How to be Smarter: When packing to go on a trip, pairs of heels tend to be the item that is hardest to squish down and condense in your suitcase. Try to limit bringing only one to two pairs of heels—maybe a nude pair and something a little more flashy for night. Anything else is just heels you most likely won’t wear, and will take up room in your luggage. And in the winter, never pack a pair of boots—so much baggage room can be lost to a pair of boots. Either wear them on the plane, or don’t bring them at all.
How to be Prettier: In my life, I have yet to be asked on a bike riding date. However, if I was, I would most certainly wear these heels—especially made for bike riding. Good for any and all girlie bikers out there—or just fun girls that want to wear comfortable, sunny heels.
How to be (less) Awkward: We’ve Come a Long Way, Baby.
I love your blog, yet rarely ever comment. However, I felt compelled to jump in today- discussions about shoes tend to have that effect on me…First, I LOVE the peep-toes designed for bike riding. If I find the time, I’m going to post about those on my own blog (I’ll be sure to credit your for the find).
And second, I lived abroad for three years. Each time I left the U.S I had to pack my entire life (enough to sustain me for a year or more) into two suitcases that would make weight at the airport. As such, I disagree about leaving the boots at home…
I have found that boots can actually pack better than most shoes since they don’t have much bulk & can almost lie flat. I pack them last- piling them on top of everything else- and then close the case. Flip-flops & flats are also super easy- just stash them the external zipper compartments that come on the ‘hood’ of your suitcase.
However, I have found wedges and any shoe with a thick, chunky sole or heel to be the hardest to accommodate…However, if you can find ways to shove some essentials into the shoes themselves (I have shoved many rolled up tanks, tees, leggings, etc. into shoes), its possible to even make the chunkiest of shoes fit.
I nearly died laughing after pursuing the link in today’s awkward!
I second mantatheeloquent… That was one of the funniest, most original things I have seen in a very long time! And even though I was only 8 at the time, I really do remember that Nick.com travelling web show. Wow.
Love SP&A so much, please continue to keep up the fantastic work, Molly.
I couldn’t agree more with mantaheeloquent and Leann! It’s definitely hilarious at the same time so interesting to see how far we’ve come! It makes me appreciate all the technology I have to create future websites with CSS and HTML.
~Abriel
I like the web links from 1996!
I recently went on a trip and took 5 pairs of shoes – you are right it was 3 pairs too many and made the suitcase way too heavy…wish I had read SPA first!