Binder!

[meitantei_cj]

Holy CRAP, does Underworks ship fast. I used regular ground shipping, it shipped Monday and was here this morning. Tried it on as soon as I got back from DAP (which sucked, by the way--I got a 68 on today's quiz, which means that's now my new lowest grade and the 75 stands in the average. And if I somehow manage to do worse, the 68 will count, because I'm allowed to drop two quizzes and Quiz 9 will get dropped by default since that's the week of the family cruise. And let's talk about how much of the material on that quiz was stuff we really haven't talked about! Apparently the theme of this particular quiz was "memorize the book"). Immediately realized what Liz was talking about when they mentioned rubbing. My armpits, yo. Ow. I also put it on the first time over my head, which was difficult, to say the least. I got caught in it and had to go through a process of switching back and forth from right side to left and pulling the fabric out from under itself. XD; So I took it off and put on a thin Under Armour exercise shirt first, THEN the binder (by stepping in/pulling it on this time), and it's much better. I'm still a little worried about the fit, though. I ordered a small because I figured that once I break it in and it stretches a little bit, a medium would be too big. (Small is 32-35, Medium is 36-39, and my measurement was 35.5. If this one stretches from use, I figure the small would be the best fit...) I'm not having trouble breathing or anything, it's just a little tight. But it IS a new binder and I'm not exactly used to compression garments because everything I wear is loose. Right now I'm just sitting in my room, so I don't think I'm getting an accurate feel for it yet. I need to walk around in it. I'm gonna give it a few days and see how I feel about it. I have 15 days from Monday to return it to them for an exchange.

Also, very happy I went with the 988 instead of the 997, because I think if this thing were compressing my stomach as well as my chest, I'd be DYING right now. This one is completely relaxed over the stomach, which is good, because I have a stomach. XD;

But dude, it's flattened my chest pretty damn well. I'm happy with that. I look at myself in the mirror and it's just right.

Think I'm gonna go to photography early. I do still want to print at least one photo. I'm hoping there aren't a million people in there like last night! Maybe they'll all be at lunch.