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OK gals........fess up..........
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:05 pm
by cypressgirl
Do you always shop for something new before each STJ trip? It could be a new pair of flip flops, swim suit, shorts, tanks, coverups, etc., but can you actually pack with NOTHING new to add to your bag. I can NOT. I am a confessed overshopper.
I am so determined not to overpack for this next trip, but I'm already thinking about what I "need". I am finally convinced I am a high maintainance kind of gal.
I must do better! Help!!
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:16 pm
by California Girl
Well, yeah, I do buy stuff. However, I think that after this upcoming trip, I will have everything I'll ever need to go to STJ. I now have an island wardrobe. And you know what that means! I'll just have to spend more time in the islands, that's all there is to it. 
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:27 pm
by Marcia (Mrs. Pete)
Always! Have to. It's just not vacation without something brand spankin' new to wear! I'm very much not a shopper but, vacations are different. A few months out, I'm scoping for something...
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:36 pm
by DELETED
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Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:37 pm
by cypressgirl
I feel better already. If I have to pack the same old stuff I wear in the yard and to Walmart, it doesn't feel like vacation.
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:40 pm
by cypressgirl
SJfromNJ wrote:California Girl wrote: I now have an island wardrobe. [/color]
Me too, I got two new T-shirts!
That sounds exactly like my husband..........leaving in 12 days and got 2 new tees. Just like a man.
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:45 pm
by chrisn
Oh boy are you barking up my alley! It's a problem. I have to buy a couple new bikinis, a coverup or two, a couple sundresses and new flipflops before every trip! Honey said the other night, "you're only getting one new suit right?" Ummm, sure. I already bought 3!
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:53 pm
by gymnastika
Absolutely!! That's one of my favorite parts of a trip is the pre-trip shopping. It's all part of the package. New Trip, New Stuff. At least a new linen dress or shorts or somethin or other that screams tropical!
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 10:04 pm
by cypressgirl
Well I don't think that linen dress would survive too well in my carry on bag, but I'd buy a new one and blame it on the trip. I do a lot of that too. So many shoes and stuff I'd never wear on STJ, but at the time of purchase......Oh, I can take this to STJ. I end up wearing the same old comfy junk to the beach. I did get Liamsaunt's shoes, 'cause they're so cute.
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 10:09 pm
by gymnastika
i wear the linen dress on the plane. but a sidenote that i buy the kind of linen that looks good all shrunk and natural out of the dryer. no irons for me, well, ever
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Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 10:21 pm
by waterguy
I got 2 new swim suits for my Fl trip last week so I'm set for the rock just have to get down there
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 10:27 pm
by Joppa
Does LiamsAunt design shoes?????
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 11:09 pm
by cypressgirl
No, but she recommended a really cute pair that don't look like Jesus shoes and they are from Athleta.com. I have to admit, I'm breaking them in a few hrs. at a time, which is more than I'd have shoes on on STJ anyway. They are so cute.........most important thing...right??
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 11:15 pm
by byado18
Absolutely.... there is always something new in the suitcase....and no matter how much I take, or whether or not there is a washer/dryer, I bring home clothes that I didn't wear.... but a "girl"( using the word very loosely) must be prepared for any possibility!
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 11:51 pm
by smilesfromMN
cypressgirl wrote:... If I have to pack the same old stuff I wear in the yard and to Walmart, it doesn't feel like vacation.
That sums it so well, Cypressgirl!
Plus, if I wear something for the first time on vacation then when I wear it again at home it's like I've brought a little vacation back home with me!