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What to Pack for a month in Italy

July 18, 2017Sara 4 Comments

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Does anyone else constantly have cold hands, even when it’s a million degrees out? It probably doesn’t help that the central air blows out directly above my desk, but it is making me type in slow motion. I’m a little stir crazy today because there is an air quality advisory so we stayed in. Merle recently discovered that several of her Playstation games have the ability to go online to play with other people and that she can use a microphone to talk to them. She also thinks that she has to talk really loud for them to hear, so it’s hard for me to focus 100% since her Playstation is about 4 feet from my desk 😉

This request came from a while back. It has taken me longer than I hoped to play catch up so I am finally getting to it. It’s for a mom with 3 young children going to Italy for 4 weeks for September-October. She wanted a smallish capsule of pieces that should carry her through and transition through the month. Depending where you are in Italy you are going to see varying temperatures, especially at this time of year when it is making the transition to fall. September usually starts of in the low 20’s and will slowly decrease as the month goes on. Night time, rain, and being on water will also drop the temperatures so it is best to be prepared.

Having 3 young kids to travel with also means that the clothes need to be no fuss, and easy to wear so I stuck with basics and added pieces in. I decided to add a swimsuit last minute because I figured that at this time of year the weather can be unpredictable and you may find there are more than a few beach weather days on the trip.

I put together a full 30 days of outfits from these pieces which can be found in this post. I will link it as soon as it is posted.

The accent colour I chose is yellow, because I am really liking yellow at the moment. Do you have a current favourite colour to wear?

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What to Pack for Greece – Packing Light

July 11, 2017Sara 4 Comments

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I just want to start by saying ugh. My contact form apparently isn’t sending me everything when it is submitted. I just received 6 messages that were dated from the beginning to middle of June that never went through until now. If one of those messages were yours than I am so sorry I missed them. I wasn’t ignoring you. I try to respond back to every single message and I am feeling really bad right now. I think I am going to just remove the contact form and leave my email address there instead to avoid this problem. Once again I am sorry 🙁

Every once and awhile I like to revisit some old packing lists to update them or see what I chose, and how my choices would be different this time around. This time I went back to one of my most popular lists from a couple of years ago, Santorini, Greece. What I like about my choices from that list was the addition of colour. I guess I was feeling more vibrant then. It’s a fun, warm weather list, but in hindsight I included too many shoes and bags and would change that this time.

For this list my choices parallel nicely in some areas and differ a lot in others. Greece can be really, really hot depending on the time of year so slight adjustments might need to be taken into consideration if you are travelling during the peak hot season. Maybe an extra pair of shorts, and a couple of sleeveless tanks would round it out nicely.

My selections are broken down as follows:

I included 5 tops (a graphic tee, striped shirt, printed short sleeve, a plain t-shirt, and a chambray which can be worn buttoned up or over tanks and sleeveless dresses unbuttoned).
Two sweaters for cooler evenings and travel, one cardigan, and one oversized pullover.
4 bottoms, one pair of shorts, jeans (for cooler times and travel), some black, slouchy, casual pants (here is a nice pair of white ones too), and a skirt.
Two dresses, one black, slip dress style (which is great for layering), and one shirt dress.
A bathing suit or two.
Some lightweight scarves in small and big that can be doubled for tying around hair, shawls, and swimsuit covers.
Sunshine accessories like a hat and sunglasses
3 pairs of shoes; sandals, slides, and espadrilles.
Two purses, a regular size purse, and a crossbody

I hope you like the updated version and I will put together 20-30 outfits from these pieces for next post.

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What to Bring for Kids on the Plane

May 12, 2017Sara 2 Comments

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What to Pack for a 4 Day Fall Getaway

September 28, 2016Sara Leave a Comment

I tend to stick to a 10 day packing list on here but once in a while I get requests for shorter durations. Anywhere from a weekend getaway to a month have been the norm for me and this week it is for a 4 day getaway that includes a birthday and a fall outdoor wedding. I needed to come up with a list that included several days of seasonably fashionable outfits and one wedding outfit that will be suitable for fall weather.

