Sunday part 1

Well, yesterday was quite busy.
I went through most of what I owned, deciding on what I would ship over to Egypt and what I would leave behind to sell or give away.
Everything that I wanted to ship, I put in boxes so that I could weigh them so that we can get a somewhat accurate quote for shipping costs.
I have 4 boxes worth so far, totaling about 135 pounds, but I will have at least one more box. One of those four is a box of books at 50 pounds. As much as I'd like to leave some of that weight behind, from what I know, books are one of the harder things to get there, at least in English and not costing an arm and a leg. So I am bringing a minimum. Truly I am. lol
If you saw all the books I was leaving behind you would understand.
Also have 5 bags worth of clothes to give away to friends or donate to goodwill. Why I kept some of this stuff I don't know. I keep things thinking "some day..." but someday never comes! Let this be a lesson to me. It would have been much easier thus far if I wasn't always keeping things for a later that never happens. :D

We decided that we weren't going to do a 3rd bag on the airline, as it would be cheaper to ship things over, so I am trying, after getting rid of more clothes, to figure out what things will need to be shipped and what will fit in my baggage. This means, of course, that I have to repack and unpack everything, again. Gee, that's not irritating at all. lol
But, I need to try to max out the weight limit for what I can bring on the plane, since that will be mostly free, and send the lighter stuff to be shipped.

Today so far I bagged up the clothes I am donating and starting to put some clothes in a box, but before I continue putting clothes in a box, I figured I should decide what I can fit in the baggage, and what are the best two bags to use based on their dimensions and the allowed dimensions per the airlines. That will come at some point later today.

After chatting with hubby this morning, Jake and I will hopefully be going in to Walnut Creek so that I can try to sell off all my old vinyl, and also visit a shoe store there that sells Clarks shoes. I love their shoes and although you can find pairs here or there in stores in the mall, I think there is a whole Clarks store over in Walnut Creek, and I want to check it out.

To be continued later in part 2 perhaps....