gee, where were you guys 6 months ago? oh, right, it's September - now you're thinking about a new wetsuit...
well, sorry - ended up selling it on EBay to some guy in Australia and took a pretty good beating on the price, when it was all said and done. the moral of that story is: don't buy a wetsuit online, no matter how cheap or how well it's been reviewed, until you actually have a chance to try it on.