I managed to pack lightly and fairly minimally for the trip to Colorado, although not everything went together. I had a couple of mismatched colors, although my basics were fairly neutral. The theme was white, silver gray, aqua, and a few things along the theme of pinky-coral-strawberry. I had two skirts, two pairs of shoes, two tops and one sundress. If I had added two more tops, I would have come pretty close to the perfect endless-summer travel wardrobe.
One thing I quickly realized I had forgotten however was a hat. I love light but the sun and I are not friends. I get headaches in the sun. Luckily I was not the only hat lover in the group and so we went hat shopping.
I got this hat on sale for roughly $16 at Dillards. It goes perfectly with the tops I packed for the trip and several more I have at home. I think I will be wearing it a great deal. I really hit the hat jackpot as I actually bought two hats, another one in black, which went well with the aqua sundress. Both hats also survived the trip home unscathed. The one pictured had to go on the plane with me as it was too wide for my small suitcase, but it has the perfect combination of fabric and straw so that it is cool and still flexible. It came out of the overhead crushed up into a small banana-like shape and sprang back to life good as new. Although I was willing to sacrifice the money for a headache-free vacation, I am even happier to have another great hat in my closet.
