I just got back from a lovely Florida vacation.
Disclaimer: I did not visit any of my friends or family
in Florida because I am disorganized and lazy.
My mom went to Florida in early January. She had a great time there with her dad and
some of her sisters. While she was
there, she purchased several new shirts and a hoody to help her look like a
local instead of a tourist. When my mom
came home she REALLY wanted to lend me her Florida clothes so that I could look
like a local also.
On one hand, no one wants to dress like her mom. It doesn’t matter how stylish my mom is, I
will always feel that I am young and hip and couldn’t possibly wear the same
clothes as my mom.
On the other hand, I saw the shirts and the hoody and most
of them were totally my style. They were
wildly patterned, crazily colored, and generally flowy. So, either my mom’s fashion is getting hipper,
or mine is getting …well let’s not think about that.
I took the clothes, but I am not sure that native Floridians
are known for wearing loud colorful clothes.
It seems to me that it might be a thing that tourists do when they visit
Florida. When I got to Florida I
realized the shirts were long sleeved, so I didn’t even wear them. When I am in Florida, I am wearing short or
no sleeves! I don’t care what the
temperature is! I don’t need no stinkin
bleepity bleep long sleeves. I can wear
them when I am in Michigan. My pits need
to breath. This is the same reason I didn’t
take many socks to Florida. I am not
wearing any stinkin bleepity bleep bleep socks in Florida.
It doesn’t matter what native Floridians wear, or what other
humans wear, because I did not dress anything like them while I was in
Florida. I didn’t mean to look like a
lunatic in Florida, but I think I had a faulty packing technique. I went through all my summer clothes and
picked out all my favorite shorts. My
favorite shorts are all colorful with cool designs like flowers, palm trees, or
pink flamingos on them. Then I went
through all my summer clothes and picked out all my favorite shirts. My favorite summer shirts are brightly
decorated in paisleys, flowers, and swirls.
When I got to Florida, I combined the patterned shorts with the
uncoordinated patterned shirts. To really
bring the look together, I added flowered sunglasses and a big pink sunhat so I
wouldn’t get sunburned. Once it all came
together, it looked totally Catherine, but very little like anything that “locals”
anywhere would wear. It could have been
worse. What if the patterns on my shorts
and the patterns on my shirts matched like pajamas for 4 year olds. That would have been much much worse. I need to aim for coordinating, not matching.
Tell me about your coordinated outfit vacation packing
techniques…please?
