My bag was a present last Christmas - from my wish list- but it's a bit annoying as it has so many pockets inside that things get stuck, but I was glad to have it as my last shoulder bag had got very tatty. It has a good long and wide strap for wearing cross body, just needs less inside and it would be a bit lighter.
So I unpacked my bag and I took out....................
Purse, phone, fold up shopping bag, reading glasses, pen, the olive wood cross that I've carried for years, paracetamol, tatty tissues (ugh), old shopping lists (?), a small notebook, Cheque book (can't remember when it was last used), a small lipstick holder thingy that holds lip-salve and a teeny pair of fold-up scissors and, at the bottom of the bag a handy £1 coin....now back in the purse.
The tissues and shopping lists were chucked but the rest is back in and I'll keep carrying everything else - just in case!
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My mother carried the 'motherbag' when she was out with us when we were younger. My 'teacher bag' weighed a ton, without any teaching stuff inside.
ReplyDeleteA very typical collection for many of us.
ReplyDeleteEssential contents: phone, purse, hankie, pen, keys. 30 years ago there would also have been a diary, and often a camera - but these are on my phone now.
ReplyDeleteI favour a ‘handbag’ nowadays. The gradual metamorphosis into my mother is now complete!
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Very neat and organised. I'm trying not to think of what I might find at the bottom of mine. xx
ReplyDeleteI think you can safely leave the cheque book at home. My bag is probably similar. When mine gets too heavy I examine the contents of my change purse! I also always have a tick removal tool - doesn't weigh much and OH does seem to be a tick magnet.
ReplyDeleteI carry a tiny bag, so I can't pop too much inside. Daughter carries just her phone, she also has a smart watch, can use either to pay from here bank account.
ReplyDeleteI carry so much in my shoulder bag that I think I really ought to get a rucksack! In reality, however, I rarely need to take my bag out with me.
ReplyDeleteI carry a backpack or cross body bag nowadays and donated lots of lovely handbags during my last clearout. I carry far too much but am the go to person when anyone needs scissors, plaster, paraceatmol, gaviscon etc. Catriona
ReplyDeleteI don't carry so much nowadays: purse, lipstick,asthma inhaler, tissues,pen,fold-up shopping bag. Doesn't seem much really,when I was teaching I had much more.Carole R
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