Bra saga continues

Days after my bra fitting I received my new acquisition in the post! That was exciting. I tried it on and booked another fitting, as they recommend.

When I tried it on, the first thing I noticed is that the underband is quite tight. I really had to put it on the loosest setting! But the next thing I noticed was that I had absolutely no bounce anymore. Amazing! I was starting to understand what people had been talking about when they say a good sports bra is a game changer. I really wanted to try this one out now, but I had to await the fitting. If it wasn't good anyway; maybe I needed it an underband that was one inch bigger? I would have to send it back, but then you can't have sweated in them.

Me trying on the new bra

Then the fitting happened. I mentioned the tight underband, but the lady said that that was how it should be. Maybe a bit like a caving harness when you are about to prussick up a rope. You're not supposed to be comfortable unless you are actually prussicking. And I wasn't running. But she did say that she thought I needed one cup size up. That it was feeling a bit tight was because my actual breasts were taking up more space than that bra was meant for. That was a bit unfortunate! I had been looking forward to taking this bra for a run that very day. But I wanted to get this right. So I resigned myself to sending this one back, and ordering the next size up.

Organising the sending back was not difficult. Buying the next one up was! They had run out of that size. That was a real bummer. And there was no indication of when they would be in stock again. There was also no way of registering an interest, so you would get an email when the item was available again. What to do?

I pondered this for a while. I really wasn't keen to go back to my old sports bras. And in the end I decided to just order what I knew to be the correct size from one of their rivals. And wait for theirs to come back on the website. The rival I picked was a brand that Kate had recommended. I don't like the idea of having one brand do the work and then giving my money to another one, but hey, if they don't stock what I need then I have no choice. And I will wait for their restock to buy a second one. One good sports bra is not enough. So they will still get my money! And now I just hope that the other bra comes soon, and that it indeed fits like a glove, and is as solid (or at least close) to the Maaree Solidarity. And that the latter becomes available soon. Stay tuned for more…