Pregnant and cheap

Yesterday I went shopping for a new bathing suit. A maternity bathing suit. As I'm sure many of you will agree with me, bathing suit shopping is equivalent, emotionally, to the pain you feel when receiving a bikini wax: it needs to be done but damn, it ain't pleasant. And having never shopped for a suit while pregnant before, I figured I ought to dread this outing as if I were getting a Brazilian. Add to the fact that my belly started to pop this week and I was doubtful I'd leave the dressing room with even a shred of self worth intact.

Strangely, I found the opposite to be true. I tried on four suits and although they didn't all look great, one did stand out as almost approaching attractive. Well, as attractive as you can appear when sporting a bowling ball around your middle. It had a black and white pattern with a plunging neckline accented in red, which diverted attention to my blossoming bosom. By drawing the eye upward towards my pleasingly perky breasts, this flirty neckline may just keep viewers from noticing (much) my burgeoning belly bulge beneath.

I had a winner! And it only cost me $32.99. Yep, I'm not ashamed to admit that I found this suit at T*rget. Why spend a bundle on a suit I'll only wear a handful of times? This is one pregnant chick who prefers to pinch pennies, especially as far as maternity "fashion" is concerned.
 

Comments

[Jamie]

I'm convinced Target is retail heaven. I come up with an excuse to go every week! ;)

Congrats on the new bathing suit. I'm sure you will be a prego beach babe!

[Summer]

I buy all my bathing suits at Target. I've bought six bikinis there in the last two years, because the halter top styles they sell are perfect for holding up all that I have to hold up. Even better, they sell the pieces separately, so I can buy a big top and a small bottom without having to pray that the cashier won't notice that I've size-switched. But best of all is the price... all of my suits have been on the clearance rack, woo-hoo!, and I haven't paid more than $10 total for any of them.

[midlife mommy]

Pleasingly perky breasts? I'm so very, very jealous. Congrats on finding a nice suit.

[Jenny]

it should be illegal how much I love target

[Shauna]

Perky pregnant breasts? Lucky. Mine were mammiferous. It should be illegal. *ugh*

Yay you for finding a suit!

[Lisa]

I'm sure you look just great! I had to wear a maternity bathing suit just a few weeks before delivery . . . twice! THAT, my friend, is way less cute!

[Arkie Mama]

I could spend hours in that store...

Congrats on the suit!

[Queeny]

I haven't worn a "real" bathing suit since my last pregnancy. I prefer shorts with a lycra tank over a sports bra, thank you very much.

Hope you make a splash!

[Sonia]

I only had one baby in the summer, so only one need for the maternity suit. I actually really liked it and it was comfy. But there's no getting around the horror of the actual shopping for said suit. NOT pretty.

[Sonia]

I only had one baby in the summer, so only one need for the maternity suit. I actually really liked it and it was comfy. But there's no getting around the horror of the actual shopping for said suit. NOT pretty.

[Sonia]

I only had one baby in the summer, so only one need for the maternity suit. I actually really liked it and it was comfy. But there's no getting around the horror of the actual shopping for said suit. NOT pretty.

[karen]

I found a maternity bathing suit at Motherhood, also in the $30 range, and loved it so much it was silly. An affordable suit that was cut to show off my chest AND hide my buns? That didn't give a wedgie, even while in the water? Straps that didn't fall off my shoulders? I sincerely think the designers of swimsuits for non-pregnant women should take a few hints from the maternity team!