The Pack Up Kit

One of the great mysteries about moving overseas is "the pack up kit". This is a selection of items that you can borrow before your sea shipment comes with your real stuff. Little is described about the pack up kit before you show up except the rumors you here. Most people describe the kit as a selection of dull knives and mismatched plates.

The pack up kit we received had a few mismatched plates and the knives weren't stellar (but I'm a bit of a knife snob). For the most part our kit was perfectly fine and it'll suit our needs until our stuff gets here. My concern is that I'm a little confused at this point as to what portion of our apartment is pack up kit, and what part is the furnishings (SQ's are generally furnished). So when our stuff gets here I'm sure there'll be a few shockers as to things that are staying and going.

My other concern deals with when we leave back to Canada. Are there pack up kits in Canada? What about furniture? I mean we leave and it takes us about 2 days to get back, our stuff takes about 3 to 4 weeks.