bla bla bla packing

Alright, the clothes are packed, except I haven't decided on the shoes yet. Now I have to pack the rest of my crap, and decide what combination of purse/briefcase/carry-on I want to use.

Stripes is on tv. Good packing entertainment--one can leave the room and still know what's going on.

My friend Swiss Girl is an expert at hotel & sight seeing globetrotting packing. But I do believe I am an expert at Visiting Close Family packing. For this kind of packing...

* You don't have to worry about too many suitcases and such, cause even if you go running around seeing things, you have a safe home base where you can leave your other crap.

* You don't have to worry about forgetting nail clipper type accessories, cause you can just use your relative's.

* You have to leave extra space because relatives give you prezzies, or you might be running around shopping rather than sight seeing. My method these days is to pack as much as possible into a smaller suitcase; then put it into a bigger suitcase; toss a few things, shoes etc into the gaps around the smaller one. Then when it's time to come home I've got almost a complete extra suitcase I can pack.

My step-mommy is still learning this. She always comes to visit with one perfectly packed suitcase. Then she runs around buying dolls (she collects) and has to play puzzle with her suitcase, and goes home with some big extra plastic bag etc. Tsk tsk. I keep trying to tell her -- pack with lots of room to spare!

Can you handle the shiny?!!

Friend Maewitch's online store is now up and running. She loves beautiful handcrafted soaps and perfumes and jewelery and shiny nail polishi, but it can be expensive for Canadians to import. Now we can use her store instead! Check it out, if only because the site is preeeeetty. (Oh and I believe most of it is vegan or cruelty free.)

"Pahhhck meeee"

I'm not in the mood to pack. I haven't had that First Day of Vacation 12 Hour Sleep yet, so I'm not feeling very energetic. But I don't want to go to bed too late either, because I don't want to fall asleep during Evita, or get a cold or something. Sigh. So I should get off my caboose and PACK. Sigh.

I am Le Sigh.

Maybe if I could pack here in the living room, with some TV. Not very practical, though.

Mowwwz mowwwz mowwwz.

In other news, I got my sick-kitty earrings. I'm going to bring them with me.

Oh, and Haley also finally admitted to poisoning Minion. She wasn't trying to kill her, she just wanted a break from the whole running around, jumping on her back, stealing mother's lap, stealing her food, acting like top cat routine.