What ISN’T in my bag? Well, not these things:

what? it's all important!

• My iPad in a Roxypop case while I wait 50 years for my replacement Portenzo case
• Cheese
• Like/Dislike stamps
• Old Navy wallet containing necessary but not vital cards and ID
• World’s Most Awesome Pill Case holding an assortment of (legal) drugs and a pair of earrings
• Peppermint oil for headaches that the above mentioned pill case cannot cure
• House key and the enormous fob that gets us into the garage, attached to a huge Hello Kitty-in-glasses keychain
• Small black H&M bag holding:
  • iPad camera attachments
  • Fisheye/Wide/Macro iPhone lenses
  • 8GB USB stick
  • Double-ended screwdriver for fixing glasses
  • Two barrettes
  • Emergency cheese
• Colour filters
• Pork piPod and headphones
• Lego man LED light
• R2D2 LED light
• Thunderbolt LED with sound!
• MAC Compact
• Hello Kitty x Tokidoki coin purse that holds money, the World’s Dirtiest Smutton, my bank card and driver’s license
• Bokeh filters
• 5 gum in Rain (spearmint)
• World’s Geekiest Keychain:
  • Scott Pilgrim and Ramona Flowers charms
  • Gate Keychain
  • Ray gun pew pew
  • A robot
  • Rockstar Games keychain that came with the collector’s edition of Grand Theft Auto IV
  • Metal Domo-kun cellphone charm that Ali got from her trip to Japan in like 2000 and gave to me and it’s my favourite
  • An actual key! (spare key to the bucket on my Vespa)
• One bus ticket
• An expense cheque for almost $900 that American Express would appreciate me depositing very, very soon
• A pen
• Four different kinds of lip gloss
• An eyeshadow stick I’ve been meaning to return because the colour sucks
• Solid perfume from Lush (Lust)
• Keys to the Mazdabator
• Small gold Benefit bag containing:
  • Three more kinds of lip gloss
  • Three kinds of eyeliner
  • Emergency mascara
  • Tweezers
  • Perfume roller ball
  • Another barette
  • Two Delicious Juice Dot Com buttons
  • Two keys for the heart lock I have on all my bags and my work ID
  • A very round stone
  • Two 5-pence coins
  • A Toronto subway token

.. all toted around in a teal messenger bag satchel thingie I got from Bodacious on Boxing Day.

All these things tell you a story: I am afraid of being caught in the dark with dry lips and no toys, and I carry too many keychains (missing are my scooter keys, coz it’s not riding season).

No wonder my shoulder hurts all the time.

Thanks to Rick Chung, from whom I stole this idea and who carries a lot less stuff than I do (but has a way cooler USB drive).