What's in your handbag?

[AllGoodDogs]

I'm in the market for a new handbag. I love the look of the bigger hobo style bag but I don't seem to carry much around with me these days as my kids are older. Don't need to take any work stuff with me either so I don't really need the space, I just like the look of them.

So, what's in your everyday handbag?

My bag is a tip! Let's have a look...
Dubious looking tissues
Lip balm
Folded up carrier bag
A pencil sharpener
Pecs cards
A Sharpie
3 black pens
Headphones
Various bits of scrap paper with notes scribbled on
A moam sweet
2 pence
A plaster
A plastic potato
A pen drive

Think I need to clean out my bag
(My keys and phone live in my coat pocket)

Right now...

Wallet
Keys
Phone
Mini toiletries bag (lip balm/concealer/scissors/tablets/hair bobbles/Kirby grips/tissues/compact mirror etc)
Notebook
Pen
Work passEs
Work locker keys
Umbrella
Sunglasses
Reusable water bottle
Reusable coffee cup
Hand sanitiser
Hand cream
Battery pack
Phone charger
Headphones
Chewing gum
Mini perfume
Muesli bar

I’ve never been a small handbag person. Need to offload some of this to my work locker 😂

I popped into town once with nothing but my phone once and Android Pay, it was so freeing, don’t know why I don’t that more often!

Purse, comb, invisibobble, phone, lip balm, lipstick, small bottle of water and a tissue.

Then in the car there's a canvas tote bag with, hand wipes, phone charger, umbrella or sunglasses depending on the weather, hand gel, bottle of water, ibuprofen, snack bar and a small make up bag.

In the make up bag, lip gloss, powder, small powder brush, blusher, tiny blending sponge, concealer and mascara.

All of you with makeup bags are blowing my mind!! Do you put your normal one in your bag after doing your face in the morning, or is it a duplicate bag for touchups?

2 nappies
Wet wipes
calpol
Baby neck scarf
Toy

Small umbrella
Keys
Cards holder ( I hardly carry cash)
Concealer
Hand sanitizer
Phone

Basically all in a nappy backpack

At the moment I am in a small bag phase.

Purse
Small purse holding two sets of keys
Phone
Lip balm x 2
Breath freshener spray
Sunglasses

I don’t have small children any longer, so there is no child-related paraphernalia to lug around.

I carry my make up bag and a whole lot of other crap to work and back in a second work tote, day to day. I’m off this week though so no need for that.

My work bag would have at least these things and probably a fair few more that I can’t remember:

Make up bag
Make up wipes
Perfume
Compact mirror
Small purse with tampons
Lip balms x 5 or 6
Brush
Second pair of sunglasses
A diary and pen
One or two books
Scarf/hat

On make up question:

I have a fair bit of make up, so my make up bag for work is just a small selection which makes up my basic day-to-day look. I change the items out here and there as the seasons change or as I want different looks. I do my make up in the morning and bring the bag along for touch ups, so they are not duplicate items.

Oh, I also always carry a packet of tissues, a mirror, my car keys and my work fob in my actual handbag.

Allgood I put make up bits in the separate little bag after using it in the morning. Don't keep my make up in a bag in the house.

I always have an umbrella and sunglasses - I live in Scotland and you just never know!

Keys go in pockets if possible.

In bag there's purse, mobile, cheque book, pen, pencil, diary, tissues, small plastic case of dried-up wet wipes, local A-Z street map, spare batteries for hearing aids, cough sweets. mini shoe horn, small nail-clippers (from a Christmas cracker), driving licence, photocopy of motor insurance certificate, appointment card for hospital. Small fold-up shopping bag on strap. All in various compartments.
It's a medium sized bag which packs a punch!

I don't have a handbag, but I do carry around a tote bag filled with baby wipes, tissues and when I pick DS2 up, Bear, juice and a snack.🐻🍗

Purse
Phone (If I am wearing something without pockets)
Earphones
Work Pass
Keys
Assorted migraine tablets
Too many lipsticks
Spare contacts
glasses case (if not wearing contacts that day)
Reading glasses (tiny perch on the nose types) for days I'm wearing contacts (Yes, I'm getting old)
Swiss Army knife
A few "Woman=Adult Human Female" stickers for opportunistic moments

purse
sunnies
keys
Oyster card
small pack tissues
several lip balms
water bottle
coffee keep-cup
Kindle
umbrella
woolly hat
Pret napkins
sundry ancient receipts
paracetamol
plasters
hand cream
cloth bag for excess shoppping
It's a big bag

• shopping

In my bag right niw:
Purse
Phone
Keys
Work keys and pager
Mints
Dog poo bags
A little note pad
A billion pens
A kinder egg
San pro
A hair elastic
Some Kirkby grips
Paracetamol, antihistamines and a couple of plasters
A pack of mini wax crayons
A foldable shopping bag
Hand sanitizer
It's a big bag and I can never find anything in it

Phone
Purse
Keys
Small pack of wet wipes
Small pack of tissues
Hand sanitiser
Spare contact lenses
Insulin
Paracetamol
2 lighters (one working, working broken)
A pen

I use a quite utilitarian Kipling bag most days.

I change my bag regularly which helps keep,the clutter down..

At the moment I have

Purse
Make up bag with medications, tampons, nail file (but no make up)
Small hairbrush
Work keys
Letter to post on way to work tomorrow
Phone
Twix

@TurnOffTheTv you are definitely not alone - all I need is my phone (with my access card strapped to the back of it) and I'm good to go!

Purse
Keys
Book
Bullet Journal
2 phones (work and personal)
Travelcard
Lip Balm
Lip Stick
Tissues
Pens
Umbrella
Mints
Tampons
Work pass

So damn heavy!

Fucking loads....

Snood
Deodorant
Purse 1
Purse 2
Manicure set
Fold up carrier bag
gloves
body spray
hairbrush
watch

Phone
Purse
Pen x2
Lip Gloss
Lip Balm
Tampon x2
Hair band
Lemsip x2*
Strepsils*
Tissues*

*Additions due to Lurgy.

The bigger the bag the more crap I put in it, always a cross body bag so my arms are free.

Keys, purse, phone, phone charger, wireless headphones, wired earbuds (for work), work notebook and pens, mints, tissues, little makeup bag containing powder, concealer and brush, comb, stretchy sensory toy, a Sylvanian hedgehog, a six-month-old copy of the London Review of Books (unread) and my Kindle. And that’s only the legitimate stuff - I dread to think what else is in there.

Don’t do it, the bigger the bag, the more shit you’ll carry around! I have to have a large bag for work but end up using it on weekends etc too. I have:

Keys x 2
Purse
Makeup bag
Child’s red book
Pencil case
Mints
Deodorant
Diary x 2
Phone charger
My work badge/lanyard/ID
A nappy
Socks
18203927293038373 receipts.

A big bag would be wasted in me. All I carry in my handbag is my purse, phone, tissues & reading glasses.