Maxi dress and vacay recap

I'm only 5'-2" and I own about half a dozen maxi dresses plus another half dozen maxi skirts. I always hear from fellow vertically challenged gals that they can't find maxi dresses that fit them. I don't know if I'm just a freak case, or if I'm just lucky, but it hasn't been that hard for me. I do a lot of my shopping online, and normally I just judge how long the dress will be on me by how long it is on the model. If I can see the model's full ankle/shoe - then I know it will end up being the perfect length on me. I prefer for my shoes to just peek out from under the dress. This dress, I ended up finding at the Gap outlet last summer. I loved the print so much! I just ordered this one from JCrew Factory - I took the chance even though I didn't have a model to judge the length on. (I know, I should know my measurements, but I don't…) It fits amazing and I can't wait to wear it!!

Sunnies: Vince Camuto | Earrings: Francesca's (option, option) | Dress: Gap (option, option) | Bracelet: JCrew (option) | Wedges: Steven by Steve Madden (option) 

If you're wondering where my island tan is, well, maybe you will see it next week! With my girls' trip vacation and then the husband's boys' trip vacation right after mine (i.e. losing my photographer), I had to do A LOT of outfit planning and take a slew of pictures before I even left for Jamaica. So this was pre-tan. However, in case you missed it, I did wear this on our trip so you can see that selfie on my Instagram here.

Speaking of Jamaica, a few people have asked for all the details, and since I've always recapped my past trips, I figured I should go ahead and document it.

We stayed at the Grand Palladium Resort in Montego Bay. Beautiful pictures, right? There's something so tranquil about palm trees and water. I wish I could say that it was just as relaxing and perfect as it looked, but guys. It was the worst vacation I've ever had. I would never EVER recommend going to this resort - it was the worst customer service experience ever. I've gone to an all inclusive resort about 6 times now - all the same caliber, so I know what to expect. We booked through my travel agent (who has booked many a trip for me in the past), and if you look on Trip Advisor, you will see that the majority love this place. And I just can't see how.

The food was good, the views were beautiful, and my company was so fun! But conversely - the first restaurant we went to, we sat for 20 minutes and never got waited on. Most meals, we would be at least halfway done, if not completely done eating before we would even get our first glass of water. There were ants in our hotel room. The AC didn't work. They ran out of the double bed rooms we reserved and gave us single beds with pull out sofas - no compensation for the inconvenience.  The other two girls didn't get new clean towels the last two days we were there. (Did I mention our shower flooded the bathroom, so we couldn't reuse towels because our used towels sopped up the mess - they ended up having to use the hotel bathrobes after their showers.) Yes we complained, but needless to say, nothing became of our comments. I could go on and on and on, but I will spare you the awful details. Just please, please give another resort your money, not this one. 

Regardless, we bonded over our trip, even if it was awful. And it was nice to unplug and be away from work. Not the beach vacation we had hoped it would be, but I should be thankful we even got to go, right?

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