i want to know what is in your purse/bag right now...

i gots:

hmmm

honestly?

keys
coins
the phone number for a hot sofa
recipe
cool pillbox with unexciting pills
lip:
gloss
salve
stick
pencil
pencil
crayon
gloss
personal writing...
folio
notebook
book
palm type dealio
wallet
cigarette in the box
cigarettes in a pretty case that doesn't hold 20
lighter
scissors
lotion
mints
matches
flip book
popcorn
mentholatum
a check for $4.34
makeup: powder, blush, mascara, eyelash curlers, mirror, tweezers, eyeshadow compact (i'm embarrassed)
gift certificate to slave to the needle
three sharpies (one huge black, one black, one red)
slips of paper (with and without information)
two pens
and
a
knife

that is disgusting

Let's see... I have my binder, various and assorted papers, old mail, my books for school, pencils, pens, and a box of disks. Typical college student geek-type crap.

heehee - that's great. lotsa stuff in there.

Usually when I go out during the day, my bag contains two laptops, camera, cel, dugout, lighter, wallet, black/blue pens, eyeglass cleaner, Rolaids, blank cd's and whatever book I'm reading (right now Pattern Recognition).

a load of pens, a pair of chuck taylors size 10 and a copy of invisible monsters

in my messenger bag i always carry around with me:

my camera
picture magazine
address book
mp3 player
cd wallet
hair brush
lip balm
2 rolls of film
pens
coins
lighter

yes i enjoy telling people this

i'm so glad

lets see...
cigarettes
lighter
cell
mini pill
pegs
chump change
my book
digital camera
three pairs of sunglasses
lifesavers
gum
gig guide
lip balm
lipstick
bobby pins
shit gossip magazine
floppy discs
discman
three cd's (sleater kinney, mates of state and deftones)
a letter for the lawyer
a pink pen
a black pen
keys
cat nip toy
a bottle of water

yes, yes i do have a big handbag. i mean, purse.

and OMG, i have a black chisel tip sharpie too. but then, i'm a total stationery whore.

[Edited on Feb 13, 2003 by vaj]

.::This is what I got in my bag::.

Lighters
matches from my brother's wedding
pack of cigs
Wallet
My camera ~Cant leave home w/o it
Money
change
a website address I still have to check out.
Pen
address book
Hair clips
Glasses
Lip Smackers- Opal Watermelon
Lipstick from caboodle's- envy
Lipgloss from Caboodle's- Celeb
Lipshox- Electric Sparx
Johnson's baby lotion
Lavender Oil
Jasmine Oil
Gum
Cat Quotations Book
Bear hugs book

That's it

*sigh*
Box of Camels
Dig. Camera
Stationary
Handful of colorful pens and such
Book
Mail
Loose cash
Checkbook
ID badge for work
Blistex
Lipgloss
Sparklie red lipstick
Hmmmm
Lots of recepts, gum wrappers, trash hehe

Oh dear lord, I love this thread...
text book, notebooks, pens and highlighters, sharpies, other college crap...
a book about Lester Bangs that I started today but almost finished
the walkman I listen to NPR on
crushed tampons
my inhalers
bills I'll forget to pay
1 inch buttons that fell off the bag and I didn't put back
Scooby Doo checkbook
my, uh *cough* palm thing
sunglasses
Gloom Cookie
Bactine and q-tips...

Two balls.

a lighter
matches
2 Yogi Detox teabags
Lip Balm
2 reciepts
wallet
Checkbook
4 startlight mints
another book of matches
4 pictures of me in a dress eek
a square piece of paper

oh i dont carry a purse....it is more like a messanger bag

[Edited on Feb 13, 2003 by Grrlhavoc]

I've never owned a purse, but in my bag I have:
empty tupperware containers
coffee mug
$5
drivers licence
credit cards
suicide swirl lip balm

I carry a man-bag.

Which I'm not at all ashamed of.

In it I have:

Notebook
3 packs of new cigarettes
1 empty pack of cigarettes
I bottle of Damage cologne
DVD of "Dangerous Lives Of ALter Boys" (returning to video store)
3 pens
I bottle of Alieve tablets
2 capsules of Antibiotics
2 combs
Assorted comic books
Drawing pad
Carmex
1 verrrry old condom
Pocket knife
2 glue sticks
Various pieces of trash
2 packet of matches
1 pencil
1 copy of Le Shok ""We Are Elcetrocution" CD
1 packet of Smints breathmints
1 lighter
1 packet of Listerine Coolmint pocket strips
more trash.

Plus all the crap in my pockets...

Lessee:
Cell phone
Money-type cards/money
ID/Various odd other cards
Business cards
Pen
Pad of paper
Mint oil stuff
Chapstick
$2 off bowling thing
Movie ticket gift certificate thingy
"Bought a lot of stuff, get stuff free" card, from two places
Very cute Valentine
Stamps
Receipts
Fingernail clippers
Keys/Key light

And this all fits in something smaller than your average camera.

...

keys
notebook
phone/address book
pens
sharpie
midol
3 lighters
a pack of cigarettes
a hot pink cigarette case with cigarettes
sg stickers
sg lip balm
wallet
camera
random phone numbers on paper with no names =/

My backpack has...

Silly putty
SG stickers
watermelon lip gloss
vaseline lip therapy
a notebook for existentialism
some pens
hair tie
my wallet
schedule of classes

this post is almost creepy..in a way that it's so personal and subtle at the same time...does that make any sense?

It's very cool though...

wallet, which comes with its own shoulder-strap
altoids tangerine sours
various shades of lipstick
face powdah
excederin
spf 15 medicated lip balm
penguin peppermints [which contain caffeine]
baby wipes [for my hands, just in case]
tampon
trial size of soft & dri
pen
tissue
revlon browmaker, in light brown [which, unfortunately, was just discontinued]
vicks vapor inhaler
tissues
butterfly hair-clip
elastic pony-tail holder

i'm actually a lot better than i used to be. i used to feel like i had to carry absolutely EVERYTHING in my purse.

[Edited on Feb 13, 2003 by Prudence]