Hey awesome ones, Heather here. So I'm off to London and to Paris for 8 days. Would
you like to see the clothes that I'm packing for my trip? And there's a little
bit of a twist here. I'm trying to get everything for eight days in carry-on
luggage. It all starts in just a few seconds.
So I laid out all my clothes on the bed and I'm going overseas on a trip. I'm not
going to a Caribbean vacation where basically I would have swimsuits and
shorts and maybe a flowy kind of dress. No I'm going to London in Paris and the
last thing I want to do is look like a tourist.
I know that Bill and I we have our heart set on a couple of kind of upscale
Jaunts and for that I want to have some... something nice to wear like this
beautiful dress in my wardrobe. I want to look a little bit tres chic and I'll
tone it down a little bit for the sightseeing tours but no ratty little
shorts or flip-flops for me on this trip. So in a few seconds I'm going to show
you fashion and style and the kind of material that I use for clothing. So it's
really kind of a travel fashion video for you but trying to get all of this
into the carry-on. And Bill's going to share what he gets in his carry-on and
carry-on luggage as well. We'll be on our inspirational Channel you know that's
that new channel that we put out. I'm gonna put a link in the description for
you so you can check out did I get all the clothes in the carry-on so. Let's
start with the shoes. Sometimes what I do is I do bring you know the athletic
sneakers and I would definitely wear those on the plane because that's gonna
take a lot of room in my carry-on but this time I wanted to have something a
little bit dressier for all the sightseeing. So these are Pumas but they
come...you can get them in kids or other kinds and they look really really nice
with maybe a nice jeans skort or something like that. Also I am bringing
these are Skechers they are so comfortable. I absolutely love them and
they have a little bit of a heel in them pointy toes so they're a little bit
fashionable but the last pair I want to show you these are well worn in these
are a little kitten heel and they will go
with the dresses and you know when I want to upscale things a little bit. One
of the things that you'll notice about all of my shoes is that they are worn in
already. Like the last thing I want to do is
bring a brand-new pair of high-heeled shoes and walk around for seven days
ith blisters on my feet. That's a no-go for me. Now you probably noticed that
even though we're going in warmer weather there are no sandals and there's
a good reason for that. Bill and I are walkers and browsers...not those kind of
walkers...we're browsers and and we I remembered...remember Bill we were in New
York City and we walked like for eight hours and then we went wow we just
walked for eight hours. I don't even want to think of what my feet would look like
walking around Paris or London for eight hours in sandals. Enough said. So before I
really say, okay I'm gonna wear this and this
I checked just before we're ready to go maybe just a couple of days before we're
going to go and see what the forecast is going to be and what the forecast is
gonna be for London is, you guessed it, rain. So what I'm going to bring is
this teeny tiny little umbrella that actually folds out. It's a great travel
umbrella. I'll put a link for it underneath in the description because
these are a must. It's going to be beautiful in Paris so of course I'm
gonna need my sunglasses and also talking about that rain in London I'm
going to need a raincoat. Of course this won't fit in my carry-on
so I'll show you what I'll do with this later on in the video. So you might be
thinking to yourself she's going to wear a coat on the airplane? Well the nice
thing about this coat is it can roll up into a little ball and I can have a nice
pillow for my head on the plane. And it won't look wrinkly when it's
unwrinkled. But let's talk about nighttime. At night time I'm not bringing
a housecoat. I don't need to bring a housecoat most of the hotels they
usually have a housecoat for you but I will take you know a little nightie. This is a
nice thin one because it's going to be warm and I don't know how the air
conditionings going to be but I've got the little nightie. Where are they? I
also have some little ballet slippers. I don't know about you, I don't like to walk around
hotel carpets and that in my bare feet. So kind of yuk. So you might be
asking like how come no luggage and why am I trying to get everything in this
simple little carry-on and also a purse because that's about all you can take on
the airline. Well the answer is simple. My future son-in-law he just got back
from Florida and you guessed it...they lost his luggage.
Now they eventually found it in some other city across the USA somewhere but
you know it was so frustrating for him he was waiting by the carousel waiting
for his luggage to show up and then all of that frustration. Because we don't
have a big suitcase, we won't have to go through that. The other thing is a lot of
the airlines they now charge you for the the luggage that you check in and you
know Bill and I we don't want to waste any time on this trip when we get off
the plane. We can go just head on out to our hotel and not wait and watch and
wait for our luggage to show up on the carousel. Now I want to make a point
about the carry-on luggage as well. You'll want to check with the airline to
see what you can bring. You know that old duffel bag that's been in the family for
like thirty years may not make the grade as far as getting on the plane. So you've
got to be careful about that but let's talk about some oo-la-la kind of clothing. And
definitely this dress. I love this dress. I know I know I'm sort of wearing black
today because I kind of want to show with you some of the outfits, but it's
got this little kind of mini dress built into it and I just absolutely love it.
