Packing for 2.5 months...

In 4 days I will be going on my "retirement" trip ;) I quit P&G at the end of October, stuck around until now because of some grad school interviews and taking care of some business for when I'm gone, and now my trip is finally sinking in...

From Dec 12-20, I will be in Ireland for the first time! I somehow convinced Aaron to come with (tickets were ridiculously cheap at the time -- $650 RT!) so he'll be there til the 17th. 
Dec 20-Jan 1, I'll be back in Holland for the Holidays. Mom's there right now, my favorite cousin is meeting me there, and one of my best friends will be bringing in the new year with me :D
Jan 1 -- I have a 24 hour layover in Istanbul... Never been before, and am expecting to completely fall in love with it in a day.
Jan 2-14, I'm heading to India and meeting up with UD who just moved back! ALSO, Kyle will be meeting up with us there too and she'll be spending the rest of the trip in Asia with me!!! Yay travel buddy!
Jan 15-end Jan, we'll be in Cambodia joining Kelly at Transitions with her mural project :) Hopefully get to do some sightseeing on our time off, too.
end Jan-mid Feb -- checking out Vietnam and hopefully squeezing in Thailand in there, too.
mid Feb-Feb 25, want to spend a couple weeks in Indonesia. Haven't been back since mid-90's and wanna get back in touch with my roots ;)
Feb 26-28, flying back to Dublin for a couple of days to catch my flight back to Cincinnati on the 28th!

Needless to say, I'm ECSTATIC about this trip! Now... because I wanted to keep the travel to "carry on" size only, I have the challenge of packing for cold and warm weather and keep it under 15 lbs. Impossible you say? Negative! With the help of some forums and tips from friends on Facebook, I've got it down.

 Here's what I've got it down to:

• 1 pair of Jeans (will be wearing these), 1 yoga pants (will double as pj's), 1 leggings (will be wearing these under the Jeans), 1 pair of shorts
• 2 dresses - 1 sundress, 1 casual but can be nice
• 2 long sleeve shirts (will be wearing 1 of them)
• 1 sweater & 1 cardigan (will be wearing 1 of them)
• 4 t-shirts 
• 3 tank tops
• 1 skinny towel
• 3 pairs of socks
• 7 pairs of underwear (wearing one of them...)
• 3 bras (wearing one of them... is this tmi? ha)
• 2 bikinis
• 1 pair of sneakers, 1 pair of flips flops, 1 pair of boots (will be wearing them)
• 1 belt
• 1 scarf (wearing it!)
• 1 coat (will be wearing this too... and most likely leaving it in Turkey)
• 1 sarong (can also be used as a scarf)
• toiletries
• sleeping bag (for 55F, only weight 1.5 lbs!)
• phone/charger (+whatever adapters I may have)
• passport (doy)

This is it :) Did I forget something...?

Will be back Feb 28 with NOM starting the next day! In the meantime, expect updates here :)

ADVENTURE TIME!
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