Test Packing: I have skills.

I have been working on getting things organized and ready to pack over the past few days by consolidating and sorting things as well as doing quite a bit of laundry.  Today I decided I would do some test packing.  After the first round, I learned that I was bringing far too many clothes and my sleeping bags takes up quite a bit of space (but I really want to take it, so I'll deal with that little issue!), so I needed to once again go through my clothes and pick some soldiers to leave behind.

I realize that I am still bringing a ton of clothes, but I really like having variety in my wardrobe. Plus, I was able to fit most of it (read: everything but some underwear, socks, and pajamas) into my carry-on via the method below. :

Yes, I have posted this before, and check out my results:

Before

After

Just about everything fit into the bag in the back of the "After" picture! (I only put 1 pair of shoes in the bag) My goal is to further reduce these clothes so that I can fit ALL of my clothes into the bag.  Le sigh, I will miss having access to my collection of fun tanks and camis.  It also doesn't help that I wear an undershirt everyday. 

For fun, here are some other pictures of my giant collection of stuff:

 Dry erase calendar, school/office supplies, books, batteries, collapsible boxes, and books

Tripod, HCN gifts, sheets, purses/bags, sleeping bag, sunscreen, Degree, belt, lounge dress and jeans

Hot water bottles, measuring cups/spoons, surge protector, and misc beauty supplies. 

Bagged up games! Yahtzee, Catch Phrase, Uno, Scrabble, Scrabble SLAM!, Uno, The Game of Things, Scattergories, and Cranium :)

In other news:
 Paying off debt this week! Woot! Now if only someone would buy my car.  I went to have it appraised at both CarMax and Toyota only to get offered less than I owe on it (both offered the same amount) and $2,500 less than I could sell it for to a private party.  I don't need to make money off of it (though it would be nice), I just want to be able to get rid of it free and clear.  Someone called about it and offered me the same as the dealerships!  Jerk.  It is also annoying that Craigslist either doesn't show my ad or someone flags it! I am not sure why it gets flagged, either.  I think perhaps it should be required that people put the reason they are flagging an ad so the poster knows the issue. Again, le sigh.

My attempt at a yard sale this weekend failed. Weather sucked on Friday when it wasn't supposed it, it was overly windy on Saturday, and it was supposed to rain today but didn't!  Hopefully, next weekend will work out better.  It is bike week in Daytona which means tons of people will be driving down the highway my signs will be on.  Fingers crossed it helps! Plus I will be at my mom's house that whole weekend keeping an eye on my siblings while my mom and step-dad head down to Daytona for the festivities. It is still nuts to me that my mom now owns a Harley and has tattoos; I am not sure anyone could have seen that coming :)

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And I am stoked because we got all 50 countries for the Snapshots Project!