Packing is hard.

Packing is hard. Let’s talk about it.

It’s not that I have all these great clothes and I want to take them all to Bermuda. It’s just that my closet is such a confusing mix of things I’ve had since high school (a generous portion of my closet), things I thought were cool in college, things I still think are cool this year, and things that might actually be good for Bermuda (a sliver in the pie chart of my closet). So I’m not keen on most of my options.

At this point, I’ve packed khakis for work, swimsuits, wetsuit, diving gear, and a bunch of dresses that I will probably never wear because it will be too cold to wear them straight away in January (50-60 degrees) and I will be too broke to go anywhere that requires a dress. When am I wearing these dresses? When my bon vivant alter ego goes traipsing around Bermuda visiting places and eating food I can’t afford?

P.S. I will have access to a washing machine, but no dryer, so everything needs to be compatible with a line dry situation. Get ready to have wave shaped clothespin marks, shoulder seams. Get ready to stretch to the ground, long sleeves. Get ready to be permanently wrinkled, favorite dress. Maybe I just won’t wash anything until I get obvious food stains on them. That should last a week. Unless there’s barbecue in Bermuda. Or buffalo wings. Who am I kidding – I can’t afford either of those things!

My packing style is a combo of every one of these: http://blogs.disney.com/oh-my-disney/2013/12/01/what-your-packing-style-says-about-you/?cmp=SMC|blgomd|OMDDecember|FB|Packing-Disney|InHouse|120913|||esocialmedia|||

Eventually I will find some appropriate items in my closet to go with The Hundred Dresses (I’m even working on making a dress for Bermuda, that’s how serious it is) and I will get over my pretend packing crisis. At least I have clothes to wear. I should go simple and pack a select few staple items that can be combined for a number of perfectly respectable outfits. Then my suitcase won’t be so heavy, and I’ll simply fill any empty space with creamy chicken ramen.