What's in my bag?

It's time again for: "What's In My Bag?" Always a good fall-back topic. I occasionally try to limit the number of things that I carry, and I can do that for awhile, but then when I'm having a stressful time I start worrying about things, and find that it's comforting to know that I have the things that I may need in my bag, even though I may not need them every day.

I was thinking about that this morning. I had washed my hair on Sunday, but didn't dry it, just let it air-dry, didn't do anything but comb it out, and hadn't put any product in it, so on Monday it was kind of fly-away, especially after I took off my microfiber fleece jacket. If I had been at home, I would have put something in it, but didn't have anything at work, of course.

So this morning I stuck a little travel-size tube of Redken "Outshine" ("anti-frizz polishing milk") in the bag. And then, if I do that, I think, well, I should also have moisturizer for my face, especially in the winter, and I've been feeling a little paranoid about people being sick, so I should put in a little bottle of anti-bac.

I guess it's a function of my mild OCD or my suggestibilty -- it's like needing to go put on a cross when I'm reading a vampire novel, making sure the batteries are fresh in my flashlight when I read a book where the protagonist gets stuck somewhere dark, or needing to clean the house after watching "Hoarders" (which I did Monday night). So here's the current list.

• Purell Hand Sanitizer
• Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion
• Generic ibuprofen
• Clinique Stop Signs Hand Repair handcream
• Glasses
• Vera Bradley eyeglass case
• Emergency reading glasses (tiny fold-up pair)
• Botanial Nutrients wooden hairbrush
• iPhone in leather slip case
• Little Phillips zip case with earbuds and my "Square" credit card reader
• Vinyl folder for coupons, receipts, stamps, return address labels
• Leather 3x5 card holder with Levenger personalized cards (I bought them years ago, enough to last me the rest of my life!)
• Small notebook
• Tiny Japanese zipper pouch with spare earrings
• Thumb drive
• Plastic nail file
• Orly nail oil
• Screen cleaning cloth
• Tissue purse pack
• Bandaids
• Business cards
• Pens - A Pilot Precise V5 recycled rollerball and a bank giveaway ballpoint
• Clinique lip gloss in "Whisper"
• Softlips lip balm ("Sparkle Mint")
• Hair bands
• Clinique gift-with-purchase lipstick mirror
• Keyring with loyalty cards
• Keys on the "jean ring" heart-shaped keyring I've had since high school
• iPad stylus
• Wallet with credit cards, cash, insurance cards
• Pocket flashlight
• Swiss Army knife (tiny one with scissors)
• Baby nail clippers

Lot of stuff in this little backpack purse (Tignanello Multi Pocket Backpack in black leather)!