Finally purchased a luggage scale.

Not just because I was jealous of all the fun Sammyb was having with hers but because I got tired of the swap & shift from one bag to another at check-in and being scolded for bringing baggage that exceeds the 50lb weight limit. On top of being embarrassing, it wears me out. So I diligently weighed my bags with my brand new luggage scale each and every time I added something to them. 50 pounds racks up very quickly.

With confidence I hoisted the first bag onto the scale. No, that weight can’t be right. Is that right??? I was instructed to place the second bag on the scale and again I’m shocked. Each bag was only 45 pounds!! The luggage scale weighs at a whopping FIVE pounds less than the airport scale. What a jip! Not bringing ten more pounds of “stuff” that I could have bought felt worse than facing actual overweight penalties. It really did. Now I ask myself, am I ever going to get this right?