This goes out to all of the ladies viewing the Stuff We Learnt Today blog. And perhaps to those men who are hiding something from us, and secretly enjoy the security of a perfectly fitting bra.
It is, from what I can tell, a pretty common headache for women to shop for bras. The number one annoyance being the price! Even on clearance at a department store you're going to pay $25 for a decent clearance bra. But they're usually out of your size on the clearance rack! But...there is hope...and it awaits at Target!
I have recently had somewhat of a Target addiction. I find myself there unannounced to my family and friends, wandering the various aisles for things I surely do not need. But anyway, about a month ago I realized that if there was anything I needed it was bras, so I thought, what the hell, I'll give it a shot. To my great surprise, I discovered that the bras at Target are incredibly cute, comfortable, only $12.99 and they always have the right size! I bought 4 on the spot and can see another bra-spree in my near future.
I just wanted to share because bra shopping has long been a source of aggravation for me that has now been remedied =) I think I had a bra from 8th grade lurking in my drawer that I just threw out!
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I have never paid more than $5 for a bra and they all seem to fit well and do the job for me...I'm just sayin......
PS. Also, just for the record, I got a set of "day of the week" panties ( mon, tues, wed...etc) back in 1971 and they were $3.99 for the set .....and they still seem to work fine for me even now.
I feel i must set the record straight. Ribhard's panties actually read "January, February, March..."
It had been almost 3 years since I went bra shopping, because I too hate it. But I was desperate, the duck tape and safety pins weren't doing the trick. I spent at least 40 minutes in Dillard's looking for a simple affair, minus the thick padding and evil up-lift. Once I finally found one successful style, I snagged two and ran to check out. Unfortunately, I didn't look at the price tag...after tax, $124. Too many lessons learnt that day. I'm heading to Target next time. Thanks Mags!
Ok, I was trying not to comment...but I am in awe of the fact that you still had a bra from 8th grade.
How is that even possible? Please tell me you weren't wearing that bra.
Also, you must have had an emotional attachment to said 8th grade bra as I cannot imagine it still fit you.
Which makes me wonder: was it a lucky bra? Did it have magical powers?
couple of things here:
boan: at the risk of prying into a personal area.....I would love to actually see what makes a bra worth $62? I mean how much workmanship and high end material can be involved with making a bra worth $62? is it some special italian designer? what brand is it? That seems like a lot of money to me...of course my thoughts about the actual cost of bras has been somewhat limited...but honestly I thought they were ran in the $5 to $15 range. I had no idea they could cost that much.
Valencia: hanging on to something since the 8th grade is not that big a deal. Your mom has a bath towel from the 7th grade, a bicycle lock from before that (and she remembers the combination!), and a bike headlight from when she was a little bitty girl....I also have a wooden box (stuffed with notes, tickets, receipts and letters) that I made in shop class in 1962..the 7th grade!!
Ribhard...where do I begin...
1) I'm aware of you and your lovely spouses propensity for packratism.
2) The reason you don't know how much bras cost is because you don't have a really awesome rack (although with enough fried corn you may develop one). Neither Boan nor myself qualify for membership on the Itty Bitty Titty Committee.
Trust me when you've got what I like to call "the goodies" a bra has to DO things. The bra isn't expensive it is "paid well" because it is doing a job.
for the record...probably the last time I really gave this much thought to the way a bra was made was at the Filmland drive-in movies, in the back seat of a '56 chevy in 1966...and at that time the only pressing question was the design and operating characteristics of the little hooks on the back of the strap.
and I must admit I did had a mild case of packratism.....and it got a whole lot worse when I hooked up with Nan's oldest daughter.
Not going to happen Rib.
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