My handbag! So.... who has a bag like this! (What's In Your Bag?)

Member Name: Lools_24

Product:	What's In Your Bag?
Date:	10/02/09 (91 review reads)
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Advantages: Prepared for an emergency of various sorts!

Disadvantages: Its heavy!

Ok , Ok, Ok.... I will get this part out of the way now and confess. You know them small girls you seen in the street with a huge bag which is almost the size of them... well I'm one of them!

I love my handbag to bits. I have a number of bags but my everyday bag is a black leather Marc Jacobs handbag and its gorgeous in fact its one of my favourite possesions and even though it was a (very) expensive present its worth every penny as I will be using it for years!

My boyfriend, his friends, my dad refer to my beautiful bag as "the suitcase" however it doesn't stop them asking me to carry things for them or even borrow something off me.

1) Purse
This is the essential item in my bag (also quite large) it matches my bag and has various cards in it. My debit card is the essential item as i pay for everything on my card (even sandwiches in M & S). I carry a maximum of £5 in my purse which usually goes towards birthday collections when I am in the office. I also am a sucker for membership cards, casino, bingo, bars even though most of these places i have been once but don't plan on going back.

2) Mobiles
Unlike some of my colleagues at work I have opted to have a work mobile and also pay for my own personal mobile. I am a confessed workaholic and can work 13 hours a day meaning my Blackberry does come everywhere with my but I am safe in the knowledge I can turn it off and still have a phone to use. My personal phone is for family and friends only and is essential for arranging my social calendar. Recently got a Sumsung Pixon, the camera is fantastic on it and mean with a 8.2 mega pixel integrated camera I don't have to carry my digital camera around with me.

3) Cigarettes and Lighter
I gave up smoking about 3 years ago and it's only in the last few months I started smoking again during the day. Some days I don't smoke at all others I will have a maximum of 5 cigarettes. It has to be Marlboro Lights and I only ever buy 10 packs as it makes me smoke less!

4) Leather Gloves
I have the coldest of hands which turn white when I go out in the cold and really hurt so I always carry my gloves around. These are my bargain £6 real leather gloves from Primark and they come everywhere with me. They are great for driving as I can grip my steering wheel. I also wear them if I smoke so my fingers don't smell!!!!

5) Hugo Boss Intense Perfume
I love this perfume and got two bottles for Christmas. The bottle fits nicely in my bag and its great to have to just freshen up. The bottle is the smaller sized bottle so its perfect for occasional use. The scent of the perfume is light so its not one of them really over powering perfumes.

6) First Aid Kit
Savlon, Clear Waterproof plasters, Paracetamol, Imodeum, Anticeptic wipes, tampons and an inhaler. Just because... you never know! I often babysit for my friends' children so I always have something for a grazed knee or a little scrape. The boys I work with are also like children so I usually end up dishing out some form of first aid to them too despite them joking about my large bag. (Usually paracetamol for their hangovers)

7) Umbrella
Slim line compact umbrella, because you can never predict the British Weather!

8) Make up pouch
Concealer, foundation, eyeliner, mascara, brown eyeshadow and a clear lip gloss are my emergency make up supplies as you never know where you will get stuck or when you need to touch up.

9) Keys
Car keys, my house keys, keys to my parents house. On a bunch with lots of sparlkly key rings as I am always losing my keys in my bag.

10) I - pod
I best confess now- I cant work it but when I do get it working , I carry it so I can sit at my desk and when working on figures at work I can put some music on and get into the zone to help my concentration.

11) Tissues
Just an essential item really.

12) Cereal Bar
Emergency rations for them days you either have a travel disaster, get stuck in a meeting or have an emergency shopping trip. Perfect for a quick energy boost.

13) Handwash
I have to wash my hands and I'm very into good hygiene so washing my hands even if there is no access to water is a high priority.

14) Ice Scraper- I used to keep this in my car but because I drive , company cars I have sometimes found I get the keys and then have no way of getting snow and ice of the windows quickly. So carrying around my little yellow scraper is a godsend!

There are more items in the bag at the moment due to the sheer size of it but I am determined to have a tidy up and get them out of there and lighten the load.

Summary: Whats in my bag..... everything!