Essentials?
Today, in my purse, I am carrying:
- 1 wallet
- 1 chequebook
- 1 chequebook holder containing additional cards (membership, business, etc.), stamps, taxi chits, and a paper tape-measure
- 1 cellphone
- 1 cellphone recharger
- 1 tampon
- 2 pill boxes containing ibuprophen (a.k.a. Advil)
- 1 pill box containing Tylenol 2
- 1 “Power Bar” sport energy bar (chocolate – peanut butter flavour)
- 1 glasses case (navy blue) containing 1 pair of clip-on sunglasses and a cleaning cloth
- 1 glasses repair kit
- 1 half-empty bottle of clear nail polish (for repairing runs in stockings)
- 1 small bottle of hand sanitizer, two-thirds full
- 1 squeeze-bottle of moisturiser
- 1 hard-backed, spiral-bound notebook (red, 5 ½” x 3 ½”) containing to-do lists, references, addresses and phone numbers, and other miscellaneous scribbles
- 1 paperback novel – A Letter of Mary (Laurie R. King) – with bookmark
- A map of downtown Kingston
- Ticket stubs for a concert by Measha Bruggergosman that took place last March
- A wallet-sized 2006 calendar
- A Victorinox “SwissCard” (like a swiss army knife in a credit card)
- A solar-powered calculator
- A pair of ear-plugs
- A copy of my weight-training programme
- 1 silver hoop earring (I have no idea where its mate is)
- A small blue velvet jewellery box – for putting my earrings in when I go to the gym
- 4 bus tickets
- 2 bookmarks
- A 1910 postcard of a woman in pyjamas posed by a turned-down brass bed (I am planning to have it framed)
- A small sewing kit
- One of those up-market “shoelace” things used to hang your id-card around your neck
- A pair of folding scissors
- My business card
- Himself’s business card
- A broken watch I’m planning to have repaired (it used to belong to my mother)
- Kleenex
- No fewer than seven hair elastics (various styles and colours)
- 13 bobby pins
- A pair of tweezers
- Two eyeliner pencils (both brown)
- Lipstick
- Face powder
- An emery board
- 1 peppermint candy stick
- 3 spearmint hard candies
- 1 ½ rolls of Breathsavers (wintergreen flavour)
and
- A bunch of keys
My co-worker carries:
- His wallet
- His glasses in a case
- 2 keys
Hmmmm.
posted by ink @ 9:41 AM
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10 Comments:
Oh my that's quite a kit you're carrying around! I'm pretty much like the coworker. I only have 3 keys.
The good news is, you could jump on a flight to Europe and you would pretty much be set to travel at any given moment!!
Well, I for one can sympathise. I also carry several "emergency" items in my bag. And yes, I have used them... and sometimes even lent them to others, so I guess that justifies my carrying them. :)
Although I think it'd be refreshing to carry just keys.
I was just about to ask if you were off on vacation. That's a lot of stuff. Today I have my wallet, my house keys, my office keys, sunblock, lipstick, and breathmints.Oh, an a money order for my landlord because I can't find my cheque book.
Lots of stuff to tote around. I learned to travel lightly when I was in the Army...anything that we wanted to take we had to carry and I am lazy by nature, not into carrying lots of stuff!
Wordo - I like the idea of it, but am always overcome by the "what if I need xxx ..." question.
Standing - Good point. Strangely enough, given my packrat tendencies, I do travel pretty light - rarely with anything bigger than a carry-on bag.
Susan - Thank heavens I'm not alone in this. I suspect half the reason everyone else gets away with two (or three) keys and a wallet is BECAUSE people like us are always toting around the other vital necessities of life.
Snooze - I can't even claim it as a vacation spree. That's pretty much everyday Ink. I guess I took that whole Girl Guide motto to heart ... though I was a lousy (and I mean really lousy) guide!
Coffeedog - Your point of view makes a lot of sense. On the other hand, I figure I carry around a lot of stuff because I'm too lazy to decide what I'm actually going to need on any particular day. Lazy bod vs. lazy mind, I suppose .... take your pick!
Holy crap! That's not a purse, that's a suitcase!
St. D - You'd be amazed how much you can fit into a small space if you pack efficiently. (My purse, for the record, is around 8 1/2" high by 11" long by 3" wide)
Ummm, how big is this bag of yours? You sound like RB, who carries his life with him! LOL
Epi - Well, my purse is surprisingly small (about the size of a sheet of paper and around 3" wide) ... but of course, I'm generally also carrying my briefcase and gym bag most of the time, too. :-)
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