Two Sweaters, a white blouse, striped long sleeve, a pair of jeans, and black pants, flats and sneakers cover the outfits. A black dress with a camel coloured wrap and leopard print shoes are for the wedding. The outerwear is the wrap and a trench, with one scarf, a regular purse, and a clutch or the wedding.

Any jewellery is easy to pack and won’t take much room. The wrap is warm, dressy and the perfect fall colour, but any kind of cape, shawl/wrap, or pashmina will work as long as it isn’t too casual looking. There is enough clothes to get at least 10 days worth of outfits so there should be plenty of options for 4 days.

I will put together a 10 outfit options list for this Friday’s post.

What do you like to wear for a fall wedding?

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What to Pack for The Pacific Northwest

September 22, 2016Sara 6 Comments

Every morning I try to answer emails and messages that I get from people. Sometimes it takes me a couple of days to get caught up (Sometimes a little longer if your message didn’t forward to me properly). I want you to know that I read each one and am really trying to respond to everything but sometimes I may miss a few. If you have sent me a message via email, my blog contact page, Instagram comment or DM, Twitter, or via a blog comment and I have not responded yet I may have missed it or I may not have received it. I am sorry if that is the case and if you contact me again I will get back to you in 1-2 days. Thank you for all the compliments, suggestions, and requests. It really does help to keep me motivated and lets me see that my hobby benefits some of you.

This packing list comes via blog comment. The request is for 7 days in Oregon in the fall. I broadened to the Pacific Northwest since temperatures and weather won’t fluctuate too much through those states and in to the Southern part of British Columbia. Pick several items from this list for your travel outfit and you are left with 3 shirts, a sweater, a dress, 2 pairs of pants, a purse and two pairs of shoes to pack. You could easily just travel with two pairs of shoes instead of three but I added the flats and dress in case there was an opportunity to dress up. The rest of the choices are casual neutrals, that mix and match together very well.

The outfit options for this list can be found in this post.

Happy First Day of fall to my readers in the Northern Hemisphere 🙂

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What to Pack for Germany and Austria

September 7, 2016Sara 4 Comments

I’m going to start this off with saying that I think I broke my toe last night on our ottoman. I’m prone to stubbing my toe but man did it ever hurt. My baby toe immediately swelled up like a little grape and within 30 minutes the top of my foot running towards the toes was purple. Even the blanket lying on it last night was painful. Today I have hobbled around the house with the girls Gandalf wizard stick. I’m sure I will look cute walking down the street with it 😉

Back to business. Every so often I like to go back to an old packing list and update it with new suggestions. With how fast retail changes over seasons and stock, so many items get sold out and people will often message me asking if I know where they can find anything like the sold out item.

I got an email about my Vienna, Austria packing list from last April. It was from a woman in her 50’s who is going on a Danube River Christmas Market Cruise in November and wanted to know if I had an updated list. I told her that I would try to pull as many updated items as I could and email her. I decided it would be better to put together a whole new post for her so she can have the visual guidance as well. I tried to follow a similar colour theme and style as the original.

A Danube River Cruise to see all the Christmas Markets is on my bucket list. Christmas is my favourite time of year and to experience the markets that have been there for centuries would be amazing. While November isn’t in the middle of winter the weather can be quite chilly, especially being on the water so a nice weather appropriate jacket and layers are important.

Several sweaters, pants, leggings/tights to wear under dresses, and a scarf or two. I decided to include a wool hat in this list because it can be more dressy but I would probably bring a knit hat as well, it wouldn’t take up much room. Jeans in a darker wash are very versatile, and any pair of black pants in a cut and fabric that works best on your body and is your style. I tend to lean towards a very straight or skinny cut because I like the ease of tucking them into boots. Don’t forget your gloves or mittens. Outfit Options will be in the next post.

Have you ever been on a Christmas Market Cruise? What was it like?

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