Packing

So, I'm fascinated by travel sized stuff.  I love that giant aisle of it at Target.  What a cute little bottle of lotion!  Look at that tiny soap!  Miniature hairbrush?  Sure, why not?!  My main issue, however, for this trip is that I had decided to not check a bag.  No checked luggage for SEVEN WEEKS on the road.  Have you ever had an airline lose your luggage?   I have.  I got it back the next day so it wasn't a huge deal, but would that be able to happen in Europe, when I'd be moving around every few days?  I didn't want to risk it.   In the USA, they're pretty lax about carry on limitations.  I have NEVER had my carry on bag weighed or given a thorough measuring.  I've heard that is totally different in Europe.  The discount airlines are extremely vigilant about looking for ways to get more money out of you, so you'd better watch those measurements.  And no more than 10kg!  And no sneaking by any liquids!  All of these were pretty easily fixed.  Lush sells a ton of great solid stuff, including lotion, shampoo, conditioner, and toothpaste.  The space that was cleared up in my liquids baggie was then able to be filled up with little single use packets of laundry soap, because a couple of sessions of laundry-doing would solve the clothing problem.  Just expect to see a lot of the same clothes in pictures.