Carrying My Life Around in My Purse and My Lunch Bag and My Gym Bag, Etc... - 3/21/2008

During this past week I have realized that I seem to carry everything around with me. It's all stuff I need but it requires about 4 bags to handle it all. The list follows:


Purse (which tends to resemble luggage) contains:



  • Coach wristlet with small necessaries - mirror, nail clippers, claritin, cards, tweezers...

  • A truly gigantic mp3 player w/ headphones - it does hold all my music though

  • The drawstring bag for the headphones

  • Pain reliever in a little mint tin

  • Gum

  • A pen

  • At least one hair-holder-backer

  • Weight Watchers paraphenalia - food journal, point slider, weigh record

  • Nail file - full size

  • Sunglasses

  • Lip gloss - more than one

  • Glasses case w/ glasses

  • Cell phone

  • Notebook

  • Wallet & keys

  • My gigantic digital Olympus camera

Gym bag:

  • Apparel - yoga pants, tee, socks, sports bra

  • Entertainment - magazines

  • Refreshment - water

  • Footwear - sneakers

Lunch bag (there are actually two, ahem):

#1 - fabric bag w/ handles

  • Weight Watchers books - so I can eat wherever I want whilst knowing my points

  • Mix-ins - to make water even more tasty

  • Snacks - granola bars, etc...

#2 - plastic bag - at least I'm recycling!:

  • Salad

  • Soup

  • Turkey sandwich

  • Pudding

  • And additional snacks - esp ones requiring refrigeration

  • Possibly a frozen meal

OK, OK! I know - way too much stuff. Must purge, combine & conquer. Luckily I drive to work and don't commute via subway. Can't imagine schlepping all this on public transport!

I've considered a few options. Earlier this week I gave up the fabric lunch bag & put the stuff from it either in the gym bag (don't always carry this though) or in the plastic bag with the other food (food may leak & ruin books - ick!).

Also, thought of combining purse & gym bag by using larger bag. No matter how large of a purse I use though, those sneakers aren't fitting into it.

And, yes I should simplify & carry an all-in-one phone (camera, mp3, cell) but I want a high quality camera & a minimum of 60gb of music. Also, I can downscale the size of the items but don't really want to invest in loads of electronics right now.

Help? Anyone?

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