Packing Pink

Since I've started wearing only pink I've traveled a few times and have found packing to be a breeze. There is no trying to put together several outfits with belts, shoes, bras and God forbid, purses! This is why the steamer trunk must have been invented. Nope, I can bring one pair of shoes, one pink belt and a pair of sneakers. Everything, including my unmentionables are pink. I always look coordinated and can take less things which leaves room in the suitcase for purchases. There is only one drawback that I've seen thus far. Since I pretty much only wear 3 shades of pink and when traveling I settle on one shade, I do have difficulty finding anything in my suitcase. When everything is, say fuchsia, it is hard to see where a shirt ends and a sock begins. On my recent camping trip (yes, I only wore pink) I did discover but have not purchased some kind of soft compartmenters (for lack of a better word) to sort my stuff. My dear friend, Joanne, made the observation, "You've created a uniform for yourself." While it doesn't sound fun and attractive, it is, in fact, the truth. One thing that I discovered about long ago about uniforms, having worn one for 8 years of catholic school is that they promote creativity. The more you limit someone the more creative they will become.

Why Pink?

For as long as I can remember I've loved the color pink. When my husband, who is a planner, was getting ready to propose to me he asked me what I'd like in a ring. I replied, "Something pink!" He delivered. My dad gave me a pink tourmaline pendant which I wore on my wedding day. My mom warned me, "You'll grow out of this pink phase and you'll be stuck with a lot of pink jewelry." Well I am fifty and love the color pink more than ever. I figured that if I always feel great when I wear pink, if I get compliments when I wear pink, why not always wear pink? My pink journey began. I went through my closet and pulled out every pink thing I owned. I found stuff that I never wore. I had been wearing the same style of shirt in many colors and now in order to not get bored I found that I need to expand my style choices while staying with one color. I found while limiting myself, I actually opened up my world to new possibilities. I headed to Lord and Taylor during one of those 50% off the already 40% off price. I went through the racks looking for pink. I found and purchased styles I would never normally wear. It was fun and eye-opening. Even with limiting myself to pink, I don't wear all pinks. I don't like pale pink. I only like bubblegum, fuchsia and coral (a bit of cheating on the pink but who cares).