I always found posts that people do about what they carry around with them to be fascinating. To be able to see what it is that they find to be the most important things to have with them is like a privileged little glimpse into their real life, not the glossy version that we see on their blog.
When I was younger, I always spent my birthday money on bags. Forget clothes or shoes, I was a bag girl. Now, things have changed. I still have quite a few purses. However, they're all cheep kiddy purses that I've bought over the years. Since coming to college, I've stopped carrying a purse altogether. It's too hard to balance a purse with all the requirements for classes, so last year I did what I swore I'd never do, and bought a boring black backpack. I love my backpack. I don't care that it isn't the most visually appealing, because it's comfortable and it leaves my hands free. I still wish sometimes that I carried a purse around. I daydream about all the little things that I would stash in it.
This is the little bag that I throw into my backpack, or take with me if I'm going without the backpack. It has my phone, inhaler, chapsticks, hand sanitizer, pocket mirror, ID, money, and bandaids, as well as my keys: my bare necessities.
What would I carry around in my dream bag?
A notebook and pen, something cute and functional. I am a perpetual list maker (if you couldn't tell), and it really stinks when it's list time and there's no paper around.
I love these
notebooks my
Mossery on etsy. They're so cute, and look really well made. I'm a sucker for professionalism, and these guys have it down.
A water bottle. Since coming to college, I've come to understand that a water bottle is one of the most important things that you can carry around with you.
I like
this one from target. It's small enough to fit into a bag comfortably, but will still hold enough water to last a decent amount of time. Plus, having a filter seems like a pretty good idea, particularly since there's a rumored connection between the campus's water supply and kidney stones.
Food. I try to always carry around at least an apple with me. You never know when you'll be stuck somewhere and starving.
First aid kit. I wouldn't carry a full on kit everywhere that I go, but I do tend to always have a few small items with me.
These are the bandaids that I currently keep in my little bag, as well as my inhaler and a package of kleenex.
Makeup things. Because I'm a girl, you know?
I haven't bought one of these in years, because every time I find one that I like enough to buy, I end up shattering it within a month. Once I break the one that I have now, I think I may invest in this one. It's so pretty!
I am a chapstick addict. I usually have 2 different types on me at a time, and countless more stashed in various places at home. This one sounds great.
In addition to a pocket mirror and chapstick, I would also carry qtips and nail clippers with me; the clippers for broken nails and emergency scissors, and the qtips for fixing rouge eye makeup.
Techy things. I always have my phone with me, but ideally I would always have my camera too. You never know where life will take you, and when you'll wish you had it with.
Everywhere things. You know, your keys, your wallet, all those things that you never leave the house without anyway.
An umbrella.
It rains all the time here. Tragically, I tend to always take this out of my bag the night before a rainy day. Always keep it with you!
Right now my dream bag looks something like this:
It's big enough to hold everything that I would want to carry, plus a little knitting. It doesn't look like a kiddie purse, or like an old lady bag, either.
What would you put in your dream bag?
