09-05-2006, 07:19 PM
I brought too many warm clothes. Once here a while, I realized I never wear socks. It's too warm for my long pants and I never wear closed toe shoes. I live in slip on open toed shoes, capris, and sleeveless tops. Also, some light weight sleeveless, casual dresses. I have a couple of hoodys that I bring with me when I go into air conditioned places like the movie theatre. What I ended up buying more of was plastic containers. It's not a good idea to keep things in cardboard boxes (cockroaches will make a home in those), so you end up needing plastic bins to store things in. I shipped a container full of furniture and most of our household goods. I ended up getting rid of quite a bit of the furniture because we bought a small home and it didn't all fit. I'm glad I brought my couch and beds. Beds are expensive to buy here. Having our own stuff made it feel more like home when we moved into our house. I wouldn't ship propane bottles, or any liquid cleaners because they could be hazardous, or leak and ruin your things. But, I would bring brooms, mops, vacuum.