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What stuff are you toting around in your bag today?

29 replies

warmandwooly · 14/09/2011 09:56

Whistles scarf
Personal casette/ radio player
Anya Hindmarch coin purse
Oushka purse
USB stick
Smythson notbook
4
Space NK lip balm
Headphones
Pen
Charity shop donation bag

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Jlolookalike · 14/09/2011 10:00

Pocket Tissues
Maybelline Lipgloss
Little Mirror
Two Plasters
Fruitella
Purse
Keys
A little angel object
Mobile

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ChunkyMonkeyMother · 14/09/2011 10:22

Phone
No brand purse which keeps wiping all the metal strips on my cards
Paper
Reciepts for about 3 months worth of shopping
Pens
Crayons
Nappies
Sand
Old lipstick destroyed by DS
Notepad
Diary
Bottle of water for me and DS
Keys - About 3 seperate sets
Painkillers
Wipes
Lots of bits of paper - Some containing used chewing gum some not ha ha

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NewChoos · 14/09/2011 10:27

Nappies & wipes
Nappies bags
Muslin
Change of clothes for DS
Black purse (very old M&S)
Molton brown handcream (sample)
Nivea lipbalm
Clinique Lipgloss
Compact
Gucci perfume
Hair band
A chocolate mini roll (for emergency use)
Bottle of water
A blue rabbit rattle

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RockStockAndTwoOpenBottles · 14/09/2011 10:33

Vaseline lip stuff
Dior lip gloss
Baby nail clippers
Mini bottle of Issy Miyake (sp)
Pens
Tiny wee hair bands for DD3
Various hair clips
Yanko purse
CrackBerry
Nokia
Spare pair of knickers for DD3 just in case.

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madammecholet · 14/09/2011 10:44

Bottle of Prosecco (for emergency use)
mac plush glass lip gloss
iphone
everything balm by trilogy
Alli weight lost pills
moleskin diary

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NewChoos · 14/09/2011 10:50

Good idea re Prosecco - will remove nappy wipes to make space.

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Catsmamma · 14/09/2011 10:50

mdmecholet....liking your style

in mine:
cinema tickets (One Day....blah) + Odeon Mag
dog lead, poo bags, bits of kitchen roll
SLR
plus actual handbag containing purse, filofax, makeupbag, more poo bags, dog biscuits, car keys, phone, ooooh and spare car keys.

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NightLark · 14/09/2011 10:54

Muslin cloth for wiping DD2s baby sick,
Skip-hop changing mat thingy with space for nappies and wipes,
purse (Radley, if that makes a difference),
keys and other set of keys (had been wondering where they were),
lots of receipts,
2 birthday cards in need of posting,
a fold up hairbrush for stealth attacks on DD1s dandelion mop of hair,
Mobile phone,
spare pants for DD1 as she is 2.6 and still has the occasional accident.

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shesparkles · 14/09/2011 10:59

Radley purse
pink filofax and pen
work pass
keys
hair bobble (mine)
painkillers
back-up of prescription meds (work shifts and it can be easy to forget to take them at home)
apple
chewing gum
Armani She perfume
handcream
nailfile
birthday card to post

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Francagoestohollywood · 14/09/2011 10:59

Mobile
A very old purse, I find myself unable to replace
A cards holder
Sunglasses
USB stick
bits of paper
House keys
Wipes
Fluff

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WhereTheWildThingsWere · 14/09/2011 11:03

Notebook
Sanitary towel
Muslin
Tissues
Chocolate (dc's)
Panadol
Paracetamol
Asprin
Gaviscon
Plasters
Purse
Sunnies
Glasses
Keys
Camera
Baby wipes
Hairbrush
Perfume
Handcream
Baby salve
Aloe vera gel
Tiny moisturizer
Arnica stick
4 x Lancome juicy tubes
Lip balm
Mobile
2 x pens
Poo bags
Torch
Fun size smarties

I like to be prepared Grin

Amazingly my bag is pretty small, but with impressive tardis qualities.

