{"id":110,"date":"2008-03-29T19:42:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-29T19:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/03\/swimsuit-identity-crisis.html"},"modified":"2008-03-29T19:42:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-29T19:42:00","slug":"swimsuit-identity-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/03\/swimsuit-identity-crisis.html","title":{"rendered":"Swimsuit Identity Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

So — the first day of Spring has come and gone.<\/p>\n

What does that mean?<\/p>\n

Flowers, April Showers coming, pollen, allergies, deciding between Zyrtec, Allegra and Flonase…<\/p>\n

Oops, sorry, not the direction I was headed.<\/p>\n

It also means that when you go to the clothing retailers, the first items that will catch your eyes will be SWIMSUITS. I’m still shivering in a sweater…how do they expect me to be in the mood for trying on a swimsuit?!?!?<\/p>\n

Or worse yet, appreciating how I’d look in a swimsuit?!?!?<\/p>\n

I told Dave yesterday that this year I need to get at least one new bathing suit.<\/p>\n

“What’s wrong with the ones you have?”<\/p>\n

Where do I start?<\/p>\n

I have 3 bathing suits. The elastic is going bad on my favorite one (circa 2002, got it at Land’s End overstocks right after Jacob was born). Ever had elastic go bad on a suit? I don’t mean the waistbands or arm holes, either…I mean, you give that Lycra a good stretch across your backside to put it on and when you take ’em off, the fabric doesn’t retreat….<\/p>\n

So I want to replace the Land’s End one.<\/p>\n

When you look in the stores, here’s what is available (courtesy of Roxy<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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Sorry folks, I’m TOO OLD to be dressing like this at the pool\/beach now. I can’t tote around 3-year-olds, don an inner tube alongside Jake and jump into the pool in it, either.<\/p>\n

Here’s more my speed:<\/div>\n

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Like the skirt?<\/p>\n

Cost-wise, they’re about the same. I’ll end up spending about $100 no matter what. Dave can’t believe that. But if I can get 5 years out of it, then it’s like buying a $20 suit every year for 5 years, right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So — the first day of Spring has come and gone. What does that mean? Flowers, April Showers coming, pollen, allergies, deciding between Zyrtec, Allegra and Flonase… Oops, sorry, not the direction I was headed. It also means that when you go to the clothing retailers, the first items that will catch your eyes will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[],"tags":[616],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ycQ0-1M","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":132,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/05\/the-skirted-swimsuit-revealed.html","url_meta":{"origin":110,"position":0},"title":"The Skirted Swimsuit — Revealed!","date":"07 May 08","format":false,"excerpt":"Okay, this had come up some time ago, but I'm just now getting around to addressing it.I received a lot of crap regarding my Swimsuit Identity Crisis blog posting. \"Why would you want a skirted swimsuit?\" \"You don't need to wear something like that.\", etc.But let's get to the bottom\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"dear husband\"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3711,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2015\/04\/science-olympiad.html","url_meta":{"origin":110,"position":1},"title":"Science Olympiad!","date":"29 April 15","format":false,"excerpt":"In March and April, our family was busy with\u00a0Jacob helping his team for the Colorado\u00a0Science Olympiad tournament. 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