I love Target. I know I've said it before and I'm saying it again - Target is the new Bergdorfs. If you're feeling every so slightly pinched for cash and your t-shirts have tiny little rips under the arms like mine don't despair. Jump in the car and head out to that really cool giant T . Last night I was running around the t-shirt department laughing and throwing shirt after shirt in my cart. Take that Bergdorfs; they were cute, almost cotton, long sleeved, short sleeved and only $10. I was wiping away tears. I can't remember the last time I was that happy before the cocktail hour. I wasn't done, no siree. I needed boxer shorts to sleep in as mine have been washed so many times I only had one pair left that hadn't desintegrated. My original plan was the Gap, but be still my heart! An entire rack of boxers for - drum roll - $5.00 a pair. I think I fainted. I hope Bill Clinton knows about this bargain.
I had to face it, I may love the Gap for jeans but ixnay to the $15 boxers. It was then I spotted racks and racks of bras. Ah ha! Could it be I would finally find one I liked and it would be really cheap? I had recently bought a bra I hated and have yet to figure out another use for it. Any ideas? It's possibly small enough to be a rainhat for a cat . Although the lingerie department was terribly tempting my "shopping meter" was up. I had already stayed 30 minutes longer than I've ever spent in any store except The Wine Discount Warehouse.
As I pulled money out of my wallet to pay I spotted my Saks, Bergdorfs, Neimans, and Bloomdales charge cards. I longed for those stores for a brief moment and then got over it.
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My new beautiful, pricey Zac Posen dress from Bergdorf's has not garnered me a single compliment. The Zac Posen for Target clothes that I scored for my daughters by waiting at Target one Sunday morning this spring at 8 a.m. are ooed and awed over by their friends. Could TARGET be the new Bergdorfs?
Love love LOVE Target...Even their carts are cute, nasty but cute and big. "Attention employees, CODE RED! CODE RED! Woman passed out at the t-shirt department"... I agree that jeans are best at The Gap however Target has Levy's, Wranglers etc for under $20.00...Oprah should go there at least once, I know she hasn't because few years ago she was amazed at the stuff they have a Wal-Mart and she said she's never been there before, so I am sure she's not been to Target, BUT she says she was once poor, hmmm I guess Wal-Mart was not around when she was in her 20's.
Ok darling, here's Dr. Ruth's advice on USES FOR BRAS.
1) sling shot, doesn't matter the size, "A cup" will throw small stones, "DD cup" will throw big rocks, it depends who you want to injure.
What to do with a small cup bra? cut one of the cups off and you can use it as an eye patch, if the bra is black it's perfect for the Pirate Halloween costume, all you need is teh hat and the bird. (that bird you can catch with a sling shot).
Great if you know a Jewish couple who are having twins and they are boys, it's al already made yamaka, you just have to cut it in half. “A cup” are great for ages “new born to 7 months old .” B cup 8-12 years old. For a Bar Mitzvah, you can get one at Victoria Secret, a nice fancy one and the twins would be wearing matching yamakas. 2! 2! 2! for the prise of 1.
Handy for boots with nice tips, you can cut the bra in half and put each cup on the tip of the boot while storing them in the closet, in other words Protective boot tip covers.
If the elastic is stretched out, you can use it as a fanny bag,. It’s great, 2 compartments, one for money and the other one for a cell phone pocket.
Weapon, yes it can also be a weapon, if someone is attacking you, you can beat them with it, you can use the hooks to scratch them, if they are underwire you can poke their eyes with it and then you can also use it to choke that person.
You can put both cups together, fill it with cotton and sew it together, perfect pillow for a little doll or a cat.
Using the same technique as above, you can fill it up with cat nip and it will be your cat's favorite toy.
There are more uses for old bras, however I will have to call my good imnate friend Martha Stewart we talk about this when we hung out in jail.
Hope it helps and PLEASE WOMEN, DON'T FILL THE LANDFILL WITH old BRAS, RECYCLE, REUSE, RESTORE and MODIFY.
Love love LOVE Target...Even their carts are cute, nasty but cute and big. "Attention employees, CODE RED! CODE RED! Woman passed out at the t-shirt department"... I agree that jeans are best at The Gap however Target has Levy's, Wranglers etc for under $20.00...Oprah should go there at least once, I know she hasn't because few years ago she was amazed at the stuff they have a Wal-Mart and she said she's never been there before, so I am sure she's not been to Target, BUT she says she was once poor, hmmm I guess Wal-Mart was not around when she was in her 20's.
Ok darling, here's Dr. Ruth's advice on USES FOR BRAS.
1) sling shot, doesn't matter the size, "A cup" will throw small stones, "DD cup" will throw big rocks, it depends who you want to injure.
What to do with a small cup bra? cut one of the cups off and you can use it as an eye patch, if the bra is black it's perfect for the Pirate Halloween costume, all you need is teh hat and the bird. (that bird you can catch with a sling shot).
Great if you know a Jewish couple who are having twins and they are boys, it's al already made yamaka, you just have to cut it in half. “A cup” are great for ages “new born to 7 months old .” B cup 8-12 years old. For a Bar Mitzvah, you can get one at Victoria Secret, a nice fancy one and the twins would be wearing matching yamakas. 2! 2! 2! for the prise of 1.
Handy for boots with nice tips, you can cut the bra in half and put each cup on the tip of the boot while storing them in the closet, in other words Protective boot tip covers.
If the elastic is stretched out, you can use it as a fanny bag,. It’s great, 2 compartments, one for money and the other one for a cell phone pocket.
Weapon, yes it can also be a weapon, if someone is attacking you, you can beat them with it, you can use the hooks to scratch them, if they are underwire you can poke their eyes with it and then you can also use it to choke that person.
