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Packing and shopping for the honeymoon--Advice, please!


We got married at the beginning of this month but took a few weeks to settle in, go back to work etc. before leaving for our honeymoon next week.  8 days on Wakiki Beach with a few trips around the rest of the island and lots of time lounging on a relative's private beach pass.  It's gonna be AWESOME!

Neither my husband nor I has ever been to Hawaii, so we're totally stoked for Oahu.  But I have no idea wha to expect.  I'm a pretty good packer in general, and love to look awesome and fabulous in all the pictures of me taken on vacations, of which I insist there be lots.  I have no problems asking other people to take our picture, and I'm sure the staff at our hotel and other tourist destinations are soooo used to that on Oahu.

But--I have to look great in my eyes, but also not stick out like a giltzy sore thumb.  I don't know what to expect about the local attire.  Flip flops and bikinis all the time?  Or cute dresses and stylish wedges?

Lucky for me, I read this Street Style--Hawaii article from Glamour earlier this summer, of women in Honolulu.  Seems like a blend of casual and chic...
Glamour
That's quite a range of looks, actually.

Basically, it's my honeymoon--I want to look super fabulous and classy and beautiful and HOT! the whole time.  But, will everyone look at me weird if I look like I'm dressed for LA instead of a laid-back Hawaiian vibe?

Please, if you've been to Honolulu--tell me!  Will I look crazy if I wear these to dinner:
Or these--just got them in dark brown on clearance at JC Penney:
Or these--yikes!


And for my husband, he's been thinking about these LL Bean deck shoes for a while. All leather, a true no-socks sort of shoe.  But will they be too much, too heavy for the Hawaiian tropics?

Any and all advice is very welcome!

No matter what we wear, we are SOOOOO excited for 1+ weeks away from the daily grind, in a new place with lots of quality time together.  We've never had a vacation like this before!  Hey, P.S., anyone up for guest blogging while we're away?  Send me an email.

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