To laugh at people planning outfits for I've hour flights

[MadeleineAlright]

I've been on longer train journeys natch. No one plans for them.
Us flying STILL really seen as chic ? Do people believe those stupid articles about changing into cashmere track suits apply for an easy jet to Malaga ?

Plus don't get me started on capsule wardrobes.

It's the harem trouser cashmere thing. Toast catalog vibe that I lol at.

Ok, entering into the spirit of this: YABU. What do you have against Malaga flights with a pashmina? I mean, if you fly chicken class isn't it nice to have something a bit posh to ward off the other chickens?

I have to plan very carefully.

DC's and I are known to be sick, even on 1 hr flights, so we wear old cotton clothes than can be thrown away in emergency (have done this after a 14hr flight, when I just could not cope anymore, I started chucking away clothes until DS1 had to wander around in nothing but a nappy and a tea towel as I overdid it) and clean (old) clothes in our hand luggage.

Must be so nice to dress for glamour !!! I will not risk my pashmina thank you!

Means 'naturally'.

Why would you say something you don't know the meaning of? What if you said something really inappropriate by accident?!

Lol at naked kids.

Lol at pasha. Waft away the scent of hydrogenated vegetable fat.

Heh@travel candles.

YANBU, save for the comment about pashminas. I never travel without one in my handluggage. It's nothing to do with image and everything to do with warmth. Planes are invariably stuffy when you are loading and freezing when you are at altitude. Having an extra layer handy to throw around you is ideal. And you don't run the risk of punching the person next to you in the face by trying to manhandle your way into a cardigan or jacket when you are stuck in your seat. They are also great if you want a "blanket" over you when you snooze, or you can scrunch them up to form a pillow. A wrap of some kind is a hand luggage must have for me.

You are right that there is no glamour left in flying though. And I don't know how some people do long haul in heels, all glammed up. For me, it's all about comfort.

Why would you say something you don't know the meaning of? What if you said something really inappropriate by accident?!

This

I'm lost trills. :)

You shouldn't say "natch" unless you know what it means, because it might mean something dodgy that you didn't intend to say.

It could be that "natch" is a variant of snatch

I always change on a flight longer than a couple of hours. Usually, I take my yoga trousers a cashmere lightweight jumper, cashmere socks.

In my hamd luggage I always carry the following:
Toiletries- shower gel, shampoo, conditioner, Body Lotion, Antibac hand gel a flanel and a hand towel
underwear x 4
mineral water
eye mask
Facial spritz
Make up bag
Ipod
Vogue
Phone
Computer
Loose change
Purse
Something to change into before landing
a few t shirts, short cardigans, linen trousers (just incase main luggage goes missing)

Adidtions for DS:
A few changes of clothes (6 sets)
Nappys (1 pack)
bottles (disposable ones)
Baby wipes(2 packs)
Blanket
Toys/books
Water/orange juice

I only take candles if we fly from somewhere with a Jo Malone to outside of the EU - tax free candles. And my outfit planning is picking comfy clothes that wipe clean nicely. I have a lovely top that has a kind of sheen on it that means stains just wipe away

And you need candles if you're sharing a bathroom with my DH. Or a gas mask.

Yummymummy your hand luggage is more than I take on holiday!

YANBU at all. These are the same people who get all over-worked about what they will wear when they come to The Magical City Of London (as if the streets are lined with paps) and thus arrive with several ENORMOUS 40kg suitcases which they then drag all over the tube leaving us normal Londoners wanting to kill them.

Yanbu. Natch.

Please tell me - what on earth is a travel candle?

i often need shampoo shower gel and conditioner for a quick spruce up in the airplane toilet

A travel candle is a small candle. That you travel with. Because a big candle would take up too much room

Yummymummy your hand luggage must be massive.

fastcaaah LOL. I pack like that just in case our main luggage goes missing and we can find what we need. It also means that the flight is managable. We haven't yet taken DS1 on a plane yet he is only 16 weeks old.

I would also like to mention the pashmina is a must.

Yummy mummy, I've just sent my 2 for a weeks camping with the same amount of clothes as your ds' hand luggage! Well almost, they have 7 changes of clothes (shorts/trousers can be worn twice) and no nappies! Last time I flew (2003) I don't think I would have been allowed that much hand luggage, gave the rules changed?

The irony of yummy mummy's name not lost ;)

Lo at gas mask

If you fly first class they give you pyjamas to change into for the flight and hang your clothes up for you.