My purse holds:
Makeup case (including stuff I haven’t worn in months)
Wallet
Keys on ring with NY Giants helmet
Misty Menthol Cigarettes - 4 disposable lighters
Cell phone
Checkbook
Book
Halls sugar free cough drops
Mirror
BP meds
Eye drops
3 bus maps
Cottonelle travel pack
Various receipts
Hair ties
Earrings
This is not my big purse. I also brought my clear lunch bag thingie holding tissues, more cough drops, banana, sugar free Jello, Eclipse gum and 2nd book.
wallet
keys
makeup case
coin purse
handkerchief
Swiss army knife
black ballpoint pen
purple Sharpie pen
cell phone case that I also clip my iPod to
assorted receipts and coupons I forget to use or remove
an old, individually wrapped fortune cookie
a half container of very old breath mints
Depends on what purse you’re talking about. The purse I used to carry to work has:
A plastic Target bag (can either be a trash bag or sick bag)
A fork and knife
A compact mirror
Three small makeup compacts with lipstick, eye shadow, etc.
Eye shadow brush
Lots of receipts
A few pay stubs
Headphones
A book
The bag I actually use has:
A wallet
A compact
Some cash in the side pocket
A membership card to the Magic House
A notebook
A pen
I have several purses, and tend to swap them around based on what I’m wearing on that day and what mood I’m in.
Today’s purse contains:
Metropass
Wallet 1 (bills, change, membership and discount cards)
Wallet 2 (important cards and ID)
Blackberry
Paperback book
Work pass
Crumpled grocery store receipt from last week
Breath mints
Appointment card for the dentist
List of interesting bands I want to download more stuff from when I get home tonight
Heh! Yesterday I cleaned out all the old napkins and receipts, so this list is less embarassing than usual:
Wallet
iPod, headphones and case
2 sets of keys (home/work)
cell phone
Metrocard
sunglasses
a few pens/pencils
1 kleenex (dang!)
hand lotion
business card case
1 moist towelette
Altoids
mirror
lip balm
lip gloss
Chico bag (packable nylon bag so I can avoid getting plastic ones at the store)
Excedrin
30 sunblock stick
a letter I need to mail
Entertainment Weekly
The New Yorker
iPod
Wallet with kitty wearing a crown on it
2 pens
Hairbrush
Gum
Nail file
Pill case with a few nice meds in it
Handi-Wipes
Keychain with car, mailbox, house and work keys on it
Mojo bag with crystals and a couple coins in it
2G flash memory drive
Checkbook
USB cable for iPod
Cell phone
Book
1 magnetic door entry card
1 pair fingernail clippers
1 card wallet containing:
1 Wal-Mart discount card
1 Sam’s Club card
2 YMCA cards
1 library card
1 car insurance card
1 eelskin wallet containing:
2 Visa cards
2 Driver’s licenses
1 military ID
1 BCBS card
1 dental insurance card
1 Kroger plus card
1 Kroger gift card
1 Wal-Mart gift card
$160.00 in twenties
1 old lottery ticket
3 SS cards (mine, my son’s and my daughter’s)
2 checkbooks
1 keyring
1 lipstick (“retro red”)
1 lip gloss
1 five dollar bill
1 one dollar bill
1 dollar coin (Thomas Jefferson)
7 quarters
3 dimes
1 black ink pen
-wallet with various cards, DL, some stamps, a $5 bill, some change, and a check I’m giving to the choir director later
-cellphone
-keys on Figment keychain (dorm, car, parents’ house, and music practice rooms on campus)
-starburst flavored chapstick
-small hairbrush
-pen & pencil (never know which one you’ll need!)
-flash drive
-nail clippers
-bookstore receipt for staff paper
-student ID
-tiny bottle of acetaminophen since I can’t take anything else
usually a compact, a checkbook, some jewelry I took off during the day, a tiny hand sanitizer and some mints/gum too but this is the scaled-down school version.
Keys
PetSmart rewards card
2 Chapsticks
1 concealer (Rarely used, but if I didn’t carry it, a Bad Thing would happen)
Contact lens prescription and rebate form (I should really do something about that)
A tax form from 2007 showing that my mom made $25.57 in interest last year off some account (?)
A tape measure
A beat-up metal pillbox with a picture of Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit on the outside and some ibuprofen on the inside
3 hard candies
Nail clipper and file
Cell phone
ID badge (no, I’m not going to wear that)
Memo pad where I keep track of money the kids and I borrow from and loan to each other
Journal where I keep lists, etc.
A leather-bound calendar book of the sort I never use and anyway it doesn’t start until January
An Always pad
Some dental floss
A Pink Floyd CD I borrowed from a co-worker (Echoes, a “greatest hits” compilation. I need “When The Tigers Broke Free”)
Purchasing card for work
A picture of a kitty from my Cat-a-day calendar. I save the best ones and show them to my daughter.
