Clumsy Kisses

Show and Tell: My Handbag

Ashley at Clever Blog Name Here posted about the contents of her purse. Well, I’m British, so it’s not a purse but a handbag, or maybe just a bag. My purse is the small leather thing I carry cash and my cards in, which I believe Americans refer to as a wallet. To me a wallet is only for a man. Confused? Sorry. You say tomayto, etc etc.

Anyway here are the contents of my bag. This actually isn’t that much stuff - my current bag is a huge black canvas messenger one and I do tend to carry everything but the kitchen sink in it. I’m an only child, see, I’m always working on the proviso that I will be bored at some point and better carry plenty of things with which to amuse myself. Life is hard when you haven’t got siblings to torment on long journeys

My current journal. I’ve been journalling regularly for only about three years, although I tried to a lot when I was younger. This is from Paperchase and has really smooth cream pages; I really like it.

This is the card that’s stuck on the first page of my journal. BeeCee sent me it after my dad died.

My mobile phone. You can see the picture of Ivy that’s my background and also the time. I don’t particularly like this phone, but my contract isn’t up until December.

My current pencil case. It’s a makeup bag, but I now have too much makeup to fit in there, so I am reusing it for pens. I do carry far too many pens around with me, that’s just the way I am.

This is my purse. It’s new, I only bought it on Monday. I am in LOVE with it. I took this without the flash to get the real colour. I have a lot of pink things in my bag, and yet I’m not that girlie of a girl in that I don’t wear heels or makeup very much. I do like pink a lot, though.

My prescription sunglasses and their case. They’re sort of purple and orange and are very, very funky. I can’t remember how I survived without prescription sunglasses now.

My diary. It’s by Paperblanks and is really tactile. I tend to not write stuff in it, though, and then forget what I’ m supposed to be doing.

My Burt’s Bees lip balm and rescue ointment. The lip balm is pepperminty and makes my lips really soft, the rescue ointment gets slathered on cuts and bruises. They both live in that little leather purse thing, which Viky bought me for my birthday.

A letter which has been in my bag faaaar too long.

My iPod which I actually really dislike because it’s NOT easy to use, and the front of my car stereo which can be removed for security purposes. The stereo plays CDs or takes a wire to play my iPod, which I approve of.

My iPod headphones and USB charger. I carry the charger wire everywhere because I often charge it at work.

Tablets for pain. Not just ibuprofen, I tend to stick whatever I have on hand into those boxes. Himself laughs at me, but what else is new?

Random other bits: a small mirror, a bookmark that I cross-stitched, a nail file and some post-it notes, complete with list of things I needed to take to London with me last week.

What do you keep in your handbag? Are you willing to share with the interwebs?

I really don’t know…

Well, Facebook me

A meme to lighten the atmosphere a bit

I really want…

One month

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