The Big Weigh In - Results!

The big Weigh in
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We packed today. According to our Official TravelSmith Bag Scale Thingy, one bag came in at 40-42 lbs, the other between 38-40. The goal was 40 lbs, since the limit is 44 lbs--for Intra-China flights. For those of you who want to know--they are two mixed bags of all of our stuff...David's, mine and Baby's. Sure we made some adjustments: I traded in my gallon-sized hand sanitizer for something more travel-sized, and we pulled out change on clothes for David to go in the carry on, since finding his size in China would be problematic. So with this extra room, we got to throw in all sorts of food --packets of oatmeal, cup of mac n' cheese, trail mix, and some back pack dinners. Just in case we want a taste of home. What didn't make it : My 1 lb bag chili-lime pistachio nuts, two cup o' noodles, Trader Joes Turkey Jerky and Organic Wasabi Rice crackers, which I'm eating now--right after we polished off the pistachios.

I had purchased some Target photo label baggage tags but after thinking that any self respecting pick pocket would have their eye out for those bags that have sweet-faced Chinese babies on luggage tags, we skipped putting our baby's photo on the tags in favor of something more seasonal, yet eye catching. Thank you Gina for letting us borrow your suitcase.