caribbean – The Adventures of a Calamari Queen

What We Wore: Cruise Edition!

Hello Everyone! I hope you’re having a great Wednesday. I’m going to link up with The Pleated Poppy – “What I wore” because personally it’s fun for me and great to get some ideas / inspiration from other women’s fashion style. During our Cruise vacation we decided to just bring carry on bags (one for each of us) because the check in fee was $25 each so for roundtrip it will cost us $100 if we were both going to check luggage (nobody has time for that $100!). We are going to the Caribbean so we thought we’ll mostly bring casual clothes like shorts, bathing suits, light shirts. I packed minimally (I thought!) but we still had clothes that we didn’t wear. Anyways, I didn’t buy anything new for this trip but I did shop for my husband because he needed new rash guard shirts and some shorts.

We took a red flight so I wanted to be comfy; leggings and sweater: Target, Talbots top, Brooks running shoes — We took a red eye flight so I wanted to be comfy; leggings and sweater: Target, Talbots top, Brooks running shoes

Dress:Ross (I think, really old), Tory Burch Reva Flats and clutch

My Hubs! Pants and Shirt:Nordstrom; Cole Haan Shoes

Sea Day! so I wanted casual attire. Top:Maurices, Pants: Lilly Pulitzer, Tory Burch flipflops — Sea Day! So I wanted casual attire. Top:Maurices, Pants: Lilly Pulitzer, Tory Burch flipflops

Top:Target, JCrew shorts,Tory burch flipflops

Old navy tshirt, Speedo shorts (I got from Nordstrom), Clarks flipflops

Maxi dress from Ross, Wedge: J Crew, Tory Burch clutch

Hubs: Old Navy shirt, Speedo shorts; On me: Forever21 romper, Tory Burch Flipflops, Target hat, Rebecca Minkoff mini mac bag

Everything from Target! I love me some target:)

Nike shirt, Target shorts (I think, his shorts was really old so I can't remember) — Nike shirt, Target shorts (I think, his shorts were really old so I can’t remember)

Target dress (another old one) — Target dress/coverup (another old one)

Dress: Gap, Rebecca Minkoff bag, Target flats

My sister gifted me this dress and it this was super comfy!

Old Navy shirt, SPeedo shorts (another sea day)

Nassau, Bahamas

The last Island that we visited was Nassau, Bahamas! It was our least favorite just because it was too crowded and the weather was too hot for us (like the sun eating your skin). We checked out Paradise Point, some parts of the Atlantis Resort (that’s opened to the public) and spent the rest of our time at Cabbage Beach (which was gorgeous but too wavey for me!).

little selfie while waiting to get out of the cruise ship

was excited to see starbucks bahamas so I can buy their "you are here collection" but they don't have it — was excited to see starbucks bahamas so I can buy their “you are here collection” but they didn’t have it

we had drinks and croch fritters before going back to the ship — we had drinks and conch fritters before going back to the ship

St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands!

Our 2nd Island to visit was St. Thomas, US Virgin Island! This was another beautiful Island, I only wanted to do 2 things here and that was to see Magens Beach Bay (I heard that it’s voted one of the best beaches in the world; National Geographic Magazine!), second thing to do was visit Paradise Point to get a good of view the Island. After getting off from the cruise ship, we got a taxi right away going to Magens Beach because it can be so crowded and I wanted to take pictures when it’s less busy. When we got there, it didn’t disappoint! My goodness the water was so calm surrounded by a lagoon, crystal clear blue water! If you get to visit St. Thomas and have limited time, you gotta see Magens Beach, it’s one of the best beaches in the Caribbean in my opinion! *I’ve read somewhere that Bella and Edward (Twilight series) shot some scenes here in their honeymoon part of the movie. I can’t confirm that though because I don’t think I’ve seen all the movie/series.*

I took this pic inside the taxi, I can't get over how pretty the color is! — I took this pic inside the taxi, I can’t get over how pretty the color is!

Our next stop was Paradise Point (it was just walking distance from our cruise). They have an entrance fee of $21,kinda pricey but the gondola ride was nice and quick (the view was worth it).

Zach took this pic, inside the gondola (going up)