What Is in Your Purse?

I am with Katrina A. I feel like there is everything but he kitchen sink. There is so much in there that for at least a month my son's ipod was in there but I did not know it.

I carry everything I might ever need. Someone asked if I had nail polish remover once and I didn't, I went and bought the portable wipes the next day! Always prepared for anything ;)

Keys
wallet
camera
small makeup bag
papers that i needed
my medicine
few breath mints or gum
pens
cell phone
few blank papers for the kids to draw on if were in a dr's app. waiting
tampons/pads if its that time of month

My man card, oh wait... thats in HER purse.
Now that is funny

Can I just answer everthing but the kitchen sink and leave it at that?
I started writing out a list like other ladies are posting and then realized just how long it was getting and that I'd end up writing a novella if I did it that way.
My purse is huge and full and not really a purse as much as a backpack. I carry it instead of a diaper bag unless we're going to be away from the car all day. I have things for everyone in the family in there. It weights a *cough*few*cough* pounds.
It has stuff for changing diapers, things like spare glasses for my son in case something happens to his. Commonly needed meds like asthma inhaler, Tylenol, Tums etc. Hair brush/comb, couple scrunchies. Camera w/batteries & memory cards. Wires and chargers for phones, camera etc. Typical stuff like wallet and checkbook.
I have tried to take things out but it's all stuff we use all the time so I don't bother trying anymore.
It's going to be so weird when the kids get older and we don't need quite so much just to run to the store!

Well, you'll laugh - my friends get a kick out of everything in my purse!!!

this is my purse:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/DKNY-Womens-North-South-Nylon-Lea...

Wallet with drivers license, two debit cards, insurance cards, etc. paper money and change.
Pocket copy of the U.S. Constitution
Swiss Army Knife
Plastic diaper wipe holder with diaper wipes
a key set with all my store "savers" cards and an 8gig memory stick
day planner (mom's world Plan-It)
A yellow file folder with coupons (the thin paper one).
small tube of hand lotion
carmex lip balm
an envelope for my receipts
Energizer Spot charger
(cell phone when I'm out)
first aid kit (the little white one you buy at Target with neosporin in it as well)
a black leather note pad with a pen
reading glasses in a case

I know there's more. But that's all I can think of off the top of my head. Feel sorry for to poor lad who ever tries to snatch my purse!!! It won't be as light as he thinks!!!

I had carried a backpack so long, for school, that I became used to having that as my carryall. I used a backpack instead of a purse for years until I finally broke down and got one. I usually keep a roll of toiletpaper on me, because I have bad allergies and now that I have a kid, well you can never go wrong with having some tissue on hand. Just recently I was at the vet and a dog let loose at the front counter right before it was my turn to step up. I took some tissue out of my purse and covered the spill to mark it and so no one else would step on it and track it all over.

I usually have eyedrops, eyeliner, lipgloss, my wallet, Tylenol, gum, car keys, cell phone, wet wipes, notepad and some pens. If we're going to the movies, I'll shove a bag of treats in there too.

My father in law doesn't like to have his keys, wallet, sunglasses and other odds and ends in his pants pockets so he got an old leather camera case with a strap to stuff that all in when he walks around. We laugh and call it his murse. (man purse)

My mother carries around marry-freaking-poppin's carpet bag. I swear, if you asked her for jumper cables, she could find a set in her purse.

Wallet
Phone
Gum
Emergency glucose injection
Candy
Squeezable cake frosting
Lip balm
Pens
Alcohol swabs

(my kids and husband have Type 1 diabetes, I promise I'm not a cake frosting junkie! :) Before the kids got insulin pumps I had a purse full of syringes. That one is hard to explain when they all fall out of your purse at the check out counter! )

Wallet
chapstick/lipstick
receipts
keys - only when shopping*
phone - only when shopping*

*Keys are on the table by the front door when at home or in the car when driving.
*Phone is on the table by the front door when at home or in cup holder in car when driving.

Sunglasses stay in the car at all times - that's how I keep a pair for over 10 years at a time. I've only had 2 pair of sunglasses in the past 15 years.

I hate purses!

@ Sunshine- Glucose tabs and a spare tester in mine! My DH has been on a pump for about a year, I also do not miss having syringes in my purse!!

Oh, and I live in AZ, so a copy of my birth certificate to show Sheriff Joe should he pull me over.

The credit cards I never use, a pen, my mom's keys, trash, gum, receipts, a lipstick I never use unless it's an emergency, hand sanitizer sample thingy someone gave me.

I dont take a purse unless I'm travelling away from home for more than a day. I hate purses.

