Tog shopping

Tog shopping - pretty much a fat persons worst type of shopping!  In fact, pretty much most women's least favourite shopping trip. Today I went shopping for a bathing suit for our honeymoon in Rarotonga.  Last time I shopped for togs was over a year ago, and I was quite happy(ish) with my size 20 tankini top and size XXL board shorts.  So today I grabbed a size 16 tankini, thinking a girl's gotta dream, and it was too big!!  Seems my tog top size is a 14!  I didn't find anything that had a big enough bust in the cheap stores (Shanton & Ezibuy) because seemingly the manufacturers think size 14 women only have b cup breasts?  Anyway, the big news is what I did next.  I went to a real surf/togs/beachware store, to Northbeach, Albany.  You know the type of store, where the staff are all hot 20 year old surf babes, the sort of place I so totally don't belong, the sort of store I would never go in for fear that someone may think, or worse - say, that I can't wear the clothes they sell because I'm too big!
It was awesome!  The fabulously wonderful sales assistant who helped me was so friendly, so helpful, and I so didn't feel self concious! She grabbed a few styles for me, and left me to it.  The first one I tried on was hillarious, I laughed out loud, big time! Let's just say it made me look like Dolly Parton's long lost sister!  But it fit.  It was a size 14, and it fit. Me. The next one was gorgeous!  It contained my bust, was so comfortable, and suited me really well.  I didn't think much about the bottom half of me, being a pear shape means my top half is my best half, but I felt a million bucks in that tankini.  I didn't feel embarrassed, or insecure, or unattractive, I felt awesome!  It was only when I was leaving, having decided the tog buying would wait until just before the holiday, that I asked the price.  $225!  No, that's not a typo, $225 for half a bathing suit!  It didn't bring me down any though, I walked out of that store grinning like anything, because I can now go into a store, a normal, mainstream store, and I can feel pretty confident that there will be my size!