Apparently the average woman has 25 items in her handbag. Ha! I don’t know where the statistic came from – I read about it on Nicolette’s (the other one) blog. Now, don’t be scared, but, seriously, this is an average I can beat hands down… The best part of making this list is that it’s a good opportunity to consider whether I actually need to carry all these items around with me. Items to be removed will be marked with a *
1. wallet (stuffed with pretty much everything possible except money)
2. digital camera
3. umbrella
4. sunglasses
5. at least one book (two at the moment)
6. various pens and pencils (5)
7. swiss army knife
8. mini maglite
9. house keys
10. house keys extra set (oops, better take those out)*
11. fork
12. fork again (don’t ask)*
13. string-thingymagig to hang glasses around neck
14. water-bottle strap from Epcot
15. filofax (also stuffed)
16. roll of tape
17. eraser
18. teaspoon
19. wet-wipe (Scandinavian airlines)
20. “Velkommen til SATS” booklet from the gym*
21. AA batteries (4 with charge, 2 dead*)
22. pile of business cards (other people’s)*
23. pile of own business cards from previous job*
24. mobile phone
25. liquorice (heksehyl-stang)
26. “that-time-of-the-month” stuff
27. mini Piglet
28. old broken keyring*
29. multi-ride card for trams/buses in Oslo
30. hairbrush
31. lip-balm
32. old brush for electric toothbrush*
33. nail file
34. gadget to get secure pin-code for internet banking access
35. pack of cards
36. fan
37. fresh breath mints
38. Impulse body wipes, several
39. post-it page markers (blue)
40. various receipts, cinema tickets etc.*
41. “The Balvenie guide to nosing and tasting scotch whisky”, booklet*
And that’s just the stuff that’s normally in there, the books change, of course, and I will remove the 10 marked items, so that gets me down to 31. If I eat the liquorice I’m down to 30. Nice round number.
Music in my head: Just Shoot Me theme