What to Have in My Purse?

What to have in your purse?  It seems like I went a long time not having what I NEEDED in my purse.  I feel like I have it down a bit better now.

I, like most women am a bag lady.  I like to have lots of different bags for different things.

I have 5 main bags:

1.  A larger purse for when I’m hauling a lot of stuff with me. It was great when I had a lot of diapers/wipes/sippy cups, and it’s still great so I keep it around.  I still have to bring  a lot of stuff sometimes. This is my most well-packed bags and has a small “walking pharmacy”in it (although, MUCH smaller then Jen’s) for when I need stuff on the go.

2.  I have a tiny bag. It’s the bag I use most often.  It’s pretty small.  Mostly holds my wallet and the essentials.

3.  I have a larger medium-sized bag that perfectly holds my tablet, in addition to my wallet and the essentials.

4.  I have a work bag.  This mainly holds the essentials, a stethoscope and pens.

5.  I have a church bag.  Mostly primary stuff. Princess P has her own bag of toys for the first meeting.  It also contains my 5 essentials.

So, I tend to keep my 5 essentials in each of my bags (with bag #1 having more “essentials” in a walking pharmacy, which can go in any bag that I need it to, but it usually stays in the big bag).

1.  Kleenex. Have you seen their new folding packages? I love them, less of a chance that the kleenex will fall out of its container and get all gross.

2.  Anti-bacterial.  If it fits, I try to do some antibacterial lotion from Bath and Body, that way I hit two purposes of lotion and antibacterial.

3.  Wipes.  I keep a few small packets of wipes on hand in each bag because wipes are super handy.  I’m no longer wiping bums, but I still gotta wipe other things (including my own hands, I’m a messy gal).  If anyone has a brand of wipes that stays moist and is great for clean-ups let me know, because I’m almost out of huggies {2 years after I’m done potty training}.

4.  Drugs.  I keep a child-sized tylenol bottle of drugs in my purse.  I’ve been thinking about getting the small bottles of tylenol/advil from the Dollar store instead.  It’s important to me that this item is child-safe.  Not that I think my kids will fish around for drugs in my bag, but it keeps it safe.  Within the drugs I keep 2-3 doses of Tylenol, 1 dose of Advil (I don’t usually take advil, it ruins my stomach, this is for my husband), a dose of pepto, some zyrtec and a cough drop.

5.  Lip gloss, colored is preferred.  I just feel better with a bit of gloss on.  That is all. 🙂

Frankly, that’s it.  I might have an emergency maxi pads here or there….

So, inquiring minds are wondering — what do YOU have in your purse?  What are you essentials?  Do you have as many bags as I do?