Bags, purses, backpacks, pockets, fanny packs — we emptied them all out onto our floors and beds and tables, then catalogued their contents! Seemed like a perfectly good way to spend a Wednesday night. Perhaps you relate strongly to one of these collections? Maybe you’re inspired to up your chapstick game. Maybe you just remembered TicTacs are a thing. Most likely you’ll be looking for your own sample of Uberlube, as it is apparently quite versatile and necessary. In any event, please enjoy this rummaging romp through our personal belongings!
Audrey
1. Business cards (mine and others) 2. Comb 3. Dr. Pepper Lipsmacker 4. Clinique “A Different Grape” lipstick 5. Red wallet 6. Pens 7. So many quarters 8. Moleskine Folio Professional Notebook
Alaina
1. Pens/Markers 2. Sunglasses 3. Keys 4. Chapstick 5. Assorted change/tweezers/a single bobby pin 6. Peppermint Oil 7. My nametag from church 8. Many magazines (including a Time White House Special, Real Simple, HGTV Magazine, and Parents (someone secretly subscribed me to this)) 9.Two blue lighters 10. One tampon 11. Camelbak 12. A-Camp Program 13. Dapper Desk planner 14. Iams cat treats (to prevent cats from eating through the bag) 15. Charger 16. Headphones 17. Revolution flea meds 18. Middle school marching band hat 19. Power Up comics that I got from A-Camp 20. A copy of A Wrinkle in Time I saved from the donation box
Stef
1. Eyeball wallet (joke’s on you, I keep my cash in my pocket) 2. Nobody Is Ever Missing by Catherine Lacey, which I have not been able to finish for over a month for some reason 3. Sunglasses 4. Keys (the green one is the master key that opens everything at work so I keep trying to use it to open my front door) 5. Eyeliner in case of goth emergencies 6. Head of garlic that I bought at the 24 hour health food store at like 3 am and forgot about, whoops 7. Antidepressants 8. Contact lens solution 9. Citronella oil 10.Sunblock for babies 11. Lube somebody gave me at pride 12. Glitter on everything because a tub of it exploded in my bag after the Mermaid Parade two weeks ago and I will never get rid of it ever.
Crystal
1.Black leather bi-fold wallet 2 .Sunglasses 3. Apartment keys and leather keychain 4. Earphones 5. Roll of twine that I just bought at the local hardware 6. Lactose pills 7. Black pen 8. Ibruprofen 9. Moisturizer 10. Breath Strips
Laura M
1. Phone power bank 2.Mint lip balm 3. NYC identification card 4. Massachussetts driver’s license 5.Two expired insurance cards from my last job, two current insurance cards from my current job, one hotel key card 6.Starbuck’s gift card with < $2 left on it 7. NYC MetroCard 8. Boston Charlie Card 9. Credit and debit cards 10. Blue ink pen 11. Black ink pen 12. Phone case I’m now using as a wallet 13. American dollars and loose change 14. EU dollars 15. Information pamphlet on the book of Kells 16. Kylemore Abbey & Victorian Walled Garden Herbaceous Border Plant Catalogue 2015 17. MicroSD card 18.SDHC card 19. American passport 20. Checkbook 21. Phone 22. Black ballet flats with cushy soles 23. Ear buds 24. Vertical Moleskin 25.Ticket stub from Dunguaire castle banquet 26. Sunglasses case 27. Umbrella that I accidentally stole from my ex-girlfriend but am definitely not returning 28. Sunglasses 29. Travel tissues
KaeLyn
