By fashion editor Ashley

My husband and I are leaving on a trip this weekend to Scandinavia, specifically Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. I’m so excited but of course the overwhelming question I’ve had over the last few months is… WHAT WILL I PACK?! I’ve come up with a simple tip to making packing easier as well as a round up of things I’m taking. I would also love any last minute advice on things we must do and see there if you have any! Thanks!

keep reading for my simple trick and links to the roundup above…

Usually when I pack I go straight to my closet and start pulling out the things I want to take. Then I sit and debate between “this piece” and “that piece”. This time I decided to do something different. I sat in the front room, away from my closet and made a list of each category of clothing I was planning on bringing, for example, outerwear, pants, tops, shoes, sweaters etc. I then started writing down the pieces I wanted to bring in each category. This made things so much easier because the things that came to mind were of course my favorite pieces, I wasn’t overwhelmed by having to visually and physically weed through my whole closet. This also helped me know how much I was bringing and where I could cut down or add too. Here are the links to what made my list (minus the essentials like socks, underwear, etc).

OUTERWEAR: one | two | three
SWEATERS: one | two | three | four
DRESS: one
TOPS AND TEES: one | two | three (mine) | four | five | six
PANTS: one | two | three | four
SHOES: one | two | three | four
ACCESSORIES: beanie | hat | scarf | scarf | backpack