I’ve done lots of running about the countryside lately and I have been just grabbing my little polka dot personal size bag that I got a few weeks ago as my go to bag.

I’m not actually using my standard set of packing cubes for travel, I’ve just got a couple of REI mini cubes with extra socks and a pair of leggings. The other things are things that would normally go in my purse or a daypack as well as my sleep gear.

Left most column of stuff (top to bottom): string wallet, pouch o’ cables and adaptors etc, REI microcube, battery bank, another REI microcube.

Middle column: REI mini dopp kit (this lives in any bag I carry – has  lip balm, travel spork, face SPF, pills, (dry stuff basically) etc), cpap

Right column: Sea to Summit cube o’ wires (cpap accessories and wall adaptor with 2 USB ports, phone Wi-Fi backup unit, mini flashlight for cave-like conditions.)

Just tucked in the front: finger puppets…because reasons, mini lotion carrier.

Also tucked in but not shown: Magic travel cpap tubing and my collapsible coffee drip cone.

Front pocket: holds the stuff I’d normally carry in my 3-1-1 kit (I also have a ziplock bag ready to stuff all my liquids in if I do actually go to an airport): toothbrush/toothpaste combo, shower stuff and soaps.

Pushinocorn lives on the handle.

If I’m just running around doing errands I just leave out the sleep stuff, but it’s been great for the last several weeks: for camping as my in tent bag, for when I decide I need sleep over after some of the epic game days at friends’ houses who live over an hour away and generally being mostly packed for any more family emergencies.

For an airport trip I’d add a few snack bars, my basic cube in place of the little cubes, my alien buddy and my iPad mini. Easily added.