Husband, the kids and I are off for our summer vay-cay in Greece in less than 3 weeks. I've already
bitched shared my dilemma about only being able to take one suitcase per person (thanks for nothing Air Canada) and how challenging it will be to take enough of the "right" clothes to Europe.
I don't want to stand out as boring/bland/conservative North American girl. Yes we go every year so it's not like I don't know what I'm up against but it seems like the women there just get more and more glamourous with each passing year.
Greek girls work
hard to look good. They bring their A game...
always. They may not be the most beautiful women in the world, but they won't go down without fighting to be fabulous! Doesn't matter if we're out for drinks, at the beach, grocery shopping, at the park or wherever, the
women are dressed up and have got it goin' on! (I suppose for them it's just 'dressing', not dressing 'up'...) When we go out to clubs, I'll try and look as trendy/cool/un-old as I can (within reason) and
no matter what I'm always lookin' kinda
meh and mediocre in comparison. (And no I don't go through life comparing my self to other women, but everybody does sometimes right?!?)
You wear a cute black dress and your hottest heels but by Greek standards you look like
Betty White heading to her weekly
Bridge game.
{Just call me Betty...}
You think you've got great accessories, they're already sooo
last year. You put on false lashes, as much eye shadow and eye liner as you can without totally looking like a
tranny hooker and it's still too tame. It's enough to make even the most put together, stylish girl feel like a total frump. When I'm on holiday, frump is
not the look I'm going for...
Glamour is a way of life in Greece.
Exhibits A and B...
{Eleni Menegaki- Morning Talk show host, kinda like the Greek version of Kelly Ripa. She's 41 years old and has 3 kids}
{Anna Vissi- Greek pop star, born in 1957. That's right, 1957. She's been popular for decades and is kinda like the Greek version of Madonna}
So my suitcase packing anxiety levels are growing a tad bit. The question is what to bring? Every year I can count on attending at least one wedding or baptism party (which is as big of an event as a wedding) and will need dresses for those. We'll be going out for drinks (lot's and lot's of drinks), we'll go to a few Greek clubs (Bouzoukia) and to a few nightclubs (which are always amazinggg.)
I'm going to need jeans, tops, every piece of summer clothing I've ever owned, at least 6 dresses and about 10 pairs of sandals/heels/flip flops etc. No jokes. That's not even starting on the "swimwear" I'll be taking. Women dress up to go to the beach...fully accessorized and everything (no surprise.)
I totally take for granted how laid-back our fashion is here and how I don't have to look fierce every time I walk out the door. Apparently we have it easy. Or we're lazy....?
