I'm just about finished packing up our place to move this weekend.
To start with, I went room by room and packed up the things I knew I wasn't going to need in the couple of weeks leading up to the move.
From there I went through the kitchen and just kept basic essentials out. I also cleaned as I went, which has made it easier as all I need to do when we move this weekend basically is just the floors and run over the bathrooms again.
As for food items, all of my stuff like pasta, rice and flour are in plastic containers so I've just put them as is in boxes.
I also just popped our dvd's cd's etc in boxes, if you're worried about overpacking boxes, use smaller boxes or only fill them to 2/3 capacity.
The only other tip I can think of is to make sure you label your boxes with their contents
definately do as you're doing! With foodstuffs, no problem at all in packing what you won't be using. I always pack the whole box, I usually pop cushions or pillows, towels, linen in the top for padding. If you're packing candles, I suggest using a totally seperate box (shoebox is good) so you won't get wax over everything. And if you've any printer paper, notepaper etc, write what's on each box on that (but twice) and keep one copy in a folder separate to the box with a box number reference. And write the number on the box on 3 sides, and tape the list on the side or top of the box. That way if you particularly want something, you can look up your list in the folder (or computer if you want) and go to that box only instead of moving boxes around to find the list on each box.
I do it room by room, starting at the least used room. I clean as I go too. I also use those green bags for books, as they get REALLY heavy, esp. all my textbooks. and yea, use towels blancets etc... as padding, for the breakables and box fillers.
good luck with the move!!!
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