(24-09-2013, 18:36)gbabe Wrote: I think I would like to be at least a DD but hoping for a large E. I'm only 5 ft tall and wearing a 34C and while they look nice with a bra, once the bra is off I look like a B 
Actually its only twos sizes away for you. I like going with DD=E. Why the double D if its practically the next size up??? Is DD considered half a cup more? Is it like the A cup and its triple counterparts? Don't understand that either. I only see a difference between an A flat and A full. There should be 2 as far as I'm concerned!
I know some countries translate DD as E and others as DDD. So Whatever. DD I'd be fine with. That is my E.
Now, are you shopping at places like VS? They have been struck with vanity sizing unfortunately. You may be a very full B cup/small C. I hate this! The vanity goes up a cup size than what you really are

Get yourself a vintage C bra from the 50's, that'll tell you what size you are. I have a lot of vintage bras so I know what size I am.
Also, areola polar placement makes you look smaller if your poles are placed low (like mine). your underboob meat looks like a cup smaller than what it really is.
Also, raise your one arm up, if it looks like a full B cup, you are a full C cup. Gaps in breasts are common up into the DD sizes so don't let that make you think you are smaller than what you are.