An upcoming event had me looking over my current swimwear situtation this afternoon.  Several years ago I purchased a swimsuit from Wholesome Wear which is sort of like a one piece jump suit.  It had also been several years since I actually needed to wear it.  I cautiously pulled my swimsuit out, looked at it dubiously and decided to make an attempt to don it upon my person.  

Once on it felt good, but a quick check in the mirror revealed that the material was stretched across my ample middle.  I thought I looked sort of like twisted balloon art that birthday clowns specialize in. 

Now Wholesome Wear is a great company, but they have some color issues.  You can choose a black outer cover or a very bold blue.  Black in my opinion is ridiculous for hot days.  Just because I'm in the water doesn't mean I want to soak up the suns rays with my heat magnet of a swimsuit.  

The startling blue combination however gives one pause for another thought.  If I want modest swim attire so as not to attract attention to myself, why would I want to wear a color that looks like it could be spotted in a sandstorm?  "Hello!  Over here!  Large woman entangled in life size balloon art!"  

So after this observation I decided that I should really look into another outfit for water adventuring.  First I needed to remove the suit I had on.  After twisting this way and that I finally called in Neeto and asked her to please just pull my swimsuit off my arms.  Definitely time to do some shopping.  

Neeto, Bluejane, and I went off to a next to local one-stop shopping institution and I perused my options for swim gear.  I finally decided on a nifty pair of surf pants that claimed to be my size, which we will just call round.  (I have a shape, round is a shape!)  I went off to the dressing room and quickly pulled the pants on.  I could not however button them up without first exhaling and standing on tippy toe.  This was interesting I thought.  I had taken my true size into account, I hadn't lied to myself, why on earth weren't these pants fitting me?  

I took them off and while I was hanging them back up on the hanger I discovered a little tag that stated these pants were indeed for the larger woman, but one with a "slim fit."  I kid you not.  If I was looking for a slim fit I sure as shootin' wouldn't be browsing through Woman's World!  I'd go over to the Ladies section, find a size 8 and stuff myself into them and pretend I looked pretty.  

I did manage to find something that will work until my daughter designs the perfect swimsuit for her modest, full figured mother.  Who knows, clothing from the sixties have made a great come back, maybe the hands of time will one day discover the mature mother look is back in and that I'd make a great model for a modern day Michelangelo.  

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