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To ask what's in your handbag ?

100 replies

rubymallorywhite · 03/12/2015 13:55

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 ?

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Shineyshoes10 · 04/12/2015 00:34

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ohtheholidays · 04/12/2015 00:46

Tangle teezer,3 of them for some reason.
Several note pads(christmas lists and don't no what else)I may be addicted.
Chewing gum.
Pens.
Receipts.
Purse.
Make-up bag.
Inhaler,DD's.
2 different types of teething gel,mouth is being stupid and hurting me again.
Body spray.
Hair band.

I only emptied and sorted it a couple of days ago as well. Blush

JaceLancs · 04/12/2015 01:13

Keys
Filofax
Credit card wallet
Purse
Comb
Pen
Pencil
Own mobile phone
Work mobile phone
Glass nail file
Shopping bag in a pouch
Nail clippers
Tweezers
Mirror
Glasses cleaning cloth
Packet of tissues
Tape measure
Memory stick
Driving licence
Plasters
Paracetamol

FeralBeryl · 04/12/2015 01:33

Jeeez it's like playing Crackerjack delving into the bottom of mine! Anyone else old enough to remember Crackerjack ?
Anyway: in order of tippage.....
3 sets of keys
Wipes
Blue tac ball
Wonder Woman torch
Phone charger
Purse
Tampons
Kazoo
Hooker barbie from pound shop
Hydrocortisone cream
Co codamol
Diclofenac
Dummy
Pens X 64567
Letter for Santa to be posted
Hammer?
Tweezers
Business card holder
Scissors
Nail clippers
Lip balm
One child's sock
8 hair bows
1 dinosaur
A tourniquet
Purple kinder egg shit horse thing
Party invitation
Cotton bud - clean but ruined in bag
Chewing gum
Muesli bar
Bottle of water
Tissues
Diet Coke
Sippy cup
Nappy - size 6
Nappy -size 4 (note lack of child requiring a size 4 nappy)
Bouncy ball
Squeezy condensed milk Hmm
Card reader
Diary
Dead smarties/buttons
Glittery lush talc
Comb
Plasters
Fluffy, sticky pennies
Sebastian the Aubergine
I.D badge
Gift card voucher
Seashell
Crab claw
Text book
George Pig (double amputee)

Blush no wonder it feels like I'm dragging a corpse around. My bags are famously heavy.

Chocolateorangegirl · 04/12/2015 01:45

Feral wow Shock.

I'm not too bad but still too much gubbins considering I only started to use this bag recently.

Purse
Umbrella
Biro
Packet of tissues
Opened packet of organix gingerbread men
Inhaler
Receipts (why??)
Mostly finished pack of wipes
Hairbrush
Lip salve
ID card
Epi-pen
Paracetamol strip
Ibuprofen strip
2 X dummies
Ella's kitchen fruit pouch
Diary

I note that I have nothing to eat in there, that'll have to be remedied.

lborgia · 04/12/2015 02:28

Feral I'm wondering if the Co codamol is for your backGrin

Tbh,i would imagine your children have the most lovely time as you seem to Jane every base covered and a tube of condensed milk is genius

lborgia · 04/12/2015 02:29

to have

TeenageWildlife · 04/12/2015 02:43

Reading every list should have put me to sleep, but they are strangely fascinating. Bag downstairs, so no list, but do know that there is a heavy envelope in there of £100 in change. Very heavy change. To give to DM on Saturday and which will lug about all day tomorrow.
Want to know how often people clean out their bags and wallets....

Siwi · 04/12/2015 02:49

Haven't read but I find it to have sugar on me. Some pp don't have it, which i don't mind. Rather go without than have a faff.

Moomazoo · 04/12/2015 03:04

Me and my friend play this game every time we go for lunch .... I looked

5 obbies (dummy) have disabled child and they are his life
1 packet of animal biscuits
2 lollipops
Baby wipes
3 cars
1 kitten from kitten surprise
Lots of receipts
Crunched up rabbit treats
Buccal midazolam
A nappy for a 6 year old
6 packs of haribo
3 tampax

ProjectPerfect · 04/12/2015 03:44

Amongst all the usual stuff I have five expensive lipsticks (1x MAC, 1 x Bobbie Brown, 2 x Dior & 1 x Chanel)

These are entirely aspirational as I look shit in lipstick 😱💄💄💄💄💄

DancingDuck · 04/12/2015 08:24

Iwish can you provide an Amazon link to the Shetland pony? Always fancied a handbag pet. Beats a pack of blackcurrant throat lozenges that have unwrapped themselves and glued themselves to the inside of my handbag.

lborgia · 04/12/2015 10:41

What is a "kitten surprise"? It sounds a bit like something you make with leftovers. .and how can the kitten be separated from the surprise?

