Swimsuit angst

I spent the afternoon shopping with my daughter. CJ is leaving for camp on Sunday-- she's a CIT at our diocesan summer camp, and will be gone for a week.

Now, shopping with a teenage girl can be an adventure; but the one for whom I am responsible is not especially difficult. She's neither unduly picky nor label conscious, and she has an eye for a bargain. So we were generally able to cruise around and snag most of the things she needed easily enough-- sunblock, a new beach towel, disposable camera... even a couple summer tops off the sale rack, that are really very cute.

Then, we moved to the swimsuit section. Not a necessity, but they spend enough time at the lake at camp that another would be nice to have.

Suddenly (and this will not surprise a single woman who might be reading this), shopping ceased being easy, and became instead an exercise in frustration.

Even the recent trend toward selling bikini tops and bottoms separately didn't help-- because if she found one piece that she liked, and that fit, the other piece was not available in her size.

Whoever designs these suits, does so with someone far different in mind than my daughter-- or most of the women I know, actually. God knows I dread the thought of my current suit wearing out.

There's got to be a better way.

Suggestions, anyone?