tdracer - sounds like Mrs. ExS. Just what is it about women and baggage ?
I used to pack my crew bag the morning I left home, OK, I did have a checklist of essential items written on the inside of the lid, but Mrs. ExS has booked a trip on the 14th Feb. and is already starting to panic about what to take - to a regular accommodation where we have clothes left from last time - and can't decide which of many available suitcases to use this time, coupled with the need to colour co-ordinate with whatever she might decide to wear for the trip of course. I have a "uniform", no longer white military style shirt and dark trousers, now a blue shirt with many pockets, worn with grey trousers and casual shoes, but worn EVERY time, no decisions to be made - easy.