What's In My Bags.....

A couple of months ago, on one of my favorite blogs I saw a link up for "What's in My Bag". I thought it was super cute, and decided to do a blog dedicated to my rat hole of a purse.


Something you may not know about my husband, is I consider him to be a bit of a pack rat. I have never really thought of myself in those terms. Because I tend to get rid of things, throw things away, you get the picture. Just last week this conversation happened with my husband after I bought him a new pretty and plush bath mat:

Me: "I just put your new bath mat down in your bathroom. Only differnece between the new one and this old one (that I show him is in my hand) is that this old one is a little wider and shorter than the new one."
Jeremy: "Don't throw the old one away."
Me (very confused look on my face): "Um why not?"
Jeremy: "Because, just dont."
Me: "WE are not keeping an old bath mat, it allows water to pool underneath it, the rubber is almost gone off the bottom."
Jeremy: "Don't throw it away, put it in the laundry room."
Me: "WHY!?"
Jeremy: "Because...it has sentimental value."
Me: "Ummm...okay"

I am not kidding that conversation really happened, and that old bath mat will end up in the trash. I appeased him and am allowing it to take residence in our laundry room for the moment. But not for too long, there is NO need to keep a bath mat that doesn't even do it's job properly, all because he has had it for like ever.

Now, with that said, I will not continue to poke fun of my husband and the other things he keeps, but will share with you all where I am apparently a "pack rat": My Purse, and my work bag.


We will start with my purse, and yes all of that was in my purse.
Let's start with the top left hand side of this picture: Those are EXPIRED coupons I found floating around in the black hole of my purse. Pink polka dot bag is my "lady bag" it has about 14-15 tampons inside plus midol and nail clippers. This is always in my purse, even when it isn't that time of the month. Right beneath my lady bag are my Kate Spade sunglasses and case. Then Next to those my Kate Spade wallet, and my Vera Bradley check book cover (yes I still carry my check book around). Then the gold/brown looking roll is actually pretzel bites, and underneath those is my address book which is outdated. Beside those are my mini contact solution bottle, Excedrin bottle, and 13 pens, yes 13.... I have a problem. Then on the far upper right hand side, looks like a bunch of paper right? That my friends is old receipts, a birthday card, some Christmas cards, and my vitamin pack (which is empty). Underneath those, do you see the tangled mess of wires? Those are my ear buds, and my Dr. Dre beats, a coffee cup jacket (that I don't use), contact container (and if you haven't noticed we are going right to left here), my MAC compact, 7 different lip products (again I think I have a problem), an empty change purse (that I don't use), 2 packs of gum, pocket calendar, and finally in that row a small hairbrush and a headband. Bottom left, is my camera bag, a cork from a wine bottle (not really sure why I kept that in my purse in the first place), my car keys, and 3 protective eyewear for the tanning bed (I am always losing these, and figured the more the merrier), also if you haven't noticed this time we are going left to right on the row, my nook, 2 of my Mary Kay business cards, 2 cough drops, and my iPhone. ALL OF THAT has been residing in my purse for weeks!!!! I'm starting to see that I keep things in there for no apparent reason, kind of like hoarding.


Now my work bag isn't as bad as my purse, well it was worse. Not pictured were 3 EMPTY plastic grocery bags, and 2 half eaten bags of potato chips that were stale, those got thrown away last night at work finally. Starting at the top left is an EMPTY box of poptarts, some soup, Starbucks Mocha coffee bag, 2 empty cups, and my tanning lotion, then on the far right is everything I need to put my makeup on. Now right to left: Daytime Cold and Flu medicine, Halls cough drops strawberry flavor, unpopped bag of Kettle Corn popcorn, and two journals. Underneath the journals is a baggie of tanning lotion samples that I was given from our lotion training, 1 tampon, 2 mini bags of Skittles from Halloween, 1 big bag of Skittles, 1 candy from work, 1 bunched up straw paper, my nook charger, and more makeup products.

