Whats in your handbag.And men too .

[CocoaButter]

I got letters from bank ,keys for my bike and my phone and my alarm and my pager .Safety pins for emergencys ,baby wipes and tissues for emergencys (kids)and my pills .And for what i need for the day .
Oops me money in me purse .

[New Gal]

In order of importance:

iPod and headphones
Phone
Diary
Purse and Wallet
Gum
Make-up bag
Hairbrush
Mirror
Pocket Tissues
Pen and Pencil
Keys
Pass for work
Umbrella
Sore throat spray
Anadin Extra pain killers
Hair elastic and hair pins
Nail file
Bottle of water

[Netyoda]

In pockets:

Wallet containing:
cash
visa/debit
driving license
repeat prescription slip
costco card
PADI card

also

chewing gum
morphine tablets
cigarettes and lighter

[CocoaButter]

I forgot one thing WOMENS DAYS oh yes me too have ipod but its been stolen .

[Karenh]

In my handbag ~ hope you have time
brush
comb
drivers licence
purse
diary
cheque book
wallet with credit cards
receipts
3 or 4 pens
calculator (weight watchers to change food calorific values to points sad i know!)
listicks
phone
lighter
and ciggies
Keys

[New Gal]

Lol glad you put all that Karenh as mine was looking a bit too organised

[Claire]

NG you must have a big bad to keep all this lot in.
My bag is mostly mess eventho I tidied it out. I shove everythinfg I might need in there.
Here goes:
Receipts (that I never check but occasionally need for refunds)
Bills
Letter to post
keys
Useful info written on scraps of paper (loads of pieces of paper like this!)
Words to some arabic songs!
Tissues
pens
eyeliners
mascara
lipsticks
2 plastic spoons???
purse
mobile
a wooden cross
usually have my driving licence but that seems to have disappeared hopefully in another bag!

[Undutchable]

Mine has......

Blistex.....
2 Mobile phones
Tissues
wallet
hand creme
lipstick & lip gloss
hand sanitizer
keys
chewing gum
mints
mirror
nail vile
Pills: ibuprofen, abimol extra, voltaren, paracetamol
pen
business cards
emergency package for that time of the month

[New Gal]

Yeah Claire, my bags are quite big, I love big hand bags though!

x

[CocoaButter]

i prefer not big and not small i am not fashion concious

[Christine]

Ok i see most of you own my handbag apart from car keys i dont drive, i have all the rest and a supply of lipsil, im an addict, to lipsil i mean.

[Netyoda]

Do men carry bags in Egypt?

It just seems from a lot of the posts that some form of container is essential to keep water bottles, empty bottles (for juice) etc.

Lee

[Christine]

As a general rule no they dont , but you can get cool bags that u clip to your belt, and your wallet is safe enough in your pocket.
Most egyptain men i know carry mobile and cigs in thier hands the rest of anything they need is in thier pockets or clipped to thier belts.

[Christine]

And dont forget Lee that as you aclimatise you will not need to be buying so much water, and will drink a little less than you did at the start.
You may also find yourself able to drink from the tap as i do when in luxor, the water dosent affect my stomach at all so im lucky i can either buy bottled or use thiers.

[Claire]

Yeah but depending where you are some of the water just tastes so gross. I was n't keen on Hurghada tap water for taste. Cairo water is better although you can taste the chlorine.
As for big bags, I don't like them too big as I would just leave in even more junk and then would never find anything! I get smaller bags, overload them so the zips break and then I have to get another!!!
Talking of bags I just had two bags as presents from my Egyptian sister in law! I don't think I will be using them here in the UK!!!! But I might use them in Egypt! I bought a new bag when I went to Egypt, really flashy not like the usual ones I use and guess what my Sister in Law liked it so much I gave it to her! Now she's given me two of hers back as a present!

[Netyoda]

Big bags are really in in the UK at the moment, big enough to fit 6 bottles of red and a couple of stolen pint glasses at least

Lee

[Susue]

I like big bags!!
At the moment I've got....
My big purse,
A pink umbrella
Some sugar-free mints,
A pepper-spray,
keys and a little pink swiss army knife,
My phone,
2 tickets to this weekend's rodeo,
various bits of paper and reciepts,
Some artificial sweetener,
A snotty tissue!!

I really must clean up my bag!!!

[New Gal]

Big bags all the way! Although for a night out, I do love my clutches.

But, I’m annoyed at one of my bags…

Yesterday it was torrential rain where I am so there I am standing at the bus stop and the rain slows. So I put my brolly into its sleeve thing as I am stood under a shelter.

The bus comes and stops half a mile away so I walk up when the rain starts again. And heavy. So I get out the brolly, new by the way and tuck the sleeve thing into my bag. Now where the hell has that damn sleeve thing gone??

Searched my bag 3 times and was changing bags anyway to go with what I am wearing for work today, so everything got moved about but that damn sleeve is missing!!!!

[Susue]

You're right about the brolly sleeves, NG.... I'm sure that as soon as we take them off, an invisible monster sneaks out of nowhere and eats them!!
I don't think I own an umbrella with a sleeve any more!!

[New Gal]

You're right about the brolly sleeves, NG.... I'm sure that as soon as we take them off, an invisible monster sneaks out of nowhere and eats them!!
I don't think I own an umbrella with a sleeve any more!!

Thing is though, the brolly think this is an excuse to then bend and break in odd places!