Cash
credit cards
drivers license
AAA card
health insurance card
voters card
super market discount cards
book club cards
library cards
PTA cards, etc (the cards add up to be an inch wide stack sometimes).
mini LED flash light (you'd be surprised how often that comes in handy)
Diva cup
comb
check book
pen
reading glasses
phone
camera
spare mouth guards (son takes taekwondo - he needs it for sparring)
If traveling, passports
chap stick, lip gloss
nail clippers
a mini compact folding multi tool (pliers,screw drivers (both heads) - not quite a Swiss Army knife but almost
breath mints
Rolaids
cough drops
Every so often I dump it all out and give all the change that accumulates at the bottom to my son so he can feed his piggy bank - it REALLY helps lighten up my purse).
I tell my husband to stay out else he'll set off the bear traps.

Well...
wallet
keys
business cards
grocery store cards
to do lists
Pen for me and lots of pens for everyone else!
make-up
hand lotion
Kleenex
Hand sanitizer
travel size sanitizer wipes
Any paperwork i need for the day
Receipts I think i may need again
cell phone
anything the kids want me to hold or i have taken from them.
Gum, mints for me and everyone else in my family
usually a snack like peanuts or a protein bar of some sort for emergencies
oh yeah MONEY! or currency of some sort.
I use to keep a small pair of sissors in my purse hubby use to tease me all the time about it and then ask to use them when we were out. But i had to stop carrying them when I was traveling a lot they would not let me on the plane with them!
Nail clippers because I cannot stand when i'm out and my nail chips and I cant cut it to stop it from getting snagged on everything.
Tampons and liners at all times for emergency situations!

So what do you keep in your car? uuuummmmm?

Let's see: I have a wallet with cash, credit card, driver's license, other necessary (well, mostly) cards; a small bag with a comb, an emery board, and a bit of makeup so I can look tolerably decent; sunglasses; a notebook and pen; a magnifying glass (I'm getting older!); car keys; house keys; cell phone; dog treats. People don't all carry dog treats in their purses? Well, we're raising a puppy.

There's room in there for a book and a bottle of water, if I need them. I used to carry a camera all the time, but the camera wore out.

Whatever I need to take with me and don't want to forget because I am picking them up separately.

I am too lazy to type out the exact contents but you can be sure my wallet and keys are in there. :)

I have a purse but usually when I go out I have my son with me and the diaper bag so I just throw my wallet in there. So if that is considered my purse.... Lol.

In my real purse I have, my wallet, mints/gum, bobby pins, and my inhaler.

Wow everyone carries way too much stuff around.

I have my wallet, a small one with one credit/debit card, driver’s license, insurance card. If I know I am going to a specific store I may bring that store credit card but I usually just use my debit card.

I keep my house/car keys, lip balm, small pack of tissues, a pen and Kandoo wipes (they are like smaller baby wipes).

When I was single I rarely carried a purse, I don’t like lugging something around with stuff I don’t normally need. And it’s not like there aren’t any stores around if I really need something, I don’t live on a deserted island, lol.

Keys
money
various appointment or retail cards
debit card
license
daily meds
glasses case
glasses cleaner
emergency feminine hygiene products
pens
writing tablets
deodorant
brush
sunscreen
Band-aids
cellphone
Chapstick

Funny you go with NO purse b/c I tried using a smaller purse last week and couldn't handle it! I switched back to my large back-pack-style purse.

In the small purse, I had:
lip balm, tic-tacs, hankey, knife, wallet, camera, phone, hand sanitizer, advil, couple pens

I couldn't handle it. I'd say "Where's my __?" and after saying that 10 times, just switched back to my big bag. So now, I ALSO have:
vitamins for son, vitamins for me, snacks for me, snacks for son, water bottle, pads, tampons, another hankey, foldable scissors, coupons, more coupons, sanitizing wipes, floss.

I USED to carry around more, which I have now moved to my car, saving me some extra poundage. Used to also carry: Chuck E Cheese tokens, socks for me, socks for son, lots of treats/snacks that just got crushed/broken, notepads, calendar, markers ....

My wallet, checkbook, spare house and car keys, earbuds, eye drops for my contacts, chapstick, comb, lipliner and lipstick.

Wallet, make-up bag (with lotion, nail-clippers, pads, tampons, emery board and chap stick), crayons, napkins, kleenex, Show and Save book, band-aids and polysporin, wet wipes, mints, granola bar, ear buds, camera, water bottle, calculator, Advil and a pen. If you leave all your stuff in the car, what do you do when you get to your destination? If I'm at the mall or the zoo or wherever, I don't want to run back to the car for this or that...

My "normal" purse (smaller size): Keys, cellphone, checkbook/wallet, pen, small notepad, hairbrush, chapstick, in one of the zipper pouches: the coupons I plan to use that week and my shopping list, sometimes a lipstick or chapstick, a bandaid dispenser and neosporin spray, gum, small bottle of hand sanitizer, in another zipper pouch 4 tampons.

