I never really thought I had an issue packing. I mean overpacking. On the norm, if I stay somewhere like my sister’s while she is out of town my packing is minimal. Like I am lucky if I remember my hair brush… just joking. But I do only bring essentials for a night or so. For the most part I am a really low key person. My hair is pulled back and out of the way and may makeup is minimal or nonexistent (thank God for snapchat filters lol). As I have said before I like to sleep so I would rather spending my primping and preening time for pillow time… all P’s so pretty much the same thing in my eyes. But tell me I am going on a road trip that includes unknown adventures and climates and goodness gracious I have ended up with the largest piece of luggage full of only my clothing, a bag of shoes, a bag of makeup/hair products/tools, a bag of jackets and the final bag if full of bras and a couple more pairs of shoes. Seriously?!? What kind of sane person packs like this? I am fairly certain my wires got crossed and I THOUGHT WE WERE BOARDING THE TITANIC!!!

My husband too overpacks, not near to the degree as me, but it is there. Jody is very particular about things (for those of you who know him this may come as a shocker hahaha trying saying that with a straight face). So with the condition that both of us suffer with, we ended up with a completely full backseat on a 3/4 ton Ford. I will say my saddle is in the mix of this but that just added a higher degree of Tetris talent when packing the truck. If I had chose to leave the saddle I could have brought more shoes, or another purse because let’s all address the elephant in the room. How the hell did I leave the house with only one purse in tow?!? I think the over abundance of bags that found their way in to my truck have helped suffice this need.

I get that I needed options for this trip (which clearly I have) but what was I thinking packing two of our closets and half of the dresser? I mean seriously we are headed north in the fall and we packed multiple swimsuits each. I doubt there will be a need for one swimsuit let along for multiples… But better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it. So if that is the philosophy we are rolling with I am prepared for any beaches we encounter, a snow storm, a formal dinner, bar hopping and of course with the saddle in tow, any great legged ponies we encounter! All because a girl needs options.

As for the makeup that I packed… well this stems from a current obsession. My niece, Emily, told about the youtuber, Jaclyn Hill. I am obsessed with this chic. She is so beautiful and quirky and fun… I watch a makeup tutorial almost every night. So my goal for this trip… Do a Jaclyn Hill look! As one of my very best friends, Bj told me “you don’t wear makeup, you just hoard it”… I plan to change this situation. Because I do love to do my makeup. This may require slightly less sleep… GULP… but I will make it. If this plan does work… I will post an update to this blog post (with pictures)!

In fact I will post an update at the end of this trip to re-evaluate the over packing situation. Did it come in handy? Was it a nightmare moving through 2+ hotels? What we did, etc. See ya soon!

Stay Fabulous!