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Food (though fewer people go to grocery stores anymore)? Clothes? Specific clothes? Shoes? New furniture? Something else?

* marked SPOILER for mention of ladies' underthings and a couple body parts

I was washing some delicates in the sink today and discovered my nude bra (thanks, chloe <g>) has now gotten misshapen beyond repair. The light padding eventually shifted to where now it would only be wearable if my right boob was located entirely in my armpit. Which means...*sigh* I have to go bra shopping. Now I generally dislike shopping for *specific* items of clothing (I don't mind browsing through clothing departments if I don't have anything I actually want to buy) and really dislike shopping for swimsuits (speaking of being lumpy in all the wrong places), jeans (ditto) and shoes (very few places have affordable shoes in 10W that are also cute). But bra shopping? The absolute WORST. Like my shoe size, my bra size is nearly impossible to find (40B...sometimes a 42B...I have a LOT of bra extenders). Lace makes me itch. Certain cuts irritate a mole I have in my left armpit. I like a certain amount of padding, but I don't want to be Mrs. Doubtfire, not noticing when the girls are literally on fire. Underwire sucks. And c'mon, $40 for a tiny piece of cloth that nobody's going to see? In the past, I've occasionally had success finding decent bras at deep discount stores (Marc's, Gabe's), but lately they either don't have my size (Marc's) or they want me to buy 3 bras when I only want one (Gabe's).

Honorable mention goes to furniture shopping only because years later, I'm *still* looking for a new recliner for the living room. And furniture designers are *still* not making what I want, which is tall and slim, not short, wide and overstuffed.