what i have recently realized is that i am a horrible packer. i just am totally inept. along with my inability to fold sheets (something one friends finds wildly humorous), i cannot pack. i just don't do it right.
what i want is to be one of those super stylish women who also happens to travel lightly. who, with one carry on and one totally chic personal item, manages to pull together over a week's worth of totally fantastic outfits for day and night.
me? i am the one biting the $25 bullet to check my baggage. the one who prays that the bag weighs under 50 pounds.
i used to be oblivious. then i was like whatever, i'm an over packer but i always have everything. now i feel like being able to pack lightly is some highly evolved skill very together people have that i am somehow lacking. i mean, how can that be? i'm high maintenance but not by such large extremes that i can't pair down my baggage (literally). but, like for this trip, by the time i brought clothing, a couple of dresses, shoes, running stuff, running shoes (seriously a sign that working out is no good), i was exceeding my carry limits and that didn't even begin to cover the toiletries and hair stuff.
so people, friends, really, what are the tricks? the websites are unhelpful (of course if i was tall and thin and going to the beach with my boyfriend all i would need was 5 bikinis and a cover up, but this is the real world people, target is included!), i need some real honest advice.
anyone?
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