Travel Essentials

Each time I take a trip, regardless if its 2 hours North to Waco or 10 hours East to Europe, I always make sure to bring along certain items that provide entertainment, comfort and remind me of home.  Today I am making a list of those items as I pack the final things in my way too large FOR SURE TO BE CHARGED FOR BEING OVERWEIGHT suitcase.

First and foremost, I cannot travel without my Longchamp bag.  It is absolutely the perfect carry on and has served me well for many years.  For those of you who do not know my quintessential dollar rule, you should...each time you wear/use the item, it counts as a dollar, so will you wear your Lulu Lemons 110 times? If so, they are not overpriced and you will get your moneys worth.  I can honestly say that this rule applies to the Longchamp bag.  Get one now.

Item number two is almost as important as item number one.  I MUST have something Haribo in my bag.  It can be the traditional gummie bears, the not as tasty but will do coca cola bottles, but I definitely prefer the Cherries (notice they get to be capitalized while the others remain in lower case).  These are truly fantastically enjoyable and I never leave home to travel without them.

Item number three is an obvious choice, the Ipod.  However, it is what you put on your Ipod that makes the trip.  There are two things I must have on my Ipod for comfortable traveling.  The first is the entire Carrie Underwood CD (kind of embarrassing but if you cannot admit it on your own blog, where else can you?).  I absolutely MUST listen to "Jesus Take The Wheel"as soon as portable electronic devices are permitted, and sometimes sooner.  Secondly,  I always make a brand new playlist with new music to entertain me while I read US Weekly basically for a second time because I already learned everything from PerezHilton.com .  And also on a side note, renting that movie that you never got the chance to see in theaters is always a great idea as well.

Just one more suggestion...something that may be a relevant travel essential to you.  If you are ever on a plane next to me, MOVE. I will hold your hand and potentially break it.  I will cry when the flight attendant makes an uncertain face because I am sure the Captain has just told her that the plane is in trouble and I will repeatedly ask you, is everything going to be okay? Let's hope that my seat mate tomorrow has patience and his/her travel essentials, otherwise, it could be a long ride for both of us.  Next time I post, I will be in Boston.  Cheers to adventures.

(Oh, I should also be honest and mention that this is also a semi-essential travel item for me as well)