The panic sets in...

Ok - so three more days and I will be on a plane headed east - really far east - and I am so not ready. I am worrying about everything big and little now, and feeling very unprepared. My latest anxiety centers around making sure I pack the right pants to go with all of my flat shoes, so that I won't be towering over all of my new relatives, that are all going to be shorter than me to begin with. It doesn't help that 90% of my shoes have a 3inch heel - DSW here I come... And, my husband has instructed me to dress conservatively (aka boring), so shopping for our formal events should be fun.

I am also on a mission to find the perfect "please like me" gift for my new mother-in-law. Talal suggested a cashmere sweater, but clearly he has no idea how disastrous that could be. I mean the easiest way to offend a woman, no matter where she is from, is to give her a piece of clothing that is either too big or too small (What? you thought I was that big? or the awkwardness of trying on something that is clearly too small...) A purse perhaps. However, I have been in search of the perfect bag for myself for the past 6 months, and that has gotten me utterly nowhere. Maybe the purse gods will smile down on me and I'll stumble upon just the right bag...