1.Coupon book because I’m your mom. 2. NY & Company wallet 3. My favorite fancy expensive project planner notebook 4. Pens and Sharpie 5. Gold Bond Ultimate Healing Hand Lotion a.k.a.The Best Hand Lotion 6.Tape 7. Aveda Stress Fix Lotion 8. Prenatal vitamins 9.Discontinued Mary Kay black liquid liner 10. Mary Kay Creme Lipstick in Really Red for when I need a femme confidence boost 11. Hurraw Black Cherry Lip Balm 12. Problematic-but-pretty Lime Crime Liquid Matte Lipstick in Black Velvet for when I want people to not talk to me 13. Mary Kay Nourishine Lip Gloss in Beach Bronze for when I want to look like a ’90s catalog model 14. Freestyle glucose monitor kit 15. Slingshot organizer 16. Kindle Paperwhite 17. Cuticle Rehab oil 18. Insta-dry Black to Black nail polish 19. My business cards 20. Two room keys from Sleep No More 21. Brochure about local doula services 22. Trail mix for when I need a blood sugar boost 23. Revlon manicure kit 24. A shit-ton of keys 25.Mr.Sticky lint roller, as seen on TV 26. Band-Aids 27. Dickinson’s witch hazel wipes 28. Bausch & Lomb glasses wipes 29. Shout wipes 30. Antacid tablets 31. Neosporin 32. Carmex lip balm in the squeeze tube 33. Hair clips 34. Headphone jack for my iPhone case 35. Raven skull ring from Abbie’s Anchor (Don’t worry.It’s vegan.) 36.Two pairs of silver earrings 37. Pain reliever
Mey
1.Pepto Tablets 2.Keychain with bottle opener and library card 3.Headphones 4.Our Lady de Guadalupe Scapular 5.Prescription sunglasses 6.Coin purse with some change in it 7.Condoms 8.Fruit Leather 9.Onyx 10.Tiger Eye 11.Goldstone 12.Picture Jasper 13.Moss Agate 14.Rose Quartz 15.Crystal that was a gift from a friend 16.Opalite 17.Roll on perfume 18.Retractable phone charger 19.Citrine 20.Amethyst 21.Blue Calcite 22.Garnet 23.Blue Lace Agate 24.Moss Agate 25.Carnelian 26.Bloodstone 27.Chysoprase 28.More fruit leather 29.Eos lip balm 30.Movie ticket for The Shallows 31.Tums 32.Wallet with Woman Card, ID and business cards 33.Ibuprofen 34.Ruby Woo by Mac lipstick 35.Pen 36.Silver Sharpie 37.Tissues 38.Mirror 39.Our Lady de Guadalupe Prayer Card 40.One day’s worth of all my prescriptions 41.Multitool 42.Lighter
Kayla
1.iPad in sticker-embellished keyboard case 2.In The Next Room (or the vibrator play) by Sarah Ruhl 3.A Body Undone: Living On After Great Pain by Christina Crosby 4.Coca-Cola Moleskine 5.Lofoten by Rebecca Dinerstein 6.Kill Yr Darlings; Tweet Yr Drafts (zine edited by Marian Bull, Sam Escobar, and Eve Peyser) by Rebecca Dinerstein 7.iO Chicago Student Card – Level 2 8.iO Chicago Student Card – Level 4 9.iO Chicago Student Card – Level 4B 10.iO Chicago Student Card – Level 5 okay I don’t know why I only have a card for like every other level in here 11.Snowflake/different streets by Eileen Myles with bonus Strand bookmark 12.Program for Bull In A China Shop 13.Extremely cute photobooth photos of me and my girlfriend, taken in The Standard hotel 14.Pens 15.Sunglasses in Kate Spade case 16.More sunglasses 17.Cuff bracelet I stole from my mom 18.Passport 19.Portable charger 20.Two additional small Moleskines 21.Backup phone case 22.iPhone charger 23.Charger for my portable chargers 24.Another charger but just the square part 25.Keys 26.Charger and cord for headphones 27.Metrocard 28.Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams gift card 29.Ventra card 30.Expired University of Michigan Student ID 31.Backup Metrocard 32.Virginia Driver’s License 33.Literally another portable charger 34.Coupon for free beer at Pokito in Williamsburg 35.Kroger-brand Midol 36.Beats Solo2 Wireless Headphones 37.Instructions for how to take care of an airplant 38.Eyeshadow primer 39.Smashbox lipstick (Sublime) 40.Maybelline lipstick (Deepest Cherry) 41.Maybelline Vivid Matte Liquid (Rebel Red) 42.Sonia Kashuk Satin Luxe Lip Color in Classic Red 43.Corkscrew/bottle opener 44.Chanel nail polish (Black Pearl) 45.Vampire fangs 46.Too Faced: The Return Of The Sexy Eye Palette 47.Flashlight/bottle opener keychain 48.Assorted rings (most stolen from my mom) 49.Leather wallet 50.Brookside Dark Chocolate Almonds
