To ask what's in your handbag ?

[rubymallorywhite]

Need some distraction from the horrors of real life !

Was just hunting in my handbag & wondering if it's just me that carries all this nonsense about !?

Amongst the usual everything but the kitchen sink I seem to be carrying :

A set of 3 Juggling balls

A Tupperware dish full of green teabags (I never drink green tea)

A mooncup (Clean)

An aux cable (Ipod to car)

A pair of socks (Adult, Clean)

Any advances ?

[steff13]

Wallet with cards, cash, ID, etc.
My Neighbor Totoro change purse with change and a tiny manatee carved out of a stone
Makeup bag with 2 lip balms, 5 lip glosses, a tiny tube of aquaphor, and a tiny tube of mascara
Keys
Cell phone
Clippy thing to hang my purse from the table when I'm at a restaurant
Band-aids
Antibacterial wipes
Regular wipes
Tissues
Army man
Two pens (one I stole from Lahey's Bar!)
Checkbook
Lena Cup (unused)
Green Tea Mints
Cough Drops

[steff13]

Oh, also a small reusable carrier bag with sharks on it.

OP, did you know you can look up youtube videos where women show you all the things they have in their purses?

[QueenofLouisiana]

Took me a while to get the courage to rummage through mine- I normally skim the top layer only!
Purse
2 packets of tissues
Box of calpol sachets
2 emery boards
a mini torch
2 mascaras
Lipstick- nude (freebie with a magazine)
Sachet of bio freeze gel
Ibuprofen
Bag for life
Pens
Markers for marking books
Business cards for writing appointments on
Mini baby bel cheeses (eh??)
Out of date discount voucher for Pizza Express

Just realised why I have neck and shoulder pains....

[DixieDarling]

Laptop
Random bits of paper/receipts/tissues
Lip balm, essential make-up, mirror, hair clips and hair bands
Passport
Keys
2 phones
About 6 usb drives
Toddler snack wrappers
An umbrella

Yes, it's far tooh heavy and I'm probably doing myself a mischief.

[Stevenhydesafro1]

Purse
Tissues
Empty syringe
Meds
Phone
Charger
Spare glasses
Glasses cleaner
Full syringe
Pens notebook

[Shesinfashion]

Make up bag containing face powder, lipstick, lip balm, lip brush, compact mirror.
Body spray.
Work pass.
Keys.
Hairbrush.
Screwed up shop receipts.
Purse.
Nook.
Phone.
Lemsip cold and flu caplets.
E cig and spare battery.
Half a bottle of water.

[Saurus72]

Blimey, I feel very restrained compared to PP's. I change my bag numerous times each week so detritus doesn't really get time to build up. These are pretty much my every day essentials.

Diary
Coin purse
iPad mini
Make-up bag - containing lip balm, lipstick, lip gloss, hand cream, small mirror
Ibuprofen
Paracetamol
Mobile phone x 2 (work and personal)
Notepad
pen
diary
anti-bac wipes
tissues
tictacs
gum
granola bar
pouch containing tampons

[hufflebottom]

Removable Hard drive
Sample pot -empty I will add
Maternity notes
Tissues
Car keys
Letters from school
Purse
Door keys
iPod wire

[PeekABooPinky101]

H haven't looked today, but I will give this advice - I'll let you guess how I learnt.

Don't pick up hand bag, stick hand in to feel for keys and do that little jiggle to hear them without actually taking out the keys you have felt and heard to check what they are.

Getting back to the front door to find the keys you have been carrying around are in fact, some random, never seen before, 'toy' keys your mother gave to your dd to play with are not helpful for getting back into the house you are now stood outside of.

