<a href="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/68563737_e0cfac930a_o.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-7442" title="68563737_e0cfac930a_o" src="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/68563737_e0cfac930a_o-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a>I leave for Italy in 9 days.  I am part of a cycling tour which starts in Florence and ends in Rome.

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Am I a cyclist?

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No.

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(But I recently joined the spin class craze!)

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Do I own any cycling gear?

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No.

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Have I purchased any cycling gear?  What a silly question!   You know that I am not a shopper!

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No.

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But I DO have a fairy godmother who came to this cycling princess's rescue on Day 339.

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Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo!

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Fairy Godmother Sarah waved her magic wand and conjured up ALL of her cycling gear from bicycle tours past.

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That's right.  I am Cycling Cinderella!

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And if that wasn't magical enough...

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Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo!

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Fairy Godmother Jean (yes, I have two FGs) appeared with money belt, daysack, purses, pouches, and packing ideas galore!

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For a single woman who DOES TOO MUCH, these trip supplies are infinitely better than any ball gown or glass slipper.  Essentially, these fairy godmothers saved me not only money, but the most precious commodity of all:  TIME.

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I send the most heartfelt thanks to my fairy godmothers.  You are the best fairy godmothers a girl could ever wish for.