Texas-Bound: What's in my Carry-On!

I'M GOING HOME!

As my Texas trip is wrapping up and plans are changing, I'll be flying back to Tampa in the morning and I thought this would be the perfect time to do a quick post about what I brought in my carry-on.

Aside from my kitty, Rajah, this is everything that went into my bag for my flight. So, from left to right (and kind of from top to bottom)...

• My Simplified Planner from Emily Ley's 2015 line. This thing is my life. I have the daily edition -- which is perfect for taking lots of notes and doodling if I'm stuck in a waiting room for a while.
• My eos lip balm in Honeysuckle Honeydew. I have a problem with dry lips.
• Medications for the week. Not much to say. I take medicine. This helps me keep track of it.
• Hand sanitizer from The Body Shop in Satsuma. I kinda went crazy around the Christmas sale and bought like 2 or 3 of them. Okay, I bought 5. I take it everywhere with me.
• Deodorant! I like the Old Spice scent Fiji. At 5:30 am (an ungodly time), I sometimes forget a step or two. My bad.
• Wallets are important. Duh. I found my fun, colorful one at Target a few years ago.
• My Albuterol (inhaler) and peak flow meter to help me get an idea of how my asthma is doing. Funny story that you can probably skip: I actually started to have an attack on the plane after we took off and ended up buying the in-flight wifi just so I could iMessage my brother to ask if I could use an inhaler on a plane. Oops. Asthma noob.
• Mint Julips sugar lip scrub from Lush. This stuff is the bomb. I usually use this every night. And because my lips get very chapped in cold/dry weather, I've been especially grateful for it this week. I've been sick all of this trip, so my mouth-breathing tendencies have made my lips extra chapped. I stick some of this on my lips, rub them together, and lick it off. BAM. Fresh breath and soft lips.
• After I do the whole lip scrub thing, I'll use this Agave Lip Mask from Bite Beauty overnight. I get up in the morning with moisturized lips, and it's nice & sweet. Aside from the packaging (awful), this is a perfect product. It's pricey, but I've had the same tube since I bought it in California this summer and I haven't even used a quarter of it. Magical.
• Tide To-Go Pen! Thankfully, I haven't had to use it, but I'm glad to have it just in case.
• Gerard Cosmetics lip gloss in Shimmer of Hope, a light peachy nude, and lipstick in 1995 (thank you, Sarah!), a grungy, darker neutral from my queen, Jaclyn Hill.
• My MacBook Pro. I can't decide if I want to bring this on my flight back or tuck it into my suitcase. (Thoughts, anyone!?)
• Candied Ginger from Trader Joe's! Great for motion sickness or an in-flight snack. My roommate, Callan, introduced me to the magical world of Trader Joe's a couple weeks ago and it changed my life. Amazingly enough, you can find this stuff on Amazon!
• Awesome, extra large, leather, studded sunglasses case (also from Amazon) because I realized I loved my Aldo sunnies too much to let them get scratched in my purse -- even if they were only ten or twelve bucks.
• Travel-sized Formulae Known As hand & body lotion. Because I take it everywhere with me.
• Emergen-C Immune+ (the citrus flavor isn't that great, but whatevs). This is usually my go-to when I start feeling lousy and since I was traveling I thought I'd throw a couple in my bag. Clearly I didn't bring enough though, because here I am with this nasty cold/sinus infection business. 
• Orange Tic Tacs. Who doesn't like orange Tic Tacs...? I finished what was left of these in the first hour of my flight.
• Charging cube. I eventually threw the cable in with it. Surprise, surprise. I had to charge my phone after the flight because it died. If anyone has tips for keeping a battery alive, let me know! Apple can't replace the phone/battery, but my phone (iPhone 5) is seriously letting me down these days.

That's it! Thanks for reading! Let me know in the comments if you have any tips/tricks for flying (and life in general) or if there are any particular posts, reviews, or hauls you'd like to see here. See you soon... :)