Well, all of my shopping is done! I spent Friday, Saturday and part of today (Sunday) hopping all over town and buying all of the necessities. It was great because it’s tax-free holiday. I wanted to take full advantage. There are still some things I’ll have to order online or get later, but I got most of what I needed.

My mother put together a nice notebook for me which she organized into sections. I then made a list of items I needed for each section. This was really helpful when it came to building shopping lists. Here are the sections in the notebook:

  • Clothes
  • Shoes
  • Hair products
  • Face products
  • Body & Bath
  • Household items
  • Electronics
  • School stuff
  • Personal items (including documents like passport, tickets, money, purse, etc.)
  • Miscellaneous

It was a good way to organize things for packing so that I don’t forget anything! We will be doing a “packing practice” before I leave so that there are no unpleasant surprises at the last minute.

Departure Day is almost here…I still can’t believe how fast time is suddenly moving…