Thankfully, I did manage to pick up my mobile so I could call my Mum to rescue me. the home phone doesn't work outside the front of the house, I've learnt that the hard way too

[CakeNinja]

Purse
Vaseline
Handgel
Lighter

[HippyChickMama]

Work pens
Fob watch
Massive clothes cutters
Work pass
Stethoscope
Hair bands
Doughnut (of the hair variety)
Sanitary towels
Notebook
Lip balm
Purse
Paracetamol
Tissues
2 lighters
Gaston from Ben and Holly
Sippy cup

[BoboChic]

Purse (quite large, containing cards/driving licence/stash of metro tickets as well as cash)
Sunglasses in case
Hairbrush
Lipstick
Pen
Keys
iPhone

[lborgia]

I want a bag like pp that sounded like Selfridges beauty hall, but since having to give up big bag for small but perfectly formed bag it can't happen.

I really did do myself a mischief with too heavy a handbag requiring weeks of physio/painkillers and a wonky bag. Let me be a lesson to your!

Wallet
Notebook for lists
4 pens
Half a pack of Werthers originals
Controlled drugs that must be kept in a locked cupboard 1.5m from the ground (and yet i have to take every 4 hours so how's that supposed to work )
Passport (just realised, together with the drugs, i really ought to be on the run)
Hairbrush
Referral letter for doctors appt in January
Reading glasses
Sunglasses
Phone
IPad and headphones so i can study at hairdressers (snap! pp)
Anti nausea drugs
Leaflet on domestic violence

[Gobletofgin]

Work rucksack:
Information leaflets and worksheets
Notepad
Pencil case
Diary
Umbrella
Reusable bag
Hand gel
Anti bac wipes
Lip balm
Hairbrush
Purse of tampons
Post its
ID badge on lanyard
Work phone
iPhone
Tissues
Purse
Empty sushi box
Empty crisp packet
A spoon
Bottle of water
Makeup bag containing painkillers, plasters etc

Weekend bag:
Christmas shopping notepad
Umbrella
Reusable bags
Tissues
Painkillers
Purse of tampons
Millions of receipts and vouchers
A squashed packet of biscuits
Pens
Print out of a click and collect order that I picked up a week ago

I like to have everything I might possibly need with me at all times!

[wallywobbles]

Small notebook
3 small folders for receipts for different companies
3 cheque books for different accounts
Purse
Set of half size felt tips
3 pens
Mini photo album 5 cm by 4 cm approx
Mini sewing kit
Medical card and insurance

V small handbag about A5 size.

Phone has all my crap on it on Evernote.

[Cheesymonster]

Purse
Diary and small notebook
Pen
Keys
Phone
Small pouch containing earphones and charger cable
Power bank
Pouch containing lip balm, hand cream, hand sanitizer, nail file, nail clippers, hair bands and clips
Another lip balm
Tissues
Oil blotting sheets
Hairbrush/mirror combo
Painkillers
Gum
Watch
If DD is with me, spare knickers and leggings as she's recently potty trained and I'm a nervous mother!

[MummaV]

Purse
Phone (unless I'm on it)
Keys
E-cig case with spare battery and liquid
2 lighters
Contact lens case
Tangle tamer hair brush
Benefit benetint tinted lip balm
Bb cream
Face powder
Tissues
Umbrella
Folded reusable bag
A ton of receipts
An empty box of ibuprofen
A spare dummy
One baby sock

Really should empty it out and start again soon.

[MagicalHamSandwich]

Umbrella
2 laptops
Phone
Wallet
Set of keys
2 lipsticks I thought I'd lost
Empty pack of cigs
Several lighters
An expenses envelope I should have mailed off last week
Various receipts, loose
A pack of Ibuprofen
A pair of socks (clean)
Bottle of water
Several tampons, wrapped but loose
Assorted chocolates I was gifted, some half melted
Chewing gum
Several unidentifiable at first sight crumpled pieces of paper which may or may not be important

... I'm definitely clearing out my handbag this weekend, thanks for the reminder, OP!

