All or nothing

I rarely carry a purse. When I go out I’m generally either going to school, which requires a whole big bag, or I’m with Brett, in which case I depend on him to have keys and money. The few times that neither of those apply I grab one of my purses (lately it’s the turtle one) and throw in my wallet, sunglasses, and if I remember, my phone, and go. Every single bag I own has chapstick in it because I got tired of remembering to move that from one bag to the next and I hate being without it (even have a stick in my scripture tote).

But there’s a meme asking you to show what’s in your purse (check out Laylabean and Book Guardian). Since when I go out it’s basically all or nothing, here’s the all. I use the messenger bag I sewed last year for my school bag and it has all kinds of pockets on purpose.

In this picture you can find:

• book (I do most of my personal reading on the bus, and this is the bag I take on the bus)
• folder
• Book of Mormon
• pencil bag with dry erase markers, stapler, laser pointer, remote clicker
• checkbook
• receipt
• post-it pad
• name badge
• phone
• handkerchief (I rarely am without one of these)
• three USB drives (almost 11 gig total in my bag, I used to carry a USB cord as well)
• chapstick
• lipstick
• toothbrush and toothpaste
• hand sanitizer
• two things of lotion
• fortune cookie fortune – Soon, you will receive pleasant news
• thank you cards from students (I need to remember to leave these in my office with the others)
• work keys with another USB drive
• house keys
• sunglasses
• ear buds (that I tie to my water bottle inside my bag and put in my ears when I’m riding the bus so people don’t talk to me)
• wallet
• binder clips
• pens, pencil, eraser – those black erasers are the BEST erasers
• bus pass
• membership cards
• business cards (mine and others)
• tylenol and ibuprofen
• water bottle
• netbook

I tend to hoard spoons in there too that I take for my yogurt at lunch. Looks like I’ve got them all out for now.

What’s in your bag?