September 27, 2009

The title just about sums it up!  I RARELY make impulse purchases and I don't even go shopping until I need something for a trip or a special occasion or I finally run out of all my skin care products and have to make a trip to Macy's. By then, my list is so long that I hate spending what I need to spend just for essentials, eye cream, moisturizer, night cream, deodorant, etc. I always put off that shopping trip until I absolutely HAVE to go!

Stay with me here…this is all leading up to my latest trip to Bed, Bath, and Beyond. I had no choice but to make a quick trip there on Friday to replenish SirHoney's supply of Green Mountain Dark Magic Coffee pods for the Keurig Coffee maker. (Every once in a while I can find the coffee at Target, but I had a $5.00 coupon for BB&B, so I stopped there.) I usually buy four or five boxes at a time and I don't drink coffee so I never know when he's running low until I see the empty box sitting on the counter. (There's a big surprise!)

Okay, I know you're probably thinking “What in the Sam Hell does coffee have to do with Strap Perfect?”  I'm getting there, I promise! After I dropped SirHoney at the airport on Friday morning, I had a limited amount of time so I had my list of five or six stops perfectly planned for on my way back home.

Bottom line is…I'm in a hurry, I have a list, I never impulse buy, and yet, this ends up in my shopping cart!!!

Strap Perfect

Ya gotta give Bed, Bath, and Beyond some credit for marketing! The darn display for the Strap Perfect was RIGHT in front of me when I walked in the door! Seriously, I literally had to move my cart around it to get into the store. But, why did I buy one, for cryin' out loud???

I've had some bra strap issues all summer and haven't taken the time nor want to spend the money on a special racerback bra for those tank tops that seem to always be cut in too much. So, I thought, why not give this a try? It has to work, right? That's what they say in the infomercial.  I was actually kind of excited to get home and try it on.

I was going to show you some before and after photos of the amazing results I was going to see once I put on this miracle product. I even had someone take some ‘before'  photos of me with my bra straps showing while wearing one of ‘those' tank tops. I also took these photos so you could see that it comes in three different colors.

Concealer Clips

It looked easy enough…put each bra strap through the concealer clip then slide up or down into the right position depending on what kind of top you have on. I got the clip on okay, but I can't even describe how uncomfortable this was! I couldn't even keep it on long enough to take any after photos!

I probably should say that I'm not small busted, 34DD to be exact, so maybe that played some factor in the reason why this didn't work for me. And, yes, they are “all natural” so I can't run around in cute little spaghetti strap tops because I have to wear a ding dang bra with wide straps for support.

Maybe this works better for small busted women, I don't know. And maybe if you're lucky enough to be able to wear cute bras with thinner, stretchy straps, maybe it wouldn't be so binding.

Have you ever worn a halter swimsuit top that was a little too tight and you end up with a sore neck after wearing it all day? That's how this darn thing felt after having it on for one minute! I'm not exaggerating!

For me, Strap Perfect gets a double thumbs down! And, it's in the trunk of my car to go back to the store the next time I need to replenish the coffee supply!

~LilSis