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madammecholet · 14/09/2011 11:04

A bottle of Prosecco can get you out of so many scrapes: thirst, turning up to a coffee morning/book club empty handed, traffic jams, waiting for kids to come out of school, 5pm boredom....I could go on....Grin

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madammecholet · 14/09/2011 11:06

wherethewildthingswere is this <a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=massive+handbag&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=UfS&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&biw=1280&bih=628&tbm=isch&tbnid=gxWHKNUBn4pPtM:&imgrefurl=www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1312246/Rachel-Bilson-takes-oversized-handbag-look-far-gigantic-tote.html&docid=0jesBYS9I5zYEM&w=468&h=664&ei=bXxwTqn0IsyOswaXscT9Bg&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=316&page=1&tbnh=157&tbnw=111&start=0&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:5,s:0&tx=61&ty=59" rel="nofollow noindex" target="_blank">you

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Ooopsadaisy · 14/09/2011 11:11

No bag - just pocket.

Phone
Keys
An apple.

I am a simple being.

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WhereTheWildThingsWere · 14/09/2011 11:12

madammecholet you just made me spit museli on my keyboard.



Bag only measures 10 x 8 x 7 (just measured it).

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AmazingBouncingFerret · 14/09/2011 11:14

Purse
Work keys
Car keys
DS birth certificate
Several euros and a US quarter rattling around at the bottom of bag
Various receipts
X2 Boots No7 £5 vouchers
20 lambert and butler
purple sparkly lighter
dodgy green lighter that doesnt work but is always the one I grab first
3 pairs of latex gloves swiped from work
open packet of sour skittles
sachets of sugar from M&S cafe
AA battery
A random pokemon monster
A dummy

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aftereight · 14/09/2011 11:18

Keys
iPhone
Lipstick
Purse
Spare trousers & pants (for DS, not me)
Nappy sack
Potty (can you see a theme developing?)
Voucher for Outfit
4 toy cars
Hand gel
Pen
Glasses
Tampons

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madammecholet · 14/09/2011 11:27

GrinGrin

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HeavyHeidi · 14/09/2011 11:46

Do I dare to look...

iPhone
Blackberry (never trust a person with more than 1 phone, they say)
Bunch of business cards
Earrings and necklace (took them off before gym yesterday, still in the bag)
G workpermit for Switzerland
Purse
iPod
2 hairbrushes (why??) and a comb
perfume
3 capsules for nespresso machine
eye drops
nail polish (no idea why)
no wait, 2 nail polishes - like I would ever paint my nails on the go?
Touche Eclat
no wait, 3 nail polishes?? This is just ridiculous..
2 nail files (can you tell I have a thing about my nails?)
spare Acuvue TruEye lenses
50 Singapore Cents (I was there 2 years ago, I really should clean my bag more often)
1 US dollar
tissues
couple of tampons
car keys
remote network access thingy
8 (!!) pens
5(!!) Dior lipglosses


Guess what I will be doing this evening..

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gregssausageroll · 14/09/2011 13:07

Ok. Small bag today as I leave stuff at work during the week but

blackberry
pens
tampax
medication
purse
2 flapjacks
keys

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cakeymakey · 14/09/2011 16:20

Laptop
Kidston Purse
Business cards
Sanny towels
Plastic Nappy bag
contact lens case
i pod earphones
half a packet of spearmint softmints
phone
lego atlantis man
pen
paracetamol
3 bent paper clips

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Quenelle · 14/09/2011 16:21

A cagoule.

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brighthair · 14/09/2011 18:28

LV purse
20 cigarettes
1 working lighter, 1 non working lighter
Tissues
Pack cotton wool pads
Mini make up bag holding tampax, various painkillers/prescription tablets
Hair bobble
Clinique superbalm gloss in grapefruit
iPod
Optrex eye spray
J lo la glow perfume
Glasses cleaning cloth
Padlock and key
Natio mineral lip butter
Illamasqua concealer
Guerlain kiss kiss gloss in 805

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JohnniesBitch · 14/09/2011 20:47

House keys
Car keys
Work keys
Orla kiely purse
iPhone
4 Pens
2 lipstick one Avon and one Chanel
Tissues
Travel pack of wipes
Assorted coins us, euros and sterling that have fallen out of my purse
A toy car
Barbies hair brush
Minnie mouses shoe
Mascara
Hair brush & assorted hair bands and clips

I cheated and cleared out the receipts and used tissues before listing items lol.

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jumpyjan · 14/09/2011 21:17

many many old receipts
Radley wallet stuffed with more old receipts
5 biros
2 highlighter pens
couple of old shopping lists
couple of to do lists (i like lists)
work pass
sunglasses
glasses
tampons
panty liners
paracetomol
strepsils
a boring work related magazines
various random bits of paper and letters
banana
hairbrush
lipgloss
ink stains

I need to tidy my bag.

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