What's in your handbag (or manbag)?

[scem0]

Differs from day to day/class to class, but this is what is in it at the moment for the 2D design class tomorrow:

-Markers
-Pen
-A Pencil
-A notebook
-A sketchbook
-Colored Pencils
-Planner
-X-acto knife
-"The Medium is the Massage" by Marshall McLuhan
-"Ways of Seeing" by John Berger
-Glue
-Sharpie
-Construction tape
-An eraser

Art school ...

_Emerson

 

[mariahlullaby]

I carry most of my stuff in a mini Jansport book bag (and sometimes not at all). At the moment:

-Cell phone (Nokia 6820)
-iPod G4 20GB
-Dell Axim X50v
-TI-83 Calculator
-Several pencils, erasor
-My wallet (a man's wallet actually...)
-Brush
-Lip gloss
-Mints/gum
-Slips of paper w/ important info
-Pride and Prejudice (for English class)
-I, Robot (for fun)
-Keys (House key, golf cart key...you can drive a GC anywhere in the city where I live, 512 MB flash drive, library card, Mellow Mushroom pizza card, other various key chains).

 

[hana]

There is an embarassing amount of stuff in my purse (which some have compared to handweights) so I'll just name a few things that I haven't seen much on everyone elses's list:
- Altoids Gum, listerine strips (for keeping alert at boring meetings)
- Emergency coffee debit card (must have caffeine)
- Sewing kit (taken from a nice hotel awhile back....stuffed in sanrio plastic coin case) with a few band-aids.
- Advil/Tylenol/Claritin/Tylenol Sinus (used when I forget the claritin)
- dental floss
- Nifty Sephora combination mirror and brush thing.
- swiss army knife with cork screw (I don't drink, but others seem to always need the cork screw for champagne) (yes, I take it out of the purse before I go to the airport)
- Petzel headlamp (it's small and bright)
- 3x3 pad of post it notes.

I use to fit the small elph camera in my purse, but the 350xt is not elph size and no longer fits in my regular bag.

 

[Sca1pel]

The camera's and stuff in my sig....I have a big man-bag....Its a Tamrac 692. Barely is legal size for a cary on

 

[lem0n]

hmmmm... let's see...
Bag:
-Powerbook & powercord
-iPod
-Lip butter
-keys
-a small bag: [for when i don't need to carry the bigger bag, it's a bit bigger than my hand]
*wallet
*USB
*passports [normal passport and diplomatic passports... i keep all the old ones too been getting weird looks from ppl]
*various tickets from everywhere [Lion King ticket, London underground pass, bus pass, old boarding passes...etc]
*ID, credit card, library card
*umbrella cover [so this is where it is]
*various notes
*old hotel key cards
.........OMG...... all junks... at least they're organized...

 

[wongulous]

Gosh, so much. I have a nice messenger with pockets, a divider, and a secret internal pocket. I love always being prepared.

my organizer
IDs, credit cards, membership cards
instant hand sanitizer
MAC lip conditioner
Origins lip balm
Lancôme Juicy Tube (clear lip gloss)
Shiseido rice blotting papers
travel-size MAC MV3 fragrance
nail file
tweezers
Band-Aids
Charmin toilet seat covers (I'm so phobic of public toilets without these!)
tons of pens and pencils and erasers
Mead composition notebook
various college books
my ibook (before it broke)
extra ac adapter
headphones
contact lens case
sunglasses and sunglasses case
tons of bits of paper with things i'm supposed to remember, people's email addresses, and way too many girls' numbers (lol, I'm not bragging like you think--I'm a homo.)
Tic Tacs, usually orange.

 

[Savage Henry]

1. keys
2. wallet
3. phone (If I anticipate not minding about being interrupted in my day)
4. errr....
5. ....that's it really

Live light, travel fast, see all.

 

[Applespider]

I have a male friend who wouldn't been seen dead with a 'manbag' but when on holidays, he'll happily walk around with his camcorder case which just happens to have room for his wallet, his keys, his allergy spray etc. A guy in a store recently tried to convince me that I needed this huge camcorder case until I pointed out as a woman, it was easier for me to just buy a bigger handbag with a spare zipped pocket

Anyhow, what do I carry?
Purse with some cash and lots of cards, a book, my keys, my Tube pass, my iPod, my shuffle is in there too at the moment, lots of random business cards and leaflets from the design show I was at at the weekend. A book of stamps, some earrings, mascara, eyeshadow, blusher and two lipsticks, some lip salve. A book to read, some safetypins, a bottle opener, my mobile phone, a couple of pens. That's most of the stuff I can see without a light to help me... since I'm not emptying it out over my desk!

 

[840quadra]

I have a Targus Laptop Backpack..

iBook
iPod (Nano or 15gb 3G)
Ipod USB / Firewire cable
Ipod Firewire charger
iBook charger
Mighty Mouse
Nextel Phone (personal)
Verizon phone (freelance media phone)
Dell Latitude D505
Dell power adapter
1GB compact flash card (for Powershot Pro1 camera)
Compact flash card reader
Note pad
Pens
Flashlight
All Pro Screwdriver kit
Palm Pilot
Junk papers
contact lens solution
Contact case
Glasses
and usually 1 current edition of CAR Magazine.

::EDIT:: forgot my green patch cable, and red Crossover cable.

Needless to say my bag doesn't leave my sight when I am not at work, or at home. I don't even leave it locked in my car!

 

[barneygumble]

I don't know how you people can drag all that crap around?