Wallet
Hairbrush (used approximately 12 times a year)
surreptitiously tosses out handfuls of old receipts, lists, and miscellany
What is contained in The Abyss:
Side pockets:
A cigarette butt (I won’t throw on the ground)
.97c
Ticket stub to the state fair
TheKid’s lunch number on a post-it
Front zippered pocket:
VISA card
Work badge
mp3 player
Stride gum
Inside zippered pocket:
Lighter
Band-aids
Various credit / preferred buyer / medical cards
Grocery receipts
$5.25
Cellphone pocket:
Empty
Bottom of The Abyss:
Wallet/checkbook
Sunglass case w/ prescription sunglasses
USB cord for mp3 player
State fair map
More receipts (PETCO, gas)
Paper with TheKid’s school song
TheKid’s school schedule
TheKid’s school handbook
Bottle of Excedrin Extra Strength
Matches
Hospital bracelet (from testing last week)
Wetwipes from casino
Two pads of post-its
12’ tape measure
Cell phone
4 more lighters
1g flash drive
Eucerin moisturizer
2 tubes of CO Bigelow lip shine (Mentha)
Eucerin hand lotion
6 writing utensils
Hairbrush with ponytails wrapped on handle
Headband
$9 in paper, $3.65 in change
“Kitchen Confidentials” by Anthony Bourdain (hardcover)
Can of Diet Coke (forgot to take out)
I never used to carry a purse, laughed at those who would spend 30 minutes rummaging through one for a penny. Now, I AM one of those.
wallet
keys
cell phone
zippered day planner with calendar, address book, stamps, pen, business cards
a diaper
package of wipes
package of tissues
gum
lip balm
plus, often, various toddler-friendly snacks
Smokes and lighter
Wallet
Loose change
Glasses (both sun and eye)
Folding brush
Mirror
Lipstick
Pack of Rolaids™
Two pens
Keys
Checkbook
Grocery store savings card
Receipt from Wal Mart
Mini flashlight
Black gel pen
Charlie Brown checkbook - checks, stamps, some return address stickers, a BevMo club card, a Costco card, a Pure Beauty club card, my Charles M. Schulz Museum membership card, various biz cards.
2 metal card cases – 1 for my driver’s license, debit card, ins. card, etc., 1 for my business cards
Travel toothbrush – white
Travel tube of toothpaste – Crest Pro Health
Key chain and keys – a small medallion with my blood type – a token of appreciation from the blood bank for my 2nd gallon donated – with my car key and fob, house key, mailbox key, and gym key
Waiter’s corkscrew – black
Bottle of Patanol eye drops
Albuterol inhaler
Dental wax (I have braces.)
Cell phone – Samsung Instinct
Bluetooth headset – It has an optional wire and a second earpiece so I can listen to music/TV/etc. on my phone in stereo. The whole thing is currently in my purse.
A brown hair tie
A tube of Benefit’s ‘Her Glossiness’ lip gloss in ‘Talk to my Agent’
A small tube of Benefit’s High Beam
A pot of Benefit’s Erase Paste
A stick of tarte’s cheek stain in ‘flush’
Starmaker by Olaf Stapledon
Large notebook
Printouts of edited poetry
Calendar
Pocket calculator
Albuterol inhaler
Keys
Passport
Empty box of those anti-acid minty things
A bookmark my SO made for me. It has a raving rabbid with a plunger on it.
A pin that says “Library Lovers”
A pin with a dalek that says “Exterminate”
Wallet
coin purse
some business and plastic cards
ibuprofen in a baggy
nail clippers
pen
little notepad
some receipts I need to take out of there
comb I never use
lip balm
couple of pieces of gum
small rubber chicken
cash
change- some in a coin purse some not
credit card size wallet for all the various id/cards
lip gloss
concealer
advil
smart phone
business cards
work id tag,entry tag and office keys
extra set of car keys
pen
assorted receipts
Wallet, sunglasses and case, lots of keys, Visine, chap stick, hand cleanser, feminine items, purse holder, gum, mirror, and sometimes my reading glasses, case and hanky.
A dollar bill
A tiny pack of aloe vera moisturizing gel
My driver’s license
My credit card
My sister’s Speedway Speedy Rewards card
A receipt from Wildberry (restaurant)
A receipt from Shell (gas station)
A Post-It note with the days available for vacation at work in August, September and October
My AAA card
My sister’s Domick’s Fresh Values card
My co-worker’s business cared
A receipt from Clar (gas station)
Pink card with the # to call in sick to work
My Jewel-Osco Preferred Customer card
ATM receipt
A list of WW Points values for various Jimmy John’s sandwiches
My ATM/debit card
Another Shell receipt
Another ATM receipt
A Jolly Rancher lollipop
A ten dollar bill
Two five dollar bills
A nail clipper
A pen
Lots of loose change
I just decided I’m not going through the other purse. It’s bigger and has more crap in it.
A dollar bill
A tiny pack of aloe vera moisturizing gel
My driver’s license
My credit card
My sister’s Speedway Speedy Rewards card
A receipt from Wildberry (restaurant)
A receipt from Shell (gas station)
A Post-It note with the days available for vacation at work in August, September and October
My AAA card
My sister’s Domick’s Fresh Values card
My co-worker’s business cared
A receipt from Clar (gas station)
Pink card with the # to call in sick to work
My Jewel-Osco Preferred Customer card
ATM receipt
A list of WW Points values for various Jimmy John’s sandwiches
My ATM/debit card
Another Shell receipt
Another ATM receipt
A Jolly Rancher lollipop
A ten dollar bill
Two five dollar bills
A nail clipper
A pen
Lots of loose change
I just decided I’m not going through the other purse. It’s bigger and has more crap in it.