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OonaLoona2 · 06/10/2016 13:09

Just decided to clear mine out. Inside was:

Purse
Few loose coins
Tissues
Muslin
Vaseline
4 lipsticks
Pair of children's socks
2 pairs children's knicker (clean)
1 adult sock
Tweezers
Half pack of wet wipes
Polo's
Chewing gum
Several kinder egg toys
9 tsum tsums
1 coaster
1 bolt
I (small) door hinge
Car keys
Sanitary pads
Paracetamol
2 conkers
Several leaves
1 (small) stick
Trolley coin
Cocktail umbrella
Hand sanitizer
Deodorant
Diary
2 biros
Tealight
Several thousand screwed up receipts

I've lost the will to live and chucked it all back in Hmm

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MrGrumpy01 · 06/10/2016 13:14

How big is your handbag?

I have
Purse
hand sanitizer
3 reusable bags
comb
Pens
Work/school id badges
tape measure
lip balm
tissues
paracetamol
notebook
hair stuff (daughter)

I chucked some bit out as I wrote this - including some sachets of tomato ketchup that was left over from Burger King yesterday.

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baffledmummy · 06/10/2016 13:20

Purse, hairbrush, keys, phone, lipbalm - that's all. I've just been out without my 14 month DD and it was a treat to take a normal size handbag and be able to find things!
The change bag however...that's a different story. If I look hard enough I suspect I would find everything I have ever lost in there.

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KingJoffreysRestingCuntface · 06/10/2016 13:21

I currently have The Satanic Bible in mine.

Do I win?

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OonaLoona2 · 06/10/2016 13:24

My bags not massive, just a cath kidston tote type thing.
Ah baffled, I remember the changing bag days well - I'm not long out of them. In fact I think I just stuffed it in a cupboard without emptying it or checking what was inside!

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Topseyt · 06/10/2016 13:26

Purse, phone, comb, sanpro, car keys, a few nappy sacks for picking up after the dogs when out. A ballpoint pen.

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MrsRobbStark · 06/10/2016 13:30

Usually I have lots of random stuff in mine but i cleared it out last week.

Purse
House keys
Work keys
Tangle teaser
Comb
Back combing brush
Bobby pins
Hair ties
Lipstick
Lipliner
Wages slips
Mints
Hairspray
Phone charging cable
Pens
And chocolate Blush

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steff13 · 06/10/2016 13:32

Wallet
My Neighbor Totoro Change Purse
Makeup Bag (7 Lip Glosses/Balms, 1 Mascara, 1 Small Tube of Aquaphor, 2 Tweezers)
Multi-Tool
Gum
Hello Kitty Mints
Hand Sanitizer
iPod
Hand Lotion
Small First Aid Kit
Stun Gun
Keys
Sunglasses

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SallyGardens · 06/10/2016 13:32

Card wallet with a tenner tucked in
Phone
Pen
DS's dyspraxia card
Tweezers
Chequebook
Earbuds
A few loose coins
A couple of Band-Aids

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Soubriquet · 06/10/2016 13:33

Urm nothing

I don't have a handbag Grin

I carry everything in my coat pocket

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steff13 · 06/10/2016 13:33

Oh also:
Pen
Checkbook
Menstrual Cup

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tibbawyrots · 06/10/2016 13:35

Kitchen sink I think!

Purse
Loyalty card wallet
Passport
Foreign currency wallet (empty)
Headphones
USB cable
Kindle
Tissues
Hand sanitiser
Feminine wipes
Tampons
Comb
Hair bobbles
Hair clamp
Eyeliner
Eyeshadow
Powder
Gloss
Chapstick
Toothpaste
Toothbrush (travel size)
Deodorant
Body spray
Phone charger
Keys
Mints
Gum
Dairy milk
Emery boards
Pen
Notebook
Mini Sharpie (no idea why!)
Salt sachets

Think I'm ready to run away on holiday at short notice! Grin

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foamybananasweets · 06/10/2016 13:41

I'd lost my work keys once so my boss tipped out my handbag before I could stop her. Turns out I had a sprouting potato in the bottom Blush. Other notable items were, a full set of Teletubbies, a pair of child's pants and a Christmas bauble (it was the summer)

I am currently carrying (amongst loads of other shite) 400 Brazilian Reais (about £70) despite it being 6 years at least since I went to Brazil. No idea why I have them!

