Sage

Throughout the course of my day, I have noticed sometimes my purse accumulates all kinds of strange things. For example, today when I got home, I had in my purse:

- Wallet
- Mirror
- Glass Cleaning Cloth
- One lipstick (Red), one lipliner (red), one lip gloss (red), one lipgloss (shiny Champagne), one tube of Burt's Bees lipgloss
- One small notebook with pen
- Cell Phone
- One airplane-sized bottle of Ruby Port
- One fat quarter from the quilt store
- One chopstick
- One Pencil Sharpener
- Four White wood-free drawing pencils

So... what's in your purse, ladies? What's the wierdest thing that's ever been in your purse? I feel like what's in my purse at the end of my day tells an interesting story about me and who I am, and I'd love to know all of your stories too!

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Grasshopper Green

I have my:
wallet
keys
cell phone
5 lipglosses/chapstick and a tube of lipstick
my passport
bits of paper with phone numbers on it
a couple of coupons
a small tube of hand cream
a pen and a pencil
my name badge for work
a package of gum
my paycheck
a roll of undeveloped film
tampons
my sons graduation badge from his ice skating lessons
a small bottle of advil
a spare set of contact lenses (I wear daily disposables, these are emergency replacements if necessary)
face blotting papers
and loads of loose change

I think it may be time to clean my purse out. A guy friend of mine once described women's purses as a Bermuda Triangle...they suck all sorts of things in and then you can never find them again. I try to choose smaller purses that can't hold too much, otherwise I end up carrying books, my lunch, and the kitchen sink around.

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rhaevyn

Not much:

Wallet
Checkbook
Chapstick
Keys
School ID
Pen

That's about it.

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sillygirl

Typically, I have about the same as rhaevyn. Since messed up my foot though, and been on crutches or in a wheelchair, I've been carrying a messenger bag lately, which really does suck in the whole world. Books, lunch, drinks, three or four tubes of chapstick, two or three different lipglosses or balms, cell phone, purse, wallet, some paperwork for our home loan, paystub, random receipts and papers with phone numbers on it, grocery list, my journal....

Wow... I need to downsize, huh?

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ngdawg

Damn, you ladies carry a lot!!
Let's see here..
Wallet(small folded thing with all my CC's and Driver's license)
Cellphone
gum
matches
lipgloss
pen
bandaid
emery board
Gas-x and a Benadryl
Pictures in a little plastic sleeve
Creme foundation compact
Loose change(gets emptied out every day)
And sometimes cigs and my lighter

If I'm just running to the store or taking the kids somewhere, I just grab my wallet and leave the pocketbook home. Before my twins came, I carried a huge purse stuffed to the top with crap. But having that and a large diaper bag was a major annoyance, so I re-thought out what I really need. Now my pocketbooks are very small. I leave the grooming crap home unless I'm gone for a weekend.

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taboo

hmm..well,

keys
cell
blush
lip gloss
pen
elastics and hair pins gallore
flyers from diff. events
kleenex
business cards
wallet
tickets from theatre shows or other events

snowy

I don't carry a purse. I carry my debit card, my driver's license, and cell phone all in my pants pockets. I generally don't wear pants without pockets.

I do have a bag for work, though. That contains:
my disk for my documents
my lunch
a book
a bag of coffee

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raeanna74

I just cleaned out my purse yesterday. There were a lot of things that I removed that I don't normally carry in there and many things that I do.

I took out
2 chapsticks
a package of smoothie skittles
numerous receipts
several cough drop wrappers
a few mint wrappers
odd coins in the bottom
two little packets of honey
a packet of catsup
a couple pens and a pencil with no lead
a crayon
some gum
some chewed gum wrapped up in paper

What I left in there
face powder
concealer
mint glass
MK gloss
one lipstick
my wallet which contains
-drivers licence
-two library cards
-grocery store club cards (two of them)
-debit card
-phone numbers of Dr's
-family pics
-medical cards for each family member
-a condom
-change
-insurance card
my keys
a pocket knife
a mini flashlight
a small tube of hand cream
a comb
nail clippers
a pad
one pen
a calendar
a bandaid
a little packet of antibacterial ointment
a number of cleaning wipes (in single packets)
a purse pack of kleenex
my pill case with a list of the pills in it which include
-Imitrex
-Lamictal
-Codine
-Ibuprophen
-Benedril
-Tylenol
-Claritan
-Pepcid
-Imodium
-Children's chewable Tylenol

Seems like a lot by comparison to what some of you carry. I'm never without a kid or two or three and kids require more preparation too. Wipes are a necessity as well as the tylenol, and the ointment. So I guess it's mostly needed.

