Hey everyone! I’ve been wanting to write a What’s In My Bag post for a long time, and I finally decided to sit down and write it yesterday. I keep a lot of random things in my purse and carry them with me everywhere I go so I thought it would be fun to share the current contents of my purse. Let’s get started!
My purse is pretty basic. It’s a faux-leather over the shoulder hobo style bag. It has an outside and an inside zip pocket as well as a little slot for my phone. I bought it at Bon Voyage for about $30CAD, so it’s nothing fancy. I go for function over fashion.
Gloves
These Canadian Winters can be unpredictable. It’s always good to have a set of leather gloves close on hand. I also can’t leave my gloves anywhere else because Quantum (my cat) will literally eat them. It’s happened before…
Wallet
I purchased this wallet at Simons a few years ago. For the price I paid the quality really wasn’t there, the change purse turned out to be completely non-functional. Coins fall out of the edges all the time so that was pretty disappointing. I also have a glow in the dark Canadian Toonie in my purse, I really wanted one when I heard they were being made limited edition for a time so my brother gave me one. I’ll never spend it!
What’s In My Bag: Makeup
Lipstick & Lipgloss
Currently my purse makeup bag contains the Aquarius ColourPop Lippie Stix, a Clinique Almost Lipstick, and a Kylie Cosmetics Lipgloss,
Hand Sanitizer
I have a matching David’s Tea Duo of their cold 911 Hand Sanitizer & Lip Balm. The lip balm is one of my favourites for this winter.
Hand Cream
I always keep a mini hand cream in my bag. My hands get so dry and winter is no friend to dry hands. I’m currently using a mini L’Occitane Rose hand cream.
Microfibre Cloth
Dirty glasses lenses are the worst! I’ve been trying to carry a microfibre cloth to clean the lenses because I always manage to get smudges on them.
Organization
Coloured Pens
I typically keep a Pink, Purple & Orange pen in my purse. I love having the colours when I write in my planner, I can colour code different things on my To-Do list.
Fringe Studio Planner
I absolutely looooove this planner! It’s hardcover and has spiral bound pages with month dividers on the inside. Every girl can use a beautiful planner
Mini Calendar Planner
I keep this planner specifically to write my work schedule in. I’m part time and have bizzare hours depending on who’s vacations I’m covering each week so it helps me a lot to have a work schedule planner.
Electronics
Kindle
I keep my kindle with me at all times. I never know when I’ll have to wait for an appointment and reading is a good way to spend my time while I wait.
USB Stick
I also keep an 8GB USB stick in my bag. It’s come in handy a few times so I prefer to just keep it in there.
And that’s what’s in my bag right now. Sometimes I take a different lip gloss or lipstick and I put my gloves away during the summer, but this is a general look at what I might take with me during the day. I’d love to know if you guys keep similar things with you, so let me know what’s in Your bag in the comments below! If you like this kind of post you might also like to read about What’s in my Travel Makeup Bag!
As always, thanks so much for reading! I hope you all are having a great start to your week. If you enjoyed this post please like & subscribe. Talk Soon xx
Omg, the name of your cat is so cute! I honestly love it, aha! I love the fact that you have a flash drive with you, cause I do too! Mine doesn’t have enough space, but like you said it’s come in handy multiple times. I might have to do a post or video on youtube on what’s in my bag! Great post Cleia xxx
Melina
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Haha yes we have Quantum & Ion. They are fighting each other as I type this 😹 My flash drive is only 8gb, so it doesn’t hold a lot but it can be useful! I’ll read/watch it if you decide to write a what’s in my bag post! Thanks for reading 🙂
Omg, that’s so cute! Are you a science buff?
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I’m a little bit of a nerd, we named Ion so that his name would be a pun, so he’s a cat-ion, then we had to keep the science theme going!
lmfaooo, that’s actually so funny!
i am always looking for whats in my bag post, they are refreshing to read. love this post
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Thanks for reading Lulu! 😊
i love these posts and have always wanted to do one and always end up forgetting LOL
i love how you stay organized on the go to 🙂 that’s such a good idea, i always end up writing everything on my phone lol
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haha me too! I’ve been wanting to write this one for over a year.
I don’t know why but I never remember things when they’re in my phone, I need to write it down somewhere to commit it to memory lol
ME TOO! writing it makes me remember things much easier 🙂 it’s more active listing than writing it on a phone lol
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Agreed! I had to study that way in school, I would literally write everything out again so I could memorize it haha
Loved this quick whats in my bag post! Fun for a change of pace! I am also addicted to beautiful planners and journals lol.
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Thanks for reading Nova! I’m trying to change things up a bit this year, it’s refreshing to write a different kind of post 🙂
I have such a huge stationary obsession, I keep buying new notebooks when I haven’t written in half of them that I own xD
Uhg that is also my curse!! I’ve learned this habit by now so I can usually stop myself, but I get very dangerously close to purchasing more notebooks every once in a while…
I love What’s in my Bag posts! Not sure why they’re so entertaining.
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I’m not quite sure either but I love reading them too! x
These are so much fun to read! I love being nosey and seeing what other people carry!
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Thanks for reading 🙂 Me too, It’s fascinating for some reason haha!
I love seeing (creeping) in peopl’e purses!
Hey, you have one of the glow in the dark Northern Lights Toonies! I saved one somewhere…
I keep similar things on my purse as you but I don’t keep a Kindle or planners in my purse. I like to keep a packette of tissue in my purse!
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I love reading these whats in my bag posts too.
I was so excited when I heard that glow in the dark toonies were a thing, I needed to have one! I’m never going to spend it xD
Tissue is a good idea, I should carry a pack too!
Your purse is so organized! Mine has all of these things (minus the pens and planner), but with around 30 receipts from 2015-2017 laying around loose in the bag…and maybe some empty wrappers too. Ugh!
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haha I actually had a few old receipts in there too. I threw them all out when I was photographing so my purse is receipt free.
I usually have a granola bar or two in there but my cat recently figured out how to unzip my purse and has taken to stealing the granola bars and running around growling at me with the bar in his mouth xD
LOL! That’s so funny about your cat!
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He’s a character for sure 😅
The gloves in the first picture are too cute!!
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Thanks!! My husband got them for me for Christmas 😊
Oh he has a good taste 🙂
Lots of practical stuff in your bag! More than me, that’s for sure! You know, I wear glasses on a daily basis, and I hate smudges on them. But I just keep using my shirt to wipe them haha! It never really does work, but I never remember to bring my cloth anywhere!
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I do that too! Most of the time it makes it worse 😄 I always forget to take my glasses spray with me
such a good idea to keep a USB stick in your purse! I have a couple of lippie stix in my bag, loveeee them! 🙂
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The USB comes in handy sometimes! Lippie stix are my new go to! Thanks for reading 🙂😘
I love these types of posts! I’m so nosey lol, a microfibre cloth is such a good idea, I can’t seem to keep my glasses clean lately! x x
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I don’t even know how my glasses get so dirty, I never remember touching the lenses but they always have smudges all over them 😄
I love these posts! 😘
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Oh good, I’m glad! 🙂