{ PACKING ESSENTIALS } PRESIDENT'S DAY WEEKEND GETAWAY...

{ Three J NYC pajama set / NEFF beanie / Celine 'Audrey' sunglasses / Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari / Rachael Ruddick mini bucket bag / Rag & Bone/jean skinnies / Cuyana weekender / Adidas Stan Smith / Mango overcoat / Bridge & Burn sweatshirt / Jules Smith collar necklace }

I don't have the bandwidth to take a real vacation over President's Day this year, but I am heading to Philly for a night on Saturday—just to get away for a minute. As I've effused in the past, I loved Philadelphia because I fell in love there, and now I present tense love Philly because it's fun, historic, inexpensive and brimming with awesome bars and restaurants. It has a lot of the energy of New York on a smaller, scrappier scale. My girlfriend here in the city is from outside Philadelphia, so we'll get some quality time in the 'burbs with her family, as well as do some running around downtown.

The not-so-great news? The forecast looks like it's going to be absolutely freezing. A high of 21 degrees on Saturday will be brutal. However, I imagine that we'll take advantage of all the indoor activities available to us—like brunch. 

Since we're going for such a short time, I'm packing my Cuyana weekend bag with just a few necessities: my black Vince ankle boots for night and my Stan Smith sneakers for day (obviously), a cool/cozy sweatshirt from Bridge & Burn and the Rag Bone/Jean black skinnies I finally ordered for myself after hearing so many good things about them. Along with a warm wool coat, a beanie and big sunnies should help fight off the chill.

I also recently picked up this tiny matte black bucket bag (on sale!) and it will be the perfect little pouch to take me all over town day and night. (Shop more mini bags here, and bucket bags here.)

I'm also going to finally buckle down and read Modern Romance on the bus ride because Valentine's Day, amiright?

Are you traveling for the holiday weekend?