Space bags

I have a new love - space bags.

These things are amazing! You can pack, like, six sweaters in a medium sized space bag, suck all the air out of the bag with a vacuum, and watch your sweaters shrink to take up half the space they did before! Amazing!

I'm hoping these space bags will help me condense the clothing I need for eight weeks in the varying climate of Virginia into one large suitcase. For those of you who know me quite well, you will know that this will be quite an achievement. I am not known for being a light packer! Plus, the weather can change quite a bit from October to December. And one more thing, I am from southeastern Louisiana, where it never really gets that cold! Oh my!

But back to the space bags. I also have some large ones. I put a blanket, my black pea coat, and two sweatshirs in a large one, sucked all the air out, and proceeded to put it in my suitcase along with the two medium sized space bags full of sweaters. I still have half a suitcase left to pack everything else in! Can I do it? Yes, I can! I do believe that my challenge to have just one suitcase might be feasible.

Now, if my luggage can just make it the whole way. Last time I flew there, my suitcase was lost.

By the way, here is a cute picture of my new baby kitten, Buster. He roamed into my yard a week ago skinny, covered in fleas, and filthy. He is quite the spoiled baby now!