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.
flash drive
smartphone
dig camera
iPod
2 lipsticks
1 chapstick
nail file
comb
earrings I bought 2 wks ago and forgot all about… Yay! it’s like Christmas in there
3 pens
glasses
receipts
antacids
inhaler
acetaminophen
wallet with cash, credit cards, IDs & photos
checkbook
The back pocket:
Two books (Elephants on Acid and Salem Falls)
Travel pack of kleenex
The middle pocket
In the zippered compartment, tampons
Tin of Eclipse mints
Tin of lemon pastilles
Cell phone
Ipod
Small credit card holder zipup thing that I keep my compact in.
The front pocket
Wallet
Mini notebook that has my grocery list/coupons
Spare pen
Mini flashlight
Pocketknife
Mini front pocket
Keys
Another tin of Eclipse mints
Back zipper pocket:
two passes to the fair
couple of old checks that never got cashed
Inside open pocket (under flap):
Tupperware pillbox containing Excedrin and acetominophen
box of sugarfree mints
pocket pack of tissues
two hard candies from restaurant
two different tubes of lip moisturizer stuff
one moisturizing lipstick
one Aveeno lip balm stick
one Carmex stick
Blistek lip infusion
CG moisturizing lip gloss
(can you tell I have issues there?)
reading glasses in case
compact
two pens, one good, one cheap
eye rewetting drops
BC pills (I’m out of town)
That sounds bad, doesn’t it? It’s just that at home I don’t carry them with me.
eleven cents
one large safety pin
Zipper pocket:
wallet with cards but no money
several old receipts
dental floss (teeth cleaned a couple weeks ago)
various levels of feminine hygeine products
26 cents
keyring with keys to the church and small loyalty cards
Front pocket (under flap):
shopping list
receipts
social security card
bargain book rewards card
checks
bank envelope, empty
bank envelope with money
72 cents
GERD information sheet
I never thought of myself as carrying a lot of stuff, but that sure looks like it.
Book: Mothers of Invention by Drew Gilpin Faust
small hairbrush
makeup case that’s stuffed full even though I rarely wear makeup
2008 at-a-glance calendar
torn-out thing about how to have smokey eyes
a clippie for my hair
a pair of reading glasses
a pair of sunglasses
a coupon holder
a gas receipt
a whataburger receipt
the ticket stub from Tropic Thunder
a reminder card about my doctor apopintment today
2 more pairs of reading glasses
my Dr. Pepper lipsmackers
a pack of gum
a drugstore receipt
a grocery store receipt
a game card from the grocery store
$1.75 in change
a HRC mantra strap guitar 08 from Hard Rock Cafe San Francisco
$4 in one-dollar bills
The receipt for the bedroom furniture I bought on Monday
a Proactiv ad that’s going into the garbage can
a small spiral bound notepad in which I’m supposed to be writing everything I eat
another pack of gum
another drugstore receipt
my shopping list from 2 weeks ago, also going into the garbage
a pen
a hand sanitizer pen
the inside wrapper from my last bar of Godiva chocolate, yeah, garbage can now
a mirror
another wad of receipts
a pedometer
an appointment card for my doctor appointment last Thursday
another 67 cents
cell phone
wallet
checkbook
pen
That’s 'cause I’m only carrying a small purse. Usually I have 4 or 5 books and a lot more crap.
ETA:
one more dime
Thanks–I needed to clean out my purse.
ETA:
I forgot to mention my iPod. How do I manage to cram so much crap into such a small purse?
Since I’ve gone back to school, I haven’t been using my purse as much.
However, it still contains:
LipShox Lipgloss in “Pink Zing”
A skinny sharpie highlighter
A mechanical pencil
A key to the candy machine in my apartment
My flute
A gyroscope and stand in a plastic baggie
A small McDonalds toy plushie of Jack Sparrow
A black pen
A lavender sharpie
Kleenex
Deck of cards
Travel-size dental floss
A Subway Scrabble letter M
Gingerbread flavored lip balm
Tide pen
A quarter
Captain Black’s Grog Flavored Pirate mints
A paperclip
A sunglasses case which contains:
A pair of sunglasses with one lens popped out
A loose sunglasses lens
A good pair of sunglasses
A gold-colored ring with a blue stone from Tokens and Tickets relating to my alter-ego as a Seduction Ranger
A pair of black hoop earrings
Three LED blinky lights that can be worn as earrings
A sample tube of Blackberry Amber perfume
A button with a picture of Kiera Knightley as Elizabeth Swan on it
A penny
Three business cards
A wristband from a fourth of July roof party I went to
A stormtrooper action figure colored blue with sharpie and with one foot bent to the side. His name is Harold and he is my good luck charm.
