What’s in your purse?
November 7, 2008 | Filed under: Stuff
The other day I spilled my purse in the grocery store and let me tell you, you just have no idea how embarrassing that is until a perfect stranger crouches down to help you pick up your crap. It’s no secret that I’m an office supply slut. As I now have reason to know in painful detail, I had no less than twelve pens in that purse, and also eight pencils, FOUR adorable little notepads (none written on) and a Hello Kitty eraser.
I also had sticky note thingies (none used), a pocket calendar (not written on but it has a cute picture of a puppy on the front) and an envelope. Empty.
I wish I was kidding. In addition, I had my wallet (pathetically empty except for my abused credit card), my cell phone, my iPod (with only one ear piece, the other has been mysteriously eaten — yes, eaten — I’m looking at you, Mountain Barbie), and about a billion receipts.
Oh, and one empty lipgloss.
Like I said, wish I was kidding.
So here’s today’s question. What’s in your purse?
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Judy F says:
Lordy I have a ton of stuff in my purse. Cell phone, lip gloss (several), aspirin, sinus stuff, wallet, coupons, extra set of keys, note pads, eye glass cleaners, bandaids. pens. etc.
Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 3:32 amStacy ~ says:
Sigh. Cell phone, several tubes of lipstick, eyeliner, Tylenol, loose change, note pad, pen, camera (you just never know when you might run into a celebrity & it takes better pics than my phone), receipts, wallet, Starbucks giftcards, current book I’m reading…
Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 3:49 amJac says:
Make-up bag (containing powder, eye liner, mascara, concealer, and foundation) my ridiculously over sized wallet which has in it every card for every store and about a million photo ideas, my camera, keys, gum, crayons from the kids menu at legal Sea Food, excedrin migraine, a pen, mints, a brush, a pen, lipgloss, a pencil, coupons for 6 Flags Fright Fest, coupons to DSW, a birthday card my ex asked me to hold onto for him, and a bunch of flash cards with Caps players names, numbers, and positions. Wow, I can’t believe all of that fits in my little purse.
Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 3:53 amJac says:
That would be photo IDs…not ideas.. its too early
Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 3:54 amDru says:
The ususal…wallet, chapstick, tissues, pen, small mirror, keys, orbit gum, metrocard, camera, comb, cell phone, aspirins.
Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 4:59 amNina says:
Ha! Too much!
Wallet, a gazillion receipts (why I keep saving them is beyond me. I’m a paper hoarder I think), calendar (no cute puppies though), schedule, the essay I have to revise, ear plugs, the book currently read if it fits, lip gloss (but it recently moved to jacket pocket because of all the racket the receipts made), an old bus ticket, descriptions of the way to the fair I went to two weeks ago, pain killer pills, allergy pills, handkerchief, skin lotion, a lottery ticket, artificial sweeteners (go figure why they are there), bus card, five pens (out of which three actually works), one blue felt tip pen for underlining, several coupons, one more lottery ticket that I haven’t collected the winnings yet (it wasn’t that much), one broken mobile phone charm, four blue murano glass hearts (formerly on the mobile phone charm) and usually some change but I had to use it a couple of days ago.
No wonder it is heavy…
Oh and I do carry a backpack to school. I found four empty soda bottles in it yesterday… *sigh* I carry so much junk around.
Nina
Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 5:04 amNina says:
Oh and if anyone wonders where keys and mobile phone lives they live in pocket cause I could never find them when I needed them in purse.
Nina
Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 5:05 amPat L. says:
Cell phone, receipts, pens, store receipts, wallet, charge cards, keys, the usual junk and I can never find anything. LOL.
Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 5:09 amsls-rainey says:
I just recently (last month?) bought a new purse and wallet. When I started switching them over the amount of receipts and pay stubs and papers that were important (until they got eaten by my purse) astounded me. So now if it’s in my purse for three days and I’m not using it, I take it out.
Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 5:58 amHélène says:
Wallet with lots of plastic in it, yet just one credit card. All others are CAA, reward miles card, business cards,calling card in case my cell phone dies. Little pouch with 3 lip liners, same color, but different lenghts, about 5 lipglosses, 2 lipsticks, compact with pressed powder. Agenda, keycard for work. Small bottle of hand lotion, a one of hand sanitizer. Comb, package of tissue. 3 pens, one of which needs a refill. Gum,certs,loose change, and lastly my Ipod touch that i got last week, but have used only once so far.
Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 6:46 amMelinda says:
I have a “mom purse”. Bandaids, safety pins, kid medicine, notepads, keys, credit cards, pictures, migraine medicine, make up, gum, a nail file, scrap notes, feminine items, date book, cell phone, MP3 player, ear phones, business cards, a small notebook, a coupon book, receipts, a kid birthday party invitation and kid immunization record books.
I’m always worried I will need things so I cram it full.
Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 6:53 amAshley says:
I don’t think there’s enough room in the comment box!!
Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 7:12 amCell phone, gum, receipts, glasses, 1 book, 2 birthday cards, bills, 5 cd’s, 2 wallets, 2 checkbooks, pen, kids gloves, kleenex, iPod w/ earphones and USB cable (cuz u never know when you might want to download a song!), 3 tubes lip gloss, advil, compact, dental floss, hair rubbers, finger nail clippers and file, keys, stridex face wipes, prepaid phone card, VS dream angels desire lotion (smells great, u should try it), and some peppermints floating around in the bottom of my (overnight?)bag!! I like to be prepared for almost anything!
Laurie says:
There isn’t room here to list everything that’s in my purse! Suffice it to say that more than one of my daughters’ friends have called me Mary Poppins – my purse is more like a satchel and has anything and everything you could possibly need. Sadly, it’s also very heavy and hurts my back to carry it for long periods so I “downsize” into a smaller one that just holds the bare necessities for shopping, antiquing, etc.
Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 7:19 amJen(aside) says:
Most of the time I don’t carry a purse. I have a wallet with all my cards in it and my checkbook. I just grab those and go!
Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 7:20 amLiz says:
Chapstick, receipts (not organized), a diaper (clean), pen, wallet, etc. Nothing in it’s place of course.
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Jackie C says:
My purse is too small. Deliberately,sorta,maybe. Big wallet with ID,my debit card,med cards,and most important library card. I don’t carry cash in Las Vegas. Nail file,reciepts,cell phone,the sunglasses I broke yesterday(darn it,3 lip balms,hand wipes,kleenex pack,glasses cleaning cloth thing,three pens, don’t think any of them actually work, I can never find them when I need to write something and always some coupons to Michaels Crafts or Joanne Fabrics.
Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 7:33 amabby says:
Let’s see…
I have my wallet, keys, cell phone, makeup bag, checkbook, sunglass case, lotion, 3 pens, 2 pencils, mints, tylenol, and my rosary. No matter my purse, I always bring my rosary. I suppose it’s because I feel safer that way.
Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 7:33 amRobin says:
I hate carrying a purse and try to avoid it if I can. So when I do carry one, it’s small and there’s not a lot of room for too much crap. The one item I *must* have is Chapstick. I’m addicted. Then there’s the wallet, pens, a pencil, check book, lists, receipts, a tiny pad of paper (for when ideas strike), sunglasses, and a lucky stone in the shape of a heart that my youngest gave me.
Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 8:02 amAmy says:
ID, money card, medical card, cellphone, lip moisturizer, small bottle Aleve, small bottle lotion, some cash, 2 receipts (now in drawer), 1 pen and 1 index card (blank).
I hate having to carry a purse at all, so I have the smallest one possible, and finally got it down to the bare essentials.
Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 8:39 amSamantha says:
My wallet, with no credit cards because I can’t pass a bookstore with out purchasing a new book and I have to behave because Christmas is right around the corner. My make-up bag filled to the zipper with my bare escentuals, Shu emra eyelash curler, lip gloss, lip liner, concealer, mascara (2 different types, yes I have issues, I know this!). Also my hair brush, calander, hand lotion, tons of my favorite gel roller pens, a old Aleve bottle filled with Aleve, Tylenol, Advil – you never know what type of meds you’ll need. LOL My cell phone, gum. Oh and in the little zippered pocket that EVERY purse has – tampons, Imodium, chewable Pepto-Bismal and Gas-X. As I get older I find that all the foods I use to love don’t love me as much and that really sucks!! Oh and my ipod. I’m glad to see many other women also have their purses loaded.
Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 9:13 amKatie says:
My wallet, Palm Treo cell phone/pda, travel kleenex packet, keys, coupon wallet, feminine products, hair comb, 2 lip glosses, 2 packs of gum, my leatherman (best investment of $70 ever!), a cute notebook I made in a scrapbooking class, and dental floss. Periodically I’ll have sunglasses and a paperback book thrown in, but not today. My two boys dumped it out last night, requiring a rearrangment and trash removal effort from me.
Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 9:13 amlimecello says:
Mine is full of crap too – pen caps, tissues [clean!] mirrors, random I don’t even know that makes it crazy heavy. Ah well.
Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 9:26 ambonita says:
Jen(aside) I’m with you.
Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 9:36 amwallet
However, … pens, lipgloss emory boards, receipts (and gloves) in the glove compartment.
Suzanne says:
Not as much as in yours! I always have a ton of receipts, though, which irritates me when I’m trying to find something in there!
Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 9:52 amDonna M says:
Since I retired I no longer carry a purse, just my fanny pack & depending on where I am going a tote bag! My fanny pack holds my check book (which I use as a wallet, pen, keys, cell phone, another pen!, tiny lotion, lip balm, shopping list from yesterday, old shopping list from ??, change, nail clippers. In my tote bag are my address book/phone list, appointment book calendar, a small zippered pouch (empty), TracPhone instruction book, pocket pack of tissues, a book if I’m leaving the house & anything else I might think I need!!
Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 10:23 amWhat a great idea for today’s blog. I’m sure it will make a lot of us clean out our purse!!
april says:
Right now, I have a little purse. So, I have a little wallet, sunglasses, business card holder, lipstick, mirror, lip balm, photos of the baby, pen, lotion and hand sanitizer and my phone. When I have my bigger purse, my wallet is bigger and I carry a book or two. I downsized earlier in the week for an event.
Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 10:43 amVictoria says:
Wallet, cellphone, some candy (for when the sugar craving gets too bad) tampons, my BC, VS Endless Love perfume, meds, gums (like 5 different kinds!) pens, hand sanitizer, chapstick, lipgloss, a whole ton of shit I don’t need!
Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 10:48 amKarin says:
I’ve actually gotten compliments from security people who have to check bags and events about how organized my purse is.
In the main compartment I have my inhaler, two pens, a nail file in its case, my wallet, and the case for my glasses. In the zip compartment in front of that, I have my grocery store member cards, my picture holder full of pictures of my nieces and nephews, a coin purse for my change, a matchbook, and lipgloss. In the button compartment in the very front is my cell phone and my chapstick.
Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 11:28 amSusan says:
I can’t carry a purse. One of the people that takes me out has to make room in their purse for my things. Luckily I don’t need much. There is always a bright side to everything!
Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 12:35 pmBrandy says:
I have: cell phone, iPod, wallet, camera, change purse, two pens, St. Francis prayer card, comb, chapstick, allergy meds for myself and my kids, migraine meds for the hubs, a bottle of ibprofen for me, a book (the title may vary, but there’s ALWAYS a book), a small swiss army knife,sunglasses in a hard case and a small spritzer of body spray. And I manage to fit all that into a meduim sized purse. *g*
Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 12:50 pmOkie Sister says:
I’ve down-sized my crapola so I can carry my digital camera. That only leaves room for sunglasses, wallet, makeup bag, breath mints, cell phone, keys, two pens, and a notebook or as I affectionately now call it, “my brain.”
Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 1:51 pmErin says:
I have my hankie with black lace, a ring with several skeleton keys, my keys, three cherry chapsticks, three different types of lipstick, my wallet with reciepts and an ID that is now where close to how I look now, a retainer, a black pen and some loose change.
Thats it today.
Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 1:55 pmJane says:
I have my wallet, phone, keys, Purell, make-up bag, tissue, gum, iPod, pens and chapstick.
Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 2:03 pmPaula says:
The card I forgot to mail today, a calendar, bus schedule, toothpicks, a tampon, sunglasses, lipbalm, a plastic bag, umbrella, gloves, a scarf, various membership cards in a “card holder”, my wallet, a cloth for cleaning eyeglasses, old cough medicine strips, a comb, the key to my mailbox, gum, tissues, the bag for my cellphone, an addy book, more tissues, an old receipt, headphones for my cph, hair ties, a memory stick, and one totally mushed snack pie (which luckily has stayed inside its wrapper).
This list is so much longer than I expected. *facepalm*
Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 2:49 pmjeanne says:
There isn’t enough room to list it all. I had this one large purse for about 10 years and everyone decided I need a new one so I ended up with two for Christmas and other this spring from my daughter. I partially empty one and start stuffing a new one and the result is I now have 4 purses all with stuff in them!
Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 2:58 pmDarlene says:
Only what is absolutely necessary and the one thing I can’t keep in my purse is a pen. It keeps dong a disappearing act and I never have one when I need it. I’m going to start carrying a little recorder, maybe it’s big enough not to disappear, lol.
Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 3:22 pmCryna says:
I have so much stuff in my purse. My Dad keeps telling me he is surprised I can even lift it. Would you believe the other day I found a small pair of vise grips in one of the compartments – and I cannot even remember why I needed them. So I am not going to list all the errors of my ways that are in my purse……. :rotfl:
Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 4:34 pmAng says:
My wallet, numerous pens, small notebook, nail file/clippers/etc in a small case, Band-aids, lifesavers, lip gloss, keys, cell phone, calendar, small baggie of crayons, tissues, my Flip video camera, and “Heating up the Holidays” which came in the mail today :bananadance: (I was reading it at my daughter’s swim lesson tonight).
Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 7:14 pmMichelle says:
My Sister-in-law laughs at me because I have a teeny-tiny purse which contains a pen, two lip glosses, lip stick, chapstick, a flash drive, professional id, debit card and my treo phone. She claims it’s like a magicians hat!
Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 8:23 pmTabitha C says:
Work id, monthly train transpass, fat wallet (cards & change), scraps of paper, train schedule pamphlets, envelope containing various bills and payment receipts, to-go pantiliners, bottle of unopened tear drops, cell phone, border coupons, pens, pack of orbit chewing gum, loose ricola cough drops, mini sewing kit, about $10 worth of quarters, tylenol, dental floss, bandaids, store receipts, a reading book or two, mp3 player, chain of keys, pack of tissues, makeup wedge, concealer, assorted lipstick, lipgloss, chapstick, and eyeliners…and I’m not sure what else as I’m just going by memory here.
Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 8:54 pmErin says:
omg Too many things are in my purse. Okay here goes –
my iPod, wallet (mostly full of pennies and nickles and a bizillion cards for different stores OY) lip gloss, chapstick, mascara (I don’t even wear makeup???), a book, small notebook, 2 pens, a pull-up and wipes (I’m a nanny – yep I tend to forget to take that stuff out of my purse when I go home), a bottle of motrin, hand cream, spare keys, bandaids, kleenex, allergy medication, asthma medication (walking pharmacy??) …
holy crap
I’m embarrassed to continue with the list. LOL OY!
Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 9:52 pmErin says:
OH and my camera. I always have my camera with me. LOL
Posted on November 7th, 2008 at 9:52 pmJessica says:
i hate carrying a heavy purse/bag. I have a wallet, keys, a cell phone, tissues, comb,1lipbalm, receipts (that aren’t heavy) and I already have a hard time finding anything
clean out your purse!
Posted on November 8th, 2008 at 7:00 amLisa Freeman says:
cell phone, 2 pens, several receipts, 1 lipstick, 1 lipgloss, wallet, keys, ziploc bag with coupons, checkbook, reading book, pda. It’s not a large purse because I changed for college football and my GA purse is on the smaller side. I have a bad habit of not zipping it shut and it always falls over in the car!
Posted on November 8th, 2008 at 9:47 amJamy says:
So, when I had a diaper bag (UGH!) I always had TONS of crap. BUT now that I have a purse, it’s usually pretty clean! Why? Because I bought a SMALL purse so I couldn’t fit lots of crap in there! Let’s see… Wallet, gum, oil absorbant sheets, lip gloss, and if I’m sick, some rolled up T.P.! THANK HEAVENS WE DON’T HAVE TO USE DIAPER BAGS FOREVER!
Posted on November 8th, 2008 at 11:06 amkim h says:
i have lots of change
Posted on November 11th, 2008 at 11:06 pmGrace Brown says:
i usually choose diaper bags which are made of recyclabe materials to help the environment not just your babies.-*~
Posted on May 11th, 2010 at 12:31 pmDominic Gonzales says:
i have disposable diaper bags at home and they really make life easier-;-
Posted on August 12th, 2010 at 6:51 pmArianna Torres says:
my diaper bags are made of cotton fabric and paper, they are quite tough”`
Posted on October 1st, 2010 at 1:53 amImpotence Remedy says:
my sister always use plastic diaper bags while i always use paper diaper bags,*,
Posted on October 18th, 2010 at 9:18 am