Bra's and Knicker's

Now l am aware that this is a G rated blog spot. My friend and l went shopping in Melbourne today. You will be pleased to know that l didn't get any speeding fines on the way down or back and we left an hour later than we had planned. Kim was late, not me and that is surprising because l am always running late. Anyway, we called in to see my very good friend Pidz before we started our shopping. Thought we were only going to have a cuppa and leave but his sister Kay came home while we were there with some sad news. She had just taken their younger sister Carmel to the doctors and she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Everybody was a bit shocked with this statement because Kay herself had breast cancer eight years ago. Kay was more upset than Carmel who apparently did not even shed a tear. Needless to say we stayed a bit longer than planned in the hope of making Kay feel a bit better about the whole situation. I think that Kay was struggling more with her own journey than Pidz and l had realized.

Anyway, Kim and l then headed into the Crown Casino complex to shop for underwear. Kim had been given a $300 gift voucher last June. Time to cash it in. Silly me thought that we would have a great time spending $300 on underwear. I love nice underwear. The shop has moved to Bourke Street. Damn ! We left the car at the Casino complex and set off on a lovely walk up to Bourke Street. Good job that l knew my way around Melbourne because Kim had no idea. We finally find this tiny little shop at the GPO on the corner of Elizabeth Street and Bourke Street. Can not see any underwear but we are in the right place. All the underwear is in little boxes on the wall and we need to choose from the catalogue. Apparently you are not allowed to touch the underwear until you have made your choice because it is french lace. I am very disappointed but Kim seems to have some idea that this was going to happen. She flicks through the catalogue and within a minute she tells the little Asian girl the bra she would like to look at and her size.

I was relieved to know that you are allowed to try the underwear on. The little (l mean really little) girl goes to the little boxes on the wall and pulls out Kim's choice. Kim asks to see the matching underwear. I am thinking that is a good idea because l like my bra and knickers to match. Nice, very nice. Kim goes to try them on. Yep, we will have those. OMG, $273 for the bra (covered by the gift voucher) but $224 for the knickers (not covered by the gift voucher). I do not care if they are french lace or gold lace that is ridiculous ! Well, Kim thinks about it for a minute and then decides to look at a G String in the hope it will be cheaper. I am thinking maybe we should ask for crutch less knickers ie/ less is cheaper. LOL. She decides that she will pay $117 for french lace G String ! Simply ridiculous. Now l can be as decadent as they come but really l would have to agree with my man on this occasion. His view was, WHY ? He likes the naked version better anyway. LOL. I do love that man. My mouth still dropped open, the sales girl puts the G String in a box big enough to fit 200 tightly packed G Strings and the bra in another box just as big. Now I am understanding the price structure. We are paying for the wrapping. LOL.

We leave the shop and Kim is really pleased with her purchase. I am so not understanding her head space. She feels that her man (who is somebody else's man) will be very impressed. My head is sitting in judgement thinking he just wants her to dress like a prostitute and he is happy to pay for that pleasure because his wife will not reduce herself to dress like that. Now that is not very nice Tracey !!!! However, l do feel that it is a pretty true statement. I am embarrassed. That is right, Tracey is embarrassed. I feel like l have just been shopping in a shop that services hookers. Not known for my ability to hold in such thoughts, out it comes. OMG, she justifies her purchase with the statement, "l deserve it. He thinks a lot of me to give me such a lovely gift." What does one say ? I did not know what to say. Then she says, "If l was going to get married, l would shop for bridal underwear there. Their underwear is beautiful. I can't wait to wear this for him. It will really turn him on."

I am speechless. Apart from the fact that l do not really approve of her relationship with this man anyway, l am now receiving way too much information and just can not believe that somebody would spend that amount on a bra and a pair of knickers. Even if l were getting married, l would have trouble justifying spending that much on underwear. Do not get me wrong, l like nice underwear but......l decide that l should not say any more. That is right, l decided to shut up. Well, actually l simply did not know what else to say to this young lady who under values her self worth. We head back to the car and home to Bendigo with nothing further said on the matter. So much for my shopping day in Melbourne. I think we were in the shop for about 15 minutes max and we drove four hours to get there and back. Days like today just make me appreciate the simple things in life.