Hey like no worries...i go with check in bag (not hand luggage) with just 10lbs in change of clothing & thats with winter ones at Christmas as well & then come back with.....50lbs exact, plus all the sewing accessories & books etc in hand luggage.
But hey if I can do my bit for the US economy then thats joy to me...& by the ways...girls there are things that are still made in the US....as I buy heaps of those for my co-workers...they luv them to big bits.