Don’t you just love when your favorite department store removes the sweaters and coats from their floors and replaces their racks with bright, light-weight, and sometimes skimpy swimsuits?  This change in my local Nordstrom’s brings the promise of sunny days, carefree picnics with friends, and dining al fresco in the summer night air!  Seeing the season’s new swimsuits also gets me antsy about lounging on sandy beaches and smelling salty ocean breezes…though my next thought usually goes to uhh, I hope I can do enough Pilates before I will be slipping this swimsuit on!  Which is why I’m very excited about the swimwear line from Spanx!  (Surprisingly, the designs are chic and modern!)  Below are a few pieces soo cute, that I had to share with you.  If you’re like me, it’s easy to just shop from the plethora of Victoria’s Secret suits, so I made sure to not include any of their gorgeous items…a girl’s gotta have some options! (I really want that Grecian goddess one piece!)

Spring is also when I start planning my entire beach wardrobe and you can see I’ve already got a few cover-ups in mind.

  1. Figleaves: Top $28, Bottom $19
  2. Diane von Ferstenburg: Top $98, Bottom $92
  3. Radio Fiji: Top $46, Bottom $40
  4.  Vix: $120
  5. Guess: Top $67, Bottom $59 
  6. Debenham’s: $15
  7. Volcom: $90
  8. Gottex: $138
  9. Spanx: $178