It's that time of year again, when every girl begins the hunt for the perfect bathing suit, and finding one is no easy task. Piles of swimsuits lay strewn across the dressing room floor, an indication of repeated disappointment. This one hardly covers my butt, and that one's bottoms were so saggy it looks like I had it for years. This top fits me perfectly, but I couldn't find any matching bottoms that were my size. You get the gist - finding a swim suit that has a matching top and bottom and actually fits you is down right impossible. In a way it's a lot like finding the perfect pair of jeans; once you find them you absolutely must buy them because who knows when you may find another pair that fits you so well. Bathing suits are the same way. Carpe Diem! Buy it!
But just when you didn't think the bathing suit shopping process couldn't get any more complicated and annoying, there's one more twist that throws a wrench into everything. Time and time again, it always leaves me groaning and rolling my eyes in frustration. What is it? Two words: Price tag.
Every time bathing suit season rolls around I hit the stores, and like clockwork I gravitate toward the most expensive swim suits that I have no chance of affording. As I admire how perfectly the bathing suit fits me in the dressing room mirror, catching a quick glimpse of the price tag is all it takes to ruin my moment of complete and wonderful bliss. Quickly, I'm snapped back to reality, which brings me to the baffling conundrum that is always the source of my frustration. How can such a skimpy piece of clothing - not even clothing really - be so incredibly expensive? Why does it cost $80 for just the bathing suit top?
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