Maree
1.Bandaids 2.Ibuprofen 3.Keys 4.See Concept Sunglasses #selfie 5.Sunglasses case that I found after losing the real one 6.Glasses wipes 7.Unidentifiable red plastic thing 8. Various US/Euro change 9.Half a DHL notice 10.Handcream 11.Tampon 12.Bobbi Brown lipstick 13.Pink Pussy lighter 14.The world’s best lip balm 15.Sharpie 16.Pen 17.Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 18.Coach wallet 19.Laptop 20.BAGGU laptop case
Heather
1.Batman Moleskine with Yes Cats stickers 2.Stanford’s 1996 Essays in Public Policy 3.Lady Vols hat (#Pat) 4.New York Times 5.Carpal tunnel wrist braces 6.The New Yorker 7.New York Magazine 8.Kindle 9.2016 calendar 10.Mints 11.Watch 12.Bike tool 13.Keys 14.Marauder’s Map iPhone 4 case turned into a wallet 15.Leatherman 16.Hufflepuff friendship bracelet 16.Marceline the Vampire queen marker 17.Pen 18.Burt’s Bees chapstick 19.Rescue Remedy 20.Cash money
Erin
1.Nashville weekly with my close friend on the cover 2.Bitch Magazine from a few months ago 3.Disinfecting wipes that I refuse to say the name of because it’s just awful 4.A pill bottle full of quarters 5.“Indigo Bridge” lipstick from Portland Black Lipstick Co. 6.“This Corrosion” lipstick from Portland Black Lipstick Co. 7.Soft Pink lipstick from Clinique 8.Luna Pads chapstick from A-Camp 9.Gum 10.A wallet I got in Florence that was originally intended as a tobacco pouch 11.Latest letter from my preteen pen pal 12.Stylo/Pen!!! 13.Nail clips
Riese
1.Bitch Magazine 2.L. Writing Paper that Abby got me in Portland 3.Safe Space bag 4.Queer Thoughts notebook we got at camp for very quick queer thoughts, 5.Zyrtec 6.Small pouch situation containing my engagement ring when I’m not wearing it 7.Contigo Cortland Water Bottle (my fifth water bottle this year because even the ones that promise not to leak always leak) 8.The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects of Discussion by Meghan Daum 9.Herschel Wallet containing wallet things 10.Sunglasses 11.Travel Size Febreeze 12.Burt’s Bees Hand Salve 13.Pill container 14.Tissues 15.Wisps 16.Eyeliner 17.Headphones 18.Hurraw Lip Balm 19.Bare Republic Sport Sunscreen 20.ob tampon 21.Band-Aid 22.Hair band 23.Pilot Precise V5 Retractable Rolling Ball Pen, Extra Fine Point 24.Tide To-Go Stick 25.A spell from Mey 26.iPhone
Carolyn
1.Keys with “feminist” key tag 2.Dog poop bags 3.Small cedar pen 4.Small notebook 5.Tampon 6.TONYMOLY Petite Bunny Gloss Bar 7.Revlon matte lip color 8.Uberlube 9.Backup jewelry bag with hoops and also extra tongue barbells/balls because I keep swallowing them whoops 10.Pill bottle with Gravol, Canadian Advil, AZO, earplugs, etc. 11.Phosphosiderite 12.Amazonite 13.Shell from Long Beach dog park 14.Misandrist pin 15.Five Every Day pin 16.Bobby pins 17.Wet Ones hand and face wipes 18.Hair clip
Sarah
1.Headphones 2.Keys 3.Triangle Earring 4.Pen 5.Cigs 6.Wallet 7.Fresh Sugar Lip Treatment 8.Free Canadian Sunglasses 9.Coupla Dimes 10.Fresh Sugar Advanced Therapy Lip Balm (aka savior of lips) 11.L’Occitane Verbena Body Lotion 12.Pills from when I had the A-Camp Plague 13.Reciepts, plane tickets, etc.
Cee
1.iPhone 2.Albuterol Inhaler 3.Leather wallet (handmade by my friend Becca from Tanner Goods in Portland)
Phone goes in right front pocket, wallet and inhaler go in left front pocket. I can unlock my front door from my phone, so I don’t need to carry keys unless I’m riding my bike and need my bike key so I left those out.
