The dreaded fanny/belly pack.
Yeah, tough. Works on motorcycles.
Assorted denominations folding money. No idea of total.
About a cup of change.
Folding brush.
Lip gloss. Lipstick.
Credit, store and ID cards.
DL and CCL.
One pill bottle, assorted (legal) meds.
11 receipts. Now taken out.
6 cough drops.
3 sticks gum.
Splenda packets, for Hubs, not me. Blech.
1 pen 1 permanent marker.
Small notebook.
Cell phone.
Pistol. Yes, that’s what I said.
Let’s see. My usual purse is a large purple “silk” (actually polyester) bag with an Asian floral design. There is a button advertising Lindy Bout II, a dance competition coming up in April, on the outside.
The main compartment contains:
wallet
cell phone
iPod
Starbucks gift card
a piece of paper with my grocery list on one side, and the address of a party I went to a few days ago on the other
gum
bus tickets
2 used bus tickets from Dec. 27 and Dec. 30
2 receipts
2 safety pins
The smaller compartment contains:
pen
lip balm
2 tampons, which I really don’t need to carry any more since I switched to the Diva Cup
1 illegible receipt
1 hair clip
Remarkably enough, it seems that all of my hair elastics have migrated out of my purse. I actually expected to find 3 or 4 in there. Oh well, time to move some back.
Bought myself a brand-new purse for Christmas. It’s currently very, very clean. It’s a Born Pachuca in black and it is the best purse I have ever owned, as it is the perfect size and is wide and shallow, so stuff doesn’t fall to the bottom and get lost. Really, it is my Holy Grail of purses.
The contents:
credit cards
membership cards (on a keyring)
driver’s license
car and health insurance cards
$200
cell phone
iPod mini
digital camera
one pen
checkbook
2 prescriptions
orders for blood work & urinalysis
5"x7" day planner
Splenda tablet dispenser
eye drops
1 tampon
Tylenol gelcaps in travel container
albuterol inhaler for asthma
little brush for cleaning between teeth
5 Laura Mercier stickglosses
1 tube Laura Mercier lip silk
sunglasses
1 pair of gloves
travel mirror
Swiss army knife (when I figure out where I misplaced it)
Usually, there is also about 10 pounds of change in my purse also. No joke, I weighed it on a scale at work. But keeping the purse clean and change-free is one of my resolutions. So far, so good.
Makeup, a perfume bottle, a brush, some loose change, a couple of pens, a crumpled-up wrapper, and some scraps of paper.
I keep my wallet and cellphone and stuff in my pockets, and anything bigger goes in my tote bag.
No handbag today.
Just home from work (nights) so I have a JanSport backpack. This is not what I carry everyday.
It contains:
house keys
car keys
key to on-call room
wallet (cards, driver’s licence, cash)
phone
white coat
stethoscope
a pair of Crocs
1 spare set of scrubs
toothbrush, floss and toothpaste
gum
mints
travel-sized shower gel
alcohol hand cleanser
wet-wipes
deoderant
diary and work rota
contact details for various labs, staff members and ambulance control, as well as passwords and codes for labs, various restricted areas and computer system (this is a new job, I haven’t memorised them all yet).
pens (at least 4)
ID card for work
Painkillers
Instant miso soup sachets (so I can have something to eat at 4am, as the canteen is shut)
Mooncup and pantyliners (just in case)
Elizabeth Arden 12 hour lipbalm (because I like one little luxury if I have to work that goadawful shift)
Nivea Hand cream (because of all the alcohol hand cleanser)
Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine (pocket edition)
comb and hair elastics
A book, currently Homicide: A year on the Killing Streets by David Simon, to read if it is quiet
my work bleep (pager)
postage stamps
From top to bottom:
keys
sunglasses
wallet ($22.95 in cash & change, check to kung fu academy for $45, spare curved barbell for my eyebrow, small pic of friend’s daughter, various plastic cards, driver’s license, old appt. card, children’s museum membership, glasses & contacts prescriptions, Gamer’s credit voucher for $59.93)
clean burp rag (cloth diaper)
cylindrical pencil case used as makeup pouch (assorted cosmetics and personal care items)
ziploc baggie with two pacifiers
Arby’s receipt
Target receipt
travel size tissue pack
three size 2 diapers
another travel size tissue pack
baby wipes
size 1 diaper, wadded up and lost in corner of purse
black wallet with skulls on it, containing one Visa gift card worth $4.49. belongs to my son
silver & onyx ring
“C” gift tie-on
Albuterol inhaler
MAC tinted lip conditioner
extra button for coat
pom-pom that fell off my scarf
in the pockets:
cell phone
gum (sweet peppermint)
ballpoint pen stolen from women’s clinic
mechanical pencil
Pikers, the lot of you.
