Sezane blouse (similar)
Mavi jeans (c/o)
Le Chateau sandals (c/o) (similar)
Friday by JW Pei handbag (similar)
Zara sunglasses (similar)
Keltie Leanne Designs ring (c/o) (similar)
Linjer rings (c/o)
Old Navy earrings (c/o Ivanhoe Cambridge)
Location: National Bank of Greece – Athens, Greece
“Vacation mode: activated,” I jokingly signed off my last work email before our trip to Athens. That was over a month ago and although we have been firmly planted on Canadian soil for weeks now, I am struggling to turn vacation mode off again.
I found myself in the same position last fall. After a long and tiring summer, our vacation in Florence was a little more than a week of pure magic. I felt so happy and at ease while we were there, a feeling that seemed to last for weeks after we came back. And that was undoubtedly partly because I didn’t stop all the vacation fun even when our holiday ended. I went on shopping excessively, reasoning I hadn’t spent much in Italy. We ate out and bought good wine and my normally healthy bank balance dwindled.
Athens was, without a doubt, the least expensive vacation we’ve ever taken. We scarcely used our credit cards and despite that, came home with a significant amount of leftover cash. Astonished by how well we behaved, and also feeling like I missed out on fun in the last few days as I was coming down with the illness that totally killed my appetite for weeks, I’ve given myself permission to just keep having the amount of fun I would have if I were on vacation. Every weekend, I think that this will be the weekend when I get back into my old habits of eating healthy meals and staying away from stores.
…but then Saturday comes. And all of my discipline, all of my good intentions, dissipate.
It’s really time that I got back to reality. Which would include wearing the shoes I own instead of buying new ones – and working my way through the stack of books on my bedside table instead of continuing to add to it. (Books are, not surprisingly, a major guilty shopping pleasure for me, especially during cold weather months.) But with another holiday now less than three weeks away, I have a bad feeling that I’m going to be living in vacation mode for the foreseeable future.
I spent so much money on books too. I feel like it’s a necessary expense though. If I’m not reading, I don’t know who I am!
I think you should just embrace it for a bit longer and enjoy an extended vacation mentality – I wish I were in that head space these days.
Courtney ~ Sartorial Sidelines
Vacation mode is the best mode!! And I hear ya, sometimes it can be SO hard to turn it off and get back to our routines. Often when we’ve taken on a shopping & decor project for our home… we SO get into the routine of spending, spending that we continue to do so even though our project is done. Haha!! I’m currently still living like it’s Halloween / my mama’s b-day (thanks to the weekend) and indulging in all the food – but not today, my acai bowl is waiting for me Happiest Tuesday my friend!! xo
PS – love this beautiful look on you, and we’ll have to book another Skype date before your next departure!!
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Goodness, wearing the shoes you already own? When there are so many good ones out there to buy? Haha, I know the feeling all to well, and how easily the rational comes when faced with the decision to make another purchase or eat another meal out. (My favorite is, I just spent $80 on dinner, which is now gone, so how could I not spend $80 on shoes that I will get to continue to enjoy?)
Getting back to reality is hard, especially when it seems like there is little to do other than wait for the next vacation.
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