I absolutely despise when magazines (and certain bloggers) do a spread about what’s in someone’s bag. It’s some celebrity who has this perfectly chic, put together purse with things like blotting pads from Japan, a poetry journal & their passport because ‘you never know!!’
Please.
Here’s what’s in my bag. I might have left out a few goldfish. (the crackers, not the creature. Although with my purse abyss you never know…)
A few choice items include receipts, one sock & of course butt paste.
I do have a few tricks worth sharing however. Since I don’t carry a separate diaper bag it all goes in my giant purse, because of this I throw all of my personal items into my own pouch. It makes for a quick find when I’m reaching for my lipgloss or some much needed Advil.
(Lavanila Vanilla Grapefruit rollerball perfume
I also keep a little zippered pouch full of ‘I’m bored in a restaurant & am going to make people start to stare’ items like coloring pads, markers, stickers & this cute suction cup gum looking iphone stand
And this is on a good day.
Here’s where I think it would be fun, why don’t you dump your bag on the table, take a quick pic & email it to me at natasha@littlepinkmonsters.com (make the subject line ‘What’s REALLY in my purse, also leave a comment letting me know when you’ve submitted so I can double check that no emails end up in my junk box) On Friday I’ll post a handful of the best/worst ones & we’ll all have a good laugh. Tell you what, let’s make it interesting…
Whoever P & I decide has the best bag of randomness will get the Nars Orgasm lipgloss & Fresh Sugar lip treatment that I showed you I love above.
Don’t worry, you’ll get new ones, not the actual ones pictured. Unless you’re into that kind of thing.
*UPDATE* Winners have been chosen & the contest is closed. To see all absolutely crazy stuff other mom’s carry in their purses check out the round-up here!
I love the iphone stand, gotta get that! I will attempt to dump out my purse and take a picture, but I’m kinda scared at what I might find!!!
I sent you an email. This was fun! I can’t wait to see all of the pictures.
Tell us about your adorable bag!
Omgosh, that is probably my favorite bag in my entire closet. It’s a coach poppy bag from 2 or 3 years back, super buttery, love it!
What’s the deadline in this contest? I have a screaming 2 year old that doesn’t want daddy to give him a bath … Or wait (he stopped crying) … Nope, crying again. Definitely wants mommy to give him a tubby … Or maybe not … UGHH! The beautiful years better known as terrible twos.
Awww, take your time! We just got out of a major mommy phase and while it’s sweet in theory it totally sucks too!
You’ve got till Wednesday night at 10pm, sound ok?
I will have to do it tomorrow!! I think my bag is still packed from chuch :o)
Just sent you what my boyfriend says feels like a bowling bag! So funny to go through it and realize what kind of crap you always carry, wow.
I just sent you mine! enjoy!
Sending mine now. I don’t think mine will be as fun as everyone else s but all in the name of fun right? :]
I do the same thing with my extra zipper pouches! I’m so going to take a pic tomorrow 🙂
Email sent. Nothing very glamorous here–just the necessities to keep a (then) 4 month old busy for a few minutes and in a clean diaper and outfit! And you know mommy’s got fresh breath with that peppermint wrapper lingering around. Wooooooo!
Done. Mine’s pretty boring, but I’m excited to see what the winner’s is.
Email sent – this helped me clean out some junk!
I sent you what was in my bag. 🙂 I have so many random items in there. The tiger shot glass from the national zoo was a gift I picked up for a friend!
I sent you an email with a pic! Cute post!!
I sent you an email with my picture of my purse. I didn’t realize how much empty wrappers (trash) I had in my purse.
Lots of people must be sending in photos because mine kicked back saying ‘mail box quota exceeded’. Oh well, can’t wait to see!
So sorry, the problem is fixed! I should’ve cleaned my inbox out first (tisk! tisk!)
Awesome! Thanks!
Sent! Can’t wait to see the rest, great idea!
I totally noticed the ONE sock, butt paste and was wondering what that pink hook looking thing was
Love.This.Idea!! I submitted mine!
I sent you a picture. 🙂 And meanwhile my kids were IN the sand table that turned into a water table because of the rain. NBD….I had fun cleaning out my purse.
I can relate to you. I also use my purse as a diaper bag, this was a good time for me to dump everything out (all the way down to the last lonely cheerios on the bottom) and clean my purse. Here is a picture of what is in there right now.
Email sent 🙂 That was fun! Nothing like having fake soup cans in your purse!
Sent mine 🙂 really really boring!
Is is bad that I just cleaned out my purse last Friday?! 🙂 I will still send you a pic, but it is prob not going to be as interesting as most…..
I sent you an e-mail. Thanks for giving me the chance to clean that thing out! 🙂
I sent a pic! I can’t wait to see all the fun pics 😀
We might need a Part 2 with some before and after pics. Sounds like everyone cleaned out their purse after airing their dirty laundry!!! Can’t wait to see what everyone dug up.
Hi! I just sent you an email with my purse picture!
Sent my picture. Thinking of vacuuming out my purse to get all the crumbs.
I sent you an email of inside my purse 🙂
I just sent you an email. I apparently already have a problem with lipgloss. An entire pocket of my bag is devoted to it. I just counted six glosses. Thanks for enabling!
Just sent you mine. It had been awhile since I last cleaned out my purse. Thanks!
So this post inspired me to clean out and reorganize my purse…. and UNH! (forehead slap!), I got so into it that I forgot to take the stupid picture!!! Seriously, who has so much fun cleaning out their purse that they forget why they started it??? This girl, apparently!
I also have a lipstick/gloss issue. I counted 3 lipsticks, 2 glosses, and 1 chapstick. That doesn’t include the backup lipgloss and chapstick I keep stashed in my car…. Is there a meeting for this addiction??