This week’s Monday Listicle - suggested by Ducky from Batcrap Crazy - is delving deep into on of life’s greatest mysteries: what exactly is in a woman’s purse? My purse is intimidating to my husband. When he is looking for something and I tell him it’s in my purse, he is always wary. Perhaps he just never knows what he is going to find.
If this topic had been suggested a few weeks ago, I would have been able to astound and amaze you with the WTHeck? items pulled from the depths of my purse. But I cleaned it out over the holidays so I haven’t had a chance to accumulate the usual level of bizarre that can be found in there. (Unopened toothbrush, stacks of receipts from 9 months ago, crumbs and wrappers? It’s usually a veritable archeological dig site.)
Here is a glimpse of what I found in my purse this week:
1. Receipts from the Holidays – Somehow missed or acquired after the Great Clean Out of 2012.
2. Disinfecting wipes – Because you never know when germs will strike.
3. Crumpled up tissues. I don’t think they were used – nor will they ever be, at this point. Does every mom have tissues in her bag?
4. First aid kit – I am always prepared for my klutzy tendencies.
5. One of Captain Bravo’s socks – He’s been taking his boots and socks off in the car – yes, even in sub-zero-degree-Celcius Canadian winter weather. The other day I couldn’t find one of his socks when we got home, so I just put his boot on with out it. Of course we found it immediately upon entering the car next time. Sneaky sock.
6. Dental floss – Why would I have dental floss with me when I go out when I can barely remember to do it when I am home?
7. Last week’s grocery list – with bonus artwork by Captain Bravo
8. Appointment reminder card from an appointment 2 weeks ago
9. Random store membership and mostly depleted gift cards that were floating at the bottom of bag.
10. Lip and hand hydration – a Canadian winter must-have.
My purse looks very different, however, when we leave the house for any period of time. We must add the following items:
- a water bottle for Bravo
- snack choice(s)
- seasonal outdoor clothing and accessories (hats, mitts, sunscreen, etc.) for everyone in the family
- a selection of games and toys that will entertain in the car
So my bag actually looks more like this:
Gone are the days when I could leave the house with my bank card and a lipstick in my pocket. I need a bag – a big one. I can honestly say I would be lost without my purse. No wonder it accumulates stuff that boggles my husband’s mind.
What’s in your purse?
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I love the way you numbered your purse contents so that it looks like a crime scene photo. Hahahahaha.
I always have old appointment cards swimming in the bottom of my purse, too!
The Dose of Reality recently posted..Top 10 Reasons Our Purses Are Dragging Us Down
The appointment cards! I take them and put them in there and never look at them again – until I find them weeks later when I am looking for something else.
My purse looked more like yours last week before I cleaned it. Ha ha, I swear I didn’t do it on purpose for this week’s listicle although maybe subconsciously? Still some funny things in mine this week : )
Lori recently posted..What’s in Mama’s Purse?
Purse have a way of collecting funny stuff, don’t they?
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Reminder cards, great idea if I could maybe tape them to my forehead so I wouldn’t forget where they are LOL
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I drop them in my bag and they aren’t seen again until I discover them weeks later – usually when I am looking for something else.
Ha! It *does* look like a crime scene photo! Ah, the receipts and socks- maddening! Also, my husband carries floss with him everywhere! I’m lucky if I remember to use it at home…
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Me too! It’s good to have in a pinch, but I am pretty sure I just forgot to take it out after my last dentist visit.
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Ha–I know what you mean about how different it looks when we go out. Mine gets stuffed with all kinds of random things depending on where we’re headed & for how long. It’s even funnier when I come home some days, I can’t even close it because I’ll stuff giant things in there on our way home from shopping sometimes, like say two 250g bags of chips or a multipack of toilet paper. I’ll do anything to avoid bringing a plastic bag home.
LIsa C recently posted..Ten Things That are NOT in my Purse
Yes, I’ll say that I don’t need a bag at a store and then try to put it in the purse, too. We ask a lot of of our bags.
What ^^everybody else^^ up there said…now the Law & Order theme song is in my head? Ha!
I’m with you on the dental floss but then again…you never know when a poppy seed is going to make a surprise appearance.
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That is true – it is good to have just in case. I tend to have a lot of ‘just in case’ items in my purse.
The socks crack me up! Lots of lists have socks on them, too funny.
My purse often has socks in it – or mitts, hats or other smallish clothing – for some reason.
I am always amazed by these lists…glad I am a guy at times.
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I remember the days before I carried a large purse – it was a simpler time.
