I understand that most travel blogs (at least, the ones I’ve read) start out with some sort of itinerary or budget or savings plan, but I’m going to start with the shopping!
Froody (my husband) and I are planning on living out of our backpacks for a year, and that requires special clothing. For me, anyway. That means buying clothes that: dry quickly, wrinkle resistant, can be layered, multi-season, don’t show too much dirt or shout out “lookie me, I’m an American tourist,” are very light, and pack small. These are qualities I never consider when buying regular clothing so when I started shopping and trying on things I discovered something- clothes that fit the criteria are mainly browns and make me look like a complete dork. :-( Srsly. very frumpy. and not cute. (For the record, my husband’s travel wardrobe is the same- very brown. Two shades of brown in fact.)
I was bemoaning this with a friend, afraid I would have to suck it up, bear down, and make an adjustment, when she said it’s important that I feel good during our travels, otherwise all I’ll be thinking of in the middle of all these amazing places is how bleh I look.
Luckily, there must have been other women who felt the same because quite a few companies make nice-looking travel clothes that don’t wrinkle, etc., etc. And, I’m not the sort of woman who needs lots of different outfits. Just a couple of pieces that can be mixed n’ matched: a black polyester skirt (old one I’ve had for years), white and blue tank tops, light greeny-stripey short sleeved shirt, olive green clamdiggers.
That oughtta do it! I tried on the stripey top with the clamdiggers and even my hubby thought I looked cute. :-)
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