overpack much?

so i haven't forgotten about my blog, but with all my madness in march, no pun intended - april has been a slow month, and i have needed that. i am sorry i haven't been writing too much on here, but really not much has been going on, and i like to share funny stories, and really nothing has been that funny. so, last week my friend crystal and i went on vacation to ft. lauderdale for a week of fun in the sun. i had been looking forward to this for many weeks, as the thought of staying in one place for a whole week without rushing around to get to my next flight or site visit was very exciting - relaxing to say the least.

so, i should start by saying that when i travel for business, i by no means over pack. if i am going on a three day trip, i'll wear black pants twice and take two different tops or something of that nature, as i like to condense and minimize what i pack. so, when it comes time to pack for a vacation and take "fun clothes," i tend to go a little overboard. a little might be an understatement for this trip - as crystal will attest, haha. my largest suitcase in my set, as my friends like to call it, is referred to as "the dead body." so, crystal arrives at my house and sees the dead body on my bed, completely full of clothes, i am sure she was thinking i had lost my mind.... i realize i had. i knew that because i had status with us air that i could check as many bags as i wanted, so crystal's bag would be checked under my name and so would mine - i thought that if my bag was over the allowed weight that wouldn't matter either because of "my status" - wrong! so we get to the airport and my bag weighs a whopping 61 pounds - are you kidding me? i am sure crystal wanted to laugh out loud, but she didn't. we put some of my heavy items in her bag, as it only weighed 33 pounds, haha. and off we go!

(note: when natalie, crystal, lindsey, and i went to NYC last year i was a smart girl and took an empty suitcase with just a heavy coat because i knew we would all buy things and would need the extra space to bring the stuff home, but i didn't think about that this time.)

once in ft. lauderdale, crystal and i had a blast. we had gorgeous weather the whole time, we had one day where it rained in the afternoon, so we went shopping - remember i have no room in my suitcase, but do you think that kept kelsey morgan from buying clothes, shoes, and lots of fun things - negative. so, i then decided my next purchase would need to be another bag to carry my extra items in, as i knew i was already over the weight limit... do i have a problem? so we get back to the airport, and guess what, my suitcase is still over the limit... 56 pounds. ahhh. i take a few things out, and put them in the extra bag that i bought and now it has like 30 pounds in it, so the moral of this story is that i packed enough to last for like 3 or 4 weeks - crystal said i packed more than our friend lindsey packed for a year in africa, oops, haha - i like to have options.

i learned my lesson. i will no longer over pack like this. crystal says i've always been like this, but i think this trip taught me a lesson, haha - we shall see.