The current census of my purse:
In the top pocket:
One travel size bottle of Tylenol
Cell phone
Car and house keys
1 $1 dollar bill
1 $10 dollar bill
1 $20 dollar bill
ATM Card
Drivers license
Car insurance card
Borders reward card
Credit card
Two different health insurance cards (for the same health insurance plan)
Different credit card
Two assorted business cards
One bit of paper containing an email address I’m not quite sure who owns
Frequent patron card for a salad place near my office
Same for a massage place in Newark International Airport
Library card
Expired Costco card
Receipt for a major purchase my husband made last month (held at his request)
County Park patron leisure pass
One paperclip (clamp style)
Building pass for my office
Current LIRR/MTA month pass
Another paperclip (clamp style) attaching building pass to transit pass
$10.00 worth of quarters
$4.10 worth of dimes
$1.35 worth of nickles
$1.54 worth of pennies
In the inner small pocket:
Checkbook
Empty glasses holder (softsided)
Pen (in checkbook)
One red elemental blast Magic the Gathering card in Portugese (with protective sleeve)
MP3 player and headphones
Three AAA batteries
Bee Balm hand lotion
Tylenol Cold & Flu daytime formulation (five doses - 10 pills, packaged in pairs)
Another pen
Compact with mirror and powder
One receipt that does not indicate store of purchase
April 2007 LIRR/MTA month pass (former bookmark)
Two tampons
One rubber fish
One nametag indicating my husband’s first name and the name of a resort we stayed at last January
Another penny
Inner main pocket:
One frozen TV dinner (lunch today!)
Two one-pint sized bottles of pure vanilla extract
Spare headphones for MP3 player
500-count bottle of Tylenol
Ziploc baggie containing tissues
Digital camera
Roll of duct tape
Three paperback novels
One boarding pass (dated Monday)
One Barnes and Noble coupon
One pair grey gloves
One black glove
Some lint
Another purse
Contents of the other purse:
One alligator hair clip
One fob-style watch
One tube chapstick
Four business cards
Five random receipts
One card certifying my employment at my current place of employment
Three movie ticket stubs
One piece of paper containing my employee number
One yellow sticky paper containing several phone numbers (two I don’t know who they belong to, one no longer accurage) and a no-longer-accurate credit card number beloning to my parents
A no-longer-valid social security card for me (neither the name nor the number actually still apply to me - both have changed since that card was valid. One to marriage and one to SSN reissure as a result of an identity theft scare)
More lint
In the other zippered pocket:
Three dead pens (now disposed of)
One dead sharpie (now disposed of)
three dead tampons (now disposed of)
Map of the NYC subway system as of 2004
LIRR schedule for my hometown
Receipt for my wedding cake
Programs for various events upcoming in my area
Two blank Dial-car vouchers for travel by dial car
Quite a lot of lint (the tampons came apart - spreading little cottony bits around)
What do I win? 
ETA: Great googly moogly, there’s some random crap in my purse.
