Endless Knick Knacks and a Bottomless Bag

As anybody who knows me would attest, I could quite possibly live out of my purse for weeks at at a time. It is filled to the brim with random and wondrous things, and weighs more than a newborn baby. Because its weight has been contributing to back issues, and due to the fact that it takes me AT LEAST 15 min (on a good day) to locate my keys within the abyss every morning I have finally decided the time has come to relieve it of some of the extraneous items. Whats has given me the extra motivation to tackle such a task? An assignment for this class of course!! What a great inventory it shall make.

Hereafter I shall list all of the items in my bag in the order of which they were removed during the organizational process.

An empty plastic arrowhead water bottle, pair of knockoff sunglasses, purple brush, 2 sticks of deodorant (powder burst and berry blossom), half empty pack of orbit gum, bottle of tylenol extra strength, mint flavored floss, Aqueous Kiss tanning lotion, old string cheese stick, mauve headband, bottle of melatonin, W2 from work, unopened pack of extra gum, ipod touch, 1 orange sock, my wallet, pair of tanning eye protection, ipod usb connection cord, 4 empty gum packs, midol, hemp face lotion, oral fixation chai flavored mints, scotch tape, mauve clutch (in which was my co-op gift card, drivers license, debt card, msu catcard, turquoise ponytail holder, two lip glosses, 1 gum wrapper, 1 rubberband, and $45.00), used $15.00 itunes gift card, pressed powder, sudafed, 8 packs of lunesta (each with two in them), mini sewing kit, unopened pack of melon trident gum, coverup stick, 1 highlighter, 9 mechanical pencils, 2 pens, tweezers, 6 hair ties, book of checks, 2 rubber bands, 8 tubes of lip gloss/chapstick, 3 eyelash curler pads, pair of crystal earrings, silver cigarette case (in which was 5,000 colones - Costa Rican currency, a photocopy of my passport and drivers licence, 1 gum wrapper with a phone number on it, 3 random white pills, a day pass to volcan poas, and an atm receipt) a tangled necklace, double sided tape, 1 floss stick thing, 1 random phone number on a matchbook cover, sherlock home movie ticket stub, book of Eli movie ticket stub, victoria's secret tag, a yellow business card, pair of winkees, 10 random pieces of gum (tossed those), 4 grocery receipts, 1 ziplock sandwich bag, 1 9mm hollow point bullet, 12 bobby pins, $19.74 in coins, endless gum wrappers and scraps of paper, and some dirt.

Needless to say, I HAD a bunch of unnecessary crap in my purse. It is however now only equipped with about half of that...just in case of an emergency.