Chirky

A couple days ago, my friend Bianca detailed the contents of her purse -- if you can even call it that, since it's more like a tote bag -- and I couldn't believe how LONG the list was. Now, in all fairness, I've known Bianca a long time. We were roommates in college, and she's more like a sister to me than anything else. I know her weakness for toting stuff around. And while she was busy filling up her bags, I was always busy taking stuff out of mine. I'm constantly cleaning it out, usually because I like to switch between bags. Often.

After reading her list, it made me wonder what I was carrying around. Compared to her, not much.

• hand cream
• my wallet, with a smear of paint (paint!) from our (ongoing) Great House Painting of 2008
• gym card with ID
• sunglasses
• iPhone
• CO Bigelow Vitamin Mentha glittery lip balm in Glacial Mint
• MAC Lustreglass in Venetian
• LipSlicks in Daring
• LipSlicks in Hipster
• MaryKay lipstick in Cinnamon Twist (favorite winter color, now discontinued)
• Extra gum in Polar Ice
• keys
• fingernail file
• $12
• assortment of coins
• random paintbrush, used once, now I don't know what to do with it (though oddly, I'm still switching it between purses)
• miniature roll of tape (just in case, you know)
• lone earring, its pair presumably lost
• coin purse from Thailand, now re-purposed for carrying business cards

Aside from the last few items, I'd say I'm doing pretty well on keeping my purse on a diet. Now only if I could say the same for myself...