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Grasshopper Green

I know I carry a lot (not as much as my mom though!). Everything in my purse is something I've needed at one point or another (except the glosses, which seem to just accumulate in there). I also usually carry nail clippers and an emery board, but they've managed to get lost somewhere. I guess I just believe in the boyscout motto

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Formerly Medusa

shesus

I don't carry too much in my purse and what is in there is typically trash (receipts, wrappers, etc.). I have a big purse and a small purse. The big purse has body spray, wallet, loose change because I'm always rushed at the lines when buying something, lighter (probably a few..I can never find them), lip gloss, candy, crackers, and a bunch of paper trash (I need to clean it out).
My small purse has a little change purse from NYC, lip gloss, and a lighter.

I think the weirdest thing I probably had in my purse, but it's not really weird was my bra when the underwire kept jabbing me and it just had to come off.

Nothing too exciting...the exciting things I conviscate from my students always go in my pockets. rubberbands, pokemon figurines, hair beads, etc.

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Sweetpea

my wallet.
cell phone
chapstick.
a brush.



sweetpea

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hehehehe that made me laugh.


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Gilda

Let's see:

Wallet
Day planner
PDA*
Cell Phone
Ipod
Car remote
Tampons
Sanitary wipes
Brush
Face Powder/Compact
Concealer
Foundation
2 Lipsticks
Eye liner
Aspirin
Hand cream
Hand sanitizer
Two pens and two pencils
Flashlight
Hair bands, bobby pins
Pocket tissues
Nail kit

And various other things, depending on where we're going and what we're doing, but those are the basics.

Gilda

*Yeah, I know, who needs a day planner and a PDA? I certainly don't. Grace got one for me to make my life "easier", and programmed it for me, and updates it for me, and showed me how to use it. I dutifully paid attention, tried my best to learn, and promptly forgot how to use it the first time I tried, so it sits there taking up space and I use my day planner instead.

ShaniFaye

cough drops
work ID badge
tampons
12 pens
checkbook
wallet
FM reciever for my mp3 player
pad of blank paper
latest kroger reciept telling me how much i have towards my 10cents off gas
bottle of lotion
bottle of heather oil
a loose one dollar bill
chapstick
tube of lipstick

i just bought a new purse last week so it hasnt had time to gain the wierd stuff yet

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shoegirl

In my purse currently:

- wallet
- lotion
- keys
- chapstick
- hospital ID
- lipgloss * 3
- cinnamon gum
- chloraseptic relief strips
- tampon
- watch
- ink pen
- spare change
- ponytail holder
- old receipts
- nail file

Sage

I think i've had a dildo in my purse before... that's probably my wierdest thing

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TotalMILF

Well, my purse is the diaper bag, so here we go!:

Keys
8 Diapers
Wipes
Baby Powder
Butt Paste
Hand Sanitizer
Wallet
Cell Phone
Thermometer
Nail Clippers
Nursing Pads
Nipple Cream
Pacifier
Bottle
Gum
Chapstick
Pen
Baby Tylenol
PediaCare
Work Schedule
Work Nametag
Baby Sunblock
Work Schedule
Bib
Changing Pad
Immunization Record
Pampers Coupon
Brush
Bulb Syringe
Nasal Saline spray
Swim Trunks
Lotion
Hat
1 Pair of Pants
2 Onesies
Sunglasses

Weirdest thing I've ever had in my purse? I dunno, probably my french horn mouthpiece, or maybe some PFC rank. Not that out of the ordinary, I guess:-P

abaya

The only constants in my purse (other than wallet & keys) are:

-All kinds of lipstick, chapstick, lip gloss, etc
-Compact (facial powder, rarely used)
-Movie ticket stubs (some are really old)
-Way too many receipts (they all get thrown in there; also really old)
-A carabiner keychain from REI
-Loose change

I think this assortment developed because I only use my purse for social occasions or shopping. I don't take it to work or school; for that, I take my backpack, which is full of even more random and useless stuff. (I don't really wear make-up to school/work, nor do I go shopping or to the movies with my backpack, so hence the division.)

