Where the heck am I going to put all this crap?????
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Today was a very productive day for trip stuff
I started some serious packing tonight and I've come to the conclusion that I am a serious over-packer
This is the first trip that we will have to pay for luggage so I
was trying to keep the luggage to a minimum
After actually getting out ALL our suitcases and packing some stuff that we won't be needing in the next 6 weeks, I've decided that I'm not so sure if I am going to be able to follow through with that
I have 4 suitcases, 3 large 29" new-ish ones (which were designed after the airlines decided to rip-off their customers by making them cough up even more money to take all their crap with them and, therefore, are quite light!) (Holy run-on sentence batman!) and one 26" older one that isn't as light but not as heavy as our WDW ones we bought in 2000.
Rob, Kira and myself will each have one of the new bigger cases for our 10 days in WDW and then the blue one will hold all our cruise stuff that we won't need until we board the ship.
Our friends Bernie & Sean, who are travelling with us, kindly offered (ok, so maybe I begged a little
) to take our cruise suitcase with them when they come down on the 17th because they are flying Westjet (Canadian airlines still allow 2 complimentary suitcases per person) and won't be bringing their max amount of allowable luggage.
Yes I know....you're thinking it's a bad idea to have ALL our cruise stuff in ONE suitcase, right? Well, I thought about it and I figured that
if they lose our luggage, we still have 6 days before we actually need it for them to get that bag to us.
I've only ever had one experience with an airline losing my luggage. Flying back from Las Vegas in 1999, it was accidentally sent to the very other end of the country and it only took them 2 days to locate it and then 2 days to get it delivered to my door. So, with 6 days to spare, I think my odds are good and I am gonna chance it
So, as I was packing away...I realize that these cases are getting awfully full and I still have a lot of crap to pack still
The cruise case is almost full and I still need to put in Rob's pirate jacket (which still needs mending), my whole pirate costume, Kira's pirate costume, my formal dress (which I bought yesterday
), 2 nice blouses, Rob's suit, 2 dress shirts, 2 ties and his dress shoes!!!!!
Then, I realize that ALL of these suitcases are going to be FULL in 6 weeks when we are ready to go!
Which, of course, leaves zero room for all the crap we are going to buy there!
So I called Rob in and explained the whole situation, telling him that we are going to have to buy a suitcase when we get down there unless we don't buy anything while we are down there.
Since he knows that I know that he has a huge shopping problem
he says:
"OK"
and then walks out of the room.
That is how we ended up with the blue suitcase (2007) and the two WDW suitcases (2000, 2002).
And that was before we had a little princess to spoil rotten
Since I just bought one of those suitcases (we now have 3 that match
) I had to give it my little Cass-makeover
All my suitcases need to be Mickey-fied before they get to travel. Not only does it look Mickey-fied but it is super duper easy to spot on a luggage belt
Double whammy!!
I use my Mickey Ears punch (scrapbook thingy) to punch out Mickey Ears on shiny sticker paper and I put them on every single side of my suitcase so that no matter how my bag tumbles down that luggage belt, you can always spot the mickeys
Check this baby out...
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Only 38 more days to go!!!! 
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Good to see you! How have you been? 
I'm sure yours are awesome!! 
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