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