My purse is great because it holds a ton. But lately I've noticed it also weighs a ton. I love the size and especially this time of year I can just toss my hat and gloves in it. My umbrella will even fit right in. So I decided to look through and figure out what I could take out and what may be causing so much weight to add up in it.
In the back pocket I always slide my State Farm calendar. This is my new one and I need to transfer some of my paperwork over but usually it's got some extra papers stuffed in with it. If I remember when I get somewhere like a store or the movie theater I will grab it from the pocket and leave it in my car.
I'd be lost without my calendar.
Then this picture is sideways...but I have my workout pocket journal and just a blank notepad journal.
In a side pocket I keep my badge, a pen, and the best $1 I ever spent on a calculator.
And in order not to have a ton of loose items floating around my purse I have them all organized. I have my pill case, camera case, coupon envelope, and my thirty one bag which has a lot of misc. items in it like a nail file, mascara, probably another misc. notepad.
My wallet, keys, and as of late I've kept some Icy Hot in my purse...just in case. Because I never know when neck pain will strike.
A pack of gum (thanks Julie!) and a small bottle of Victoria's Secret Incredible perfume. (purchased during a Bon Jovi weekend in St. Louis with Missy!) I loved the scent but didn't want to fork over the money for a full size bottle so the travel size was perfect. It's definitely larger than your typical "travel size" too.
My make up bag....
which contained two facial moisturizers, two hand lotions, one hand sanitizer, one eye shadow palette, a few hair ties, a concealer, a hair smoothing cream and hair smoothing stick, Michael Kors Very Hollywood perfume roller ball w/lipgloss combo, Burt's Bee's chapstick, and 3 MAC lipglosses.
While I was out Christmas shopping this year I picked up this little bag because I thought it was cute and I knew I could find some use for it, most likely in my purse. And I sure did. It fits lip gloss perfectly.
Here's what I had stored in that bag...a lipstick, 4 lipglosses, and 3 chapsticks.
But then of course my most often used lipglosses go in my side pocket! So here are 4 more lipglosses and 2 more lipsticks. (sidenote: I've just recently even gotten into lipstick, I typically only ever wear lipgloss but thought I'd give a few a try)So...in my purse alone that is a whopping 12 lipglosses, 3 lipsticks, and 4 chapsticks. 19 lip products. I think I figured out what is weighing it down. I will have to take a few things out to make room for the 3 new MAC lipglosses I just ordered tonight! I have chapstick stashed all around the house, one on my nightstand, one on the table in between my living room chairs, one in my scrapbook room attached to the side of my tool holder with the rest of my tools. Caylea is now becoming addicted as well. I went into her room the other day to find she had completely organized her lip products, lotions, eye products, and turned her desk into a make up station. The other night as I reached for my chapstick in the living room I looked over and she had hers out by the couch. Looks like I broke my record of what I had in my purse earlier last year.
I am really in the mood to organize. I have neglected my scrapbook room so I think tomorrow I need to tackle it and I may try to reorganize my make up baskets. I bought a new entertainment center recently. After taking 2 weeks to finally muster up the strength to get it out of my car into my garage, it is sitting there waiting for me to put it together. I invested in a cordless drill that actually looks like a drill. Since my tiny pink one wasn't cutting it. But all the reviews said it still takes 4 hours or more to put together. So while I'm excited to get rid of my outdated TV stand, I'm not looking forward to putting the thing together. So we'll see if that happens this weekend!
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