Blogtober Day 8 - What's In My Handbag?

I have a lot of bags. I kind of collect them. Maybe someday after I complete the long-promised Shoe series I will start one on my bags. I have different purposes for different ones and I often change bag. At the moment I have two main bags - one for work and one for going out e.g. to the Job Centre.

My Work Bag

My work bag is one I got from Claire's Accessories years ago - probably the Weymouth branch when I was on holiday. The contents are: Work tabard, phone, keys, notepad and pen, lip balm, hairband, glasses, tissues, hairbrush, bottle of water, umbrella and iPod with protective pouch - stops the earphones tangling.

My Everyday Bag

My current everyday bag is an owl satchel I got from Amazon and it contains: Umbrella, bottle of water, glasses, phone, keys, notepad and pen, lip balm, hairbrush, tissues, pot of Paracetamol, purse, iPod with protective pouch, whatever book I'm reading - currently The Silver Child by Cliff McNish - and often my Job Centre folder (not pictured).

Obviously there are things like my glasses, phone, keys and notepad and pen that get switched between bags but other things like tissues, umbrella, hairbrush and lip balm I have doubles of so I can keep one in each bag.