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for Love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.
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Meditrina

I can answer this now that I just cleaned it out, I should know what is in it.

• Wallet - includes checkbook, cash, credit cards and photos
• pocket calendar
• small address book
• cell phone
• gum
• brush
• ID cards for work
• inhaler
• makeup case with lipstick and eyeliner
• prescription for my daughter
• bag of advil - for work
• extra hair clips and scrunchy
• 1 maxi and 1 mini pad
• I found my rosary beads in there too

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noodle

my keys ~ on a good day that I remember them.
work cell phone
personal cell phone
work pager
one blue gel pen
my wallet ~ little folded chinese pocket thing
hemp lip gloss from the Body Shop
Rimmel lip gloss ~ neutral
cigarettes and lighter
sometimes a brush, again, if I remember.

The weirdest thing? Probably a huge stack of McDonald's gift certificates. For work. And typically a glass or two will be found the morning after a trip to the pub. Feigling or Guinness.

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snowy

Hey, I had a PDA (even knew how to use all the functions), yet went back to the pen/paper day planner method because I preferred it and as someone who was likely to haul either around a lot, it seemed to make more sense to use something more durable/less expensive to break.

That and I like color-coding my appointments.

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Plummie

In my purse I have my:

Wallet
Cell phone
Keys
1 tube of lipstick
1 tube of chapstick
Sunglasses
Pack of gum
Ink pen
Ponytail holder

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percy

In my purse

wallet
cell
chapstick
breath mints
work id
pen
daytimer
keys
bus pass
various receipts
brush

That's it. Just what I need really. A big change also since I switched to smaller purses. For me anyways, the bigger the purse the more junk inside.

alicat8469

cell phone
wallet
smokes and lighter
pen
day planner

I watch clean sweep alot!! LOL

Pip

For school I usually use a backpack. It can, and does, swallow a lot of random "useful" crap. I carry my wallet, cel phone and keys in my coat pockets. When I'm heading into town to shop or see a play I use a tote bag to carry bus and train timetables, programmes, intermission candy and such. I emptied the tote bag this morning and found:

a hair clip
a pink sparkly brooch
an "anatomy for the artist" book

The last item was slightly bizarre to carry around at the Royal Dramatic Theatre. Found it at a book sale on my way there and couldn't resist.

darkangel

Believe it or not, I'm almost 21 and I've never had a purse. It's just an annoyance to me. I keep all my cards (debit, license etc.) in a tiny plastic sleeve, and I just throw that in my pocket whenever I leave the house. Keys and money go into the other jeans pocket. What else do I really need?

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astrahl

I like small purses so the list may be shorter than most:

Swiss Army Knife
Wallet
1 pen
1 lipstick (clear)
Travel size lotion
Cell phone I never use
Travel size aspirin/pain pill box
1 tampon
Remote opener for hubby's car (stick shift I'm still learning to drive)
Set of keys on a red caribiner (with a Leatherman multitool, mini maglite and smiley face fobs)
Usually some kind of reminder post-it

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poundpuppy34

hehe
~Bra
~lipstick
~ Earings
~Epi-pen
~tampons
~ condom
~wallet
~Swiss army knife
~odd pens and pencils
~Spare key to house and car
~a lighter
~ a quick sketch pad ( never been used)
~Tooth brush
~ mint
~Gum
....
and thas the top layer...

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sunkssd

In my purse
-wallet
-rasberry chapstick (it smells like doughnuts)
-spare keys to my house and truck
-mints
-5 tampons
-a couple of debit card receipts

Sage

Bra? Why do you have a bra in your purse? Should'nt that be like, in your lingere drawer or on your body?