Nikki
1.Mini Stapler 2.Refill Staples 3.Pilot Precise V5 Pen 4.Tampon 5.Keys 6.Sunglasses 7. Garmin GPS 8.Glasses 9.Glasses Case 10.Sunglasses Case 11.Oneplus One Cell Phone 12.Teal Wallet 13. Hurrah Lip Balm 14.Mini Sewing Kit 15.Daily Liner
Laneia
1.Trader Joe’s Head-to-Toe Balm 2.Blistex Lip Ointment 3.Baby Lips (Peach Kiss) 4.Burt’s Bees Lip Balm (Honey) 5.Container from Mack’s Earplugs with Stickers from Feminist Sticker Club 6.Chimes Ginger Chews (Mango) 7.Miniature Fork 8.Skullcandy Bombshell Headphones 9.Grocery Lists 10.Bobbi Pins 11.Pilot G-2 (.38) 12.Ouchless Mini Hair Elastics 13.Leather Wallet by inblue 14.Kleenex 15.BluBlockers 16.Zipper Pouch (Lancome, free with purchase) 17.Lancome Lip Gloss (Pink Shimmer) 18.Urban Decay Sheer Lipstick (F-Bomb) 19.Revlon Colorstay Overtime (Endless Rum) 20.Burt’s Bees Lip Shimmer (Fig) 21.Rimmel Stay Glossy (Seduce Me)
Maddie
1.L.L.Bean Water Bottle that keeps water cold 2.Tape measure 3.Uberlube sample FOR BIKE MAINTENANCE 4.Moleskine day planner 5.I’m A Stranger Here Myself by Bill Bryson 6.The Elements of Style by Strunk and White 7.Feminism Without Borders by Chandra Talpade Mohanty (these three books are tailored to meet my needs for any possible mood I might find myself in while at jury duty tomorrow) /.Yellow mini notebook 9.Black Bic ballpoint pen 10.Two Philadelphia public transit tokens 11.Keys on a carabiner 12.Headphone case (no headphones?) 13.Lunapads chapstick from A-Camp 14.Tylenol 15.Allergy eye drops 15.Laura Wooley’s Chilly Pepper salve 17.Floss 18.Extra contacts 19.Frozen-themed bandaids 20.Ginger tea and ginger candy 21.Pads 22.Single-use heating pad 23.Eyeliner 24.Pouch to carry items 12-19 inside so they don’t all bounce around my backpack 25.Wallet 26.Phone being used to take this picture
Ali
1.My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante (I’m only a solid year behind) 2.The New Yorker 3.Neutrogena Sunscreen 4.Seltzer Goods Pencil Case 5.Earthlust Peacock Waterbottle 6.My favorite supplies from several months of Art Snacks 7.Koh-I-Nor Magic Pencil 8.Koh-I-Nor Magic Eraser 9.A free ruler and pencil set I got from Blick 10.Three Uniball Vision pens (they are the official best pens) 11.Jack Black Lip Balm 12. Muji Unruled Notebook (from A-Camp) 13.Leuchtturm1917 Dotted Notebook 14.Cross Fountain Pen (can’t find it online for y’all) 15.Academic Passion Planner
Isabel
1.Canon C-300 2.CF memory cards 3.Spare camera battery 4.Stray business cards 5.Carmex lip balm 6.Superglue 7.Inexplicable spare AAA batteries 8.USB charging cube 9.Travel toothbrush 10.Clonazepam (for those pesky panic attacks) 11.Passport 12.USB drive 13.Currently re-reading The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri 14.Two 4 Terabytes Lacie Rugged hard drives 15.Dollar Composition notebook (seriously, they’re a dollar each) 16.Headphones 17.Keys 18.Wallet 19.Laptop 20.Crash Course sticker on laptop from Patreon support 21.Laptop charger
Yvonne
1.Keys 2.Dr. Bronner’s Naked Organic Lip Balm 3.Instax photos 4.Grocery list 5.Rainbow Bracelet from Earthbound 6.Earbuds 7.Trident gum 8.Plain Soft Moleskine 9.Pilot G-2 pink pen 10.Wallet from Odin Leather Goods
Rachel
1.QuikTrip matchbook 2.Target brand travel tissues 3.Portable phone charger 4.Wallet 5.Five pens 6.Community pick form for local bookstore, not filled out 7.Victory Brewing coaster 8.Green paint chip sampler 9.Three hair ties 10.Trader Joe’s Green Tea Mints container, empty 11.Four lipsticks 12.Bandaid 13.Emergen-C 14.Compostable eating utensils 15.Trader Joe’s Head to Toe Balm 16.Tape measure/pin cushion in shape of ladybug 17.Other, empty wallet 18.Coffee-flavored Simply Gum 19.Autostraddle business cards
Aisha
1.Some sunglasses with no UV protection 2.Cinnamon flavored gum 3.Takis Fuego because too much time has passed since the day I uttered “Don’t ever let me buy these again” 4.Post-it Notes from an estate sales & shop company called “The Girls” 5.National Parks forever stamps 6.A watercolor that became a to do list 7.Organic tampon 8.Chapstick 9.My girlfriend’s earphones 10.Sharpie 11.A review copy of Riverine by Angela Palm
Carmen
1.Phone Cord 2.My house key on a moccasin keychain because obviously 3.A wallet my mom gave me because mine were terrible 4.Nature Valley Maple Brown Sugar bar 5.American Spirit light blues 6.The spare lighter I typically keep in my car 7.Trident Spearmint gum 8.One pair of sunglasses 9.My eyeglasses 10.Another pair of sunglasses 11.My car keys on a keychain from Graceland 12.The biggest bottle of Perrier I could find
This is fascinating.
