On cruises you have to pack a few nice things. For us beach folks, that requires a trip to the mall! The Queen Mary 2 was not exactly the same as the Carnival Line in that you even looked nice on "sea days." Poor Dan had to buy a lot of new things as his usual jeans and Shore Management polo shirt uniform was just not going to cut it. He is now the proud owner of a tux, a black suit and a navy sport coat. Now if we had bought that tux 5 cruises ago, we really would have gotten our money's worth! I told him we just have to go out more! He really looked great :)
It was kind of fun to get dressed up each night. Here are the rules if you want to eat in the dining room (which we did because we had already paid for it):
Elegant casual~ Jacket for men and dress, skirt, or trousers for ladies.
Semi-formal~ Jacket and tie for men and cocktail dress for women
Formal~ tux or black tie/suit for men and evening dress or formal attire for women.
Did you notice the word jeans was not on the list? Actually, it specifically says in the literature no jeans. Well, we wore them every time we got off the boat for our day cruises. It is hard to let those things go!
We had 5 elegant casual, 5 formal, and 1 semi-formal. Girls, that is a lot of make-up which I rarely put on since I retired!!!
There are photographers taking pictures all the time. We bought one to put in a scrapbook, but I bet we "threw-out" 3 dozen. Pictures are $25 each! My camera does just fine thanks!
I just had a thought! Now that Dan has a tux AND a black suit, he has something to wear to the upcoming wedding! Of course, I will have to BUY something in the "wedding colors!"
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