What to wear

I leave for a work trip tomorrow afternoon and while I have already checked in for my flight, I have yet to pack.

I have started packing, and I'm doing okay on everything except clothes. I leave home (where it is going to be unseasonably warm but still early spring-ish), go to a place that is 70s and rainy, spend 3 days in a place that is going to be summer temps, and then come home to who knows what weather because someone has rolled out some weather updates that are not very predictable! And, to complicate it a bit more, I will be working in office buildings and particularly in records storage sites that should be about 50 degrees. And for some reason this is breaking my head to try to figure out what the appropriate clothing is. 

It's not as bad as the Peru-Chile-Argentina-Uruguay-Brazil by way of Argentina trip, which was spring, summer, and late winter weather. That one was tricky! But I'm a little jealous of my male coworkers who get to wear white shirts and dress pants. Can I pull that off? Just invest in a bunch of white shirts? But then I'd have to iron them, and that's not going to happen. I know they don't always love the white shirts and pants thing, but they really do have it made.*

There is also always the worry that what is acceptable in the US office is too dressed down in the international offices. And the word is that the top people in the international offices will be there, not that they'll be overly concerned with my work, but still, appearance matters. 

Arrrrgh!! It's too complicated. I think what I need is a Mary Poppins bag that will just have whatever it is I need so that I can stop thinking about this! Or a Harry Potter magic bag, or a TARDIS** so I can pack a lot more stuff and be ready for whatever. 

I don't suppose anyone knows where Mary did her shopping?

*I bet I could just find button up office-style shirts, and that would solve lots of dilemmas. The ironing thing though...that would be rough. 

**Apparently, the space issue is deep seated, because it is infiltrating our fantasy and sci-fi. But that's a topic for another day.