How to Fatten Up Your Purse

I am one of those girls who carry around a small purse. Most often, it only holds a wallet and a phone; a pair of sunglasses and keys; plenty of trash, receipts and a bunch of change.

However, lately there has been considerably less change in my purse than I am accustomed to having; sometimes there isn‘t a trace of metal at all. Yep, this is a result of having teenage children in the home. I believe that in a teenager’s little world, they don’t consider robbing the kitchen pantry to feed all their friends or wiping out the existence of any metal objects in their mom’s purse a crime in any degree; their reasoning remains a mystery to me.

FYI, I am a rare breed of women. One who doesn’t enjoy the art of shopping in the least bit. This is why I have been carrying around the same small purse for a few years now, but the other day at Target I glimpsed over and caught sight of a medium size, tan purse that was on clearance for ten bucks. So I decided to snatch it up.

When I filled my purse with all my main necessities, it looked really empty; like a shell with no insides to it. This got me thinking about some additional items that I could gather to fatten up my purse a little.

So the end result is this list of necessary items that every woman should be carrying.

• First the “of course” items - phone, wallet, keys, and sunglasses
• Small cloth bag for items
• Band aids
• Small container of antibiotics
• Nail clippers and filer
• Safety pins
• Hair tie
• Brush
• A little make-up
• A small writing tablet - because I am a big time note taker and my five year old, Sam loves to draw
• All my favorite “Pilot G-2 pens in bold point” that the kids keep snatching up.
• Water bottle
• A piece of fruit or other healthy snack
• Suckers - to shut up my five year old quickly
• Pill container for Advil, Tylenol and Tums
• Mini toothbrush
• Pack of gum
•  Toothpick or some dental floss
• Camera
• Hygiene wipes
• Panty liners, a tampon and a maxi pad
• Small pocket calendar
• Extra key to my van
• All of my important phone numbers written down in my little calendar
• A calling card (Just in case)
• A book for all those times I have to wait

So what am I missing? What ideas do you have that I didn’t list? Are there any items you would have left out?