My "work" purse: (pretty leather, looks kinda like a briefcase but is a purse)-Those things listed above plus my dayplanner (minus the bandaids and neosporin), a file or two, extra red, blue, and black pens, a highlighter, a vanity mirror and small makeup kit that includes a travel size deodorant and toothbrush/scope.

My "I'm gonna be out all day and am still transitioning from the diaperbag" purse: (it's bigger) has all the things in the first purse, plus the dayplanner, a bottle of water, snacks, small toys (lego batman & robin, a couple hotwheels), a little bag of different shaped dice to keep kids busy with math if we're in a restaurant, sunglasses and case, a travel pack of wet wipes, and whatever may be needed that day, depending on what I'm doing.

The diaper bag: finally retiring, except sometimes (depending on what we're doing and how long)....it has a full change of clothes for each child, wet wipes, first aid kit, sanitizer, notebook/pen, $20, tampons, snacks, water, a couple small toys to keep them occupied if we're needing to be quietly entertained. This used to be my purse, but now it's more of a "suitcase" for the day and stays in the car most of the time. :)

Wallet
Kleenex pack
gum
Swiss Army Knife
Breath mints
hand sanitizer
notepad
pens
eye glass case
tampon
Oh yah- a flashlight. Purse size.

My Husband says I carry a suit-case.
Whatever.
I am not a 20 year old, who carries a TINY little 6" wrist purse.

keys
wallet
phone
kleenex
small coupon file
burt's bees
lotion (I keep this in my car, too, but the skin on my hands gets so dry, that it tends to crack)
hand sanitizer
pens
planner, or at least a small moleskine notebook
nail file
inevitably, a toy or two
a hook, to hang my purse from the shopping cart (my little one still rides IN the cart, and I don't want her playing with my purse)

Although generally, if I can get away with it, I leave the purse in the car, and just put my driver's license, credit card, and keys in my pocket.

checkbook
pen
swiss army knife
cell phone
wallet with id and debit card
inhaler
gum
excedrin
children's tylenol, band-aids and neosporin
keys
id badge/keys for work
small make-up bag with fingernail clippers, powder, chapstick, file, tampon
and usually a toy car or ds game or some other small toy

I will be honest, I carry really REALLY weird things in my purse. I carry a smaller purse, on account that I don't really care to carry them around, but the amount of things I pack in it is crazy! (Most of it is things that I threw in there for a reason, then forgot to take it back out... this might give me an excuse for me to clean out my purse!) There is also a lot of necessary things I have to carry.
This is my purse. http://www.bonanza.com/listings/Lily-Bloom-NWT-shoulderba...

Wallet
Glucometer
Alcohol wipes
Lancets
Emergency candy (in case of a hypo moment... I'm a type 1 diabetic)
Sunglasses
Keys
Coin pouch
Small container of pain reliever
Tire Gauge
Nail Clippers
Digital Calipers (I have no idea, I think it's my husbands)
Pack of gum
Travel Chopsticks (long story, inside joke)
A Nook wall plug (A friend left it at my house, and I keep forgetting to give it back to her so it lives in my purse at the moment)
Pocket Calculator (It's the size of a credit card)
iPod
Phone
Jewelers Loupe
assorted gemstones (none are worth anything, but I was showing them to someone, so they could pick a color they liked, and forgot to take them out.)
Baltic Amber with a bug in it (It amuses the kids when I really need them to be quiet for a few minutes)
Lots of Pens
A Pencil
and a Lip gloss!

Wow I really miss the days when I was a teenager and all I needed was to carry a wallet in my pocket!
I saw another person saying their husband went on an insulin pump! BEST THING EVER! Before I went on the pump I had an insulin vile and syringes (Which was a huge pain when ever I had to go through a metal detector, and I had to explain it) After that I used insulin pens, which were easier, but I still had to carry the pens and the pin tip needles! ANNOYING! I used to tell people the bottom of my purse was full of pocket change and medical waste. *LAUGH*

My camera bag is my purse. It has a couple different pockets, and each has a 'job'.

- Camera, walking around lens, batteries, cards, jack.
- Makeup & emergency tampons & medicine (ibuprofen, etc)
- Nicorette & cigarettes & lighter& hand sanitizer & notepad & pens & eye drops
- ID/ debit card/ gift cards/ membership cards
- cash
- phone
- keys
- EpiPen, inhalers, oximeter

wallet
make up bag
kleenex
pens
small car toys
name badge
keys
sunglasses
and gloves

Wallet
Pen
tampon
cards for every various store that has their own discount card
coupons
gum
lollipops
tissues
small bag of animal crackers
old receipts
paper clips
and something that I am not even sure what it is or what it might have gone to.
LOL

Wallet
Sun glasses
house keys (separate from car keys)
Lens cleaner
gum
lip gloss
Kindle Fire
pens
phone