Post by debbie on Feb 10, 2007 17:43:32 GMT
Being a frequent traveler, I pride myself on stellar packing skills when it comes to my luggage. I've learned what works and what doesn't. How best to pack for shorter travel and efficiently for longer periods. But one thing that I have never been able to successfully do is keeping individual pairs of sox from distributing themselves throughout the entire suitcase by the time I reach my final destination. I have, however, had a brilliant revelation this week on how to tackle this mystery!
Many of you know that I've been in Estonia for nearly a month now and this week I had come to the realization that if I didn't tackle some laundry, I'd be forced to get that new swimsuit after all. (refer to blog "…left my speedo at the dry-cleaners").
I bagged all the dirty items in a few of those plastic hotel bags, properly filled out the laundry slip and dropped them off at the front desk before 10am early-morning pickup. Returning to my hotel room later that afternoon, I found my clothing neatly hung in the closet in several clear-plastic garment bags. Even the many t-shirts had their own hanger. Along with the garment bags was one grocery-type bag hanging from one set of hangers. Inside the bag were my sox all individually paired, but-- get this-- they were all "saran-wrapped" in one nice little bundle! At first glance I chuckled at how ridiculous it looked. But as I split open the synthetic packaging, I realized that I had just found the solution to my "wandering sox" dilemma!!
I'm sure some of you have maybe seen this simple way of clumping small items of clothing together and/or that most of you think that the -25C temperatures of the Baltics have gone to my brain… but, sometimes it's the little things in life that leave us empowered.
Many of you know that I've been in Estonia for nearly a month now and this week I had come to the realization that if I didn't tackle some laundry, I'd be forced to get that new swimsuit after all. (refer to blog "…left my speedo at the dry-cleaners").
I bagged all the dirty items in a few of those plastic hotel bags, properly filled out the laundry slip and dropped them off at the front desk before 10am early-morning pickup. Returning to my hotel room later that afternoon, I found my clothing neatly hung in the closet in several clear-plastic garment bags. Even the many t-shirts had their own hanger. Along with the garment bags was one grocery-type bag hanging from one set of hangers. Inside the bag were my sox all individually paired, but-- get this-- they were all "saran-wrapped" in one nice little bundle! At first glance I chuckled at how ridiculous it looked. But as I split open the synthetic packaging, I realized that I had just found the solution to my "wandering sox" dilemma!!
I'm sure some of you have maybe seen this simple way of clumping small items of clothing together and/or that most of you think that the -25C temperatures of the Baltics have gone to my brain… but, sometimes it's the little things in life that leave us empowered.