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HairsprayBabe · 06/10/2016 13:41

purse
keys
4 lipsticks
2 lipbalms
ibuprofen
chewing gum
empty packets of gum and mints
loose coins
bodyform
hair grips
cuticle stick
headphones
gloves
phone
2 pens
3 broken pens
bus pass
kwells
torch
3425 old receipts
4634 old shopping lists
Bag for life
concealer
perfume
work pass
perfume
small luggage lock
random business cards

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SpuriouserAndSpuriouser · 06/10/2016 13:43

I actually cleared my handbag out yesterday, it was a mess of old reciepts, shopping lists, the occasional chocolate bar wrapper, a small pack of screws, 4 pens in varying working order, and 3 forks (from when I have taken a lunch to work and then dumped the fork in my bag and promptly forgotten it. The Tupperware luckily always makes it back out, I am not a total slattern...)

Now it just has normal things in:

Vaseline
Diary
Chewing gum
Polos
Hair brush
Water bottle
Work ID badge
Travel card
Purse
Tissues
Glasses case
Tampons

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MrsMiniaturePixie · 06/10/2016 14:13

Purse
Phone
Make up bag
Kindle
School letters
Wage slips
Swimming gala meet pack
Water bottle
Lunch box
Brush and bobbles
Dry shampoo
Umbrella
Shopping voucher wallet
Receipts ( lots)
Bodyforms
Eye drops
Fold up shopping bag
2 watches
Hair slides
Anadin
Chewing gum
Apple
Wonder why my back hurts😒

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witsender · 06/10/2016 14:19

Huge bag:
Phone (with debit card and a few notes in case)
Coin purse
Mini first aid kit (also has headache tabs etc)
Lip balm
Tissues
Couple of small packs of raisins
Car key on a clip
Diary
Pen

Normally a bottle of water in there too. If just going out for a few hours I normally just shove phone and lip balm in a pocket.

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foxessocks · 06/10/2016 14:23

Nappies
Wipes
Spare outfit for dd
Spare vest for ds
Dribble bib
Lip balm
Purse
Phone
Contact lenses case and solution
Glasses
Breast pads
Thank you cards I haven't given out yet
Cardigan
Dd drink
Sunglasses

Before kids I had a tiny bag with purse and phone!

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BaldricksWife · 06/10/2016 14:30

Passport (well, you never know), empty plastic carrier bag (meanie), purse, 3x 4'' nails, overcheck gag and 4x 12v bulbs.

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MarklahMarklah · 06/10/2016 14:32

Purse
Small pack tissues
1/8 pack baby wipes
Cereal bar (Adult)
Roll of chewy mints
Two foldable/compact shopping bags
Nail file
Panty liner
3 tampons, varying absorbancies
Strip of paracetamol tablets
Gaviscon tablets
Lip salve
Small umbrella
6 pens

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StillRabbit · 06/10/2016 14:36

I have a lot if handbags and change the one I'm using frequently and I find it keeps my bags fairly uncluttered. I switched to today's bag on Monday. Current contents-

Purse (quite large and full of crap)
Hairbrush
Mobile
Fold up shopping bag
Nail file
Two pens
Rosary beads
1 packet each of my medications
Spare tights

If I was out my keys would be in there too...

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HeyMicky · 06/10/2016 14:36

Purse
Keys
Lipgloss
Tissues
Tampons
Inhaler
Phone
Umbrella
Work pass

And a plastic syringe from DD's doctors kit

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user1474625604 · 06/10/2016 14:43

Oh god... I've cut mine down recently but right now;
-Phone
-Phone charger
-Kindle
-Hairspray
-Sunglasses/Case
-Purse
-Matching umbrella (darned Cath Kidston addiction!)
-Receipts (numerous)
-LED headtorch
-2 festival bands
-4 pens
-2 pencils
-Online banking PIN thing
-Tampons
-Business cards
-Tape measure
-Penknife
-Make up bag (4 lipsticks, 3 lip balms, 2 eyeliner pencils, 1 eyeliner pen, 1 brow pencil/tint, mini mirror, mini hairbrush, eyelash/eyebrow brush)
-Apple
-Chewing gum
-Water bottle
-Co-codamol
-Paracetamol
-Ibuprofen
-Knee brace
-Small tube of Uddermint (better than Deep Heat anyday!)

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user1474625604 · 06/10/2016 14:45

Plus car keys, spare truck keys, house keys (front and back) and sets of barn keys for all three.

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GaryGilmoresEyes · 06/10/2016 14:51

Mentos
Two mobiles
Mini laptop
Pink pebble charger
Hi Vis vest
Safety gloves
Baling twine
Four white topped urine specimen bottles (empty)
Keys
Torch
A pencil sharpener
Eye liner
Sunglasses
Lip balm
Ibruprohen
Hair bands
Small fold up brush and mirror
Purse
A bounty bar
Cheese sandwich (squashed)
Two boxes of zoflora
Deodorant
I have a huge chloe shopper and a sore shoulder!

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CalmYaTits · 06/10/2016 14:51

Narnia

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