I carry three things
1. Wallet
2. Keys
3. Mobile Phone (when i remember)

Don't need to carry an ipod becasue there is always one of my ipods where i'm headed work,car and home

And please stop calling them fanny packs, in australia that is the opposite side of a womans lower half and makes me laugh everytime i hear it in movies, ussually because it someting that sounds really clean to Americans but really dirty to us


One that particularly springs to mind is american wedding when the stripper says "master put mop in my fanny" funniest line in the whole movie

 

[Sijmen]

Fun thread.

Left pocket: keys, wallet w/ money and tickets.
Right pocket: mobile phone

Backpack:
- Agenda (correct English?) with a pen and a Passport. Everyone >13 has to have ID with him in the Netherlands.
- Analog notebook
- Nintendo DS. Currently Advance Wars 2 is in the GBA slot, and Mario 64 in the DS slot.
- Books if I go to school.

To the backpack I'd like to add a PowerBook 12" (in a Second Skin) this week + Mighty Mouse and charger.

 

[dcv]

MAC lip conditioner

same as me! that stuff is wonderful

(and no it's got nothing to do with macs )

 

[revenuee]

cellphone
usb key
tripod
camera + various lenses and accessories
laptop
keys
wallet
cash
condoms
journal
sketchpad
pencils
pens
textbooks
notebooks
extra contacts
eye drops
sleeping bag
extra cloths
toothbrush

i spend a lot of time in this thing, it's my mobile office and home

 

[iGary]

Two legal pads.
Business cards.
iTrip
iPod remote.
iPod charger.
iPod cable.
Altoids
Pens.
Checkbooks.
Bills. Business card wallet.
Leatherman tool.

 

[revenuee]

And please stop calling them fanny packs, in australia that is the opposite side of a womans lower half and makes me laugh everytime i hear it in movies, ussually because it someting that sounds really clean to Americans but really dirty to us

well fanny packs are dirty here in north america too, but for reasons of poor fashion taste ... LOL

 

[wordmunger]

Probably partly because mens clothing tends to have usable pockets when women's don't and partly because women usually carry more, like make-up, tampons, handkerchief, chap-stick, ext.

I think it's nearly entirely the "usable pockets" thing. Then, since they have to carry SOME sort of bag, they gradually think of more things to put in them.

 

[Bote]

No bag, but always carry these in my pockets:

Keys
Cell Phone
Spare change
Wallet
One of a few pocket knives on a pocket clip

Carry occasionally:
1gb USB jump drive
one of 2 handguns

 

[Palad1]

Here's what I am usually supposed to take with me every morning:
- Keys
- Wallet
- Work Security Pass
- Cellphone
- Change for my morning expresso.

Here's what I usually end up with at work:
- Guitar pick
- Used gum

I need a new brain.

 

[zelmo]

left pants pocket: money clip with bills, ID, debit card
right pants pocket: Palm T3
shirt pocket: pen, iPod
belt: cell

If it's sunny, I'll bring my case with my prescription sunglasses (hate hate hate clip-on lenses), which I'll have to carry along with my key ring.

If I don't have a shirt pocket, or am wearing shorts without pockets, I am SOL unless my wife has room in her bag for my gear. Haven't found (or looked for, ftm) a "manpurse" I can stomach, and my backpack is too dang much to haul unless I'm bringing my PB or camera with me. I suppose I could pick up a smaller backpack or a messenger style bag, but I haven't bothered yet.

 

[Jaffa Cake]

I'll play... I've got a laptop/messenger bag-type thing, which contains...

iBook (in sleeve)
Bluetooth dongle
A4 2005/06 Diary (day to page)
Three small spiral-bound notebooks (two lined, one plain)
Black ink cartridges for my fountain pen
Spare FireWire cable (for linking my iPod up to my Mac at work)
iPod
Old mobile
Glucose sweets
Water bill (must pay that... )
Grey woolen hat

It is quite a large bag...

 

[opusthe2nd]

Heck, I'll play this, just to be different.

Its kinda like one of those 'fanny pack' things...I think.

In it is:

syringes
oxytetracycline
penicillin
knife
calf book/pen
GPS
matches
TP
flashlight

Before you jump to conclusions, I am a rancher.

 

[Nickygoat]

Jansport backpack that has:
iPod
mobile
wallet
Oyster card
keys (home & work)
a s***load of pens, usually nicked from work
matches & a spare lighter
spare pack of fags (disgusting habit I know)
bottle of water
newspaper (either that days Standard or remnants of the Sunday Times if I haven't read it)
a book
a mini maglite
USB key
a load of receipts that I haven't gotten around to shredding
about £20 in shrapnel
I really need to be tidier

 

[strydr]

OK, I'm a creature of habit..
Every morning, I put $$ in my front left pocket, cell phones in the right front pocket, wallet in the right back pocket, and keys in the left back pocket (these get taken out before I sit @ the office). In the Laptop bag, I have my Powerbook, Handspring PDA, check book, 1 CD-RW, two floppy disks (you never know when it comes in handy), and a TechTool CD for troubleshooting PB problems (I've never had to use it, in almost 4 years of using my PB). In the outside pocket of my bag, is my PSP, iPod, a asortment of power, USB, and network cables, and a couple of pens. I never leave home with out my "pocket" stuff, and my laptop is with me %99 of the time..

 

[leekohler]

God- I have 2 bags I carry around every day.

1. My gym bag, with my smelly gym clothes and shoes.
2. My laptop bag- iBook, power supply, iPod, checkbook, firewire cable, zip drive and bills to be paid.

Somebody needs to make a combo of these two bags that doesn't look like a suitcase. I'd buy it right away.

 

[frances]

Ya, women bring more things than man so they have handbags. It's also part of our fashion. If you notice, our bags usually match the clothes we wear...