I have a bank coin bag that I fill with the mixed coins larger than coppers. I usually keep this in my car (or my handbag - but it gets heavy). That's handy for the odd ?1 for a trolley, small change for collecitons, PARKING METERS, or raids on the sweetie dispenser at work late in the afternoon when canteen is closed. I keep coppers seperately (DD's moneybox is a great place, or I have a couple of small stash spots for my own stash) and exchange those for "real" money every few months.
I try to keep a pack of painkillers and a pack of band-aids in my car, my desk, kitchen at all times for whatever emergencies. I have a decent first aid kit in a box which tends to live in DH's car (usually at home unless we're on a big trip, when kit might be likely to be needed) and I have some other stuff up high in our room (spares, rarely but occasionally needed things, and ends that I'm sure may be useful sometime again).
We wash lots during the week - maybe 4-5 loads per week. But I tend to set it to run while we're out and then hang (outdoors or on indoor airer) or tumble when we get in, so there's less noise annoying us. But I also tend to put dry clothes into the ironing basket until Sat evening, when they all get folded together (sometimes just me or DH, sometimes all pitch in together in front of a movie) and DH irons on a Sunday. Means we can find clean things if needed midweek but they're out of the way until the big folding job.
I have a few giftbags for recycling, but I tend to be more of a paper wrap person. So I have a few rolls of small boy, small girl, older person and plain papers suited to most occasions in my wrapping bag. Along with lots of papers that can be recycled. I need more baby paper though. I also have a stash of generic cards for aunts, uncles, grans, grandads, nieces, nephews, small friends ready to produce when needed. I also have lots of christmas wrap from sales, and I wrap from about Sept so that I can hide away things better and have more time for family fun the weeks before the big day.
(I used to have to travel a lot, and from about Oct on, I would bring 6-10 cards with me on a flight and write/address those, so by early Dec, they'd all be done and I wouldn't hvae had much pain doing them as the flights were short hops but tended to be dull - works well if you're a train commuter and can get a table seat too).