My life in pictures would be much better than words...

I've decided that I should start taking more pictures rather than stealing all the lovely pictures my friends take. I think my life would be better described that way...

To do this would involve two things:

#1 A camera - which I need to purchase... if you remember, I think I posted somewhere about my inability to hold a camera correctly after a night of drinking. At Kristin's bach. party I dropped it and broke it....oopsie

#2 The mind to remember to bring said camera on trips, outings, etc.

I also should probably throw in a 3rd thing and say a camera case.... maybe this would aid in helping not break every camera I've owned.

Anyway - I digress....

I had a lovely weekend in Baton Rouge and New Orleans. It was fabulous ....

I was wishing today I had a camera for a few reasons... which gave me the hankering for the title of this post...

I was wishing I had taken pictures of my super awesome packing job. Normally a 5 day trip would surely involve me checking a bag; but I fit all my stuff in a carry on size bag. That is right... a carry on....

My Hawaii trip including a rather large suitcase...fully equipped with 49 pounds of endless "necessities"... everything from 6 bathing suits...to a hair straightener...5 pairs of flip flops, running shoes, 15 (i think) dresses, etc... you get the picture. I was supremely made fun of for my lack of efficient packing skills. *on a side note * Della and i went to NYC for Spring Break our senior year in college and I packed everything... including, hooker boots, jeans, sweatshirts, and a jacket in a carry on. So somewhere between college and now I have lost my inherent ability to be a compact packer. Maybe I am on the upswing with this last packing job....

My suitcase for my Baton Rouge weekend included .. I'm recalling from memory (see it would be better with a picture) 2 pairs of jeans, 1 pair of sear-sucker pants, 1 pair of loungy pants, 5 dresses (and then I purchased two more while I was there ... so 5 on the way there... 7 on the way back), 2 pairs of flip flops, 1 pair of running shoes, a pair of wedges, 3 sets of work out clothes, 2 sets of PJ's, a few tshirts, a few cute tops to go with jeans, socks, undies, bras, hair straightener, hair dryer, clutch purse, jewelry, toothbrush, bathroom necessities (all packed in a zip loc for security), and 2 cami's. ... see i did good :)

You should have seen how tightly rolled and meticulously placed these items were....it looked like I had a serious case of OCD..but it all got there and back and didn't cost me $50 to check :)

When I got home I had my new pair of shoes from ShoeDazzle waiting for me. ShoeDazzle is my shoe of the month club (the best invention ever)... i should dedicate a blog to the wonderfulness that is ShoeDazzle :) As I was talking to Erinn today she said...oooo send me a picture (b/c of course I'm wearing them today)... good idea E..except no camera .... I guess I have one on my phone but eh...it's never the same quality.

My shoes are fabulous by the way....

Anyways - I know this is a bit of a random post but seriously life is much better told through pictures than words!