And Bill and I will be able to go some...will be able to go someplace kind of a
little....see see how long it is...I don't know if you can see it all in the video....
but we'll be able to go out someplace fancy. And what I love about this dress
is it already has kind of a wrinkled look to it. So what
I'm going to do in order to get all of my clothing into that carry-on I'm going
to be rolling up all my clothing and this dress is just gonna get rolled up
like this. Look at this...into a little tiny ball and that's all the space it's
going to take. And again on that video on Tuesday on the second channel you're
gonna see how I actually pack all of this, but watch this...........
as soon as I get to the hotel I'm going to hang this up on a hanger and it still
looks lovely .So we're going to be in Piccadilly Circus in that area for
London. I don't know I just kind of feel... do you guys remember Twiggy? You're
probably too young to remember her. But this retro dress of mine it just reminds
me of some kind of English 60s look. I love it. A little bit on the short side
for me so I'm going to put this nice little pair of leggings underneath even
if it's hot these are so lightweight they're great and I'm going to bring a
little sweater along just in case you know I can mix and match with this it's
just in case I need it. So for the undergarments I'm going to be wearing on
the plane, you know that new bra that I bought did you see the video that I did
on undergarments and shopping for undergarments and shapewear? I'm going to
put the link up there for you because you know what if you look into your
undergarment drawer and it's starting to look a little bit old and tattered it's
great to do some shopping there, but I've got that Bra. I'm wearing it on the plane.
I also have a pretty lace one as well. Again oo-la-la I want to feel pretty and you
know and also of course enough undies to have for the trip that's always
important. And yep I'm gonna put in a pair of shapewear. So I told you I'm not
bringing any shorts and instead I'm bringing my
skorts and this looks like a little jean skirt but it does have the little
shorts underneath of it. So it's it's you know you're hiding stuff right. Love this
jean skirt. I also...skort sorry. I also have one in black that I I love as well
again nice stretchy material. I'm not too sure at this point if I'm going to get
the blue jean skort into my luggage... into my carry-on so it may have to go.
I'll show you that on that other video on the second channel. The reason that I
will keep the black skort is because I'm also bringing...you know I love this
top...this nice little lace top and with the black skort it can almost look
like a little black dress. So again I'll be mixing and matching the clothes as I
go in London in Paris. So I definitely need another jacket. I can't just wear the
raincoat all the time so of course my favorite hoodie. I love this little white
hoodie and what I like about it is if I am in London and it starts raining well
I got a hood to put on. But the other thing I like about it is it's so
lightweight that lets say all of a sudden it starts to get really warm
outside. I could just sort of you know what wrap that around my waist and
breathe in the little sunshine. So I'm almost done for the clothes for my
packing. Well of course I'm gonna wear something on the plane so that's another
outfit but I'm going to show you two more tops.
This one's lots of fun it's really kind of trendy looking and of course I'm
gonna wear a camisole underneath but love that top and also you guys know
you've probably seen this a few times. My lace top that I love and just think
about these being all rolled up even being rolled up they are just going to
come out beautifully and again hang them up when you're in the hotel room so that
they kind of unwrinkle a little bit. You know I'm...I know that I can just wear
these clothes and if by any chance maybe I have to wash
a little top or something I'm four days in London and four days in in Paris. So
maybe the first day I'll go I'll just wash something. It's real simple to do.
So what am I'm wearing on the plane? Well as you know a lot of my clothes and the
clothes I'm taking are all stretchy. I want to be super comfy on the plane but
I also want to make sure that I've got you know the basic white t-shirt. You
always need that for your traveling and because that t-shirt sometimes rides
a little low in the front I'm also going to make sure that I have my
lightweight camisole with me. And those camisoles are fantastic. Again I'm going
to put some links underneath in the description so you can find those.
I'm going to wear my boyfriend jeans a super stretchy...oh wrong way...super stretchy
jeans and I was going to wear my really tight skinny jeans but for sitting for
eight hours on a plane I thought no comforts really important here. What else
oh I got my little go-belt. This is fantastic for sort of hiding your
passport or what whatever. Your money, your credit cards on you. So I've got
that and of course I showed you the raincoat that I can always just put
around my waist if I'm walking around the airport and again it doubles as a
pillow if I need it. So in just a second I'm going to bring in the cuteness
factor...our little Hurricane. Oh Hurricane can't come on this trip to
Paris and London but my daughter will take good care of him. But this is a
fun-filled kind of vacation. So what I don't want to bring is I mean I could
fit all this into a carry-on. I know I can. If I was going to a lot of business
meetings and I needed you know really fancy suits and fancy shoes all that
sort of thing of course I would need to bring my luggage. But I want to have as
much fun and as short a time at the airport waiting for things as possible.
So this works for me but let's go get little Hurricane and talk about the
upcoming videos. So here he is...... Hurricane! And let's talk about the
Tuesday video on the second channel. Again there'll be a link below and don't
forget to subscribe to the second channel. So you'll see our trip to Paris
and London but in that video Bill is going to also show what he's getting
into the carry-on luggage and the question is will I get the skort in my
carry-on luggage? What is Bill bringing and then of course we're going to talk
about a lot of the rules of what you can and cannot take in your carry-on luggage.
Because there's a lot of rules now for that...oh and by the way when you
subscribe on the second channel don't forget to click on the Bell because that
way you'll be notified of all the new videos and that's the Lifestyle channel,
it's called Awesome Over 50 Inspiration. Where you find food and fun and
entertainment and of course travel as well. So you know what...oh forgot, forgot
...what's coming up in this station. This channel for beauty and fashion. I
want to walk around Paris and London maybe do some shopping...Bill okay? Can't buy a lot
cuz I won't be able to fit it in my carry-on but you know I want to maybe
do a video on some of the fashion there in London in Paris. So that'll be on this
station, this channel. So until next time... you know sometimes we only vacation a
short amount of time during the year or maybe you only go on one vacation
a year or maybe once every two or three years. You've got to make it fun and
stress-free and I really find, I've done this before...
just taking the carry-on and a purse it works so fantastic for me. And oh in the
next video I'll show you the purse I'm bringing as well. But if you want to be
stress-free you want to have a lot of fun
and of course you want to keep it awesome.