How to pack for a long vacation

As I started to think about packing for our two-week honeymoon in Italy, all I could think was "what the heck am I going to wear for TWO WEEKS??!!" I'm used to packing for a long weekend, maybe a week max, but two weeks? That's tough. I'm not the kind of girl who wants to take three suitcases and ten pairs of shoes on vacation (well, I do, but only if I had my own butlers to carry it all!). I like to keep things simple. So I went back to my tried-and-true packing strategy: pack smart, pack neutral, and pack to mix and match. 

I settled on a palette of grey, black and white with pops of yellow. By sticking to one theme, I don't have to worry about also packing a pair of brown shoes or pink sweater, and a few items in yellow keep me from getting too bored. For the most part everything goes with everything, so the new little grey sweatshirt dress that I love can be paired with grey polka dot tennies one day for a walking tour, and the next can be paired with black flats, tights and a yellow cardigan for a nice dinner. 

skinny jean -- Gap

shirts -- Old Navy

grey polka dot Converse -- delias.com last year

black Tom's ballet flats -- Nordstrom

grey cardigan -- J Crew (with heart patches added by me -- tutorial soon!)

yellow cardigan -- Forever21

yellow cap-toe flats -- Old Navy

black dress -- Forever21 (forever ago)

grey sweatshirt dress -- Gap (best dress ever!)

striped sweater dress -- Missoni for Target last year