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OonaLoona2 · 06/10/2016 13:09

Just decided to clear mine out. Inside was:

Purse
Few loose coins
Tissues
Muslin
Vaseline
4 lipsticks
Pair of children's socks
2 pairs children's knicker (clean)
1 adult sock
Tweezers
Half pack of wet wipes
Polo's
Chewing gum
Several kinder egg toys
9 tsum tsums
1 coaster
1 bolt
I (small) door hinge
Car keys
Sanitary pads
Paracetamol
2 conkers
Several leaves
1 (small) stick
Trolley coin
Cocktail umbrella
Hand sanitizer
Deodorant
Diary
2 biros
Tealight
Several thousand screwed up receipts

I've lost the will to live and chucked it all back in Hmm

OP posts:
Nakatomi · 06/10/2016 14:53

-Purse
-Keys (including to houses and cars we no longer own)
-Hairbrush
-Makeup
-Lipstick
-Mints
-Sweets
-Mirror
-Roll up pumps
-Tissues
-Lipbalm
-Perfume
-Deodorant
-Water bottle
-iPod
-Phone
-Umbrella
-Painkillers (Ibuprofen, Paracetamol)
bottle of cough mixture,
-Tampons
-Business cards
-Sunglasses
-Work badge.
-Work Keys
-Whistle (again, for work)
-USB sticks of unknown origin
-A little key thing to unlock the photocopier
-Plasters
-Spare tights
-Makeup wipes (mostly for work as there's always one kid who is caked in the stuff)
-Pens nicked from Argos or companies who I've dealt with
-Pencils nicked from Ikea
-Receipts for nearly everything
-Loose change

Oh and at the bottom of my handbag there's something sticky but I'm scared to look at what it is, probably a half finished toffee or something.

SecretPeanut · 06/10/2016 14:58

Oh god i hate looking in mine.....

Purse
Car Keys
Meter Key
USB Stick
Various receipts
Mints
Socks
Carrots - for the horse
Hay - because of the horse, it gets everywhere
Eggs - im usually collecting eggs from my chooks first thing
Lipgloss
Pens
Painkillers
Perfume
GoPro bolt
Lighter

Time for a smaller bag Smile

cleanasawhistle · 06/10/2016 15:09

In one of my handbags is a handbag liner. So when I change handbags I just have to lift the liner out......

Purse
Fold up shopping bags that look like strawberries
Mints and gum
Pocket diary and pen
Tissues
Plasters
Eyeliner
Fold up brush
Lip balm
Tablets
Body spray
Hand sanitizer
Umbrella

When I leave the house I add phone ,keys and a small water bottle that is always half full with ice...........(hot flushes)

QueenofallIsee · 06/10/2016 15:11

In the office today so its a bit more heavyweight

Laptop (its v lightweight, touchscreen, converts to a tablet and masses of battery life. I love it frankly)
fitbit charger
Kate Spade notebook and matching pen set. stationary is my favourite
Purse
Card holder
Lipgloss
Powder
Keys
2 mobile phones
book
sunglasses
Nail file
Reciepts - many many reciepts
Fold up shopper bag
Water
Headphones
Building pass
Sanpro
painkillers
Anti bac hand get
hand cream
Perfume
Specs
tissues
1 shin pad, 1 sock (dirty), 1 plastic dinosaur, DS3s school timetable...I was doing so well.

PNGirl · 06/10/2016 15:15

Phone
Purse
Keys
Chewing gum
Kindle Paperwhite
Portable mobile charger and short cable
Organiser
Umbrella
2 x folding shopper bags
MP3 player and charging cable
Sainsbury's receipt

StillSmallVoice · 06/10/2016 15:21

Not sure. There are so many old tissues (gross) and receipts it's hard to see what else is there.

PlayOnWurtz · 06/10/2016 15:26

Purse
Hairbrush
Diary
Medication
Sanpro
Lipstick (but I don't wear it...)
Chewing gum
Tissues
Pen
Pencil
Keys
Work pass

OonaLoona2 · 06/10/2016 18:07

Oh clean I saw the handbag liners on Groupon, I was tempted but didn't get one. Are they good?

OP posts:
OonaLoona2 · 06/10/2016 18:08

I'm also thinking I need to get a nice fold up shopping bag to put in there. I always get caught without one

OP posts:
Bobochic · 06/10/2016 18:12

iPhone
Purse
Hairbrush
Lipstick
Tissues
Keys
Glasses case

I empty / change my bag at least once a day and don't accumulate. I hate heavy bags and always buy small ones in order to keep them under control.

RebootYourEngine · 06/10/2016 18:15

I have
Purse
Two sets of glasses one normal one sunglasses
Book
Passport
Bank book
Tissues
Tissues
Tissues
Pens
Notebook
Bobnles
Hair clips
Compact mirror
Nail file
Glucojuice
Blood testing strips
Empty blood testing strip bottle
Many and many more bags for life
A lego ski
A bottle of water
Receipts
Work keys and card
Paracetomol
Medication

Yesterday i also had 92 pounds worth of silver coins in it.

