- Go away for weekend with young children.
- Realise it’s going to rain all weekend and there are no indoor activities apart from swimming and you haven’t got your swimming kit with you.
- Dash to Asda. Grab cheapest swimming costumes for the kids as they don’t have any body hangups AND JUST WANT TO GO SWIMMING
- Grab least horrible looking swimming costumes in a variety of sizes
- Dash to the changing room with antsy 2 & 4 year old WHO WANT TO GO SWIMMING
- Try on costumes, realise if you stand there analysing everything that is wrong with your body and the costume (usual buying swimming costume procedure) then 2&4year old are going to melt in screaming tantrum as they JUST WANT TO GO SWIMMING
- Throw first costume that vaguely fits back into the trolley.
- Push trolley filled with 2&4yr old plus costumes to checkout.
- Go swimming and realise you can’t see yourself in swimming costume and there are no mirrors in pool so really who gives a damn what you look like.
- Have fun with your children 🙂Â
Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend. Oh and COME ON ENGLAND!!!
Diary of a Newbie StrongWoman 
I have bought 2 pairs of bikinis almost like that with the exception of trying them on – just grab my size and voila! They’re both perfect, by the way 🙂 (swimming costumes vary too much, I think they’d be harder to buy without trying)
Oh you are so lucky, I always have to try everything on. I don’t think I’m a particularly odd shape but apparently clothes stores do. I can range from a size 10 to size 18.
Oh my goodness, I hate swimsuit shopping! Thanks for the comment on my blog I’m so excited to have found another woman who lifts! Will add you to feedly as soon as I can get on the site!
I hate swimsuit (and jeans) shopping as well, I can spend hours in front of a changing room mirror trying on swimsuits and hating my body. Which is why this was actually a nice way to buy one 🙂