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What do you have in your handbag

42 replies

sunshinedaises · 05/12/2025 16:43

I’ve just bought myself a new handbag and wondering what others have in theirs. Mine has mostly been child related for the last 5 years and I find if I go out without them I don’t tend to take one but would like to start

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HostaCentral · 06/12/2025 09:19

Keys, purse, phone, spare contacts, tissues. Umbrella if raining. Nothing else.

StruggleFlourish · 08/12/2025 19:20

Glasses cleaner, ChapStick, pen, laser pointer, small baggie with a couple of emergency medication, face mask, a few coins, phone, a few napkins which can also double as writing paper, two dog biscuits in a small baggie and my wallet

Bubblecakes · 08/12/2025 19:23

letshavetea · 05/12/2025 17:07

Forgot to say emery board.

We have the same contents! Add a lip balm and we're done.

DoBeGoodDontBeBad · 08/12/2025 19:25

Phone
Keys
Rosy vaseline

Fgfgfg · 08/12/2025 19:29

Phone, purse, work swipe card, many pens, whiteboard markers, flip chart pens, Chinese fan, two chopsticks (for putting hair up), tights, house keys, car key, work keys, MOT printout from garage that needs to be filed away, chewing gum, glasses.

DollopOfFun · 08/12/2025 19:33

Glasses, keys, tissues, breath freshener, lipstick (which may or may not be the one I'm actually wearing), pen, phone.

BatshitCrazyWoman · 08/12/2025 19:34

It depends if I have my little bag, or my bigger one.

In the small bag:
Keys
Small purse
Phone
Comb
Tissues
Pen
Small pouch containing lip balm, a plaster, lipstick, medication

If the bigger bag:
Everything that's in the smaller bag! Plus
Sunglasses
Small umbrella
Diary
Slightly bigger make up bag, with powder, lipstick, emery board, concealer, eye drops

clary · 08/12/2025 19:36

Glasses, spare contacts, sunglasses.
Small mirror, lippy, tiny fragrance, lip balm.
Phones (one is a work one!), wallet, work pass, keys.
Ibuprofen, plasters, emery board, clean tissue (also have on my desk at work so a whole pack not needed)

Ah @DollopOfFun lipstick (which may or may not be the one I'm actually wearing) lol yes indeed. Mine almost never is!

CharlotteCChapel · 08/12/2025 19:37

Phone, painkillers, handcream, lip balm, tissues ,purse.

TheOGCCL · 08/12/2025 19:50

Phone, bank cards, concealer, blusher, eyebrow pencil, painkillers, mints, lip balm.

I carry less in a bag in winter when I have big coat pockets.

patooties · 08/12/2025 19:59

This - make up - specs- Pringles (I’m on a train to my sisters as I have a meeting near her house tomorrow- the Pringles are an old joke) a weird octopus type phone charger, battery pack, purse, lip balm, gum, perfume, I’ll take another one without the bags / cases on. Lighters - note pad- pens -

What do you have in your handbag
What do you have in your handbag
Darklane · 08/12/2025 20:10

Keys
phone
purse
sunglasses
squashable rain hat
plastic supermarket carrier bag
small pack tissues
pen
driving license
Epipen
card holder with loyalty cards
dog poo bags
dog biscuits

NormasArse · 08/12/2025 20:16

I’ve just checked.

Four dog poo bags (empty 😁).
Vaseline lip balm.
Two nice stones from the beach.
A credit card.
A debit card.
£14.70 in cash.
Five hair bands.
A lemon fresh wipe from a Chinese restaurant.
A slice of flapjack wrapped in kitchen roll, which I’ve just binned because it was from last Friday.
A pack of antihistamines.

RosesAndHellebores · 08/12/2025 20:23

It's right next to me, so here goes:

2 loose pens
Poppy
Concealer
Lens wipe
Paracetamol
Credit card statement
Wallet
Small pencil case containing more pens and work.keys
Packet tissues
Post it notes
Emery board
Lipstick
Small nailpolish
Cat adoption papers!
Car keys
House keys
Charger

MakeMineAMilkyTea · 08/12/2025 20:28

Lip balm x a million! Tea bags, hair brush, Imodium, cold and flu tablets, glasses cleaner, mini screwdriver, small suncream, toothpicks, hand cream and a little travel size perfume. Plus my card holder and a ton of random receipts

Fgfgfg · 08/12/2025 22:54

RosesAndHellebores · 08/12/2025 20:23

It's right next to me, so here goes:

2 loose pens
Poppy
Concealer
Lens wipe
Paracetamol
Credit card statement
Wallet
Small pencil case containing more pens and work.keys
Packet tissues
Post it notes
Emery board
Lipstick
Small nailpolish
Cat adoption papers!
Car keys
House keys
Charger

Cat adoption papers 😻

mondaytosunday · 08/12/2025 23:31

Since the pandemic I rarely carry one but if going out for an extended time and if I'm going to eat I take: insulin (type 1 diabetic), blood glucose monitor, keys, phone, sweeteners. That's normally all. Pen and pocket diary sometimes.

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