Right now I carry a brown corduroy bag from Avon. Today it contains:
wallet
checkbook
calculator
receipts for things that haven’t appeared on the latest bank statement
tampons
pads (both in case I get my period and don’t have my Divacup with me)
rubber duckie
pens
lip balm
lotion
powder compact
eyedrops
oil-absorbing sheets
glasses case with extra pair of glasses in it
sunglasses (for when I wear contacts)
clip-on sunglasses (for when I wear glasses)
gum
antacids
pill case with one ibuprofen in it (need to refill)
The Truth by Terry Pratchett
keys
Swiss Army knife-like knife which is not that brand
bills
hairbrush
Mine’s a 9x3x6 “Kate Spade” in navy suede with red piping. It containes:
a flat Kenneth Cole wallet
my Axis x5 PDA
my Kodak Easy Share camera
cell phone
keys
gum
a sticky-note pad
a small blue multi-tool
3 lipsticks
checkbook
a few small paper items
some change in the bottom
Usually, there’s a pen in there, but it seems to have disappeared again. :mad:
If I have a lot to carry for some reason (paying bills at work, or whatever) I have a slightly larger blue tote that will also carry my mp3 player, my bill folder, and even my laptop. But I’ve been limiting myself to the teeniest purses I can manage lately. They get too heavy and hurt my shoulder otherwise.
As of today I have removed the eyeglasses and added a pack of Tarot cards.
I wouldn’t call it a duffle bag, but I do carry a large-ish tote. I pack my lunch and bring it in a soft-sided lunch box thingie, and I’m frequently carrying files or papers to and from the office. I also almost always have a water bottle, though apparently I didn’t when cataloging purse contents yesterday. Anyway, I like to be able to put all that stuff in one larger bag rather than carrying, say, a smaller purse plus a lunch box plus a portfolio plus a bottle of water. I think it looks more polished to carry one bag instead of several. For me, I mean; I’m not dissing anyone else’s choices.
Wow I thought this was going to be super boring, but I enjoy it in a voyeuristic way.
LM’s big black sack of crap:
cell phone
1 pack of parliament lights
1 orange lighter
1 plain white matchbook
Penny Press Variety Puzzle Book December 2007
Blueprint Magazine (design) January February 2008
Do it Yourself Magazine (a Better Homes and Gardens Publication) Spring 2008
Metropolitan Home Magazine Jan/Feb 2008
Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche by Haruki Murakami
one green mechanical pencil
One pink pen that says “Ciloxan: The Pink Eye Drug”
A paper stub telling me to send in 50 dollars to the Department of Education this month
Lipgloss (2)
Keys
a Bottle of Provigil tablets
a bus transfer
a beat up wallet from Chinatown that has 19 dollars in cash, a drivers license, health insurance card, dental insurance card, and a gift card to the container store (thanks dad)
a VA Medical Center photo ID in plastic case and VA lanyard that I NEVER wear (if the veterans know you work there you stopped and asked directions every two minutes)
A security card to get into the Animal Research Facility
a wadded up surgical mask
Good gravy, I warned ya.
Farthest outside pocket:
Work keychain - six drawer/flipper keys, one master key that opens all the offices in the building. It’s one of those cool ones with the holes drilled in it - Sargent Keso High Security.
An open roll of Wild Cherry Life Savers
Home keychain - 3 housekeys, one bedroom key, one car key, a garage door opener/remote deadbolt remote control, a van lock/unlock/alarm thingy, and a van key.
A purple bic lighter.
A half pack of Marlboro Box smokes.
Six ballpoint pens.
One red marker.
Next pocket:
Work and University badges.
Cell phone.
Big green comb like the ones you used to put in your back pocket and would stick out when you were in high school and wanted to be cool.
Little green spiral notebook that is filled with misc. stuff.
A list of songs.
Christmas card lists and addresses
Misc. note paper that I have no idea what I was trying to make a list of on.
Another song list.
An address book that is empty because I’ve never gotten around to transferring my old one over.
My old address book - see above.
Notes from a conversation with my stepson about some legal stuff he wants me to look into.
A feminine hygiene product.
Next pocket:
Another ball point pen (which I have now transferred to the front pocket.)
Last check stub.
