Travelling Connie Style

I have officially joined the world of the light travellers. Connie is my teacher. She taught me everything I needed to learn on our recent European escapades. And I don't need to pack curlers! Ha! I have naturally curly hair...yeah!

I went to WalMart and bought the same rolling backpack that Connie used. It has three outside pockets and holds a lot. Especially if one is travelling to a warm climate (check) and one has curly hair, negating the need for curlers (check).

There are several tips that work well:

• Layer, layer, layer.
• Consolidate medications in one bottle (as long as you can remember what's what...
• Use plastic baggies for everything.
• When you have only carry ons, then your liquids can't exceed 3 ozs.
• Wear your hat, carry your important documents on your person.
• Make copies of your important papers and carry them separately.
• Ditch what you can...

I brought everything I needed here for two weeks in one rolling backpack and one Vera Bradley back pack that doubled as my computer case and purse. No checked bags, no fuss, and free hands. A marked departure from all the stuff I lugged to Europe. I brought two boxes of Girl Scout Cookies, a delicacy down here, so I already have extra space!

I also learned from Connie the trick about making oneself smell beautiful by stopping in to a bath and body store and spritzing some of their sample eau on. The only problem was, this morning when I spritzed, I spritzed body wash instead of eau and it was really sticky. Then I put my pillow (Yes, I still travel with a pillow...) down on the ground where it picked up a bunch of dust bunnies that then stuck to me everywhere I had spritzed myself. I smelled good, but looked like I had been feathered.

I am still in a hog.