What's in your bag

[ThomCat]

While I was rummaging around in my bag trying to find my keyes I wondered what all my fellow mumsnetters were carrying around with them......

I'm lugging around:
Book - Life of Pi
purse
keys
teething gel
half eaten Peter Rabbit museli bar (Lotties)
chewing gum
mobile phone
a pen
some paper clips ???
the back of an earing
lip balm
tissues

How about "What bag do you have ?"
Sorry must confess to bag fetish

OH GOD..............ANGELMOTHER IS MY MOM............

Handbag- purse,photos of kids,mobile,joyriders,reciepts for who knows what,dd bracelet which she keeps taking off and epipen for ds.

Baby bag-nappies,wipes,bibs,small packet of raisins,pack of breadsticks,beaker for juice,change of clothes,spare dummy,bottle of milk and a packet of tissues not very exciting i must add, compared to some i have read.

some kitchen roll
tissues
packet of crayons
mr man book
wallet
purse
2 biros
penknife
neurofen
notebook
old hot cross bun(wrapped)
bits of chewing gum loose
vaseline
tapemeasure
emery board
sugar sachets
mobile phone
conkers and leaves
empty carrier bag
string
1 elastic band
sooty badge
hair bobble

years ago i could have added marble rolling pin to that.i lived in v frightening area of manchester and that was my weapon of choice!!!i had a v large handbag then.

Lol Fio2

purse
plasters
sunglasses
tissues
delivery returns form
leaflet about Arundel Castle
dh's mobile phone (mine's in my pocket)
vaseline
lip gloss x2
lip brush
lipstick
aa size batteries x 2

I love these threads
I have in my bag,

Purse,
Dairy,
Notebook with shopping list written on it,
sunglasses
Hair clip
House Keys
Passport
2 pens
gloves
umbrella
2 spare carrier bags,
hairbrush
handcream
Wet Wipes
Pass for Work
little tin of Vaseline
some gift vouchers that I got for christmas last year and haven't spent yet.

written down it looks like a lot but it's not really. Any more than that and i really notice the difference in weight on my shoulders.

Purse
Mobile phone (battery has been flat for more than a week)
Keys
Driving license
Child benefit book
DD's sunglasses
Ds's sunglasses
Chocolate buttons packet (empty)
Packet of raisins (full, hmm, funny that)
Information about additives
Money off vouchers for Tesco
Address book
Mini sketch pad
Reins
2 balloons and some stickers, from the castle we went to the other day
6 biros (3 of which don't work)
2 sticks of lip balm (one empty)
Empty book of stamps
stack of leaflets that ds has collected from various places
Several old shopping lists
Masses of old reciepts
A pair of ds's socks
A hair thing
Chestnuts, acorns, fircones, conkers and bits of leaves

I can never find anything in my bag!

loads of old receipts
purse
nappy
anyway up cup of water
wipes
pen
mobile
mooncup (due anyday)
used tissues (mmm)
necklace dd's
book
loose ten pound note (way hey!)
bottle of water

Am I really the only one with a leaking sachet of tomato ketchup in the bottom (purloined from KFC in case of emergency- for ds, not me)

mobile
receipts
hospital appointment card
forms for children's bank accounts
loose change
serviettes
3 hair slides
face powder
tiny kids hair brush
furry pez toy
plastic cash envelope with £5.50 in it
purse stuffed with change, photos and credit cards
cinema tickets
dishwasher tablet
4 kids glittery bracelets
4 pens, 2 pencils
4 hairbands
3 lipsticks
dd's heart necklace
spare clips from cat basket

I love this thread ... ROFL!
I am savouring having a handbag ... loved going back to one when DS was potty trained last year and know that come Jan/Feb next year my handbag will be relegated to the cupboard and the nappy bag will be out again (can't be doing with nappy bag AND handbag - far too complicated!
So ... in order as I take things out ...

Cell Phone
Purse ... containing ... cash point card (NZ account and UK account) ... 3 credit cards (1 NZ and 2 UK) ... AA membership card ... Supermarket loyalty card ... Library card ... Video shop card ... assorted loyalty/reward cards ... University of Exeter Library card - exp July 1993 and University of Exeter Student Guild Card (why?? ) ... NZ and UK driving licenses ... Photos of DS ... $60 cash ... 45 GB pounds in cash (why ?????) ... UK National Insurance Number Card (why ?????)
Mini Filofax
Sunglasses
Chequebook
Various business cards from god knows who
4 shopping lists
Receipts
Credit card bill
Plasters
Spare buttons
1 paper clip
Sign with Buzzybee on it (from when I picked Buzzybee up from the airport for a mumsnet meet up last week in Auckland)
Invitation to Disco night at Ds' kindy
Notice saying DS had passed his vision test
Camera
2 pencils
6 pens
1 berry flavoured blistex lip balm
1 body shop lip gloss
4 lipsticks

How's that?

