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Karma's Curse

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As Karma would have it I developed before my classmate's by the time I was in 6th grade I began to blossom in the chest area if you know what I mean. Most women pay a lot of money to have the Curse/blessing that Karma bestowed upon me. But being only 5'3 with some junk in the trunk to match lets just say I was less then happy about the latest development of my unfortunate growth spurt during my teenage years. I think my peers were jealous this was the 80's were everything was bigger hair , shoulders, why not boobs too? The girls I went to school with looked down on me as if I somehow caused this to happen. I was teased to no end often  the girls would come up behind me and try to check to see if I was wearing a bra that day. (Yes I wore one everyday ) I had even taken to sleeping in a bra because I heard a rumor that if you slept in a bra your chest would not grow as fast. Yeah, I know not true but I still had to give it a try. The boys never looked me in the eye I usual...

Karma's trip to Retail Hell

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As I have told you before I worked at a grocery store for 21 years that is pretty much half my life so when I tell you I prefer to think of going to the store as something I dread, loath, despise, as well a trip to retail hell.  I know that look in the cashier's eyes you know the one where it is the end of there work day and they are totally sick of people, that look of they would rather be shot in the foot than have to check out one more person. Well believe me brother I feel your  pain but really, really karma does that have to be the person that I by some twist of fact end up in there line. So sit down get comfy as I tell you about my trip to retail hell. As I gazed lovingly  into my husband's eyes and said I do 21 years ago it never dawned on me that our future children would top and surpass his 6'3 Height , that I would have to drive over 50 miles just to buy clothes and shoes for these shrek size kids. Which brings us to the day several weeks when my bab...