Admittedly I haven't looked at bras and panyhose in several years. I bought a whole stash a few years ago and have been going through them slowly since then.

Now I am a bit appalled by the pricing...not cheap. And no I don't want those foamy padded bras with underwire, which seem to be everywhere ..they are impractical and hot for summer/cycling.

Being a woman can be abit expensive. Even the poorest of woman cannot ignore the necessity of a bra. Or just the cost of feminine "paper" each month. Just think of the all the cumulative costs over the past few decades of bras, pantyhose and pads/tampons.... and what do men worry about "cost-wise", if they are considerate, condoms.

I just came from Vicoria's Secret where I spent $50-some dollars on a precious, little nighty for a shower gift. I know I've lost my mind, but gifts are different than buying things for one's self.

I know I could have gotten something MUCH less expensive at Wal-Mart, but every now and then you have to splurge.

Orchid, I haven't worn pantyhose in eons.

I usually VS cotton panties 1X yearly when 5 for $25 b/c cotton 'breaths!' Lately, I purchase bras from Kohls when on sale AND mail in for a Free bra! Yet, if I had it my way, I'd not wear bras (must be the little hippy in me!) While in the USAF and wearting t-shirts under BDUs, I'd not wear a bra in the winter, yet in the summer in the event I'd take off my outer cover. One thing about having a 34A/B, they don't droop much! One sister and my and my mother would sniffle/cry with pain after horse back riding. Thus, my sister actually had a breast reduction b/c her back was painful from the forward weight.

I'm not fond of pantyhose, yet must wear them at work as necessary in colder months.

I can't remember the last time I wore pantyhose. I do wear tights in the winter occasionally if it's cold enough. Summers I go bare-legged - Tucson is more laid back and I've been lucky enough to work in places where the dress code is more casual. In winter, I generally wear pants with knee highs. On the rare occasion that I dress up and can't go bare-legged, then I wear thigh highs or pantyhose - but only if I have to! As for bras, I wear strapless bras (when I have to wear one) I buy at Target (Gilligan-O'Malley) because I can never get the straps right and I'm constantly hiking them up off my upper arm.

So what are thigh high hose like? I don't mind pantyhose however in past 12 months, I don't wear dresses often..work environment is more casual. It's a construction site.

The last time I wore pantyhose was when I was a waitress for 3 weeks in 1971. The last time before that was in 1966. I haven't worn the garter thingies since before then.

I even got married in white opaque tights. I HATE nylons!

I haven't worn pantyhose in ages. We had to go to a funeral recently and I wore slacks but decided to dig around in my drawers til I found a pair of knee-hi hose.......felt funny barefoot in my dressy shoes (I'm usually a deck shoes or sneakers or barefoot gal) and the only pairs I could find were so old, they had practically dry-rotted in the drawer........and had NO elastic to hold them up at all..........which I found out as I had to keep tugging them up to my knees all day. At that point I decided to go pick up a few new pairs of knee-hi's and pantyhose in case an emergency comes up and I need to get dressed up -- picked up a few pairs at Walmart (L'Eggs I think is what I bought).
Bras -- ah, they're a problem. Prefer cotton(hey it gets hot down here in Florida) don't like underwire (they're NEVER comfortable and it's not like I'm that big and really need it). Have a couple of those "t-shirt" bras-- padded and smooth-- but don't wear them often -- yea those foamy padded bras with the underwire (mostly purchased them to go under certain outfits. Only wear them if the top I'm wearing looks better with them. But they're not comfortable either). I have found some comfortable cotton bras (with no seams across the cup, sheesh I hate those!) by Jockey and Hanes. Hard to find comfortable bras that fit well at any price (18 hours, who are they kidding?!?!)
A lot of my time is spent in sports bras. And they can get pricey too.

Dotsie, I agree when you are buying a gift you want to feel good about giving it. I'm sure your expensive nighty was much appreciated!
And it's true, men don't have to spend nearly as much as we do for their undergarments!
Not Fair!!!!!!!

About 15 years ago is the last time I wore thigh high panty hose, while walking home from the NCO club they fell to my ankles while wearing a leather mini skirt! Luckily it was dark and I walked rather fast to the dormitory! I thought to myself that if I were caught with the thigh highs at my ankles, I'd say they were bobby socks!