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Are you sick of checking your bag because of all your liquids and toiletries? Here’s one thing you can take off your problem list – hairspray! The Hairspray Pen is purse/pocket sized for your convenience and the amount of aerosol is approved for airline travel.
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I promise – this will be the last post about my recent family trip to Virgina. I PROMISE. I just want to clear out my desktop and this is the last set of pics from our stay down south.
We had some time to kill and noticed that the Virginia Aviation Museum was up the block from the airport. Instead of sitting at the terminal for an extra hour, we coughed up the dough to check out some classic planes.
Liam was ah-mazed at all the planes. He kept trying to climb in them all. I was running after him like a psycho! I’m sure the workers were keeping their eyes on us because some of these planes were historic.
Bill got up close and personal with one of the engines.
There was a little science section and Natalie had fun not doing the experiments properly. Whatever keeps her happy. 
Then as we were leaving Liam made us go to every plane that was outside to take a picture. He kept saying “Now do this one! Now this one!” It was cute.
And the score of the week – astronaut ice cream. I just about bought out the entire bin! That was MY FAVORITE TREAT as a child. Brought back some great memories.
This is the first trip I’ve ever been on where I decided to not come FULLY PREPARED. Now that the airlines make us pay for bags (and more for bags that weigh over 50 pounds) I decided to limit what we brought along.
So we didn’t pack our toiletries. Maybe we brought a bar of soap. When we landed, our first stop was Starbucks Target to stock up for this week’s adventures. And for $7 bucks we had everything we needed. No worries about leaking in the bag. No worries about filling an entire suitcase with shampoo, conditioner, lotion etc. Perfection.
I also didn’t bring EVERYTHING I normally use during my cleaning routine. I decided that it wasn’t an absolute necessity to bring exfolitator, facial serum, toner etc. Instead I packed make up remover, eye cream and moisturizer. TRUST ME – that is a SERIOUS reduction compared to what I normally lug along.
How do you pack? Do you bring everything but the kitchen sink? Or are you a consolidated traveler?
Remember many moons ago when everyone was raging about Priceline? We were all betting and staying at hotels for a significant discount. I’d say it was around 2002ish.
10 years later and boy things have changed! With Orbitz, Kayak, Expedia etc - the auction site was somehow forgotten.
The other day a friend told me that she used Priceline to book a car rental recently and got a significant discount. She said you just have to be patient and give yourself enough time to keep resubmitting your offer until someone accepts it. You see, you can only bid once every 24 hours. The plan is to start REALLY low and then gradually go up day by day until you reach your limit.
Well, Bill and I are going away soon and were in need of a car. We found one for about $550 and thought… WHY NOT? We have enough time to play the game! Let’s give Priceline a go.
Bill just walked in and told me we saved $250!!!! FOR THE SAME TYPE OF CAR. I am bugging out! How insane – why on EARTH have I NOT been doing this all along??
Point is – don’t forget about Priceline. That website still has some magic left in it.
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