Nine West Tote Bag: LIke a Clown Car!

When you’re stuck writing, you’re supposed to do silly exercises, like itemize everything in your purse.

November/December issue of Layers: The How-To Magazine for Everything Adobe
November/December issue of Audubon
September/October issue of Audubon
Manila folder containing assignments and hand-outs from Imaging and Illustration class
December issue of Harper’s
2006 calendar
Wallet containing:

One five dollar bill
Fifteen one dollar bills
Six quarters
Five dimes
Two nickels
Six pennies
Expense reimbursement check from work
Driver’s license
Two debit cards
Two credit cards
Washtenaw Community College ID
Ann Arbor District Library card
Dad’s business card
J’s business card
D’s business card
Business card from date who never called again
20 minute long distance calling card
voter registration card
medical insurance card
Frequent buyer cards for Afternoon Delight, Cranesbill Books, Beaner’s Coffee, and Bombadill’s
Blockbuster membership card

Ticket to Friday, December 1 Detroit Pistons game
Hefty One-Zip bag containing Whole Foods organic pretzel sticks
3.5“ x 5.5” Moleskine notebook
Scünci hairbrush
Headset for cell phone
Box of 2“ x 2” origami paper
Bic mechanical pencil
Barrette
Four quarters
One nickel
Two pennies
Pen with purple ink
Set of three computer back-up tapes
Cell phone
1.0 GB USB flash drive
Badger Ginger and Lemon lip balm
iPod Nano
Straw paper
Kroger Plus shopper card
Doublemint mints
Victory Lane Quick Oil change card
BreathSavers mints
Two bobby pins
Hair band
Two paper clips
Five of my business cards
Note to get P. a crispy chicken sandwich and C. a grilled chicken sandwich and a baked potato at Wendy’s
Granola bar wrapper
Staples tax-exempt customer card
Cosmetic bag containing:

Two panty liners
Sewing kit stolen from Crowne Plaza Hotel in Anaheim, California
Compact of four lip glosses and lip brush
Compact of face powder
Tube of Maybelline shiny•licious lip gloss, Sugar Plum
Emery board
Visine for Contacts
Contact case
One tampon
Four bobby pins
One moist towelette

Pencil case containing:

Retractable Hi-Liter
Pencil sharpener
Kneaded eraser
Post-It Note flags (green)
Two paper clips
Black roller-ball pen
Two miniature scotch tapes
#2 pencil
2B pencil
4B pencil
6B pencil

And! Get this! Another purse! Inside my purse! With a change purse inside that...so I can stick the cash and the cell phone in something more portable and stick the big tote in the trunk before going to meet dates who never call again, but whose business cards I’ll find three months later.

But I’m not officially my mother yet - no Heinz ketchup packets.