I love everything in your purse especially the socks. My purse is different too when I am out for the day I would slip in a snack and a bottle of water.
The going out for the day purse is a different thing entirely, right?
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Even I am surprised at what I can find in my purse! Sometimes I’m afraid to reach in there!
Me too! I’ll find something and think “where did that come from?”
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I have wipes and tissues in my bag too!
Children, grimy bunch.
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They are, sometimes! We have to be prepared, right?
What is it about socks that makes them want to drive us crazy, I wonder…
Also, my bag looks like your out for the day version all the time… when I’m out for the day I basically need a trolley!
BonnyBard recently posted..Monday Listicles – The Purse Edition
I sometimes miss the stroller – simply for the fact that it was easier to cart things around. And yes, those socks – between getting lost and eaten in the dryer, they do cause a lot of hassle!
Irishman is always disinclined to look through my bag for anything!! I’m pretty sure I had tissues in mine. If not in my purse then for sure stuffed up my sleeve. Weird, I know!
Ducky recently posted..Life Crumbs-Mystery Bag Unveiling
I stash tissues up my sleeve too! Or in my bra for some reason… but only on one side, so I’m lopsided half the time…
BonnyBard recently posted..Monday Listicles – The Purse Edition
You just gotta have easy access to tissues – you just never know when you will need one. Unfortunately sometimes they end up sitting in the purse and getting ragged before someone can use them.
I got a new purse at Christmastime and haven’t had the opportunity to love all the junk over. Some highlights for you, though: a comb, wet wipes, two Matchbox cars, receipts and coupons galore, wallet and checkbook (but strangely, no pen), two report cards, tax information that needs to get filed and chapstick.
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That is a great variety of things! Aren’t purses amazing for all of their content possibilities? You just never know what you will find.
oh woman, my purse is a mess! I’ve got lip lip balm and diaper cream. I’ve got a few lollipops. I’ve got my camera, a jump rope. You name it.
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A jump rope! That is awesome. I don’t know what I would do without a purse, anymore.
This makes me laugh because I find crumpled up tissues in the most random places. Sometimes I have no idea if they have been used or not, but when the 3 y/o comes running for a tissue I don’t even think twice before handing it over.
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When you need a tissue sometimes there is no choice, right? It becomes a question of which is worse: slightly used tissue or no tissue at all? I completely understand!
In our purses is probably the cure, or cause, for some disease. Believe it or not I had an actual fold up potty in my bag this past weekend.
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I believe it! I never thought of the curing disease angle, but you may be on to something here!
I always end up with tons of receipts in my purse too. I need to clean them out.
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Receipts just add up so quickly, don’t they?
Am I the only one sans dental floss and tissue??! I must fix this, pronto. I use cloth handkerchiefs and I think I put mine in the wash. If you know how much I detest putting folded laundry away you understand why it never made it back to my purse…). Love the art on the list. That is a ‘fancied up list’
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He loves finding my lists and a pen and fancying things up for me!
I think I have the least amount of stuff in my (new) purse right now than I have ever had in my life. I probably should have pulled an old one out of my closet for this one. My husband is extremely wary of going into my purse too, even when I asked him to, because his mother was always extremely protective of hers and it was OFF-LIMITS !
Diane@BeStillaMinute recently posted..What’s in the Bag?
I think it is the sheer amount of space and pockets and compartments in my bag that intimidate my husband. He just never knows what is lurking in there.
Score on the expired appointment card! I have more of those around than I do business cards. Geez.
I always seem to have at least one in there. I put them in and they stay there until I discover them accidentally or clean my purse out.
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Love how your blog design is looking!
Ellen
I am already seeing a trend of toothbrushes and dental floss with this purse challenge. Cleaning by association?
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Thank you, Ellen!
I have a hard time remembering to floss at home, let alone when I am out. I am discovering that I tend to put things in there ‘just in case.’
Awesome post. I went out for girl’s night the other night and THOUGHT I had switched to a clean purse. Had to dig past old granola bars and baby wipes and a set of plastic baby keys to find my wallet!
tori nelson recently posted..The Fast & The Furriest
I never change my purse anymore – even if I go out – so I know exactly what you mean!
Hey, fellow Canadian! Your purse contents look eerily like my purse contents. Except I just realized that I desperately need a first aid kit. Thank you!
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Hello, fellow Canadian! The first aid kit is one thing that I am really glad I have in there. It has come in handy.
Impressed by all the personal care and safety items in your purse. I should probably start carrying Kleenex at least.
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I find tissues do come in handy. And I have used my little first aid kit, too.