So last time I went on a longer trip to Seattle, I got really into packing and planning my outfits. You can read all about that experience in my post here, or see the outfit pictures here. When I went to Seattle in January, it was only for a weekend and I was rather preoccupied with other things to put a lot of time into packing.
Now, I have never really loved packing and heading into this most recent trip, I had a really busy week, so I knew I wouldn’t have a lot of time to hem and haw on Thursday night while packing my suitcase. So I decided to make myself a packing list, which ended up evolving into this:
I think part of the appeal of this kind of organization is that this kind of capsule organization rarely happens in the broader strokes of my life. If you looked at the current state of my desk right now you would be surprised indeed that I sometimes make packing spreadsheets. Although part of that is also due to the never-ending work of job applications and needing to have about 5 different file folders nearby at all times. But anyways while I never actually got around to photographing any of the complete outfits I wore on the trip, here is what the packing process looked like:
Here are all the parts of the spreadsheet (at least the clothing related ones) laid out on my bed. I tried to stick with a someone related color scheme, but mainly just packed things that I thought looked nice together.
This is what my suitcase looks like when I pack a tin full of cookies in addition to rainboots and clothes.
Unfortunately I never got around to taking photos of my outfits, but overall I found putting in the work of creating a spreadsheet of packing as opposed to my more typical random assortment was quite helpful when spending a week in different location.
Mennogirl 