Wednesday, May 23, 2007

London: Reflections on Packing

In one of the quieter moments of my trip, I made a list of all the things I was especially glad I brought, didn't bring, and things I was sorry I'd brought, didn't bring to London. So, in the interests of edifying the masses:

Things I wish I’d brought:
my black quilted jacket, or a cardigan (if even just for when my hotel room was chilly)
light gloves
slipper socks

Things I wish I hadn’t brought:
sunglasses (I wore them a total of one time, before I'd left Ohio)
jewelry (scarves worked better)
Personal alarm (I know, I know...it was safer to have this, but it's awfully heavy in a purse)

Some things I was glad I brought/bought for the trip
TINKERBELL PANTS (they're cute, they're fleece, and I wore them on the planes...I was a little sheepish about not wearing "big girl" clothes, but I'm serious when I say these really pulled me together in bad moments)
My Shuffle (trains and Tubes are boring, and everyone else has one, so why not you? Look like a native!)
Coat, with deep pockets
Clean and Clear strips for washing face (bought in a tiny plastic case)
Shampoo bar (contained in a small tin, Lush)
T-shirt gauntlets
Scarves
PASHMINA (not only was it very London, but as the weather was chilly...
Knee socks

Things I considered and was glad I didn’t bring:
More tank tops/t-shirts (as it is, I wore four shirts on the plane ride home to save packing space)
More books (who has time to read anyway)
Sunscreen (completely useless)

2 comments:

Carrie said...

The pashmina made it to London? Yay!!!!

Abs said...

You better believe it, and I was so glad, because it was cold! And because scarves are wicked popular, for boys and for girls, so I fit in. So it made the "extra glad I brought it" list.