So. We all do it. Keep a mountain of useless stuff in our bag, be it a handbag, gym bag, shopping bag, whatever.
How many of these do you have in your bag? One point for each:
- tissues and/or hankies
- hair band and/or scrunchies
- receipts
- hairbrush
- comb
- face mask (how long has it been there though)
- plastic bag
- leftover lozenges
- wet wipes
- button
- perfume/aftershave/deodorant/breath freshener
- old appointment letter
- crumpled piece of kitchen roll
- headache tablet box (box is battered and only one tablet left)
- eyeliner with lid missing (nice mess)
- nail file
- 2p coin
- pen with chewed end
- pen lid but not from pen above
- old shopping list from two months ago
- a piece of paper with a phone number on but you have no idea what the number is for
- a business card for gardening services
- a takeaway menu with a page ripped
- a long forgotten lipstick or lip balm
Need I go on?! So apart from necessities such as car keys, purse, money and phone do we need to keep all the other stuff in there?? We are all guilty. I would imagine most people have at least five things from the list above!
Thus, we all probably need to do a de-stash and get rid of unwanted items and have a good old clean. Especially in these times of uncertainty. Think where we leave bags – on the floor where people have walked, maybe on a toilet floor, on an empty seat beside us on a bus where people have sat or had their feet, and so on. Then we put them on tables and worktops – where we may put food!
So we have a good old clean of our bags. But then, most importantly we ought to try to keep on top of the clutter in our bags and keep cleanliness to an optimum. I’d like to keep nice ‘friendly’ bags, not bacterial bug bags!
If you’re like me though, you have that many bags it’s hard to accumulate lots in one bag, but there may be one or two things in loads!! Oh sigh. Where’s a bin bag ………… ?
Raquel's Remarks 