Whenever somebody talks about the “gay agenda,” I always picture a slingshot organizer. Now I can picture a dapper desk planner, too! Gay agendas for all gender presentations!!
i kinda want a planner called the agender agenda , also say that 5 times fast
Conspicuous lack of crumpled up receipts in these bags, man. Come with me on a journey to the center of my bag.
1. 5 crumpled-up receipts. 2. 1 crumpled-up napkin. 3. Envelope from the invitation to a wedding I attended two weeks ago. 4. Mostly-gone bottle of Excedrin. 5. Mostly-gone bottle of Advil. 6. Flattened box of band-aids. 7. Glasses case/glasses. 8. A bag of raisins. 9. List of comic ideas. 10. Old paystubs. 11. Assorted paperwork. 12. Set of plasticware (why?). 13. iPhone charger. 14. Toddler socks. 15. 2 travel-size lotions. 16. Plum-colored wallet. 17. Flyer for queer resort takeover weekend. 18. $1.61 in loose change. 19. Loose mint. 20. Black pen. 21. Badger sunscreen lip balm. 22. Portland bee balm. 23. Lego figure. 24. Insurance cards. 25. Oh, there are those earrings. 26. More receipts. 27. Old dry-cleaning ticket. 28. Lonely Splenda packet. 29. Sharpie pen set. 30. Crayons. 31. Almost definitely melted packet of fiber gummies. 32. One and a half broken hair clips.
I’m not sure what this says about my life other than too many receipts (no, really, I don’t want my copy).
Laneia told us we didn’t have to show the crumpled receipts.
I both understand that as an editorial choice and appreciate you for the receipt solidarity. It is crumply af over here (and, let’s be real, always will be).
That makes me feel better, because I too was wondering about the crumpled receipts. My purse is at LEAST 2/3 receipts at any given time.
My bag is pretty close to a portable compost heap. I mean, there’s layers of debris. It’s not good. D:
YES. As far as I can tell, all that’s in my bag are old paystubs, flyers I was supposed to give out but didn’t, to-do lists, napkins, random other papers, and somewhere hidden in all this towards the bottom, the keys I need to get into my workplace every morning.
After careful review, Laura wins for having spare fucking shoes.
And umbrella
❤
i carry too much around in a backpack.
I was really touched you still had the program though, I’ve squirreled that away into my tokens box already
My introvert self could NEVER brave this degree of sharing. My bag is full of things to embarrass me so many different ways. Fiscally, personally, professionally, hygienically, lol. Good job everyone. Mey’s rock and mineral collection made me happy. :)
HOW ARE CAROLYN AND I THE ONLY ONES WHO HAVE CRYSTALS IN THEIR BAGS???
when crystal’s hand is in her bag does that count
I am impressed at how many crystals you have in your bag!
I was also wondering this!
I’m not sure if I’m more impressed with the passport, cutlery, variety of crystals or vampire fangs in terms of emergency preparedness.
I FEEL SO EXPOSED
(don’t worry the garlic isn’t in my bag anymore)
Your bag must smell delicious
Seemed a tad more practical to me than small rocks, sorry not sorry.
How are some of you carrying your passport with you??? How are you not terrified of losing it? I need to understand
(Otherwise this is fascinating and I love it)
I knooooow, right?
I have another passport. Also, it’s relatively easy to get your passport replaced if you lose it! I did once.
US Passports are worth $10,000 in the black market. Just saying
yeah but if you lose it too many times then you have to go in person to a consulate and it’s a whole thing!
