PACKING. Part 1.

So I have this really weird...thing...where one of my faaavorite parts of traveling is the planning. I love figuring out transportation! And hotels! And...what I pack. I mean, I love the actual traveling, too, of course, but I think the planning aspect is just all about the anticipation and that's why I revel in it. As Winnie the Pooh so wisely realized:

"Well," said Pooh, "what I like best," and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called. ~A.A. Milne

So anyway. About that anticipation. I have a big year of travel planned this year! I just bought tickets to Germany and Greece with my mom. We're going to visit my family in Germany the first week, then we're flying from Frankfurt to Athens and hangin' out in Greece for a week. I am super, super pumped!

I also just bought a really cheap plane ticket to San Diego with my friend Dana for next October (did I mention it was cheap? like $164 cheap! super cheap!) so we're gonna explore Cali together for 5 days, which I am also super, super pumped about because I went to San Diego last November and it looked like THIS:

Anyway. The point of this post is not how awesome my travel plans are, though. It is that I am slightly insane. It is that I will be flying on quite a few small planes and I refuse to check any baggage, which has led me to the point of planning what I will pack 4 months in advance. This is pretty normal for me, though. I do this with most international trips.

So today at work I decided to make a visual list! And as I was making my ghetto visual list, I thought, hey, why not blog it and share my insanity with the world? See list below. I do not own the "personal item" purse yet but think it looks perfect for what I need. I've been wanting a cute purse that will protect my DSLR camera that I suck at using so much that I forget how delicate it is. The only problem is it costs a pretty sum, so while I have planned how to pack it, I have not yet purchase it. Enjoy!