Hello Tuesday.....nice to meet you again. I swear to you, I am that woman that waits until the absolute last minute to pack and then I feel like I must pack my whole wardrobe, and then only wear a handful of items! I also tend to pack my husbands clothes as well because without fail halfway through our trip, even though I asked him if he brought enough, the man runs out of clean underwear and t-shirts. Sigh. So, what are my travel essentials?
9. My straight iron. I used to bring my hair dryer, a curling iron and a straight iron and thought to myself, girl you're crazy. I have learned that hotels have blow dryers (albeit crappy ones) and I can either curl or straighten my hair with one tool. Space saver.
8. Face moisturizer. It never fails, the time I forget it, my face looks like a shedding snake. So I always make sure my travel bag is stocked with moisturizer....even body lotion.
7. Flip flops. These are the easiest shoes to wear always. They go with most outfits and can easily come on and off for trying on new shoes, or dipping your feet in the sand or water if your in a tropical locale.
6. Extra underwear ::see above:: You just never know if you will need extra underwear! Just saying!
5. Medications. I am an asthmatic (although mostly under control) and the hubby is a diabetic. So we both make sure that we have enough medication to last our entire trip! Except for when we went to Catalina and the hubbs brought everything EXCEPT his insulin! DOH!
4. Comfy travel clothes that layer. I tend to either wear a maxi dress/skirt or comfy leggings. I ALWAYS bring a sweater or a light jacket because airports are always cold and so are planes.
3. Cell Phone/Music/Ipad. I lumped these together because the cell phone can carry all your music and be a source of entertainment while waiting around.....or in long car rides.
2. A book/trashy magazine. Again falls into the entertaining me when I am bored category. Although my Kindle is my best friend because she holds lots of words to read!
1. Our DSLR camera or camera phone. If we didn't bring these places, and look like complete tourists wherever we go....then we would never get shots like this one! It's been one of our best investments!
Stay tuned for next week and some of the wonderful shots we have gotten while on vacation!
9. My straight iron. I used to bring my hair dryer, a curling iron and a straight iron and thought to myself, girl you're crazy. I have learned that hotels have blow dryers (albeit crappy ones) and I can either curl or straighten my hair with one tool. Space saver.
8. Face moisturizer. It never fails, the time I forget it, my face looks like a shedding snake. So I always make sure my travel bag is stocked with moisturizer....even body lotion.
7. Flip flops. These are the easiest shoes to wear always. They go with most outfits and can easily come on and off for trying on new shoes, or dipping your feet in the sand or water if your in a tropical locale.
6. Extra underwear ::see above:: You just never know if you will need extra underwear! Just saying!
5. Medications. I am an asthmatic (although mostly under control) and the hubby is a diabetic. So we both make sure that we have enough medication to last our entire trip! Except for when we went to Catalina and the hubbs brought everything EXCEPT his insulin! DOH!
4. Comfy travel clothes that layer. I tend to either wear a maxi dress/skirt or comfy leggings. I ALWAYS bring a sweater or a light jacket because airports are always cold and so are planes.
3. Cell Phone/Music/Ipad. I lumped these together because the cell phone can carry all your music and be a source of entertainment while waiting around.....or in long car rides.
2. A book/trashy magazine. Again falls into the entertaining me when I am bored category. Although my Kindle is my best friend because she holds lots of words to read!
1. Our DSLR camera or camera phone. If we didn't bring these places, and look like complete tourists wherever we go....then we would never get shots like this one! It's been one of our best investments!
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| Catalina Island |
Stay tuned for next week and some of the wonderful shots we have gotten while on vacation!
I am like your husband. For some reason I am a chronic under packer! It is terrible!
ReplyDeleteGreat list of essentials! I always used to overpack, and then only wear a few things... but lately I've tried to cut out the excess and wound up missing the things I used to overpack in the first place! There has to be some sort of happy medium...
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P.S>> Great list. I always pack extra undies because you never know what can happen.