I uploaded a 'What's in my handbag' post a few weeks ago and people seemed to enjoy it; so, as I am heading to Tenerife for my first holiday away just Sam and myself, I thought I'd write up a 'What's in my hand luggage' blog post too. Some of the things in my hand luggage you would have seen before in my 'What's in my handbag?' post, so I do apologise.
The bag I used as a hand luggage bag is this gorgeous beach bag from Matalan that I bought a couple of years ago. I thought it was the perfect size and by having a beach bag as a hand luggage bag I'd be killing 2 birds with 1 stone, and not have to pack it in my suitcase.
As I bought this bag about 2 years ago I don't think Matalan still sell it, but I'm sure you'll be able to find something similar, like this one.
Now, the first thing that was in my hand luggage bag was obviously my passport, which I couldn't photograph as it is still at Sam's house..oops. Sam carried round all the other flight, hotel and transfer details so that I didn't panic about losing them, which was nice.
The second thing was my phone and charger. I couldn't go on holiday without my phone as a)how can I go on Instagram/Twitter/Facebook etc, and b)my mum wanted to hear from me literally every second of the day.
You've seen my phone before in previous posts so I'm not going to bore you with the details, but of course, I needed to photograph it because it was at the top of my hand luggage, or in my hand, the whole time.
The next thing is my purse which, of course, had some English pounds and some euros in. Again, you've seen my purse so I'm not going to say any more about it.
I took my iPad in my hand luggage with me. I honestly could not tell you which iPad I have, just that it's white on the front with a silver back. With this I, of course, took my headphones but you've seen them before and I can't actually find them at the moment so I didn't photograph them. But as you probably already know, they are the standard iPhone 7 headphones.
My iPad was my saviour on the flight. Sam was watching movies on his phone and reading, so I spent the entire flight there watching 'Bad Moms' and 'Dirty Dancing', and watched 'The Bodyguard' on the way home.
I also took two magazines to keep me occupied both on the plane and on the sunbed, but I ended up reading hardly any of either of them.
It's a good job that I picked both of them up in WH Smiths in the Duty Free for only £1 each.
As well as my magazines, I took a book with me. The book I took with me is actually one from my set texts at university and it is a mammoth book of 1,500 pages. I had every intention of reading at least 20 pages a day, but alas, I only read 25 pages the entire time we were there, oops.
Much to Sam's disgust, I took a travel 'Monopoly' with me, in case Sam and I were so bored one day that we had to whip out the board games.
Sam hates 'Monopoly', so his response was "We are not playing that!" And unfortunately, we didn't use it all week.
The next thing that I packed in my hand luggage is something that I didn't use, but will definitely be using for my trip to Thailand next Summer. This travel diary is so cute and has sections to write about the flight; hotel; activities; and for people you meet on your travels to write little messages, which I think is just adorable!
I had my hairbrush in my hand luggage bag because when I brushed my hair at 2am that morning I couldn't be bothered to open my suitcase and pack it in there. It's just a standard circular paddle brush that you have seen before in my other bag blog post.
The final thing in my hand luggage bag was a set of spare clothes for when I landed. On the way there I had a cute little pink playsuit that I changed into at the airport because it was BOILING. On the way back I had a little grey comfy jumpsuit and a hoodie. I put the hoodie on but didn't bother with changing out of my shorts because I just wanted to get home. I wish I did change though, I was freezing. I would have photographed both of these outfits but one is in the wash and the other is in the tumble-dryer.
As well as this, I also took my sunglasses but they were on my head the majority of the time, rather than in my hand luggage, and they are still the same £10 ones that were in my other post.
I hope you enjoyed this post as much as you did the last 'What's in my bag?' post. I will be posting a blog post all about my time in Tenerife next week, so don't forget to give that a read! If you haven't read my 'What's in my handbag?' post, then here it is.
With love, Chloe x
