Oh, for the LOVE, part 2

[clevermanka]

Today is going well. I remembered the camera. But can't find the adapter to download images from it to the computer. I know I had it here at work. I know I did. I can't find it. Typical.

Last night was really great, too. A stellar day.

I canceled plans with friends for no reason whatsoever since what I hoped to do wasn't possible until after I would've been home from bestill's house anyway.

I discovered that all my costume bras are too big. Way too big. None of them fit at all, anymore. None of them are alterable where I need to alter them. I must start an entirely new costume wardrobe from scratch. Judging from the way the costume bras fit, I have lost a cup size in my breasts and an inch (possibly more) around my back. Weight loss = hurray, but this particular size change sucks hairy donkey balls.

New bra-buying should also probably go on the agenda. Yay.

While working on the now-very-necessary new costume for an upcoming gig (and my Smoker appearances this fall), I broke the center medallion of my Cost Less bra cover. Those of you who aren't longtime belly dancers probably have no idea of the heartbreak involved here. I'll liken it to breaking the spine, or perhaps accidentally ripping pages, of a famous and beloved book that has gone out of print.

To add insult to injury, I had to shop at damned Wal-Mart to buy a new bra base because nobody else sells cheap, thickly padded bras. And yes, I've looked for non-cheap, thickly padded bras elsewhere. Also, I'm stuck with three D-cup bra bases I bought a couple years ago that I can't use now. Unless, you know, I chuck the whole exercise thing and go back to being a lazy eat-whatever-I-damn-well-please slug.

Which at this point is sounding pretty fucking good.

Bah.

Comments

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I looked, and they don't have it. It's one of the vintage holographic mirrored medallions. OF COURSE.

This is dumb, but it's nice to have at least one person who understands how shitty it was to break one of those things.

Alas, cookies won't help with the old bras. The cups themselves are not only too large, but spaced too widely apart. I'll bring one over tonight and show you. I mean, it's possible that I could alter it, but it would take less time to make a new one. I could do a new bra and belt set in the time it would take me to tear apart and remake the bra of an old set.

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

Damn. yes, bring the bra and the corset.
Is it possible that I might have a matching medallion (or similar) from one of my old goodies? Is it a shiny brass or antiquey?

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Antiquey.

I'll bring it. Hell, maybe it'll fit you! It's from this costume (http://www.chernobylred.com/dance/smokerKCRF2007.jpg).

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

ooh, that would be too much to hope for, but I'll hope ;)

And we'll dig through what I can find for medallions and whatnots.

[sherwood21.livejournal.com]

Oh honey ... man, that SUCKS. Because if it was just the cups, that could possibly be managed with inserts, but too far apart is way more of a pain in the butt. :(