Four Stores Later: Bathing Suit Achieved!

Many thanks to those of you who weighed in on my bathing suit dilemma. One thing I finally concluded is that, really, brands do matter. So to accommodate my frugal self while still satisfying my desire to wear something other than a garbage bag (or seersucker) to the pool at the gym, I decided to make a last-ditch effort at Marshall's before contemplating dropping more serious money at a swanky department store (cheap department stores clearly not making suits for tall people over the age of 17). The results? SCORE!

And because many of you are asking about the suit, and unfortunately photos of bathing suits on hangers just look like shreds of cloth, here are some photos...with apologies beforehand to anyone who finds the need to run away with burning eyes.

Calvin Klein and Michael Kors, you are my new heroes. I got not one, but two suits. A lovely chocolate brown courtesy of Calvin.


And a navy blue tankini that Michael Kors seems to have designed specifically for the woman with a long torso.

And the best part? The combined price of these two gems was $45. Which is why I obviously had to bring them both home.

Also [distract distract distract] isn't this antique mirror that we got for a wedding present really just the loveliest thing you've ever seen? I adore it.