Phone in the front left pocket of my jeans, wallet and keys on the right front pocket of my jeans. That’s it
Yes! Same here. Except my wallet is my phone and I carry my keys in my right hand. As Sally said below, proud member of the “bag-free, bulging pocket lesbian” lifestyle.
This is such a fascinating post. I love looking at photos of what people have in their bags.
Now I want the Friday Open Thread to be everyone else showing pictures of what is in THEIR bags! I’m a terribly nosy person, so this sort of article appeals to my inquisitive side that wants to like, look in your medicine cabinets when I go to the bathroom at your house.
I like this idea!
Alternative post: what’s in your medicine cabinet?
I usually present as more masculine of center, and I’ve had a few people tell me that they are surprised that I carry a purse. THIS IS WHY. Wallet, bus pass, phone, iPod, keys, sweater, sunglasses (or umbrella, depending on that morning’s forecast), Advil, tampons, pens, notepad, book – my pockets just cannot fit all of these items, which I require with me at all times. Seriously, why has society deemed “bag with stuff in it” to be a feminine accessory, instead of just an accessory for those who are anal and paranoid?
I’m in solid tomboy femme territory and I still feel weird about the “purse” thing. So I carry messenger bags of various sizes that straight lady friends sometimes call “camping bags” that “ruin an outfit” but whatever. I like them and I like having provisions of various kinds. It makes me feel useful.
Yes, feeling useful! Having the thing that someone needs is the best.
TEAM BACKPACK
I was thinking this might be the least gay post I have ever seen on AS until Cee’s part and then my faith was restored.
I have always been a firm believer in the bag-free, bulging pocket lesbian lifestyle.
Come sit by me and my bulging pockets
I tried, but the metallic mass of loose change, keys, phone batteries and carabiner clips makes it magnetically impossible.
AISHA, the takis <3
:)
mey gave me one of those fruit leathers once and saved my life
FRUIT LEATHER IS DELICIOUS
Now I want to empty and catalog the contents of my work backpack. I’m sure there’s some stuff at the bottom that I haven’t seen in weeks. Also lots of random craft supplies.
Also, I’m surprised that more people weren’t carrying sunscreen. Am I the only one who obsessively uses spray on sunscreen? Maybe that’s just because I work outside.
I somehow missed the fact that compostible cutlery and doors that can be opened with phones existed, so I feel a bit like Squidward in that chrome episode.
OK, somewhat related question: who all carries a lunch to work and what do you carry it in? I always put mine in a plastic Kroger sack and put that in my backpack. I feel like there’s probably a more elegant and adult way to do this. My backpack that I carry to work is always full of old Kroger sacks that smell vaguely of salad dressing.
I use a very adult Lightning McQueen lunchbox. It is always a big hit. In all fairness, I work at an elementary school and I feel like the standards for adulting there are both higher and lower than in general society. Not sure how it happens, but it does.
I use a small, adorable Doctor Who logo print tote bag that one of my friends made for me. She actually was sweet enough to make me TWO. One to hold my lunch, bottle of cold-brew coffee, and utensils, and another, larger one with reinforced straps for my library books.
I use this lunch bag, except it’s grey, and I carry it in a backpack.
As an avid hiker I was very impressed and a bit confused about your collective level of first-aid preparedness, until I realized that Moleskine is not the same thing as moleskin.
Thank you for reminding me that I have a peach pit rolling around in my bag from the morning!
Laura, Kylemore Abbey is probably my favourite place in the world and I think I still have those exact brochures floating in a bag somewhere from last year. Back there in November, I cannot wait!
@cat It’s beautiful there! I loved hearing about how they were so careful not to disturb the bay colony when they restored the mini cathedral.
Oh, jesus. On the first night of camp, Rachel/Erin asked my cabin what we packed that we thought nobody else had and I’m guessing you all would’ve had some answers.
Riese: I’ve used my CamelBak Better Bottle (with the classic cap. this is key) daily for six years and it’s never leaked. I can’t see how it could possibly leak with this particular cap. The “no-leak” cap with the bite valve is a lie, though, and it’s also disgusting.
All the physical copies of magazines made me so happy/sad. I have to read everything on my iPad because the international New Yorker subscription is BONKERS expensive.
I’m so curious (because it’s DHL, there’s never not a story): Did you get the parcel, Maree?
ugh I love this so mad at myself for missing the boat
I’m oddly soothed by seeing the inside of y’all’s bags…
Where do I get the bi wallet?!?!