Travelling Light

If you didn't already know, my family and I are heading over to Europe for the Winter. We started off with a massive list of places we wanted to visit and we could easily fit them all in if we did 3-4 days in each place.

Even still, can you imagine the packing, unpacking and endless carting around of suitcases? The idea of spending a large chunk of our holiday on trains/buses/flights didn't really appeal to any of us. This would explain why we cut it right down. Now there are only a few places we stay in for a decent period of time. When we get to Italy we'll have base cities and do day trips to other towns/cities.

Now Mother Dearest and Padre, bought both my BLB and I a suitcase (each) for the trip. They're fantastic, they have detachable backpacks on the front as well as straps on the main suitcase so we don't have to pick them up, we can just wear them on our backs. Oh, but of course they have wheels too.


The funny thing is, I did a trial run with this suitcase when I went down south for my cousin's wedding. That trip was for four days and the suitcase was no where near big enough. Understandably, I did take all my hair products, hair drier, straightener, make up, various shoes, all the 'just-in-case' things.

The suitcase holds 73 litres and I'm not going to fit very much at all in that amount of space.

The main problem I have is wardrobe. Now, I don't have a huge one to start with, but it still gets pretty boring pretty quickly. I'm going to have to plan outfits even before I leave so I don't get frustrated with the lack of variety. The only thing saving my sartorial is sanity is that MD and I are roughly the same size so we can share. Thank God she's got style!

Anyway! After playing on Polyvore for what seems like hours I've come up with a simple packing list that will give me some options when it comes to outfits. I think it's definitely going to be a case of packing basics, and taking coloured accessories to make the outfits that little bit different.

I have pretty much all of these things. It's never a good idea for me to go nuts on Polyvore looking at all the things I'd like to take, because then I'll end up spending the money I'm supposed to be saving. In any case, if I get over there and realise I need something else, I'd much rather buy it there. That way, when I get home and people ask "Oh, that's nice, where'd you get that?" I can say, "Paris" or "London" or "Rome", just like they seem to when I ask.