Posted by:
munchybotaz
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Date: May 28, 2011 05:56PM
I'm only posting this because I wrote this whole stupid thing, only to find the thread closed when I tried to post.
http://exmormon.org/phorum/read.php?2,202992,202992#msg-202992I've historically packed a larger bag, because I like to have choices, and ended up wearing half of what I brought with AND wishing I'd brought something else instead.
I took six pairs of shoes (including the ones on my feet) to DC in April, and wore four. Didn't wear all the clothes, either. Then there was my long black trench coat, which I love, but I could have gotten by without that and had to open the extra zipper on the big suitcase I call Fatass to bring it home. I'm 6'1", so my stuff is big and takes up a lot of space.
It's not a big deal because I have to check a bag, anyway, with a wheelie briefcase and a purse, and my hair tools are big and I use too many kinds of goo to fit in a single quart-sized zippy bag, even if I put them all in 3-ounce bottles.
I have good luggage that wheels around easily, but I always say I'm going to die on a down escalator at some airport somewhere, trying to get two wheelies on behind me. The bigger the second one, the more dangerous it is. Plus it's dumb to schlep around (and risk losing) the excess wardrobe.
So, last week when I went to Houston for a 2-day meeting, I did something radical: figured out exactly what I was going to wear and packed only that. Two jackets, two tanks, one pair of black pants, and one pair of shoes. Then I threw in my flip-flops, comfy pants, and a T-shirt to kick around the hotel, and it all fit in my smallest suitcase (the one that would fit in the overhead or be gate checkable if I didn't have so much goo).
It was nice with two small wheelies, and I cheated death on the escalator once again, and I'm converted! I might even look at a goo-reduction program.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/28/2011 06:01PM by munchybotaz.