The incomparable Izzybella has, for years now, maintained that I don’t carry a handbag. I carry a suitcase. I’ve always argued that point with her. Sure, I like large bags, but that just means I like large handbags.
Tonight, however, I may be forced to concede her point. Here is everything that I pulled out of my handbag tonight when I emptied it:
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cell phone
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prescription medicine bottle (I had called in for a refill and never put the almost-empty bottle back where it belongs)
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padded envelope I was planning to use again but is now so battered I must throw it in the recycle bin
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book: The Wisdom Well – Ivarna Kalinkova
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printouts of 4 Indian recipes, 4 Thai recipes, and 4 Korean recipes (what? I like Asian & Indian food)
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Flyer about a grand opening from a drugstore (great deals & some good coupons)
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My 2008 Weekly/Monthly At-A-Glance calendar with an article from Soleil’s yoga magazine
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book: Low Calorie Indian – Manjit Singh Gill
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Wadded up receipt for my last Avon order
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drugstore receipt that needs to go into my medical receipts folder
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book: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone – J.K. Rowling
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catering menu from Chili’s
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book: Chakras and Their Archetypes: Uniting Energy Awareness and Spiritual Growth – Ambika Wauters
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small hairbrush
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book: Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo – Obert Skye
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letter from a friend that I haven’t yet opened because I shoved it into the bag and forgot about it
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wadded up envelope from a greeting card I purchased for the picture
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My art therapy journal
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book: Strong Poison – Dorothy L. Sayers
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script: Keely and Du – Jane Martin
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checkbook for the family account
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CD: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Once More, With Feeling
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wadded up Arby’s receipt when I got dinner for myself and Joe the other night
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wadded up Whataburger receipt from breakfast the other day
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wadded up Sonic receipt (there appears to be a theme here. I eat fast food too often)
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keys (they don’t belong in my bag; they belong on the hook by the front door and they’re going there as soon as I finish this list)
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wallet, containing various forms of identification, cards, insurance cards, wadded up receipts, and 4 pennies
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coin purse containing 4 pennies
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lipstick
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Biofreeze (it’s for when I get muscle pain and it doesn’t stink and it’s in a handy roll-on tube and I can’t believe I just pulled that out of my bag)
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Aveeno Intense Relief Medicated Therapy lip balm
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wadded up Popeye’s receipt
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wadded up straw wrapper
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purple roller ball pen
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wadded up Half Price Books receipt
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wadded up business card with a hairstylist’s phone number on it
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empty wrapper from the root beer barrel I had after dinner last Saturday night
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checkbook from my personal account
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wadded up 7-11 receipt
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wadded up receipt from China Town (they have great hot & sour soup)
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pair of scissors (huh?)
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headphones & iPod nano
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sunglasses
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1/3 of a roll of antacids
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blue roller ball pen
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black roller ball pen
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another black roller ball pen
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another wadded up straw wrapper
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receipt from library showing the items and due dates of material I checked out on February 10th
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a quarter, a dime, a nickel, and two pennies
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a pair of reading glasses
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a glasses case with another pair of reading glasses
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a tube of Burt’s Bees lip balm
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4 dimes
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a hematite ring
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a small bottle with the healing oil Amethyst compounded for me
I think Izzybella may be right. However, the receipts and straw wrappers are now in the trash. The books and recipes are about to be put into the bookcase; my cell phone’s going to get plugged in; the keys will be hung up, and my purse will be about 10 pounds lighter. So it won’t be a suitcase anymore.
Until I’ve got it loaded up again by next Friday night.
uh…that’s a suitcase, dude 🙂
Wow, you got a lot of books in that suitcase, er bag 🙂
HOW many books did you say? Even I rarely carry more than one book book–though I admit I will soon be carrying two ebook readers!
I wanna see a picture of said handbag! 🙂
Mom, I think it was 7 books. That counts the journal. I think. I’m not going to re-read the list and count again.
No Nonsense Girl, I have a photo of this bag in the archives somewhere. It’s my Harry Potter messenger bag. It holds amazing quantities of books and other assorted items (see above). It could have held more, but I wouldn’t have been able to lift it. But virtually all my bags are quite large.
See, the internet agrees with me. Suitcase.
Hey, we’ll all be jealous the next time we have a scissors-and-biofreeze emergency! 🙂
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