The What's In Your Handbag Meme.

[agoodwinsmith]

 Found at derryderrydown.  She has tres cool photos, and, alas, I do not, which is probably just as well.

….we’ve got

(1) a bus pass

(2) a cute little green cell phone

(3) a pocket mirror from the Monet to Dali exhibition

(4) a plastic lenses clearner cloth

(5) pens

(6) a comb

(7) a teeny tiny crochet hook for pulling through snags

(8) a nail file and a nail clipper

(9) wallet with money, plastic, id, membership cards, and collected business cards

(10) a pocket calendar

(11) a pocket notebook with assorted written to do lists etc

(13) two bus timetables

(14) an old mint tin with fake sweetener packets inside

(15) an address book I haven’t added any addresses to yet

(16) dental floss

(17) tide to go

(18) work pic id on a lanyard

(19) house keys

(20) work keys

 

All contained in a black hemp shoulder bag from Paranada (on Commercial Drive), handmade in Nepal.  I really like it, but it collects cat hair.  I don’t mind, but I know that other people do.

Comments

[agoodwinsmith.livejournal.com]

Ah. Looks sharp. I've seen the C pattern on things and just assumed that it was a knock-off for another name brand. Chanel? No, somebody else who does clothes and handbags. They've been around for a while, then, and I just haven't been paying attention. Nice stuff to look at. It reminds me of stuff by Derek Alexander - absolutely gorgeous to look at, and wonderful to touch, but you can't actually put anything in it, or it destroys the lines. I won't even look at a Derek Alexander display anymore because I am always seduced by the leather, but I can't actually use the purchase. You, being more of a minimalist, don't have this problem.

[esmeraldus-neo.livejournal.com]

The minimalism is entirely pragmatic. You have it backward.

I got the small purse because when I have a large one, I will pack it full of Useful Things, to the density of bowling balls, and my 8x6x12 handbag weighs the same as a Toyota.

So, small purse. I can actually put both the keys and phone in at the same time, if I arrange them carefully. But it makes the closure flap flare slightly, where the purse is designed to be sleek and flat.

[agoodwinsmith.livejournal.com]

When I had a car, I could get away with a small bag on my person because Useful Things could be stashed in the car. I have a friend whose ideal is sleek minimalism, and she has tiny slim everything - but she doesn't have a car, so she is always lugging around Toyota-sized knapsacks and manitoba gladstones (paper shopping bags with handles). Usually multiple, in addition to her sleek slim purse with sleek slim wallet/cellphone/address book/blahdeblah. I keep trying to make do with a purse which, stuffed solid, weighs no more than five pounds. I can't do it. I also lose everything if it isn't securely zipped up and slung across my body.