Ok ladies, what exactly is in that purse? Enquiring minds want to know!

Tornadoboy · Jul 15, 2007

At one point my male protag is going to stray into mysterious and highly forbidden territory, my female protag's purse. So I was wondering aside from obvious things like personal hygiene products and makeup what does a woman like to carry with her at all times?

Tasmin21 · Jul 15, 2007

At the risk of sounding bizarre... I always carry a small screwdriver kit. You never know when it'll be handy.

And, as a mother, I always seem to have suckers in there too.

veinglory · Jul 15, 2007

I don't carry any 'personal hygene products' other than a few days a month, nor any make-up or other girly stuff. Think whatever is in your pockets. Money, cell phone, credit cards and driver's license etc.

Siddow · Jul 15, 2007

What do you want him to find in there?

Chances are, we'll have it. Since I don't have a cell phone, I carry a small address book, but someone with a phone probably doesn't. I have wet-naps, breath mints, a bunch of coins at the bottom, a little bit of trash (gum wrappers, straw wrappers, whatever I opened without a trashcan nearby). I used to carry a Lady Smith, years ago I always had pot in there, and condoms. Now I'm a married momma and have a spare diaper, a plastic bag with wipes, lollipops, tissues...and pens. Lots of pens.

Tornadoboy · Jul 15, 2007

Actually my MP has a bit of fun speculating what is in there, it's a large purse. For the plot I don't really need him to find anything that interesting other than a couple of trashy novels, but I would like to keep it realistic and since he's a natural clown he would take any opportunity to poke fun at easy targets.

Mom'sWrite · Jul 15, 2007

I switch handbags almost daily so things are down to the bare minimum.
1 wallet
1 checkbook
1 pen
1 tin of breath mints
1 package of tissue
1 cell phone
1 lipstick
3 dozen assorted lego pieces
2 die cast cars
7 small plastic dinosaurs, heavy on the T. Rexes
1 Hello Kitty figurine
1 Barbie shoe
1 rubber snake

Tish Davidson · Jul 15, 2007

Swiss Army Knife
small, sharp scissors
pillbox with aspirin
small notebook, pens and pencil
wallet
matches (even though I don't smoke)
no make up
no personal hygiene products
wallet (no check book, though)
tissues
all those darned frequent buyer/preferred cards for everything from grocery store to pet store to store where I buy my alcohol
paperback book sometimesl

PattiTheWicked · Jul 15, 2007

wallet
datebook
cell phone
one tampon
car keys
garage door clicker
one trashy novel (optional)

Deleted member 42 · Jul 15, 2007

This is awfully familiar.

Tornadoboy · Jul 15, 2007

Medievalist said:
This is <A href="http://"http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=54702" target=_blank>awfully familiar.

I couldn't get the link to work, did someone else ask this question too?

Deleted member 42 · Jul 15, 2007

You likely tried while I was editing; click again. And not the same question, but one that might also be of use.

Jo · Jul 15, 2007

Tornadoboy said:
At one point my male protag is going to stray into mysterious and highly forbidden territory, my female protag's purse. So I was wondering aside from obvious things like personal hygiene products and makeup what does a woman like to carry with her at all times?

The only things I carry at all times are my wallet (with driver's license), keys, mobile phone and sunglasses. Depending on where I'm going, and how long for, I may throw into my backpack a few bandaids, tissues, a brush, hair tie, lip balm, pen and small notebook. As veinglory wrote, personal hygeine products only go in when required.

I use a bag that's bigger than I need so there's somewhere to put extras I may pick up while out, or carry stuff for other family members *looks squarely at hubby*.

Now if it were the 80s... different story. :tongue

Pat~ · Jul 15, 2007

Keys
Change-purse with credit cards/frequent user cards, but rarely cash
pens/mechanical pencils
sunglasses
small spiral notebook
lipstick
contac lens case
a few receipts
small hairbrush
cell phone

I carry the minimum in my purse; it's easier on the back that way. But my van is a veritable kitchen sink. (Books, tools, scissors, paper towels, tissues, umbrella, pencil can, mapsco, address book, CDs, spiral notebook, hand sanitizer, hand lotion, flashlight, extra sunglasses, water bottle, paper cups, plastic spoons, snack food, workout equipment and clothes...)

