Running With Quills: A Quill Quickie

Friday, April 28, 2006

A Quill Quickie

What are three indispensable items you always carry in your handbag? (Or in your backpack, briefcase, etc.?)

Jayne:

1) Credit card for emergency shopping.
2) Backup credit card in case first fails.
3) Money in case first two don't work.

Elizabeth:

1) wallet
2) pen
3) book to read while waiting for whatever

Suzanne:

1. My favorite pen and a bunch of orange 5 X 6 note cards (You never know when a brilliant idea will strike.)
2. Kleenex (It's spring; therefore, it's allergy season.)
3. Sunglasses (Hope springs eternal that I might actually need them!)

Inquiring Minds want to know as we head into the weekend: What are three indispensable items in your handbag/backpack/briefcase?

33 Comments:

Kris said...: Wallet
cell phone
book (never leave home without one, you never know when you will get stuck somewhere); 7:10 AM
Anonymous said...: 1. Credit card (only one to control my spending)

2. Kleenex (Allergies!)

3. Sunglasses (in FL, a must!)

Cher B; 7:49 AM
Becca said...: 1. Wallet

2. Gum

3. Sunglasses; 8:05 AM
Katrina said...: 1. A pen and some paper (you never know)
2. My allergy pills (they are my drug all year round)
3. Gum (never leave home without it)

mhjky- mom's home just keeps you; 9:59 AM
claire said...: 1. hand sanitizer
2. wallet
3. lip balm; 12:24 PM
Tammy said...: 1. book
2. wallet
3. another book in case of finishing first one; 1:05 PM
Anonymous said...: Eyeglasses (can't see ANYTHING without them!)

Credit cards (I like to think the spending is only second to getting air miles)

Tissues (vital anytime of the year); 1:59 PM
Gram said...: Book
wallet-with credit cards, drivers license, etc.
tissue-allergies; 2:10 PM
talpianna said...: sunglasses (Arizona)

credit card

bandanna for mopping brow (did I mention I live in Arizona?)

vbpctew -- Victorious bloodstained pumas caught two evil wombats.; 2:24 PM
MomSear said...: 1)wallet with credit cards & checkbooks
2) Tissues AND handkerchief (no, it's not like a belt & suspenders male) I use the hanky to clean my glasses, and you may need extra tissues if no TP.
3)immodium tablets because you just never know when you'll pay for that Mexican meal you just ate
4)pen and paper... because you just never know when you may find yourself waiting at a roadside rest area......
5) every Sunday I stock up on breath mints to feed kids and spouse during the sermon.

Did I ever mention I have a REALLY big purse???; 6:14 PM
DFender said...: 1. Wallet
2. Wet Your Whistle lip stuff
3. Advil

ckikia: Currently Karen is knocking insistently abovestairs.; 7:11 PM
Ranurgis said...: 1. Wallet
2. Spare key
3. Book

frfvr--For rivers, for vapor reverse; 8:59 PM
Pia said...: 1. Asthma Inhaler/My hyperthyroidism Meds.
2. A Book or a couple of books just in case I finish one right away
3. My Cologne; 9:36 PM
Bethany said...: -- Cell phone
-- Pen/Pencil/some writing thing
--Credit card; 10:36 PM
Anonymous said...: 1. cash
2. id
3. ipod shuffle

No bag, just the pockets of my jacket; 4:02 AM
Anonymous said...: I. Credit cards

II. Tums (for long lunches)

III. Keys (house, car, etc)

AJIQCF Are Jayne's illustrious quirks considered fantasy?; 9:49 AM
cate said...: 1) wallet clutch (holds lots)

2) keys

3) cell phone; 10:36 AM
Pam P. said...: Debit/credit card
Cell phone
Sun glasses; 12:17 PM
Loreth Anne White said...: Does a bum bag count? :)

Pepper spray for the bears .. and dogs.
Cell phone
Mp3 player ... camera

Oh shoot .. you said only three?? I still have to add keys, and debit card and ... I always carry too much with me. Always. Because -- what if? :) Hey, I'm a writer ;); 1:07 PM
talpianna said...: I thought for a minute there that Becca said "Wallet, GUN, sunglasses." What are you, Becca, some sort of romantic-suspense heroine?

