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Today, Friday, and the weekend to stock up on animal food for our [dog's] favorite petsitter

morningfine, finish buying hostess gifts - then back to the US! Right now, I'm kind of more excited about American food than seeing my family (I'm sure it'll fade before we get there?),

Tex Mex restaurants

Kentucky Fried Chicken

Pop-Tarts

Tostito's chips with lime and my favorite uncle Joe's homemade salsa (I wrote him and his band into the Bob/Ray Nesty Verse, so many of you have heard of him ♥)

Salt & Vinegar Kettle Chips

homemade pancakes that I don't have to make myself

AVOCADOS

MARGARITAS! (the only thing saving you guys from sparkly text is my laziness)

Banana creme pie shakes from Sonic

. We're not going to my Alabama hometown on this trip, but the heartland around Kansas City is what you might call Down Home, where my mom grew up and my [humongous] extended family is from.

Speaking of travelling, in a perfect world I would own basically every bag ever made by Marimekko, and they have a new line of luggage that I looooooove based on the polka-dot print Nova by design giants Maija & Kristina Isola (better known for Unikko, the poppy print that I hate). OBSERVE!!