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Jacket | Urban top | Lululemon leggings | Vans | Madewell Tote | Suitcase This past weekend I had an amazing 3 day trip to Illinois to visit family and I packed for the entire weekend in just a carry-on and had plenty of room and was able to bring home a few things that I picked up while shopping. My suitcase is always very organized, because that's easiest for me to navigate it throughout my trip, so this got me thinking that I should share my best packing tips for a carry-on suitcase! I also brought my Madewell transport tote as my personal item and I will be sharing what I keep in there as well. Here is my completely packed carry-on suitcase. The suitcase I use the brand Samsonite and is carry-on size. 1 - I put all of my clothes on the left side (behind the zipper top) and in order to make them fit best I fold my sweaters and bottoms and put them in staggering with the top of the sweater being on top of the bottom of the piece behind it. This allow...

Happy Friday! Today I am sharing SO MANY good finds! I have been reading and finding the best freaking stuff this week and had to share! So here is a quick round up of my top 5 for the week! Also, I love this photo above or these gorgeous succulents at my house! 1 - Lauren Elizabeth's Fall Reading List Lauren has GREAT taste in books and one of her favorites is also my top favorite book that I read this summer The Couple Next Door, you can read my review here . This week Lauren posted here fall reading list and I cannot wait to order a few of these books this week to start reading this fall! You can read Lauren's fall reading list here . 2 - Affordable Self Care by Grace Atwood Grace Atwood shares all about taking care of yourself and how you can make it affordable. So many times when I think about self care, I think about spending tons of money getting manicures and pedicures or going to get a facial or massage, but Grace is sharing a completely different perspectiv...