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poundpuppy34

becasue i spilt stuff on me once and my bra soaked it up so now i always have a spare

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Plummie

Girl, that's when you just go without one!

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little_tippler

My purse is usually messy and full of odd bits of paper (notes, phone numbers, receipts), but besides that:

wallet (money, change, bank cards, store cards, receipts)
keys
cell phone
small mirror
moisturizer
hand cream
subway pass
mascara
foundation
lip balm/gloss
kleenex
couple of pens
couple of pain killers (mild, for headaches)
hair band
4 hair clips

I think that's it!

Weirdest thing I have carried in my purse: my tooth?

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Whether we write or speak or do but look
We are ever unapparent. What we are
Cannot be transfused into word or book.
Our soul from us is infinitely far.
However much we give our thoughts the will
To be our soul and gesture it abroad,
Our hearts are incommunicable still.
In what we show ourselves we are ignored.
The abyss from soul to soul cannot be bridged
By any skill of thought or trick of seeming.
Unto our very selves we are abridged
When we would utter to our thought our being.
We are our dreams of ourselves, souls by gleams,
And each to each other dreams of others' dreams.

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genuinegirly

Today:
package of transparencies
tampons
pen
lip balm
keys
eraser
pack of colored pencils
wallet
checkbook
piece of paper with calculations to study for Chemistry class
green paper clip

This is a fun thread!
When I ride my bike to work, I keep a change of clothes in my purse. I tend to like small purses, so it's amusing to see what I can fit. Serpent7 once called me a druid for cautiously uprooting a 2" tall oak seedling and stashing it in my purse.

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Sage

A tree! How original!

Night before last I did an overnight-awake job at a rest home- I swiched to a bigger purse, and I had:

-Three paperback books
-Two vials of beads for making jewelry
-my MP3 player
-a deck of cards

in addittion to all the normal stuff I carry! And this morning I put everything back into my regular purse, along with about fifteen packets of Splenda!

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StormBerlin

My house keys/car keys.
My work keys.
My schedule written down on a peice of scrap paper.
My manager's phone number on another peice of scrap paper.
Lip gloss.
A blue pen.
Part of a gum wrapper.
My wallet which consists of:
My checkbook/register
a ten dollar bill
The card from flowers my boyfriend sent me.
My Debit card.
A Body Shop discount card.
My driver's license.
Blockbuster card.
Health insurance cards.
Subway Card
Victoria's Secret card
My University ID card.
Random business cards.

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Apache

Back at Christmas my hubby got me this cute little tommy hillfiger purse I wanted. "Little" being the key word. By caring larger purses I ALWAYS had it full of junk! Now I only have room for my:
wallet
keys
cell phone
checkbook
2 pens
some change and a couple coupons.

TivaBella

Well, I carry a very big purse so I probably have at least 1 of each of the things mentioned above. I'm afraid to go in and look.

A bit of advice for you ladies that carry condoms in your purse. Be VERY careful when removing your wallet from your purse in the line up at A&P. There could be a bright orange condom hooked into the fold of the wallet that could (theoretically) be flung onto the floor at the feet of the person in line in front of you. Of course, that is strictly a hypothetical situation. It has never happened to me....

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Hornsnhalo

I love threads like this

Purse has :
Wallet
House keys/car keys
Work keys
Cell
Mp3
a handful of pens
lighter
change
Digital Camera
Gum

Babes

Oh God let me find the darn thing. OK!!! In my purse:
a letter
checkbook
wallet
first aid kit (it's small)
Inhaler
Pamprin
Sunglasses
pens
LED flashlight
disposable camera
Creme De Orange Lip Balm
Visine A.C.
pill bottle w/ Ibuprofen, Tylenol, and Benadryl (I've got a lot of allergies)
two socks without their matches
loose change
a big clear die
emory board
chapstick
Deck of cards
Birth control patches (so I never leave them if I go on a trip)
ipod
V for Vendetta ticket stub
pocket knife
keys
student ID
Cell phone
cell phone charger

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