Oh ... my ... god ...
And my bag is really tiny!!

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I tidied mine out this morning so I vaguely know what's in it. Still weighs a ton though.

Purse containing about 6 credit cards/assorted membership cards/ a million old receipts/photos of ds/dp
Driving licence (with an old address)
car and door keys
2 packs of Airwaves chewing gum with only 1 left in each
Numerous empty packs chewing gum and bits of paper with old balls of chewing gum rolled up in them (mmm, nice)
An A-Z
A book
A packet of cheese from earlier today (better chuck that then)
mobile phone
What's on booklet, out of date
A bottle of water
2 pound coins and assorted change
Lots of rubbishy bits of paper and receipts
A nail file that's so old it's worn away
A bottle of Chanel No 5
A lipstick
Sunglasses

Just a thought reading all of these - I try not to carry anything with my address on it since if my bag's nicked then at least they haven't got my keys and the address. Couldn't swear there's nothing in there atm though.

Angiel, why have you got a dishwasher tablet in your handbag!!

Sunglasses in leather case
Reading glasses. much to my disgust, need them now
Palm Pilot in Mont Blanc with silver stylus ( generous DH)
Montblanc pen wallet with 3 MB pens in ( very generous DH)
Travel bands ( for flying)
Wallet with numerous credit cards and too many loyalty cards
Leather gloves
Phone
Blue tooth for phone
Earpiece for phone
Two Heinz baby spoons
tissues
spare mooncup
Soluble aspirin £5 for 8 in switzerland this weekend!
Info leaflet and prescription for Mirena coil from Tuesday
Mini leatherman
Watchmakers screwdriver
emeryboard
cuticle oil
Neutrogena handcream
Estee Lauder lipstick, lip gloss and Beautiful perfume
Liquid tears ( I don't have tears, sob!)
Bill from dentist yesterday, £630, 1 crown, two replacement white fillings and sealant for DD
loads of receipts
Costco special offer book
Breath freshener drops
Chewing gum

and I'd tidied before I went to Switzerland!

I wondered if anyone would notice the dishwasher tablet, lol. My friend had run out and wanted to borrow one, but I forgot to give it to her.

Well thomcat has shamed me into tidying out my bag. So now we are down to:

1 mobile
1 safeword thingy
1 bunch of keys
Lip gloss
Lipsil
Pencil
Tissues
Filofax with pen
Purse
Work pass

I also found several things I didn't originally list including:
Load of receipts
Empty film canister
Lemsip
Blank notecard and envelope
Several shopping lists

Fantastic - and I thought I was the only person who regularly found fruit in their handbag, bozza! My current crop is:

wallet
filofax
3 chequebooks (why?)
car key
house keys
keys to my dad's house
unidentified other key
makeup bag, actually a pencil case
mobile phone
clown rattle
miniature humvee
miniature VW beetle
pack of tissues
lip balm
unposted letter of application to nursery for ds (oops)
taxi receipt
assorted pen lids (no pens...)
Halloween Party invitation for ds and dd

Phew. No fruit today, though.

mobile
wallet
various receipts
pens
hair clips
loose change
pad of small post-it notes
and...........urine sample bottle (empty and clean, I'm off for a check-up later)

Alibubbles, your handbag must have wheels on it!

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Small hair brush
Mobile with flat battery
Wallet
Address book
2 old cinema tickets
1 dummy (not mine)
Packet of Lemsip
Car Keys
House Keys
Kleenex
Chewing gum
Lots of loose monkey nuts (went to feed the squirrels in the park on Sunday....)

My handbag smells bad Smells of all old alcohol and cigarettes. Time for a change of handbag I think!

This thread reminds me of a drunken evening at a company function, when we girls had a "Who's got the most unusual item in their handbag" competition. You should have seen the guys faces.

I think we should find a winner on this thread.

My contender would be a piece of rock from Mount Vesuvius

Nappies
Wetwipes
Bib
Sacsumers
Baby spoon
House keys
Parents house keys
Purse
Pill
Camara
Photos of dd and dn
Pen
Spare change
Leaves(from walk with dd)
Conkers