Comments on: Invest in your happiness (or perkiness)

By: Dee

Dee — Wed, 28 Dec 2016 21:55:22 +0000

Yes a new bra is amazing! I tend to be cheap about it too BUT i remind myself that I wear it every day. I’m a small size large cup (think 34DD) so they are super expensive. If you average out a $100 bra x times worn it’s probably the best value piece of clothing you own!

By: lauravanderkam

lauravanderkam — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 22:49:31 +0000

In reply to Lily. @Lily- I completely support this. Building a good wardrobe takes time and buying stuff just to buy it just doesn't have that same wow feeling.

By: Shanna

Shanna — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 16:42:17 +0000

In reply to Jessica. Came here to say that! Also, I will point out that when you find one that fits, put a price alert for your size on Keepa or CamelCamelCamel and it will email you when your size is marked down. Every year I pick up a couple of $80 bras for $25-30

By: Jennie Evans

Jennie Evans — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 14:07:45 +0000

I was fitted last year and what a difference! I spent a small fortune, but they were well worth it. I handwash them to make them last longer. I was recently fitted for jeans. I don’t wear them often (Saturdays) and had never invested in a good pair that fit well. What a difference. I looked 10 pounds lighter and am not pulling at the waist.

By: smh

smh — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 18:15:15 +0000

Yay!

For those living outside major cities, the HerRoom website also has a bra-fitting tutor. In my experience, it was accurate.

By: Lily

Lily — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 18:11:13 +0000

Love this! To me, that giddy ‘I love this and it makes me happy every day’ feeling is the new bench mark for purchases of things. I’ve just started working full time again after grad school, and I’ve got just barely enough professional outfits to make it through the five-day week. But I’m holding out and making sure every new piece meets the ‘whoo-hoo look at me, and I’m so comfy’ standard, instead of settling for ‘it’ll do’

By: Anne McCormick

Anne McCormick — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 16:48:07 +0000

I love this! And totally agree that bliss is as worthwhile an investment as anything else.

By: Carrie Willard

Carrie Willard — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 11:17:03 +0000

@Virginia – to be fair, it’s not nursing that ruins your boobs, it’s the estrogen rollercoaster ride of pregnancy. 🙂

Laura I lucked out recently and got two fancy French (nursing!) bras at a discount store, probably there because they were an odd size: 30E. They were $54 on Amazon, but I snagged them for $4 each. They’re black with ivory lacy trim.

They fit me, just a teensy bit snug on the rib cage, so I’m ordering one of those extender thingies.

But yeah, almost everyone wears the wrong rib size! I HATE trying to find a bra in a regular store because everyone is not a 34C, and if you’re an odd size it is impossible to find your size. But I don’t want to spend a ton of money on a bra because my size will change again when I wean the youngest.

I treated myself to 5 new bras after I lost the baby weight.

By: Virginia

Virginia — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 05:35:38 +0000

After I weaned, I found only skin and bone where my old boobs used to be. Then I scanned my eyes about 6 inches lower and BAM- there they were!

By: Gwyneth

Gwyneth — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 03:57:43 +0000

So true! I wonder what percentage of women are wearing the wrong size bra because buying them is so un-fun without champagne and so unrewarding without getting them properly fitted?