Plane Movies and a Trip-Shopping Postscript

Also: Are you watching Sirens?

I’M BACK! First of all, thank you all so much for your great Italy recommendations; my husband and I had a fantastic time on our trip, and used a bunch of them, especially the ones for gelato and cicchetti. We were gone for 10ish days — it was a 36 hour ordeal to get home but I’m not counting that as part of the vacation! — and feel like we barely scratched the surface. Hopefully, we’ll eventually get back and try the rest of your suggestions.

On to the important things: what I bought for this trip and how it all worked out. I actually was not incredibly shoppy in advance of this one, which is unusual for me because I am a person who likes to use any trip as an occasion to buy things. In this case, I suspect buying the trip scratched enough of that itch. (Also, I think most of us are feeling a little antsy about the state of the economy and might be trying not to go over the top if we can keep a handle on it.)

Over at Go Fug Yourself, we had a lengthy conversation about Plane Outfits. O…