deep bloo suit

while out shopping my ass off at ikea with meghan on saturday, we decided to make a quick stop at a neighbouring strip mall to look for other householdy goods and short pants. while at the clothing store with the “50% OFF LAST SALE PRICE” signs all over everything, i browsed a bit without much intention or hope of finding anything to buy. i had figured that i’d pretty much managed to shop out that particular sore before i went away.
maybe it was because i didn’t think i’d find anything and i definitely wasn’t looking for it, i found a bathing suit. a blue, halter-style bathing suit. i honestly can’t remember the last time i bought, or even wore, a suit. i think i recall trying one on in the mid-nineties, but it was over $100 and that’s just not a reasonable amount of money to spend on something which wouldn’t get used with any kind of regularity. if ever.
so, this suit. it was on the rack with others of its kind. out of idle curiosity i checked if my size was present. the price tag said $29.99. if the big, red “50% OFF LAST SALE PRICE” signs were right, that meant the suit would only cost $15. fifteen dollars for a swimsuit. when was the last time you bough any piece of clothing, let alone a bathing suit, for $15? so, i tried it on. not only did it fit, i didn’t look as disgusting as my imagination had told me i would in a suit.
now i own a $15 blue bathing suit i’ll probably never wear, but at least i’m prepared in case of a water emergency (don’t i wish i’d found it before staying in the americinn with the big pool!). $15 is just about the perfect price to pay for something which may never actually get used. besides, it’ll last forever if it never touches chlorinated water.