The bag lady

[lectrix_lecti]

I tidied up a pile of my shoulder bags today, ending up cleaning three and binning four, but the interesting bit is what I found in them.

Let's have a list, shall we.

Various receipts and outdated train timetables

2 bags of sugar, apparently acquired in Rome

1 refreshing towelette, also apparently acquired in Rome

1 brownish-tinted lipbalm (the only lip-related thing with any colour I own, have been wondering where that was)

1 mobile phone headset (which went missing about a week after I bought the phone last year)

2 excellent gel-ink ballpoint pens

1 craptastic gel-ink ballpoint pen

2 yellow markers, dried up

1 refillable Ronson lighter, in beautiful gunmetal grey and silver colours (bought at the Tivoli in Copenhagen, where there's a brilliant tobacco shop)

8 (eight. E-I-G-H-T. For fuck's sake) non-refillable lighters

1 pocket hairbrush+mirror

1 camera bag, belonging to my Nikon APS

1 book (Truman Capote - Music for Chameleons)

1 microfibre cloth for cleaning glasses (been looking for that one for ages)

Jesus fucking Christ in thigh-high boots.

Note to self: if something goes missing, look in the various shoulder bags.

Note to self 2: when refilling a Ronson and checking if it works, and it doesn't, it's a bad idea to peer into it to see if anything's blocking something while still attempting to light it. It's potentially bad for fringes and eyebrows. Only marvellous reflexes will save said hair areas. Thankfully, one does have marvellous reflexes.


The irony is that I was looking for a specific bag. And didn't find it.

Comments

[she-dragon.livejournal.com]

Hehe...I´ve actually had quite similar experiences when going through my bags! Found stuff I thought were long gone.

-And very soon we´re actually gonna have that coffee and not just talk about it... (I´m laaaazy I know...)

Hey, you're back!

[lectrix-lecti.livejournal.com]

Did you have a nice trip?

It's rididulous. Makes me feel like some girl. Not only do I have a bag fetish, I lose things in them.

If we're going to get it done before Øya, it has to be some time this weekend.

Edit, please

[lectrix-lecti.livejournal.com]

Ridiculous, even.

[deadmanshake.livejournal.com]

I remember that I used to stash money in the pockets of coats during the summertime, only to forget after a while...

I always used to be so rich in the winter. Hehe.

[lectrix-lecti.livejournal.com]

My ex used to put leftover money from nights out in books, while he was still drunk. Tee hee.

[deadmanshake.livejournal.com]

Reading: Its has its rewards!
Heh

[mordyn4]

Ah hahahahahahahahaha. I have nothing constructive to say, I'm just imagining all the faces you were making.

*g*

Best. You're the best. M.

[lectrix-lecti.livejournal.com]

There was muttering. And cackling. And whoops of delight when I found the Ronson.

I aim to please, m'dear.

[1975sherpa.livejournal.com]

I always find lots of coins, small things I think I've lost and lots of lipbalm. I own about ten (all exactly the same) of them.

[lectrix-lecti.livejournal.com]

YES! What is it with lipbalm?!

[1975sherpa.livejournal.com]

One of the necessities to be able to live, I guess.
When I can't find my lipbalm, hell breaks loose.

[lectrix-lecti.livejournal.com]

I don't use it often, but when I do, I'm in dire need.

Which reminds me, a while ago I bought this bloody expensive and absolutely wonderful lipbalm, sort of the mother of lipbalms. Then I lost it. A few weeks ago it resurfaced. Now, when my lips are chapped from sun and wind, it's fucking gone again! And I didn't even move it from where I found it!

Borrowers, I tell you.

[blue-chris.livejournal.com]

I always have nice surprises when I take an old bag, that´s true. I should empty the one I have now, btw, it´s ridiculously heavy

[lectrix-lecti.livejournal.com]

I used to be soooo good at emptying them when I switched, but apparently my bag skills have dropped spectacularly. And my bags don't get heavy, because I hate lugging things around - what do you have in yours now?

[blue-chris.livejournal.com]

Ummm, ok:

A book
The ipod
The wallet
The credit cards bag
the phone
My keys
My parent´s flat keys

That´s more or less normal. Plus

A hairbrush
A pen driver
My passport (it´s there since Venice trip, oh my)
Head ache pills
3 pens
The inhaler I needed for my bronchite
A fan
A toothbrush
Chewing gum

and lots of unknown papers...

[lectrix-lecti.livejournal.com]

The papers are what's causing the weight, I suppose?

[tragicsupergirl.livejournal.com]

My bags always have to be HUGE, 'cause I always need to take half the world with me at all times. I've had similar experiences to you. The key word in all of this is lip balm. Loads and loads of lip balm. I keep finding it.

[lectrix-lecti.livejournal.com]

Lipbalm. Argh.

Amazingly, I only found that one. By rights, I should have unearthed a dozen.