PACKING IS THE DEVIL

Probably my least favorite thing about traveling, is packing!  Short trips are easy, but it's anything over 4 days that becomes stressful.  What will the weather be?  What will we be doing?  Who will see me?  So here I am, Packing!  Normally i wait until the night before, but I figured I woul give this a try early and see if anything goes more smoothly. 

I'm leaving for Seattle on Friday and I'll be going for 9 days.  In a perfect world I could bring 9 pants, 11 shoes, 15 shirts, and well..whatever else fits after that, however with my suitcase only being allowed to weight 50 lbs...I'm screwed! 

So i'm starting by taking everything out of the closet that I would want to bring... see if it all fits, add the shoes, and go from there. Does anyone know if it actually takes up less room to roll your clothes?  I just don't believe that can be true.

Below is my progress and I'm already exhausted!