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Monthly Archives for March 2013.

Planes and pocketknives

a multi-tool knife with a flower design

The TSA recently announced they would be allowing pocketknives through airport security and on to planes starting in April. A lot of people are very concerned about the safety repercussions, including the flight attendant unions and some members of Congress. I have tried to stay away from the pocketknife controversy because, honestly, it’s been covered…

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Congratulations to the winners of the “I Love Office Supplies” Twitter Contest!

The winners have won an Arc Compact notebook, AvantPro pen, and Relay Micro USB Flash Drive. Congrats!! Here are the messages from the lucky tweeps:   @roadwarriorette two conferences in two different cities this summer!#StaplesMakesTravelEasy — Henry Mensch (@henare) March 15, 2013 @roadwarriorette I’m headed to Phoenix in two weeks then St Louis next month#StaplesMakesTravelEasy…

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Crafty Travel

a blue and brown knit hat

Crafting is one of my favorite things. I love knitting, sewing, papercrafts, and just making stuff in general. Pre-baby, I spent many hours learning and honing new crafts. But as a full time working mom, not to mention a road warriorette, there just aren’t nearly enough hours in the day. Finding time to get my…

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Boots for Business Travel

a pair of black boots

Even though spring is in full bloom here in Texas, other parts of the country are still in the midst of winter. I will be heading up north very soon, and it will be quite a shock to go from temps in the mid 70s to freezing winds and possible snow. Accordingly, I have been…

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Quick Security Tip: Get the right laptop

On a trip a couple of weeks ago, security was a little more chaotic than I was expecting. Right before I went through the line a group of school aged children came through, so I wasn’t paying as much attention to my stuff as I should. I ended up sending my computer through the x-ray…

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I Love Office Supplies: Giveaway!

a pen on a notebook

So you’ve read my review of the Arc Compact Notebook, AvantPro pen, and Relay Micro USB flash drive, and now you’re wondering: How can I get my hands on these awesome items from Staples? Well of course, there is the old fashioned way—ordering off the website. Or you could participate in the Twitter contest to…

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I Love Office Supplies: Arc Notebook and AvantPro pen review

a notebook with colorful sticky notes

As I may have mentioned before a time or two, I love office supplies. I can happily spend hours wandering around an office supplies store, looking at notebooks, calendars, stationary, pens, etc. The possibilities while flipping through a clean notebook feel endless! Because of this, when Staples approached me about reviewing some travel-friendly office supplies…

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Awesome travel product: Contigo Addison water bottle

a blue water bottle with a grey lid

I looooove water. It is my favorite beverage, hands down. For years I bought cases of bottled water to enjoy. However, several years ago I became cognizant of how wasteful bottled water is, and started using a water filter (my current favorite is by PUR). The next item I needed to find—a refillable water bottle.…

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Etiquette Tip: Watch your backpack!!

a blue and grey backpack

Last week I flew to Nashville, but because of flight schedule changes I didn’t fly direct—I flew through Dallas. I swear, in the first twenty minutes of being on that plane I saw some very interesting things (that I will be writing about over the next few weeks).  But after the twenty minutes was up…

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Get to the airport early!

Last week I got to the airport a little less than an hour before my flight left. This is pretty normal for me—but was about the only normal thing about the airport. I completely forgot that Spring Break is starting soon, and the lines were looooooong. I am lucky I have status and could go…

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