Wednesday, August 2, 2017

Packing Cubes

If it drives you crazy trying to find your stuff in a big messy suitcase, packing cubes may be your new favorite thing.  They are definitely mine.  I had read about them on a clothing blog and wanted to get them for a long time, but I finally bought some from Amazon while I was at my parents' house.  I used them to pack my suitcase (which also included everything for Sara) for our conference last week.  It was incredible how helpful they were to keep our things separated, not only for packing, but for the entire duration of the conference.  I never had to dig around for something I thought I had packed - everything was in its place.  I'm probably never going to go on a trip without them ever again.

First, I laid out potential outfits for Sara.  I had to reuse some of the pants, because I didn't have enough for every day, but it worked out fine.  (Even though it is summer, Sara wears pants every day so she doesn't hurt her knees crawling.)


Normally, I put clothes in my suitcase my category, but at my mom's suggestion I decided to pack Sara's clothes by putting outfits together.  I also added a few dresses/rompers, just in case, and fit everything perfectly into one packing cube!



I also put Sara's bibs, burp cloths, sweaters, socks, and bathing suit into a smaller sized packing cube.


Sara's toiletry box fit perfectly inside her bath seat, and putting her towels on top kept everything together.  I was able to fit the packing cubes around to make it all fit nicely in the suitcase. 

For my clothes, I put together some outfits (I was in a hurry and didn't take photos) and put them in a packing cube.  I put my tank tops, undergarments, bathing suit, etc.  in another packing cube.




The packing cubes also came with a laundry bag, which I used as stored in the inside pockets of the top of the suitcase.  I used the packing cubes all week long - if I planned to re-wear an item, I put it back in the cube, if not, I put it in the laundry bag.  It helped keep me from just throwing things in the suitcase and then later struggling to find them.  It was incredible!  Kind of like having drawers inside a big suitcase.

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