pbovlzdc -- Poor bloody otters view loud zebras, dance crazily.; 3:43 PM
Julie Rowe said...: 1. Gum
2. cell phone
3. wallet; 10:35 PM
AgTigress said...: Honestly, I think 'keys' can be taken as read: after all, you always need to be able to get back into your dwelling. I am inclined to think that these days, 'credit card(s)' can almost be taken as read, too; very few people do not use them at all, and if you are somebody who doesn't, you would have to substitute 'cash' in that slot.
So, leaving out the universal keys and credit card, I list as essential:

pens and paper
small torch
10x jeweller's loupe

In fact, the little bag that contains the loupe and mini-torch also contains a tiny screwdriver, spare screws for spectacles, spare batteries for the torch, a measuring tape, and my Swiss Army knife. All are essential. I have to remember to remove the Swiss Army Knife these days when flying, and pack it in my suitcase, which is a bore.
I nearly always carry a camera, too.
Isn't it interesting that nobody has mentioned make-up? Most adult women for most of the 20th century would have listed 'lipstick' at least, and in the 1950s-70s most women carried a little bag with a whole range of war-paint, from foundation to eyeshadow and mascara.; 3:50 AM
FAO said...: 1. pen
2. notebook
3. cellphone

Francesca A. Ortiz; 11:45 AM
Stella said...: Tagging on to a tigress, I'll leave out the absolute necessities.

1. Flash drive.
2. Comb.
3. Sunglasses.

Cheers,; 9:24 PM
AgTigress said...: Several people have mentioned sunglasses, which makes sense, of course, if you don't wear glasses otherwise.

As a full-time spectacle-wearer, I prefer to be able to face all eventualities in the same pair of specs, so mine are tri-focal varifocals, so that I can cope with distance, middle distance and close vision (though I do take them off for very close work, such as peering at something through that jeweller's loupe), and photochromic, so that they turn themselves into sunglasses as required, when the light is bright.
:-); 5:47 AM
Anonymous said...: Leaving essentials such a wallet, keys and cell phone I usually have:

1) Brush and comb.
2) Lip balm and lipstick
3) Book (to read) plus personal phonebook/notebook.; 1:44 AM
Marianne Arkins said...: 1. Lip balm
2. Lotion
3. Cell Phone
4. Keys! Don't leave home without them...

kthug - the sound my truck makes when it's ready to have the tires rotated (and the shortest word verification I've ever had); 3:17 AM
Anonymous said...: Apart from key, wallet with id, driver licence and credit card, I always take with me

Book
MP3-Player (cause I can't stand people talking around me while I'm trying to read)
Small Beauty Case with allergy-pills, Aspirin, lip balm and some hand cream; 6:37 AM
Jay said...: I answered this the other day, but the blog's eaten my post. :(

I only carry a bag to work, not anywhere else, so my don't leave home without it list is pretty simple:

Keys
Wallet
Sunnies

chejh - could her elephant jump higher?; 7:32 PM
Shirley Jump said...: LOL, Jayne -- I LOVE your purse (and have to admit to having the exact same thing, along with my not-so-secret pocket of extra cash for that dress I HAVE to have).

Sue and Elizabeth--how I long to be that work committed ;-) Actually, I do have a notebook in my purse for days when inspiration hits.

Unfortunately, it's covered, back to front, with the drawings of my children. My son, the ever creative soul, drew his mother and father swimming the other day--and put great white sharks beneath them.

I think he disagreed with the meatloaf we had for dinner.

Shirley; 5:59 AM
Melissa said...: If you don't count ID (because these days you can't go anywhere without it) I always have:

1) a book or two with a piece of scratch paper for a bookmark(or three if I'm going to the doctor's office)
2) a roll of Tums
3) a pen or pencil (in case I discover something to buy later when I have money. I write it on the bookmark.)

Plus I usually have my husband's insulin and needles if we're going out together. He bought a nice black 'manly' carrying case for them, yet 9 times out of 10 it winds up in my purse.; 2:56 PM
dee from oz said...: I have four usually keys, wallet, phone and dencorub; 4:57 AM
Anonymous said...: 1 keys

2 library card

3 needlepoint (cause you never know when you'll need something to do.)

I only take a book if I'm going somewhere I can be "lost", since I tend to ignore all stimuli when reading.

Marva

ztvpyhd: Zoo takes violent python yelling "Hallelujah doom."; 9:15 AM

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A Quill Quickie

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