My Lost Bathing Suit

I was a bit upset that I forgot to pack my bathing suit and it was left at the hotel from my Florida trip.   I left mine and also my daughter's bathing suit as well, but the good news is that her bathing suit was a hand me down from her cousin, so I'm not concern as much as mine.  My older swimming suit fits for a serious workout whenever I go swimming.  The older swimming suit was plain black and it was a top quality brand name swimming suit by Speedo. 

The good thing is that I have a good excuse to get a new one, but I'm not really a swimmer ever since I came back to New York. The reasons is that there aren't a lot of community outdoor or indoor pools, if so it's dirty and it's not private unless you have to pay.  I get antsy of having to share with total strangers.  At least, if there were a private community pool; usually there aren't a lot of people in it especially on working days.  At least I can get a good few swimming laps around the pool so that I could enjoy my own comfort of privacy. 

Normally I really don't need a companion to swim with me.  I enjoy swimming alone and get a good exercise of it.  So I'm kinda of debating should I get a serious workout swimming suit or a fashionable one.   I like to have fashionable swimming suit, but I'm not sure if it does the real swimming purpose.  Like this swimming suit from Anthropologie:


I really like the fish buckle and the color suits me really well.  Navy is one of my favorite color, navy is like a pink to me. Another factor in looking for a swimming suit, I like something that fits perfectly for my shape.  I have an hourglass shape so finding something fashionable for my shape is hard to come by.  I'm on the chubby size scale and no matter how much I like the fish buckle, I wish I was petite to begin with.