in comparison to my engagement ring, but it still looked very nice next to it. “Very nice” and “pretty” and other things I told myself about the ring started to wear off– I realized that I was ambivalent about a ring that JP would be spending a whole heckuvalotta dough on. Make no mistake, the ring is wonderful, but it just didn’t feel 100% right. Insert some bridal “you know when it’s the one” cliche phrases, and you’ll know where I stand reasoning-wise. It just wasn’t… there.

Enter serendipity, a random Google search, and a ring that I fell head-over-heels in love with– both in looks and price.

{ Whiteflash }

3mm width? Check. White gold? Check. Way under $1,000? Check. Sparklers? Check. More diamonds and higher weight than the previous choice? Double check. Comfort fit? Check. HELLO, WINNER!

Unfortunately for our heroes, both of the rings cannot be purchased at Whiteflash, because JP has giant hands. Whiteflash only makes their mens’ rings up to a size 10. (I should note that it is not unfortunate that JP has giant hands. I am quite a fan of his large-handedness. Sexy and whatnot…) I’ve gotten over my “OUR RINGS HAVE TO BE FROM THE SAME PLACE OMG!” weirdness, and so his ring will be coming from the lovely folks over at Blue Nile.

{ Blue Nile }

6mm, white gold, comfort fit, way under $1,000, and comes in JP’s ring size. We are big fans.

So there you have our probably-entirely-too-long-winded-nobody-really-cares “finding the bands” story. From start to finish it has taken eight months of looking, deciding, whining, and mind-changing, but we’re ending up with rings we both love and can afford. Moral of the story? If you’re having trouble finding something that fits your taste AND budget, keep on truckin’, and hopefully you’ll find something fabulous and affordable.

How did you approach ring shopping, and how did you decide on your bands? Was finding the perfect pair as easy as pie or a lot of lather-rinse-repeat-back-to-the-drawing-board?

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