What to wear? [it's a miracle]

For the past few months, as I've stared at my increasingly unruly students, listening to them scream at each other (and sometimes at me) and make a lot of noise, I've wished for summer and occasionally given in to daydreams about sitting on the sand, sipping some colorful cocktail while listening to the waves.

And hopefully I'm not too far off in my fantasy -- our honeymoon destination is Kauai, Hawaii! We can't wait. At this point, with wedding anxiety looming and the general stress of the last weeks of the school year, I can only think of the honeymoon in abstract terms. But I did think enough to order a new swimsuit!

Six years ago, I splurged on a swimsuit that has served me incredibly well. The black, wrap style V-neck Miraclesuit I purchased has been an incredible workhorse; it fits great and supports me in all the right places. But it's just now starting to fall apart, so I splurged again (hey, once every 6 years isn't too bad!) and purchased another. I got this little beauty from Lane Bryant:

It's called the "Garden of Delight" Oceanus Miraclesuit. I liked the idea of a neutral-ish, black floral suit. It fits great!  However, the actual pattern is completely different, and looks like this one from Cyberswim. Hmm. Good thing I like fluorescent pink.

I also bought this adorable cover-up to throw on. It isn't nearly as A-line as it looks in the picture, but it's still cute.  Plus, that little spot of pink matches perfectly with my surprise-pink patterned suit.

from (Lane Bryant)

If you're getting married this summer and you want to take advantage of the upcoming Memorial Day swimsuit sales, I thought I'd pass along a few other links to plus-size swimwear that I found. Besides, I am in the market for a second suit -- that deep V of my new suit is honeymoon perfect, but too revealing to wear at our day-after swim party.

If you want a Miraclesuit, Nordstrom has about two this season. Lane Bryant has a slightly better selection, but the best I found is at Cyberswim.

If you happen to be in the 24-26 size range, Land's End has a great selection of suits. Also the site Swimsuits For All looks good (up to 32W). But the most honeymoon-ready selection appears to be at AlwaysForMe.com. I personally prefer well-built, super supportive swimwear, but I can't resist all those cute, colorful, sexy suits in sizes up to 26.

This seems like the most choice I've had in swimsuits in a while! I can't wait to jump into the water!

If you're a plus size, where did you find your honeymoon outfits?