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What is in your handbag?

52 replies

Reinventinganna · 25/01/2021 21:00

I need to sort out my handbag. The inside resembles a skip.
What are your handbag essentials?

I realise people may not be using them so much now so maybe pre coronavirus!

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peapotter · 25/01/2021 21:03

You’re right! I have no idea, I haven’t used it in nearly a year. Probably some very sticky old sweets.

Heybeendyingtomeetyou · 25/01/2021 21:05

Lip balm, breath freshener, neom pulse point destress, tissues, purse, address book, pen, loose change/trolley £1 and, these days, hand sanitiser and an emergency mask.

Didicat · 25/01/2021 21:05

Same as you a lot of detritus and a scientific spatula that has never seen the inside of a lab was a freebie at a conference but makes a handy knife or spoon - probably the most random thing that been in my handbag 10+ years

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Chalkcheese · 25/01/2021 21:08

Purse
Keys
Phone
Headphones
Hand gel
Face masks, and a small bag to put dirty masks in
Lip balm
Suncream
An emergency sanitary towel
My emergency medication in a little bag
Sunglasses
Small pack of anti viral/bac wipes

WaitingOnTheDaffodils · 25/01/2021 21:11

I’m not sure if these are essentials but here’s the contents of mine:-

Burts Bees lip balm
Glass nail file
Dog poo bags
Daisy perfume
11 hair bands
Kirby grips
Gloves
Various receipts
4 zip lock bags (I put used masks in them)
Driving glasses
Alcohol wipes
Hand cream
Mini hair spray
Foldable hair brush
Car keys
Tissues
Mini lack of wet wipes
Purse

6demandingchildren · 25/01/2021 21:16

Glasses
Keys
Wipes
Hand sanitiser
Filofax
Work paper's
Mask
Sweetness
Pen
Post office receipts
Shopping receipts.
Work phone.

legalseagull · 25/01/2021 21:17

Not much!

Phone
Purse
Keys
Face mask
Inhaler

(Whole heap of shit in the toddlers changing bag though. Every snack imaginable)

HoobleDooble · 25/01/2021 21:20

It would probably be quicker to list what's not in there! 😁

Resistthethoughtpolice · 25/01/2021 21:21

Don't even know where it is tbh. Use a lap top bag for work and a shopping bag for the shop. Don't go anywhere else.

Prokupatuscrakedatus · 25/01/2021 21:23

face masks + gel
purse + keys
mobile
tablet
earphones + spare, charger
shopping bag
paper diary / journal + pen
meds, comb, nail file
rosary

BathshebaKnickerStickers · 25/01/2021 21:25

Pen
Hair ties
Zippy bag with epipens and 4 of all crisis medication
My kindle
Keys for my Mum and my MIL’s. Houses
Bunch of receipts

GrapefruitGin · 25/01/2021 21:26

I change my handbag frequently depending on what I’m wearing.... so it’s very minimum, purse, keys, lip balm, phone, hand sanny, mask.

Flambola · 25/01/2021 21:32

Filofax
Card holder
Packable shopping bag
Inhaler
Pouch with painkillers/anti-histamines
Pouch with individual hand wipes, poo bag, sanitary towel and plasters
Anti-bac gel
Little travel spray bottle with hypochlorous spray decanted into it
Face mask
Collapsible straw
Lip balm
Sunglasses
Blotting papers
Hand cream
Phone

Sounds like a lot actually but it’s only a small bag.

CornishPastyDownUnder · 25/01/2021 21:32

Handsanitiser,miniwipes, sugar free sweets, tampons&pads&painkillers/antihistamines, zinc stick, pen/mini notepad&post-its in a baggie, another baggie with sweetners, teabags, and diet hot choc sachets..$50 in $5 notes incase of cash emergency..protein powder in a baggie..spare charger cable.
I work across multiple units-so need to be able to sling it all in different bags easily and have my glove box full of protein snacks, gloves and 1st aid/water in boot : ) so further bag extension essentials!

reluctantbrit · 25/01/2021 21:33

Purse, phone, keys, tissues
small pack of wet wipes, boots vouchers, spare hairband for DD

I can fit in my kindle if I am going for longer/knowing I need to wait somewhere.

lachy · 25/01/2021 21:35

Aha! I know whats in mine because I cleared it out yesterday

Purse
Sunglasses
Umbrella
Hand Sanitizer
Mask
Keys
Pen
Tissues
Perfume

My phone will go in there when I leave the house, but at the minute it's very minimalistic. Give me a week though and it'll be a disgrace.

ParkheadParadise · 25/01/2021 21:37

Purse
Lip balm
Hand sanitiser
Rosary Beads
Hair clips
Pen
Bottle of flowerbomb perfume
A miniature bottle of bells whisky??
A packet of paper hankies.

RedSoloCup · 25/01/2021 21:56

Purse
Earphones
Tissues
Dog poop bags
Hand sanitizer
Chewing gum
Lip salve
Hairbands
Spare san pro
These stay in there and add phone and keys when I leave the house

nancybotwinbloom · 25/01/2021 21:57

Phone
Keys
Sanitary towel/tampons
Baby wipes
Perfume
Change
Pen
Umbrella
Lipstick
Unicorn book of my daughters
Charger
Purse

dementedma · 25/01/2021 22:05

I don't own a handbag. My backpack has:
Hand sanitiser
Paracetamol
Inhaler
20p for swimming pool lockers.

Anything else goes in my pockets

Reinventinganna · 27/01/2021 21:35

@ParkheadParadise

Purse Lip balm Hand sanitiser Rosary Beads Hair clips Pen Bottle of flowerbomb perfume A miniature bottle of bells whisky?? A packet of paper hankies.
Whiskey? Grin

Thank you all. Just sorting out my bag but have a terrible habit of filling them with junk and then buying a new one rather than sorting it out.

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SageMist · 27/01/2021 21:38

Do you know, I can't remember what's in my handbag, I haven't used it in nearly a year! I'm actually beginning to wonder if I need one.

lucysmam · 27/01/2021 21:55

Work pass
Purse
Church keys (not thought of a better place instead of cart these about needlessly for almost a year Hmm )
Hand sanitiser
Notebook & pen
Earphones
Lip balm
Little bag with tampons, tissues, paracetamol, compact mirror

Probably a few sweet wrappers - I tend to grab those on the way out of work & there's no bins on the way home.

Probably more random junk too, but not looked properly in a while.

HeyMicky · 27/01/2021 21:58

Purse, phone, keys, tissues, lip balm, hand cream, gum/mints.

Gloves in winter.

Chimeraforce · 27/01/2021 22:08

Purse
Phone
Folded shopper bag
Keys
Lip balm
Small hand gel
Mask