ComEd bill
Son’s report card from High School
Son’s grades from his college class (he took a dual course credit in law enforcement at the Jr. College nearby)
Info on my life insurance plan from work.
Next pocket (the one that zips):
Wallet
Change purse
Next pocket:
Checkbook copies (the carbon ones) from August of last year. Now in garbage.
Picture I drew of my dog.
Marriage certificate with a bunch of papers stuffed inside of it including birth certificate, son’s SS#, and a picture of the Christmas Tree Light Display done on our flagpole that my husband did several years ago at the house we were renting at the time. 3,000 + lights! That’s the house we were renting next to it - the lights were taller than the top of the roof on the second floor.
A makeup case that has misc. info including business cards, various notes, etc. in it just so I won’t lose them all.
An anniversary card from my husband.
Last pocket (the little small zipper one that is in the one above):
Sewing kit. Why, I do not know as I already used the safety pin out of it so it’s worthless.
Chapstick
Matches
Picture of my brother nad his family
Emory board
A baggie with a bounce dryer sheet in it. Trust me - when you have static at work from your coat and it’s making your sweater stick to you - rub the bounce sheet on it. Works like a charm.
I’m a boy, but my bike messenger bag, which functions as my purse, contains:
A flashlight
another flashlight
Leatherman pocket tool
work gloves
GPS reciever
Palm Pilot
Sunglasses
Digital camera
Flash card reader
Camera battery charger
IPOD
headphones
Phillips screwdriver
Antipersperant
Bottle of Old Spice
Nail file
Nail clippers
Bicycle headlight
charger for bike headlight
Mini-DV cassette, contenets unknown
pack of matches
3 bills I need to pay
checkbook
A few pencils
A happy new years card with a picture of my kids
A chuck key for a 5/8" drill chuck
It’s more that I have a hard enough time keeping track of a single purse, therefore I need one that’s of a sufficient size I can keep all my objects in it. In my personal world, that means a purse that is large enough to comfortably hold one frozen microwave dinner (my lunch of choice - since I can generally get those for 2 bucks per on sale) and at least two paperback novels (because I take the train and my commute is approximately 1 hour 15 minutes each way - two in case I finish one) and have a zippered pocket large enough to hold (at minimum) my transit pass, cell phone, keys and a credit card/drivers license as well as a few bucks.
That dictates a fairly sizeable purse
I’ve got you all topped. In my purse I have a little rubber puppy and when you squeeze it the eyes bulge out and a bubble of poop comes out the butt.
Interesting.
Front zippered pocket:
Black pen
Silver necklace w/ red beads
pennies
cell phone
Main compartment:
wallet
blue pen
mirror
lip gloss
spearment gum
nail file
eye drops
small Tylenol bottle
keys
sunglasses
2-year pocket calender
gummy candy thing
bobbi pins
Purell hand sanitizer
fortune from fortune cookie - “The bank of friendship can not last long without deposits”
My shoulder bag which goes with me on the road.
Cervical collar pillow for airplanes ( clipped outside with small caribiner )
Hairbrush
Macintosh G4 Titanium PowerBook
Podium Pad cooling holder for same
Current book- John Irving’s " Until I Find You "
Theraflu packet from 2005 :eek:
iKlear polish for laptop screen
Cords for: digital camera, iPod, laptop power, mini mouse, cell phone, Ethernet cord, USB cord, power for airplane jacks.
Alleve
Immodium AD
Benadryl
Singulair
Credentials for upcoming trade show in Vegas
Lanyard for I.D. from the C.I.A.
10 photos of the kids at various ages
2 DVDs with video clips used in workshops
Company I.D.
Keys to Mom’s house
Noise cancellation headsets
Business cards and holder
iPod
Reading glasses
Pens, pencils, Sharpies
It weighs about 25 pounds.
ETA: I kneel down before Missy2U. :eek:
Cartooniverse
I have to see this.
I dunno - my tiny rubber chicken is just like the regular sized rubber chickens, except it’s about 2 inches long. It’s just about the cutest thing in the world. Hey, I found a picture of a similar one.
