Luggage!

Feast your eyes on this purple luggage!  It rated very highly online and it came in the best color in the world, so I immediately acquired it.  I have a 25" and a 29" (the one I am sitting in).  Of course, the very best news of all is that with all of this space, I can bring all the shoes I was hoping to.  I'll be traveling with these two bags and my backpack, so I definitely have enough space for everything I could want or need!

I really love the tangible progress like this towards leaving.  The steps involving insurance and visas are crucial, but this is a physical sign that it's getting close to time to leave.

For those that know me (at least over the last year), you know how dependent I am on my daily planner.  I ordered a custom one online with a beautiful Monet as the cover and it should be here in about a week!!!  I'm excited to have both this blog and my planner to record my journey.  I'm not one for writing a daily diary, but the planner will chronicle my day-to-day life while abroad and I consider it an incredibly important piece of memorabilia.