My handbag comes everywhere with me and I like to be prepared.I carry around way too much stuff with me but old habits are hard to break. I would like to share with you all my bits and pieces that accompany me on my day to day routine.
This is what I find most essential.
Tissues: you never know when you might need them. Great for cleaning up messes, a runny nose, to dry your hands, or a substitute for toilet paper. I don't leave home without them. I also leave a packet in the glove box in the car as an emergency supply with some wet ones.
Pill container: bought in the Netherlands at the tulip farm to replace a boring plastic one that I had. It is great to keep my spare pills and panadol in. Also lovely to look at and use. It is invaluable to me. I feel safer and well prepared with this item. It is always with me if I stay overnight at a friends place. So handy. I keep it in a purple knitted purse that I made myself. I keep my portable phone charger in another pink purse that I also made. They protect the items from scratches.
My mobile phone: this comes with me when I leave the house and has a protective case that I bought for it at the opportunity shop. It is attached to a lanyard, in case I want to put it around my neck for easy access.
My purse: Fake black Chanel but lovely all the same. It is used to hold my cash in and my bank cards and supermarket cards.
Orange makeup bag: I bought this recently in Hong Kong for a few dollars and I love it. Filled with goodies that could come in handy, such as, a nail file, tooth floss, real Chanel travel perfume spray (simply divine), eye spray for dry eyes (great for the plane or if you use your screen too much - So soothing), eye cream for under the eyes and a liquid under eye roller (this always perks me up and I don't feel so tired), Coloured lip gloss (so handy for a touch up), lovely swarovski mirror compact (handy for applying lipstick or makeup) and a small gold compact with face powder inside (great for touch ups).
Howard's storage carry bag with clip: this bag is so handy if I buy a few items when out. It holds a lot and is very strong. It means that I do not have to use plastic bags when I buy something and this alone makes me feel better. The bag folds up into a tiny outer bag for storage in your purse and hardly takes up any room. A great investment.
Hand sanitiser is an absolute must. This hangs off the outside of my bag by a small clip attached to it. I use it all the time. Great after using toilets and touching door handles and stair rails. Keeps germs at bay.
Small Chinese silk purse with key ring attachment: Inside I keep my supermarket trolley tokens so I can always get a trolley if I don't have any coins. Love them.
Small rubbery blue coin purse for all my extra change: so handy, and you do not need to get your purse out and unzip it. Also, purse does not bulge with too much extra change.
Red metal card case: inside this case I keep all the cards from the coffee shops that I go to and also cards from Ikea and Noodle Box. After 6-10 buys you get one free depending on the card.
Small cloth flower purse in blue: I keep a small ipad screen pointer and a USB stick, just in case I need to use the ipad when away.
Lipstick holder with lipstick inside: great for use after lunch when out.
A comb: that I had to buy in the Netherlands as I had not packed mine. This is more handy to store in a handbag, as a brush is too big and bulky.
Another purse with library cards, drivers license, health cards, medi-care and chemist cards. All the important ones.
Peppermints are always good to carry around. Good if you get a bit hungry when out and to freshen the breath.
Lastly I keep a pen and some paper (a notebook) to jot down anything that I need too.
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