This week the outfit layout might look a little different, but because my Weekend in California packing list post is so small I thought I would try something slightly different.
About two and a half years ago I made my first New York City packing list, and to this day it is one of my most popular posts to date, and still gets a ton of daily visits.
Since New York is one of the top vacation destinations in the world and I get frequent requests for it, so I figured it was time to update it.
New York is one of the fashion capitals of the world, but it is also one of those anything goes cities. You can pretty much get away with wearing whatever the hell you want there and no one will look twice, (well, they may but it won’t shock them).
For 5 days in New York you don’t really need that much honestly:
3 shirts
3 sweaters
1 pair of jeans
1 pair of dark jeans (or another style of pants like these)
2 pairs of shoes. A casual, comfortable pair, and a dressier style (maybe a dressy flat, or flat boot). I like and can walk absolutely fine in a kitten heel though, and I am totally a non-heel wearing person. Plus, the heel will look good with the dress.
That should be more than enough depending on your New York itinerary, so these pieces plus bras, socks, underwear, and pyjamas will easily fit into a weekender bag or pack in a carry-on since you will be wearing some of the above pieces as your travel outfit.
As for the best weekender bags, I have this one in grey that I like and fits a lot of stuff. There are some more styles I like below.
I am posting this from Tom’s laptop because my computer wouldn’t turn on past the apple logo this morning. I am trying to install a time machine backup to see if that fixes the issue but I’m not holding my breath. It’s 7 years old, but it’s a mac and I haven’t had any issues until this moment. I am slightly freaking out right now so if I don’t have any blog posts this week, this would be the reason :/ Running out and buying a brand new computer isn’t possible at this very moment.
Our bathroom sink/counter top was basically falling off the wall so I called the landlord. They scheduled to come on Saturday which ended up with me and the girls waiting around until they showed up at 4:30, so by the time they were done the day was pretty much over which feels like a we lost a whole day this weekend. We did manage to finally get the Christmas tree taken down and put away though, so the entire day wasn’t a waste. I’m not going to complain too much though because if we owned instead of rented we would have had to pay for the fix or diy’ed it.
My working out went okay last week, the eating part wasn’t phenomenal though. I really need to find some kick ass healthy recipes because eating salads doesn’t work for me. I’ll eat a salad and then go back in to the kitchen to try to find something make myself feel full which usually isn’t super healthy. I get both hangry and headaches if I don’t eat enough so I am all ears for some excellent recipes if you have them.
It’s the “after Christmas tighten the purse strings” time so I haven’t bought anything new yet this month. (And now that I am having computer issues this is even more so.) I am still waiting for this shirt to arrive but I bought that at the beginning of December so it doesn’t count as a new purchase 😉 It’s nice to try and get creative with what you already have, so you feel inspired with your own wardrobe. I am feeling very motivated to thrift though. I feel like I am on a thrifting mission, and this mission and inspiration is coming together with style and inspiration boards on Pinterest. I follow the blogger BJonesstyle; she is a thrifting queen and inspires me with each haul she makes.
*After I wrote this we went thrifting and I found an oversized wool blazer. I need to clean it up and fix a button but I think it will integrate in to my closet well.
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