This has been bugging me for hours.

timelytess · 04/12/2015 11:47

Forgot to mention my hammer. For breaking windows on trains.

Avonandice · 04/12/2015 12:30

Currently -
Plasters
Purse
Biros
A dozen or so ikea pencils
Piece of laminate
Umbrella
Avon book
Ziploc bag of avon samples
Assorted fragrence purse sprays
Eyeliner
Saxaphone reeds
G & D strings for daughters violin
Wetwipes
Sewing kit
Bra underwire
A bundle of letters from school
Random padlock (no key)
Metal tape measure
Sleeping ferret

Pilgit · 04/12/2015 12:40

Glad I'm not the only one with a Mary poppins bag....
Purse
Keys
Work pass
Rail ticket
2 payslips
3 packets crayons
Pencil case
5 packets of frozen cards
Hair clip
Hair ties
Lip balm
Pens
Notebook
Repeat prescription forms
Random notes from a law seminar
Migraleve
Paracetamol
Vitamin c tablets
Tissues
Food packs

It really doesn't look big enough to contain all that!

CatThiefKeith · 04/12/2015 13:05

Purse
Phone
Inhaler
4 Blue and white striped pipe cleaners
Keys
Ear drops
2 packets of edible glitter jelly
tissues
3 lip glosses
contact lens case
various screwed up receipts
Mumsnet secret santa label
Cold and Flu tablets
5 hair clips
4 plastic rings
4 coulouring pencils
2 loose tampons
A blue felt tip
a box of tampons
Work keys

ThingWithFeathers · 04/12/2015 13:28

Kindle
keys
camera
inhaler
purse
bag for life
small torch
tissues
phone
pen
out of date White Stuff 20% off voucher.

nortonhouse · 04/12/2015 13:43

wallet
tissues
school ID card
Quash
chewing gum [due to neurotic fear of halitosis]
makeup bag
sanitary towels
pen
sunglasses
hairbrush
travel size hairspray
keys
hand cream
small beach fossils/rocks from recent trip to Dorset

It's a big bag!!

WhyCantIuseTheNameIWant · 04/12/2015 13:44

M I the only person with 24 tiny knitted hats ready to give to help the aged?

Along with

2 phones (both mine?)
Lego mechanic
Coin purse
Card purse
House keys
Car key
Torch
Tissues
Oaty bar things
Raisins
Spare pair knickers (for dd)
Camera
Tissues
Emergency phone charge thing
Council tax bill
Sainsburys tokens
And a stud key. For footie boots...

nortonhouse · 04/12/2015 13:50

oh, and most important of all - Epipen and Piriton for daughter with severe allergies.
Flowers to the PP who mentioned photos of DC "when she was still with us" x

MartinRohdesBellybuttonFluff · 04/12/2015 15:19

Packet of tissues
Purse
Packet of Polo
Pressed powder
Three lipsticks
Two lipliners (Why? No idea. Keep meaning to use one when I apply makeup in the morning, now I know where they've been hiding. Thanks OP Grin)
Three biros
Small mirror

And in the little zip up compartment inside:
Two tampons
One sanitary towel
(all looking a bit squashed Grin)

ollieplimsoles · 04/12/2015 15:35

Just looked in mine!

Tissues
Dd's hospital tag
The mouthpiece I used to breath the gas and air (full of teeth marks!)
Half a bag of haribo
Empty coke bottle
Compact hair brush
Two pairs of knickers (clean)

Haven't emptied it since leaving hospital 5 weeks ago! Xxxx

SurlyValentine · 04/12/2015 16:27

Keys (house and car)
Purse
Phone
Hospital appointment letter that I need next week (and if I take it out of my bag it will not make it to hospital with me)
Lil-lets holder
Packet of tissues
Paperwork for wedding
Letter addressed to previous occupiers of my house that needs returning to sender
Chewing gum
Make-up bag (powder, powder brush, mini hair brush, bobble, mini Dove deo, two lip glosses, lip balm, lipstick, mirror, kohl pencil, perfume atomiser)
Order of service for my grandma's funeral two months ago
Order of service for my step-grandmother's funeral four months ago
Hairgrips
Golf ball markers (I do not and never have played golf. I have no idea where these have come from nor why they are in my handbag).

I need a declutter! Thanks OP Grin

Cheesymonster · 04/12/2015 16:51

Ollie I also carry round my DD's hospital bracelet (3 years on!) for good luck. Can't bring myself to get rid of it so it gets moved from bag to bag!

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