[bookbook]

purse
cheque book
manicure set
mirror
lipstick
leather wallet with driving licence/insurance docs
3 fold up bags for life
paracetamol/ibuprofen
polo mints
dental floss
ricola cough sweets
notepad
spare glasses
2 packets tissues
sanitary towels
Boxed fountain pen and biro
keys on a strap
post office card to pick up parcel tomorrow
pair of gloves
2 tape measures

less there than usual! :)

[TheGoldenApplesOfTheSun]

Let me see...

A pack of tissues
Alcohol wipe stuff
Make-up removing face wipes
Vaseline
A Swiss Army Knife ( never know when you might need to remove stones from a horses hoof...)
A pen
Business cards
MP3 player & headphones
Ibuprofen
Cocodamol
Paracetamol
Sanitary pads
My inhaler
A Nakd bar
Purse
Wallet with cards
A little torch
My tablet

And, EW! An apple that must have been in there a couple of weeks! chucks it out, holds nose Thank you thread for prompting me to get rid of that!!

Handbags really are like Tardises...

[TheRattleBag]

Make up bag (compact foundation, a couple of lipsticks, comb, hair ties, emery board, tweezers, nail scissors, paracetamol, lip balm)
Small notebook with pen attached
Phone
Reading glasses in case (getting on a bit now!)
Small pencil case just big enough for my set of three posh pens (that I think I should use more but end up reverting to Papermate Inkjoy bright pink biro)
Purse
Separate credit card wallet ('cos there's never enough slots in a purse)
Part packet of tissues (balsam)
Tampax and panty liners
Spare paper napkins (in case a public loo is paperless!)
A drip mat from Friends of Ham in Leeds
A small hip flask of rusty nail (whisky/Drambuie mix).

Not sure whether to be proud or ashamed of the booze....!

[OfficeGirl1969]

USB phone cable
Purse (broken/empty)
Four (yes, four!) lip salves
About a fiver in assorted change (see above broken purse.....)
Lots of chewing gum
A 10p piece that OH ran over with a train many years ago....I'm not sure if it's really lucky but I daren't chuck it out just in case)
Bits of chicken feed
Phone
Two dead pens
A4 sheet containing a poem
A suspicious looking wrap of silver foil which looks like illegal substances but is actually a snip of fur from the cat (best not to ask....)

[FattyFishwife]

I like handbags with many MANY pockets

I have the main pocket which contains,

purse,
mobile phone
keys to mine
keys to my mums
folding hairbrush
bobble
tissues (used and unused)
counterfeit note checking pen
lego men
lego pieces
chewing gum
2 pairs of scissors
trolley tokens
loose change
receipts
broken earring
christmas head dress/headband thing

side pocket
sanitary towels
spare knickers (mine)

other side pocket
mini deodorant
cheque book
tickets stubs from a challenge cup final (2014)
antic bac gel (mini)
cork from my 10th wedding anniversary champagne (weve been married for 24 years next year)
another pair of scissors
more bobbles
spare pair of undies for my DC (age 1-2 (hes now 6!!)
dog poo bags

other side pocket
first aid kit containing
plasters
surgical tape
anti depressants
anti anxiety tabs
rennies
paracetamol
co-codamol extra strength
brufen
zolmitriptan (for migraines)
anti histamines
sachet of calpol
also....
lipstick
concealer
eye shadow
mirror compact
face powder
more chewing gum

mini front pocket
sewing kit,
guardian angel talisman

other mini front pocket
nail file,
emery boards (multiple)
folding manicure kit keyring thing

[steff13]

Oh, I also have sunglasses in a case and a Hello Kitty mirror.

[kelper]

I like this thread :)
A phone
A card purse
A coin/notes purse
Several lip balms
A normal pen
A felt tip pen (pink)
A mini iPhone speaker
A sanitary towel (un-used)
Some root beer flavoured sweets
A lolly stick (empty)
Sometimes my car keys
Random loose change
Some plasters from going to London in the summer in possibly blister causing shoes
Receipts
A Lego man
Some tissues