You can put both cups together, fill it with cotton and sew it together, perfect pillow for a little doll or a cat.
Using the same technique as above, you can fill it up with cat nip and it will be your cat's favorite toy.
There are more uses for old bras, however I will have to call my good imnate friend Martha Stewart we talk about this when we hung out in jail.
Hope it helps and PLEASE WOMEN, DON'T FILL THE LANDFILL WITH old BRAS, RECYCLE, REUSE, RESTORE and MODIFY.
Anonymous I think Target is the new Bergdorfs and so much cheaper. If you're hungry they have food which is handy when shopping.
Dr. Ruth: I love love love your suggestions for old or unused, unwanted bras. I never would have thought of the yamulke but that is one terrific idea, especially if you have twins!
Dear Gail Maria and fans: I woke up at 6 a.m. pondering what else could an old bra do? What are it's uses besides being an over the shoulder bolder holder? The one article that comes in all colors, shapes to fit natural or a la carte boobies, different materials and much much more. What else hmmmm? EUREKA!By George I've got it!.
I like to party and my mother happens to be the best hostess I've ever met so here is another idea and I WILL pass this along to my mother, she will appreciate my Macgyver talent.
PICTURE THISSSSS! You are about to be hosting a party, you play many roles; the cook, the mixer, the boss.Cchopping, slicing, julienning like crazy and now is time to open 6 jars of the "secret ingrediente" and it needs to be done NOW. The lids are too tight? OH NO!WHAT TO DO? Forget about the "hot water method" Take your bra off quickly,or your helpers bra, or next time have your handy tool-bra with you at all times... Have your helper grab one bracup and you the other bracup, grab two jars at a time and use the bracup as a grip. Yes bras are and should always be a very handy kitchen tools.
Proffered color? Blue or green but not white, they stain easily. BTW I think I will register and patent the name Bracup and "Handy Tool Bra" before anyone else does. Must go do that now.
Have a great day and if I come up with another idea for Over the Shoulder Bolder Holders a.k.a. Brassieres y'all will know ya hear?
From Dr Ruth with love.
O.M.G!!! LMAO.. So I googled "what do do with old bras" and I found a list. Are you ready to laugh? good cos if you say no then slap yourself with an old bra why don't you. lol
Ready? Here you go:
Here are some other ideas you can try out:
-Cut off the straps and turn them into earmuffs
-Cut off the lace and use it to cover old buttons
-Use them in the garden to support growing vegetables
-Give it to a random stranger on the internet
-Use the cloth to sew an iPod pocket on your sports bra
Here's some of my old ideas now.
- Get some light weight balls (not human please) and cover it with the bracup, put a little string and make Christmas ornaments and depending on the cup size you can have different size ornaments.
If the bra has an X shape back strap, take off the bracups, staple it to a wall and use it as mail holder, letter holder or coupon holder.
-If the strap is way stretch out, take out the cups and shoulder straps and just use the part that goes around your ribs and use it as a plastic bag holder, in other words, when you put the bag in your trashcan place strap along the edge to hold the bags so when you throw trash into the trashcan the bag stays in place. (i know, I know, I am crazy).
Ok gotta go look at my old bras.
from Dr. Ruth with love
Although I like your idea Dr. Ruth it got me thinking - how about serving bowls, that way the fun colors and patterns bras come in could make a party more festive. Or in the case of small sizes - candy dishes. Maybe we should alert Martha Stewart and she can promote our new line of party bowls.
OMG Gail Maria! that's awesome! we should sell that idea to people who do "langeree parties" at people's home, have the h'ordeuvres served in bra bowls. That's a fantastic idea.. I am calling Martha now... Damn her phone is busy...
A coin jar, sew the cups together half way leave a little slot to put the coins in, hang it from in closest and save for a new bra.
If the cup is a DD, make a bag out of it, hang it from the closet (again) and use it as Knee highs (sp) storage.
Go to consignment store and but a DD bra baby blue or baby pink, make a lunch bag out of it and let kids take that to school, instead of a Brown Bag Lunch it's a Bra Bag Lunch.
If the bra is padded, take the pads off and put them on a new bra now the cup is bigger in case you need to show more, you know what I mean?
and since we are on the padded subject, those fill in pads can also be used fro make-up, you forgot your make-up pad or brush, use "Bra Pads".
Bra pads can also be use under chair legs to avoid scratching the floors.
You want to sleep? You are tired? too much light in the room or on the plane? What? You don't have the eye patch? use the "Sleeping Beauty Bra" A cup is perfect or even a training Bra would work.
Give a sexy gift to the Handy Man at home. Cut the cups and go to his/her work room, you can use them to store nails, bolts, pins, washers, screws etc. Use the straps to as hanging ropes for hammers, screw drivers etc.
From Dr. Ruth with love
Glad to see Jan is back and in rare form. Now I have to come up with 47 uses for jock straps.
JOCK STRAPS? OMG Anonymous, would you like to to give you several ideas?
Same as bras, sling shot weapon.
Gun harness for REAL guns with REAL bullets. (lol)
Coin holder.
Cup holder
Beer holder
Tennis ball holder or Bowling ball holder (that depends on how BIG the jock strap is of course.
however a jock strap can't be a Yamaka, it could be but not for twins so again, bras win for a variety of uses.
If you are afraid of flying and you get sick it can be a barf bag, but it might spill so first use the bag on the front seat and then the jock strap.
Oh I just came up with another one BUT its XXX rated so never mind. lololol
if you go to China or Los Angeles you can use it as a mouth cover, make sure it's brand new.
we can patent it and sell it to Surgeons.
Glad you are happy to hear from me Anonymous but why stay Anonymous? why hide? you can call yourself Ricky Ricardo or Tray Bien, or Bubba and we won't know who you are. lol.
From Dr Ruth with love.
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