Tuesday, August 26, 2008

How to get from here to there

I leave for a short trip to Spokane in... 3 days. And I want to have EVERYTHING done for Paris so I can kick back with the fam before hand. That means it's time to pack! So, needless to say, I have begun packing by procrastinating in the form of writing a packing list.
(Special thanks to M for her remarkable travel wisdom.)

CLOTHES TO PACK:
unmentionables, socks, swimsuit + cover-up, dresses, 2 nice blouses, jeans (but only 3 pairs), trousers, wool coat, sweatpants and shirt, sweaters/cardigans, slacks, and various assortments of tanks, short, and long sleeved shirts. (not to mention the 6 (only 6?!?) pairs of shoes...)

NON CLOTHES TO PACK:
towel, ibuprofen (the dancing, it gets to me!), toiletries, camera, watch, laptop + cord, dvds, pictures of family and friends, extra bag, passport et all.

AND FOR THE KICKER:
It will fit in one bag, ONE bag, under 50 pounds.

One bag?

ONE BAG?

So they tell me. I plan to use the "flat method," which means that I'll layer everything making the least amount of folds I can get away with, and put much of it in hefty bags, which takes the air away. Who knew? (Besides M, I mean...)

I'll let you know how it works!

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