Soccer Mom · Jul 15, 2007

What's in the purse depends on if she carries one of the cute, tiny handbags, or a monster mommy tote.

I carry a monster mommy tote.

You name it, I've probably had it in my bag at one time.

Scrawler · Jul 15, 2007

I carry the smallest purse I can find-- a wristlet I think they're called. Aside from the usual (keys, money, ID) I have mints and a hankie. Not paper tissues but a real hankie. These were 2 things my grandmother always had, and when I was a kid, mints and a real hankie meant something special.

WriterInChains · Jul 15, 2007

I usually have pages to edit, & a MapQuest printout or two hanging out with the change at the bottom. This time of year, I add allergy meds & kleenex too.

BardSkye · Jul 15, 2007

Mmm, let me look. No personal hygiene stuff for me anymore; that was back in my pre-menopausal youth.

Keys, home and office
Bus pass
Address book
Cellphone
Wallet/Business card holder
Change purse for coffee
Small "Fat Li'l Notebook"
Pens
Smokes/lighter
3 flashdrives
Benadryl/Aspirin in the same bottle
Fan, for use during hot flashes

Britchik · Jul 16, 2007

No makeup
Purse with cash and cards
Mobile phone
Bus pass
Keys
Chapstick
Asthma meds
Hairband
A couple sweets of some kind
A book, if I've got time to read

Nakhlasmoke · Jul 16, 2007

book
scrap paper
pens
nail polish for my husband
loads and loads of restaurant mints for emergency child sedating
finger cymbals
rubbish, because there's never a bin when I need one
sometimes even money.

Sandi LeFaucheur · Jul 16, 2007

Tissues
2 lipsticks
mirror
comb
pass card to get into office
feminine hygiene pads--3 sizes: liners, normal, and suitable to stop a hole in the Hoover Dam
wet wipes
keys
pass card to get into my parents' gated community
umbrella
cell phone
sunglasses
wallet
pay stubs
2 or 3 pens
chequebook
Advil
migraine medicine
Bach's Rescue Remedy (that stuff really works!)
a bandaid
Ricola
anti-histimine

Saanen · Jul 16, 2007

I usually carry a small purse, but I switched to a bigger one last week so I could carry a paperback in it. Here's what's in it right now:

wallet
cell phone
change purse
keys
hand lotion
pen
chapstick
flash drive
half a bag of M&Ms

No make-up, currently no tampons or anything (this purse has no zipper compartment in the side, which is where I usually stash a tampon or two), no change in the bottom--that's what the change purse is for! The change purse also holds some dollars and a spare car key just in case. Oh, and obviously I took the paperback out.

scarletpeaches · Jul 16, 2007

What do I keep in my purse? Money.

Now my handbag, that's a different matter.

HoosierCowgirl · Jul 16, 2007

Tornadoboy said:
At one point my male protag is going to stray into mysterious and highly forbidden territory, my female protag's purse. So I was wondering aside from obvious things like personal hygiene products and makeup what does a woman like to carry with her at all times?

A billfold with ID and cash; sometimes the checkbook; pens and pencils and scrap paper; keys; library card; candy or gum for the kids; crayons; hand sanitizer, chewable Dramamine, chewable Benadryl, kid's Motrin; band-aids; lipstick; comb; Kleenex; and loose change. YOu never know in dangerous and forbidden territory when you will need to get a Coke from a vending machine

Hope that helps ...

Ann

rhymegirl · Jul 16, 2007

Do you really want to know?

Keys, billfold, comb or brush, tissues, pen, small notepad, grocery list, a few cosmetics, cell phone, and a revolver.

(no, not really on that last thing)

Perks · Jul 16, 2007

There's a padlock at the bottom of my bag. I don't know why.

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