So your birthday is on Friday, right? I lost track somewhere - you are staying at the Menage on Tues., Wed., and Thursday nights, but are you staying on Friday night too? Somewhere along the line I forgot how many days and nights you were going to be at DLR!
Anyway, from one obsessive, chronic over-packer to another, I feel your pain. The problem I find with over-packing is not so much actually lugging 3 bags out the door with me - though that is bothersome - it is all the thought and decisons that go into it beforehand!! I am constantly thinking of what to bring, then arguing with myself over whether I should bring it.
Well, if I bring this, then I HAVE to bring that too. No, that won't be necessary at Disneyland...Oh, but it will be too hot in the day for me to bring that, but I have to be prepared at night in case it gets cold...and then there is that chance of rain...where is the umbrella? I have to bring that in case my feet get blistered...have to bring shampoo AND conditioner to fight the frizzies...have to remember the cell phone charger and now the camera battery charger too!....It may be cold enough for a sweater but not for a coat, so I have to bring an extra sweater...but then it may be really cold so I have to bring the coat... So when I think I have decided on all the things I need to bring with me, which usually involves all of the above as well as several t-shirts, several sweaters, several pairs of pants, things to sleep in, several everything, then I start second-guessing my decisions in an effort to 'scale down' (ha ha) what I bring and not bring so much. Then I have a battle in my mind over what stuff is really necessary and what is not. It is endless! Then there is the issue of actually trying to fit everything into the designated bags and get the thigns I need in my purse or Baggallini into their assigned compartments....and then there is the issue of lugging it out and loading it into the car. It is a pain. And then don't even get me started on unpacking it in the hotel room and then having to re-pack when it is time to go home (why is it that nothing ever fits as well in the bags when you leave to go home as it did when you were first packing for the trip?).
Still, all of that madness aside, I have never regretted having any of the stuff with me in the hotel rooms. I like 'being prepared' for different scenarios, I guess, and I try to use as much of what I bring with me as possible. You never know when you may spill something on your shirt or sit in someone's spilled ice cream and have to go back to the hotel mid-day to change!! But why is it that whoever I go with to DLR is able to pack very lightly and never has any need for anything else when at DLR? Ahhh...yes, I know why. My traveling companions (like Shawn or other friends) know that I am the one who brings everything, so if they need lotion, they come to ME. If they need powder, I am their gal. If they need Motrin, I am fully stocked. Foot blister pads? Sherry has them!! Basically I am carrying things for everyone's use!
. You must be so excited!!!! 
You're going to have soo much fun!
I dont bring my whole room, thank goodness!!!
YAY!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, COURTNEY!
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