Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Traveling Light

Now that you know "what NOT to wear" to Deeper Still: The Event from the last blog post...let's discuss what you do need. I have my top ten items, but you need to understand that I travel light.

1. Comfortable, but cute clothes for Friday night. You never know who you might meet and first impressions are important! (Obviously, I did grow up in the South)

2. A light sweater or jacket just in case the arena or the nights in Atlanta are cool.

3. Walking shoes, whatever that means to you. For me it means a great pair of shoes that I can walk in for a long time...I can stand in them for a long time...I can keep them on my feet for a long time. For some people it might be tennis shoes, for others flip flops. However, I doubt it is stilettos! (Read the previous blog post on what NOT to wear)

4. Favorite Bible. Come on now, Kay Arthur, Beth Moore, and Priscilla Shirer--did you really think you might not use your Bible?!

5. Favorite pen and/or highlighter. A Deeper Still Listening Guide will be provided where you can take notes, but everyone needs her own pen or highlighter...in her favorite color, of course!

6. Comfy pajamas that you don't mind being seen in as you go get ice or something from the vending machine in the hotel at midnight.

7. Comfortable, but cute clothes for Saturday. First impressions are still important and there are people you didn't meet on Friday night that you may meet on Saturday!

8. Make-up (if you wear make-up). For me it is an essential. Sorry to pack this in your bag if you don't like it. However, it was stressed to me (from birth) to never leave the house without "my face." It was especially stressed to never leave the house without mascara on my eyelashes. I still get carried away some days and look like I have spider legs attached to my eyes. By the way, I do include toothbrush and toothpaste with make-up because teeth are part of "the face."

9. Hair products. Whatever it takes to tame the mane! Most hotels provide sample shampoos, conditioners, and a hair dryer, but there is no guarantee. And face it...no woman wants to be at a Christian women's event when she is having a bad hair day!

10. A really BIG purse to hold everything else you want to bring but can't fit in your suitcase! Come on now, did you really think I could make it with only ten items? The purse will hold your cell phone, ipod, a good book to read as you travel, extra pens and highlighters, several more tubes of lipstick, gum, mints, tissues, photos, cash, credit or debit cards......

Of course there are lots of other things you could bring, but do you really need them? Do you really need to bring five board games to play in the hotel room after the event on Friday or Saturday night? Do you really need three extra outfits just in case you wake up bloated or in the mood for a different colored shirt on Saturday morning? And if your suitcase is stuffed, where are you going to put the books, CDs, t-shirts, or book bag you buy from the LifeWay store at the arena or the things you buy in Atlanta?!

Posted by Michelle Hicks on Jun 4, 2008 at 07:43 AM