Now, I really believe I just hoard things in these two bags and my car. My car is even worse! Pretty funny if you ask me! What's funny is I have no need for half of this stuff daily, so why must it be in my purse!? Because, I cannot seem to part with most of it!!! Today was a great day to start the decluttering process of the year, started with these bags! Next it will be my car, because I have stuff in my car that has no business being there! Then onto the house!!!

What are some of the craziest things you have seen in your purse, or someone else's purse?

2014

I am well aware that it has been 2014 for 6 days now, but I have finally decided to write my first blog of the year! Crazy to think that we are in the year of 2014! As you get older, time certainly does go by so much faster. Anyways, off that tangent! So like most of you, in years passed I have made a list of resolutions that I plan to keep to. Unlike some people, this year I have decided not to make a list of resolutions. Because, I always seem to break them before I even get really started, or I forget about them. I believe the only thing I kept up last year, was staying alive. ha! Seriously! This year, of course I have goals, but I am not making any promises at keeping them, because it may not happen!

So below you will find a few things I plan to do this year, seeing as how there are 359 days left to the year I am sure I can obtain some of these!


1. First and foremost, I plan to make more time for my husband. Yeah I know that sounds cheesy, but what I mean when I say I plan to make more time for him, what I am saying is less Pinterest, less Facebook, less Twitter...you get the picture, and more time with him. I have got to put the phone down, and be more present in my relationship.


2. I really mean it this year, I mean to save some money. I've actually gotten a headstart, my bank has this option called "Save the Change" and it basically rounds up to the next dollar on every purchase I make using my debit card, and at the end of the day it automatically transfers that amount to my savings account. Which is pretty amazing, and another thing I plan on doing is this, which I found off Pinterest:

Let me explain this, basically on Pinterest there are a few of these floating around, there is one that is where you save the amount of dollars that corresponds with that number of week. For example, week 1 would be $1, week 2 would be $2 making you have $3 saved and so on and so forth. I found this one where you do $2 increments. I'm thinking realistically I'll be able to do this for most of the year, until it starts to getting to the bigger amounts. We shall see!


3. If you follow me on any of my Social Media outlets, you will already be familiar with this one. This goal also goes hand in hand with my number 1 goal. So these aren't exactly in numerical order as to which is most important by the way. Anyway, another goal of mine this year is to build a better relationship with God, which in turn will allow me to draw closer to Jeremy. I've been doing the above devotional for 6 days now, and what's really great is I'm doing it live online with the author and 100s of other women! So I am not only gaining knowledge, based on what God calls us to be as wives- but also I am gathering new perspectives from other wives on marriage. Seeing women talk about the same problems, and the same thoughts that I have is so empowering and has opened my eyes a lot! Facebook Wife After God Event Please join me if you are interested, you can download the 30 day devotional on Amazon, I promise you will love it! Also, with this goal I hope to commit to a church and attend regularly this year.


4. This Spring, I am absolutely planning to organize, declutter, and clean my house thoroughly so that I can keep up with it for the rest of the year! We have so many boxes, and piles of stuff, and junk that we just need to purge and get rid of. We started this purging process yesterday! Feels so good, already! I tell you, this domestic housewife business is hard work!


5.This is a two parter, firstly; I'd like to be sure my friends, and family know how much I cherish them. I plan on showing them somehow this year just how amazing they are. I have been super blessed to have some of the most amazing people in my life from coworkers and my best friends scattered across the US to crazy and funny family! And second, I'd like to finally let go of hurts from the last year, I went through a lot last year in the friendship department, and I have chosen to no longer hold onto hurt, unkind thoughts, jealousy, and my mean girl tendencies regarding those situations. I am a grown woman, and I don't need to chase people in order to have them in my life, the people that want to be here are here.


6. Last but certainly not least, I plan to read and finish all of the books that I currently have on my Nook. Which is around 100 books that I have purchased, but have not read. I have been reading 3 books off and on for about a year now, so I will finish those! So basically, I refuse to buy any new nook books that are not a devotional study type of book, until I finish what I've got!

So, that's the end of this list! Trust me, there are so many more things I could list! But this is enough for you to get the gist of my goals for the year!

What are some of your goals and/or resolutions for 2014?