Smoosh Your Boobies ~ Save Your Life

I KNOW...having your boobs smooshed for a mammogram is not very fun...
but then, neither is breast cancer.

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which has been moved to My Blog Overfloweth page!

The Eagle Has Landed!

Well, me actually.I am FINALLY in Norway with the famous blogger and network evangelist Renny BA!

Take a spin around his blog, RennyBA's Terella, and you will see that Renny is truly a class act. He enjoys sharing his knowledge about Norway and the Nordic countries; the culture, traditions and habits, with his readers. Keeping the goal of his blog in mind, last weekend Renny exposed me to The Royal Castle in Oslo...it was verrrry interesting, but I'm gonna let the expert,

Renny tell you ALL about it...

...So click da pic to go to Norway!

And if have not yet done so, I hope you will participate in SMOOSH YOUR BOOBIES! ... the most novel Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign/Art Project to ever hit the blogosphere (if I do say so myself!)

The deadline to email me or Claire your

Smooshed Boobies-Print is Friday, November 7th.

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Smoosh Your Boobies! Update!

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A Mystery to Solve!

We take a break from the Smoosh Your Boobies! campaign to bring you this important announcement:

Hello....do you recognize me?

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Pink and Perky and FOR A GOOD CAUSE!

Nurse Amanda Hugankiss

has submitted her Smooshed Boobies-Print

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Smooshing Pumpkins and Smooshed Boobies!

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Support Breast Cancer Awareness

by SMOOSHING YOUR BOOBIES!

Smoosh Your Boobies!

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Have You Checked Out Your Boobs Today?

October is
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Excluding skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed among U.S. women... it is the second (after lung cancer) leading cause of cancer death in women...an estimated 182,480 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed in American women during 2008...

(More sobering statistics can be found here)

So, Nurse Amanda Huggankiss and I have teamed up today to remind you to get your breasts, boobs, knockers, melons, titties, ta-ta's, whatever YOU call 'em, checked out! And what a coinkidink!...the ever thoughtful Doctah Shoal is providing FREE breast exams at the downtown Hollydale Food Mart every day from 8am-5pm! (And at night, by appointment only.)
*Bring a sweater, it gets chilly in produce section.

Disclaimer: Neither Nurse Amanda Hugankiss nor Doctor Shoal have a license to practice medicine and any information provided by them is pure BS and for entertainment purposes only, and although commenting on their blogs is highly encouraged, such activity should not be a replacement for the relationship you have with your actual healthcare provider.

A Quick Trip To Tokyo, Japan

After giving Drowsey a GREAT BIG HUG goodbye,

Sis took me on a little trip to Tokyo, Japan! Here I am waiting for our plane,

and wondering how Drowsey's doing,

at Chicago's O'Hare Airport....

right before they announced our flight would be delayed!

So I popped back inside the terminal and got a little snacky-poo!

(After weeks of "Weight Watchers food"...the crap at the airport tasted GREAT!)

Da plane! Da plane!!! Come on!....let's GO!

LOOK who I met on the plane!...my long lost Greek cousin,

Olgathena Titiupoulos! The family resemblance is striking, don'tcha think?

Olgathena's a philanthropic bra, and just like me, proudly sports a pink ribbon

in support of breast cancer awareness.

Guess it's true what they say....

Great bras think alike!

By the time we landed in Tokyo, I was starving and craving SUSHI.

My favorite is the Bra-Roll, of course...

washed down with lots of little teeny-tiny cups of sake!

Here's the view from my Tokyo hotel room...

The next day we got up really early and boarded a

(Ooops - wrong picture!)tour bus bound for Mt. Fuji
Oh boy! More snacks!!! Which way to Mount Fuji?

Thanks!IMPRESSIVE!

(?!?!?!?)

Back at the hotel, I snuggled up with Mac and twittered Drowsey

until I fell asleep...

and dreamed about my next exciting adventure...in Norway!

(I should be there any day now Renny!)

Thanks Sis! YOU ROCK!!!

I WON!!!

Well, I came in 3rd place in the Best Humor Category

at the 2008 Blogger Choice Awards!

Read all about it at My Blog Overfloweth Page

Voting for the 2009 Awards starts now!

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A Couple of Awards & Thanks Yous

I am waaaaay overdue in acknowledging a couple of awards from some very thoughtful bloggers...Please visit my Big 'Ol Bodacious Trophy Room to read all about it!

Ta-Ta (for now!) Toronto, Canada!

{{HUGS!}} xoxo
~Olga, the NO LONGER STINKY Traveling Bra( . Y . ) Now check out Drowsey's version of Bath-Time!And then go wish Claire a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Happy Birthday to ME!

