I like the idea to buy your best guess size in something you think she’ll like and just save the receipt!
Retail employees are very unlikely to know much unless you go to a literal bra store but you could still compare.
I wear the same size sports bra that I wear in tops, not sure if that’s common? Could be another data point.
Costco sells sports bras but they are in the package so you would definitely be guessing at size! I like the ones I got there, though.
This is a very sweet gift. I would go with either buy some and keep the receipt, and make sure there’s a long return period; or buy her a gift card to HerRoom or Bare Necessities or something like that.
Bra shopping is a major PITA but having a bra that fits is sooo nice.
Definitely worth a shot.
I got my husband a bunch of new shirts for Christmas because he hates clothes shopping but was trying to ignore (aka complain about but not really) that all his current tshirts were showing their age. The actual gift was “now you don’t have to shop”, not the shirts themselves. 
you could consider track curtains that attach to the ceiling above:
or you could use hella curtain panels on a regular rod, with extra brackets to make sure the rods don’t sag.
or you could consider some big ass blinds – maybe bamboo blinds? you could mount two or three of them in front of the window if you can’t find single ones big enough.
I think you’ll have the most luck with employee assistance if you go to a specialty bra store, or a department store! But worth a shot regardless! If you’ve got the garment you want to match, you can compare it to what’s for sale!
I like the Puma sports bras from Costco - pack of 3 is about $17 - and their return policy is great. Not a lot of color choices though.
The Pumas have foam cup pads (that slide around), and a racer back.
You really picked one of the hardest pieces of women’s clothing to tackle. If you want to up your game, get her a pair of jeans next
Thank you, everyone! I decided go to the safe route and take her to Costco last night to have her pick them out. It turns out she has a couple more I didn’t know about, but they’re too tight, which is why she never wears them. The ones we got were a bit tight, so we’re going to try the next size up.
Going together is the way to go, unless as suggested above, I ever need to just find an exact replacement for her.
Regarding women’s jeans, the only comment I’ll make is that the pockets make no sense to me. They’re really pockets in only the most academic of senses. lol
@Benson can I just say, as a woman who is soooo bad at taking care of my own needs re clothes and regularly depends on my husbands intervention, you’re so sweet and I’m cheering for you. (He has had to gently pry things with holes in them out of my rigid life patterns more than once) Women’s clothes suck and it’s so easy to shut down and give up. That extra support and care is so thoughtful. I’m sure not every relationship works that way but I know in my case this would be one of the most thoughtful type of gifts of service possible.
Yes - the pockets in women’s clothes are a joke. I’d even call it a microaggression. “Here, imagine what it might be like to have REAL pockets”
Is there any real quality difference in flour? From store brand to Gold Medal to King Arthur? King Arthur is more than double my store brand.
King Arthur is a certified B corporation and I believe is employee owned, so I buy theirs for that reason. I can’t say if the flour itself is significant different.
flour can be harder or softer depending on where it is grown. this will impact the outcome of what you make, it isn’t quality so much as different regions are better at growing flour for different purposes.
tender cakes do best with southern flour, but bread and pasta is better with northern flours. so if you switch from your usual you might find recipes will need to be tweaked to compensate for the difference
eta: so even if a brand has ‘cake’ and ‘bread’ flour, their AP flour might be harder or softer depending on their default of what is normal (which is often connected to where they are grown or their primary purchasing base is located)
TIL!
How do you know where it actually comes from? The store brand I buy just has the city of the company on it.
If you bake by protein content, the good brands will give a single value too (or a very small range). The cheaper brands will have a wider range (or maybe not say at all? Not sure)
I know with king Arthur their different flours (eg all purpose vs bread flour etc) all have different values.
tbh I’d probably just experiment
More boutique brands or local brands might say? Like Bobs Red Mill (which might also be employee owned? Idk I have bought specialty flours of theirs, like rye, but I can’t remember)
This is what mine say:
I also have this local one:
Local ones tend to be very expensive.
yes it is!
I’m probably not going to pay for expensive local ones for the basic baking that I do. 
