Handbag contents

Also many elastic bands !?

The lists of contents made me smile, my bag contains much of the same general content plus a toy car, a pair of scissors, disposable gloves and shoe covers, a hand fan, hearing aid batteries, note books, photos, butterscotch sweets and a list of my current medication, sticking plasters, antiseptic wipes. Two packets of tissuesMy bulging purse is another story, very little cash and no bank cards ( unless I plan on going shopping). Also worth a mention a tiny man figure made of wire holding a mobile phone ! made for me by my now grown up son. When I used to work I was once referred to as Mary Poppins as I could rustle up most things needed in an emergency.

So glad to see that I am not the only one with a screwdriver in my bag.

I like to keep my handbag as light as possible. I have store cards, purse, lip stick, tweezers, mirror, comb, pen and phone. Living in Northern Ireland I always have some euros in case we cross the border and need money for tolls or shopping.

Oh my goodness. Your bags all sound so organised....does nobody have loads of old receipts? I have phone, keys, purse with cards in, sunglasses, a nàkd cocoa orange bar, two clean handkerchiefs (detest tissues) a napkin from coffee and cake yesterday, oh and the receipts...many...must dispose of them. Not got to the corners yet.

When I go shopping once a week my bag contains mobile phone, purse with coins and notes. Wallet with credit card, loyalty cards etc. Door keys. Tissues, wipes, Tena lady, spare knickers, pain killers, throat tablets, bottle of water and shopping list.

I use a small rucksack all the time. I rarely change bags to go out in the evening. My bag contains everything listed above. Probably the only necessity I don’t carry everyday is my passport. Of course a smart phone that acts as a camera , book and address book ( as well as payment device) does lessen the load). My experience is that people who don’t carry a well stocked handbag - wipes, plasters, hand sanitizer etc) simply rely on those like me who leave home prepares for every emergency

Phone (rarely used), wallet, painkillers - same as Monica, but rarely used, passport, blood group card (rare group), tissues, measuring tape, reading glasses, small brush (never used!), small bottle of handcream, till receipts ad nauseum, Kindle (would have to be surgically removed), shopping lists, book with telephone numbers.

Plus for the menopause - no tampons!!!!

Keys, make up bag, doggy bag, mobile phone, purse , bank cards water pain killers note book and pen, and if there is a garden centre in the plans a wad of damp kitchen roll in a plastic bag x

If it's an evening bag then just specs, and tissues. Everything else will be in OH's pockets. In the daytime there will be the same plus keys to house, spare OH car keys, my car keys (if I'm out without him), phone, tape measure, scissors, painkillers, purse, cards, brush with mirror which folds together, safety pins and probably a lot more I've forgotten about.

I have a cross over bag with outside zipped compartments for bus pass, keys, mobile phone. Inside purse, bursting with loyalty cards, coins notes and a separate inside zip part for credit card etc. Tissues, small bag with squashed in panty liners and spare pants. Also carry a small shopping type bag containing tissues, feminine wipes, hand wipes and a carrier bag.

Phone, large purse with cards etc., screwdriver (why?), chemo record book, dog treats, tissues, pliers (why?),
glucose tablets, multiple old receipts, fabric samples (just in case I see something I can't live without), dead banana. Lord Lucan could be lurking at the bottom!

I have seen people go on holiday with smaller bags than my handbag.
I have a very deep one which is so dark inside that I have a little hanging light which illuminates the depths.
Purse, phone, glasses, tablets, shopping bags, wet wipes and a change bag for my medical needs. When I go to to my diabetes course it also doubles as a briefcase for paperwork.

What a fascinating thread.

I have only one handbag so it'll go with me at night in the unlikely event I am taken out after dark. During which time there will be porkers overhead.

It contains in the body of the bag: my purse with various cards for library, swimming pool, ATM, loyalty cards and, in a small window flap, photos of my gorgeous family.

2nd compartment: Tissues, notebook and black felt pen (can no longer see Biro).

In a zipped side pocket, a wee purse contains 2 safety pins, a card of 6 paracetamol, 4 activated charcoal capsules and a pair of scissors.
Thankfully, Tena and I are strangers. (In Maori, tena means 'there, near you'.

Two keys on a beautiful jewelled, heart-shaped key ring bought for me by my home-care lady, sit in the outer pocket.

Just recently I acquired a pocket-sized phial of Gucci 'Rush' so that's a new addition but not a regular inhabitant.

large purse, card wallet, diary, notebook, 2 folding shopping bags, throat sweets, bunch of keys, ds1's keys, paracetamol, olbas oil sinus thingy, pens, tissues, hanky.

Luckily it's quite a big bag!

I prefer to shove my purse and phone in my pocket and car/door keys in my hand and leave my bag at home. If I’m out for the day or not wearing something with pockets then phone, purse,glasses,foldable shopping bag, keys I hate carrying a bag unless I have to.

.......and reading glasses especially for reading the use and sell by dates when shopping.

Rucksack- Hair clips, scarf, pens, paper, audio book, head phones, Tylenol- I usually leave it in the car and keep my wallet and phone (sometimes) with me-

Everything bar the kitchen sink.
Seriously, tissues, paracetamol, indigestion tablets, lipstick. small bottle of Ribena, purse, pen. till receipts. a few coins,screwed up tissues, umbrella. old shopping lists, small mirror, chewing gum, cigarettes, lighter, two folded up carrier bags in case I go into a shop. I think that all but I'm sure there's some bit's and fluff at the very bottom.

Goodness, it's amazing what people carry. No wonder rucksacks are so popular! I rarely use pills etc when I'm out Monica but it gives you peace of mind knowing you have them.
Incidentally the concert was very enjoyable.

I rarely use a handbag, but when I do it usually contains lipstick, perfume and tissues, plus my purse.

I rarely take the pain killers in my handbag, but I have had migraine all my life, but although it comes less frequently and less painfully then before. But if it starts to develop I need to deal with it before it gets too bad. I also used to get a lot of non-migraine headaches, for which I took ibuprofen. I also carry them because DH also gets headaches sometimes and relies on me having pain killers.

Really although I do not use them often, I worry that if I do not have them I might have a headache and what would I do if I haven't any painkillers.

The Rennies are for car sickness rather than indigestion. Travel sickness tablets are sometimes the equivalent of using a machine gun to shoot a rabbit. If I feel queezy a Rennies sucked slowly will settle my tummy and have no long term effects or side effects on what may actually be quite a short journey.

I hardly ever use my handbag now. I have a waistpurse instead, with cash and card sections. If I'm going shopping I carry my large fabric shopping bag which has pockets for spectacles, mobile phone etc.
I wear a jacket with pockets for bus pass, coin for trolley in supermarkets.

Amazed at painkillers people carry! I have small bags with mobile,specs, purse and lippy. Mind you, your should see the boot of my car. I swim a lot and have a bag containing about 10 bras and 10 pairs of knickers, so I never forget them.

Which handbag are talking about? The out for the evening bag or the usual every day one.

For evening it will contain, keys, comb, driving/distance glasses, paper hankies, mobile phone, a credit card and a £10 note

For day; torch, measuring tape, small magnifying glass, 2prs of glasses: driving/distance and ditto sunglasses. Wallet, mobile phone, make up bag containing comb scissors, nail file, ibuprofen, paracetamol and codeine (for migraine, sheet of Rennies, small mirror and fully charged back up battery for my camera, oh yes, camera and my filofax. So much information in there from maps and books to look for when in second hand shops, dimensions of anything/anywhere needed when scouring second hand and 'antique' shops.