And last but not least!
My wallet. The only interesting things in it are a small screwdriver and a skull and crossbones ring. The rest is just boring stuff like my driver’s license.
keys
pack of cigarettes
old shopping list [off to the trash that goes]
checkbook
wallet
3 pens
bic lighter
contact lense drops
small bottle of Advil
my 8GB flash drive
a lemon hard candy
an OB tampon [unused, of course]
Body Shop lip balm
some of my business cards
a Bloomindales coupon card that expired on Monday [to the trash you go]
yay… some cash… aw it’s only two dollars
a book of matches from a bar downtown
a friends business card
a Clif bar… chocolate chip peanut crunch… mmmm
blotting papers
a key to my rental property
an expired Southwest Airline drink coupon [seriously, how did that not get used ;))
more old shopping lists [trash, trash]
creative zen w mp3 player, headphones and charger
phone sync cable
cellphone
bluetooth handsfree doo-dad
another business card
Office Depot rewards card [I think everyone has a rewards card these days]
crossword puzzle book
two more pens
and a bottle opener
a FedEx envelope that need to go out today
and a whole bunch of straw wrappers, some cigarette box wrap plastics, and other tidbits
Normally, I don’t carry around that much stuff.
I just switched purses this morning, so this shouldn’t too terribly bad.
Two cellphones
Two bluetooths
wallet (containing IDs, credit cards, membership cards, a wad of receipts, 6 business cards, checkbook, and $7)
Mini notepad
Carmex
Chapstick
Three lighters (2 Bic, 1 Zippo, all empty)
Work card key, ID and ratty case
Little key ring (house key, car key, car clicker)
Big key ring (all other keys)
Clear nail polish
Mascara
Tweezers
Nail clipper
Emery board
Elestat
Benadryl (generic)
Aleve (generic)
Delta airlines nasty crackers (WTF?)
Unmarked ball point pen I stole from someone
Good pen I paid for
Mechanical pencil I stole from Giant Freakin Marine
Two earrings, one earring back
Tiny geode found in parking lot
Tiny agate with wee tiny fern print found in same parking lot
Cat toy
Water bottle cap
Cigarette butt
One loose advil (eww – now in trash can)
Cigarette pack cellophane with hollyhock seeds
Sticky note with phone number (no name) ND area code
Plant leaf I need to ID
Handful of loose change (mostly pennies, of course)
wallet
matching extra card holder wallet
coin purse
business card holder + cards
cross pen
nail File
makeup compact
1 lipstick, 1 lipgoss, 1 lip chap
Tide Stick
IPhone
Motrin
Tylenol 3s
cheque book
a handfull of panty liners (in a zipper pocket)
cow ear tag
Okay, this is the large purse I also use as a schoolbag:
[ul]
[li]money[/li][li]coin purse[/li][li]credit/debit cards[/li][li]driver’s license[/li][li]school ID[/li][li]keys[/li][li]extra contact lenses (from the last time I took it traveling with me)[/li][li]Spanish notebook[/li][li]2 Spanish textbooks[/li][li]several pens and pencils[/li][li]cell phone[/li][li]Ipod Nano[/li][/ul]
Wallet
Packet of tissues
Cell phone
Comb
Tube of anti-itch cream
Chapstick
Pencil
small box with advil inside
A check I need to deposit (if I could just remember to go to the bank already - no, the check isn’t for very much)
Trial size of Crest Glide dental floss
3 Pink Bismuth (store brand Pepto) tablets
1 Ricola - cherry flavor, I think
1 paper clip
My little card case carries license, heath ins card, AAA card, credit card, a little cash. I don’t wear makeup or refix my hair so I don’t need any of that stuff. I did carry a bag at the fair the other day which held water and snacks, but that’s unusual.
It’s been so long since I touched it. I think it has a hairbrush, some dental floss, and some loose change. I own one just in case I ever really need to carry one.
My wallet, keys, and cell phone are in my pockets. I carry a book bag to work and back for books and papers. Sometimes that has a pen or sodas or my lunch.
Unfortunately, at the moment what it contains is the remains of the banana that I forgot was in there and piled a 3-ring binder on top of. Which reminds me, I need to clean that up before I head home.
