I need handbag organisational help....really badly....

[Heathcliffscathy]

for the last few weeks i have spent more time rummaging and thinking i've lost my carkey/phone, panicking then having to tip it out onto pavement then i care to mention.

how do you all keep your handbags in order?

janeite - you can tie it to zip tag etc of bag but I always end up with a ribbon too short to reach the front door

and one of the glossy mags is giving away a set of clear makeup bags this month - can't remmeber which one though.

absolute neccessities:
purse
phone
house keys
car keys
diary (tis a teeny Letts one about the size of a business card)
card holder
bus pass

usual extras:
comb
hair elastic
pen
mints
tissues
umbrella

optional extras:
book
water
mp3 player
pashmina/scarf/cardi

things I don't carry routinely and can't see why I would:
sewing kit
painkillers
cheque book

Thanks Mrs Badger. Will look out for the magazine.

My essentials are:

• tissues
• pen
• headache tablets
• little Nivea deodrant
• lipbalm
• Headache stuff, or tigerbalm or origins Peace Of Mind
• purse
• house keys

In addition for work -

• huge bunch of classroom keys
• small filofax
• pencil case
• lunchbox
• brolly

No wonder it's a mess!

M&S has see though plastic make up bags at the mo in sets and cheap too. Will get some myself, great idea, I live in a terminal state of handbag mess, forever calling DH to say I have locked myself out only to find my keys once I have emptied my bag on the garden path...