So I'm extremely excited to move (24 more days!) and I've been slowly packing my life up to ship myself from the Okanagan to Burnaby. This are just a few little things showing how I'm packing all my stuff up. I'll probably do a separate blog post on how I pack just my makeup and I may do like an update as I get closer to the date. But until then here are a few little photos to keep you tied over!
So this isn't too out of the ordinary, I'm just packing my clothes in a regular suitcase like a normal human. This suitcase is actually a small one but I also packed a really large one. The larger one is really just for moving and my mom is taking it back with her, the smaller one I'm keeping with me for like when I come home for holidays. In this suitcase I rolled my clothes to be able to pack more, but in the other suitcase I just folded them. I also just like used the little places where nothing were to store things like my rubber bracelets and my tights.
So I know I look crazy and you're like, lauren that's just a photo of a bag. And yes, it kinda is. But this is how I'm packing all of my bags and purses in the move. When I'm at home I hang them all on one hanger, you'll see later when I get in my dorm and show organization, but that was really bulky to move. I pretty much just took like the biggest cross body bag I had and shoved all my other bags inside of it, super easy way to transport them!
This is kinda boring but this is how I'm taking my shoes. I seriously debated just throwing them all in a garbage bag (defs stole that idea form Jessica, she probably won't see this because she's currently busy moving herself) but this was just a way that was easier to stack and carry. These huge rubbermaid bins are super easy to find and nice to store things like shoes and boots that are difficult to fit into boxes because they're weird shaped. And yes, I do have duck slippers (in my defence I got them when I was in Tokyo so it's a weird Japanese thing, I don't just love wearing ducks on my feet).
Probably my favourite part; my books. I'm a massive book fan and I ended up throwing them all in this cardboard box, you can buy these boxes at places like Staples or you can even go to like a local business and ask if they have any extra boxes (when I worked at Bath and Body Works we had a few different people come in and we gladly gave them boxes). I tried to fit all my books and DVDs in one box, I failed. This is pretty much a mix of John Green and Ellen Hopkins books, and my massive Bible. Then I have ze DVDs, which are literally just Harry Potter and Christmas movies. I'm cool.
Note: if you go for this method, buy boxes with handles... I didn't. Not fun.
Another boring thing! This is just a mass in o toiletries. It's like a mix of shower gel, lotions, razor blades, after bite, polysporn, got some self tanner in there, hairspray, bug spray. I also have all of my perfumes and body sprays on the bottom this (you can see the unopened box of Viva la Juicy...). Then finally I have my jewellery in here also. Most girls are careful with theirs. I'm not. All of them are in separate boxes through and are mostly sealed, I used a headband on the blue box. Also for perfumes that didn't have boxes and were glass bottles I wrapped them in socks and tights (that's the questionable black ball in the middle...) So this looks like a lot of stuff but when I have bins to put them in and when I stand all of my perfumes/body mists up it's really not that bad. Promise.
Another favourite... Nail polish! I actually used a box that used to have cups in it. This way it was shallow and pre-sectioned off so they weren't rolling all over the place. In the last one I also threw my BBW hand scrub and some little knick knacks from when I was in Hong Kong/Japan. Because a room isn't complete without some little good luck Buudhas.
Boring. Again. This is just like a plain rubbermaid clear bin that I threw my magazines in. I think I'll need another one of these though because I have gotten new Seventeen/Cosmos since.
Also boring. So most things like this come in bags like the one below but I got lucky and got this sucker. Instead of a mattress pad or a egg shell topper I got lucky and while looking around I stumbled upon this. It was in the clearance bin at Jysk for $20 just because it was returned without the bag and with a tiny little rip in it. In case you aren't aware, this is like worth over $100. Win
Little tip: if you can find the original packaging it's probably best to use it. Not just bedding but if you want to bring like an iHome with you, so much easier to carry around if it's still in a box.
Finally I have my unorganized part. This is my bag of random. Most places like Ikea and Bed Bath and Beyond will give you these huge bags if you ask. Mine just has my duvet cover (you'll see later in a tour), my sheets, some over the door hangers, and the two stuffed animals I'm bringing with me (I'm a little girl at heart).
Last thing I didn't photograph sorry! All like my other toiletries, my contacts and more expensive face wash, are all inside a wipeable tote bag so they'll be really easy to find quickly when I get there.
