new this year, some airlines allow you to avoid the baggage counter, by look at that, tagging and checking your own bags. so your purple louis vuitton bag, it's all good. tsa has a precheck program. sign up. you pass through a security line with your laptop in your bag and shoes on your feet. new apps monitor security lines. so you can -- back time your approach. christian louboutin shoes are what i was actually thinking of. >> that's all right. it's more of a duffel bag from kmart that i carry like that. >> but you do travel with your purple heels, right? >> always. >> now that we have the whole travel thing planned out what about the weather? >> jim dickey from accuweather.com is here now with your holiday forecast. >> good morning, rob and paula. yet another storm system, impacting pacific northwest. we head through the day. sorts it way from offshore. it will keep rain in place. this storm different from monday's. while not the soaking, flooding rainfall we saw with that, it is bringing more in the way of cold air. more snowfall, especially in the cascades. mountain passes will be difficult. ahead of it keeping it mild, the nation's midsection. many spots challenging record highs. rob and paula, back to you.