Yep! Today marks the 2nd full year as my life as

The World's First (& only) Traveling Bra!

Click here if you'd like to read the

Amazing & 100% TRUE Story of how it all started.

Last year, on my 1st Birthday, my Stealthy Georgia Chaperon surprised me with this awesome video of famous country music star Mark Wills singing Happy Birthday to ME! I am posted it again because it is pretty much the BEST video ever made...

This year, I am celebrating my birthday with Drowsey and Sis in Canada!

And looky what they gave me:

(Click to read ingredients & points)

Hey, I realize not everyone has a famous country music star living next door...and ya never can go wrong with CHOCOLATE (even if it is from Weight Watchers!)...so DOUBLE-D THANKS Drowsey and Sis!....for everything! Hanging out with you two has been a hilarious, fantastic, fabulous adventure...I really don't think I could ask for anything more! Except for, well, maybe...a bath, eh! LOL!!!!

My 3rd year as a Traveling Bra will be starting out with a trip to Norway to meet that famous Norwegian Viking-Blogger RennyBA! (*YES - I AM coming Renny!)

Awww....thank you Renny!

The USA, Australia, and France are also on my itinerary...so I hope ya'll keep coming back and checkin' out my exciting globe-trotting adventures...because you just never know WHERE I'm gonna pop up next! If YOU would like to be an Official Olga Chaperon and expose ME to your neck of the woods, just drop me an email! Maybe we can hook up!

Ready Teddy?

Well then...LET'S GO!Come on over and check out the newest

blog to hit the bloggysphere -

"Dear Teddy!"

I'm a Busy Bear!...my friends, SnOwY BeAr,

and Grumpy Ted, and I can BEARLY wait to meet you!

(This post can also be found on My Blog Overfloweth page)

Terror On Top Of CN Tower

Hanging with Drowsey in Canada has been an AWESOME,

yet rather surreal experience

(in case ya missed it, check these previous posts)

and just when I thought things couldn't get any stranger....THIS HAPPENED!!!

CLICK HERE to read the terrifying story behind this picture!

I'm On Top Of The World! (at least I was...) Road Trip To Toronto - Part II

As the saying goes...

"When you fall off a horse the CN Tower,

you just gotta climb right back on!"

So here I am bravely reenacting my ascent up The Tower...

with Drowsey carefully positioned to break my fall...just in case. Once inside the CN Tower, we were 1815 feet up in the air!...

and had some really awesome views of Toronto!The fact that we were 1815 feet up in the air didn't bother me a'tall!

But Drowsey's Acrophobia....

is only slightly less intense than her Aphenphosmphobia...

so I did what I could to help take her mind off the fact that we were

1815 feet up in the air... And gave her a big ol' Double-D HUG!
I may not have covered the entire globe (yet)...

at least I made it to the TOP of the WORLD!

WOo-HOooo!!!

Now go see what Drowsey has to say about this!

My Story, My Dream

I should have known in high school when I was the only girl during drill team practice to wear a sports bra that I was going to be a boob girl. I recall in college I had Brassieres that fit well, but were matronly in appearance and didn't quite match the image of myself as a cute new sorority pledge. As a young single woman living in Dallas in the mid 90's, my hobby became acquiring luxury lingerie at the likes of Neiman Marcus and exclusive boutiques around the world. I had disposable income and easy to fit 34Ds. My eyes were opened to the fact that one could have a correctly fitting underpinning that was also aesthetically inspiring. I became a bra aficionado.

I married and had a family, which affected both the pert D bustlilne and disposable income. Hint: the bustline grew and the money for bras shrank. These changes lead me to start researching brands, body types, breast shapes, etc., and increased my knowledge and skill. Shopping with family and friends and fitting them in bras, I began giving consultations and evaluations to friends' friends as they were referred to me. My flair became evident, my passion developed. I was offered positions in both the retail and the trade sectors of the lingerie industry, but chose to stay home with our growing family.

As a child my Mom, like many other moms, made not only our Halloween costumes, but also matching outfits for my sister and I. By middle school she had me sketching my ideas and in fact wouldn't discuss a new design unless I had drawn it first. In high school she taught me the skills of construction, utilizing darts & seams to fit the bust and flatter the waist; she and I collaborated to create pieces together. Even as a post-graduate we worked together when I couldn't find a flattering garment to wear. Mom was never a fan of tent dressing - big baggy clothes always added pounds to one's look in her book. Fast forward ten years, and I hired dressmakers and tailors to make woven shirts cut specifically for my body that I felt great wearing.

The birth of Bratique Helene followed upon the heels of the death of my Mom, Helene. I hope women benefit from the dream; I encourage you to embrace your endowment!!