It was so heavy i thought i was going to pull a muscle.

There was a lady standing in front of me at the supermarket today with a tiny bag and it looked empty. I wanted to ask her if i could look inside to see if it was a Mary Poppins bag Grin

HerRoyalFattyness · 06/10/2016 18:17

Ring binder containing my GCSE maths work
Scientific calculator
Pencil case
Tampons
Bus pass
College pass
Diary

This will get changed in a couple of weeks to remove the ring binder, and replaced with
Ring binder containing my level 3 childcare work
Placement log

iklboo · 06/10/2016 18:21

Glasses case
Folding shopping bag
Purse
Tissues
Travel pass
Works pass
1 pack of medication
Pen
Lip balm
Kindle if I'm travelling to work

I travel light.

weegiemum · 06/10/2016 18:24

I only carry stuff in my pockets (I walk very awkwardly due to my disability and a handbag is a total pain in a wheelchair.

In my pocket is - house key, purse, gaviscon tablets, pen and lip balm. thats it.

user1474907171 · 06/10/2016 18:34

Purse
Tissues
Phone
Keys
Screwdriver
Small Army knife
Blister treatment plasters
3 fold up shopping bags
Paracetamol
Hairbrush
Tiny flat slide out torch
Notepad and 2 pens
Wodge of clear plastic bags
Tape measure
Mints
Memory stick of special photos

scarednoob · 06/10/2016 18:35

Mine used to be like yours. Now DD empties it if she sees it. So it's just purse, iPod, phone, work phone, few stray coins and a book!

Pengweng · 06/10/2016 18:38

Purse
Tissues
Pens
First aid kit (eye wash, plasters, arnica cream, wipes, calpol sachets, lip balm, sun cream, sewing kit, tampons, ibuprofen)
Lip balm
2-3 bags for life
Bag with spare pants/leggings in for DC
Water bottle
Snacks (nakd bars/nuts)
Hand cream
Torch
Keys
A million stickers (for work and/or DTs)

I only take the above bag to work or if going out with the DTs, if it's just me going out then i take a smaller bag with my purse and keys in it and thats it.

cleanasawhistle · 06/10/2016 18:39

Loona, I got my handbag liner quite cheap from Amazon,lots of pockets and two large zipped spaces down each side.
So much easier to change bags .

Cellardoor23 · 06/10/2016 18:41

I have a small satchel for my things which include:

Keys
Purse
Phone
Hairbrush
Umbrella
Pen
Sometimes blusher and concealer, but not all the time

Baby wise I have two small pods that I attach to the pram which has:

Approx two bottles of milk/plastic milk bottle
2 vest tops/1 pair of trousers
2 bibs
3/4 nappies
Half a pack of wipes
Nappy cream
Muslin cloth

I like to think I travel light, but now that I've written it down maybe not!

P1nkP0ppy · 06/10/2016 18:49

After seeing my GP about my very painful neck/shoulder and he weighed my handbag (19lbs!), mine contains:
Purse
Car/door keys
Two 'bag for life' folded neatly
Nail file

That's it's!

P1nkP0ppy · 06/10/2016 18:50

It not 'it's' fgs

Rockingaround · 06/10/2016 18:55

Mine is disgusting:
3 x letters from school - crumpled
Mini pot of jam
3 pebbles
4 sticks
Phone charger
Dd watch
Used DD hanky
2 conkers
Throat lozenges
DD notepad
Kinder egg toy
An acorn
Vape liquid
Purse
Keys
Handcream
Anti-bac gel
Baby wipes

At the bottom there is grains of mud and wrappers off things my kids have given me instead of binning
I'm buying a new handbag tmrw and starting all again! Blush

NickiFury · 06/10/2016 18:57

Purse.
Sunglasses in case - I never go anywhere without them as am very sensitive to bright light.
Kindle.
Phone.
Lip balm.

That's it. I clear it out at least twice a week.

DementedUnicorn · 06/10/2016 19:03

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Deodorant
Purse
Car keys
Kindle
Phone charger
Diary
Work notebook
Journal
2x instant latte sachets
Lid of reusable coffee cup (cup is currently being used in the office)
Inhaler
Lansoprasole
Business cards from two jobs ago
A bolt from a bed from 2 house moves ago

I've very recently resurrected this bag!

Caipira · 08/10/2016 00:28

I use a weekend bag as my handbag. It's not usually this full but today it has
My purse with bank card and driving licence
Work keys
House keys
Car keys
5 play mobile figures
Several pieces of play mobile furniture
A digital camera and charger
A pen drive
4 hot wheels cars
A lipstick
Handcream
Face powder
Half a pack of gum
A baby bjorn doll
A Swiss army knife
A sheet of sticky back batman paper
A toothbrush and toothpaste
Two us cables
A children's birthday invitation
An old invitation
A copy of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
And a pencil sharper

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