I've never met a person who hasn't wanted to peek into a purse or bag occasionally. I lump the impulse in with the urge to look in medicine cabinets and dresser drawers that all children seem to be born with and adults struggle to control.
So here you go: My bag, which pretty much accompanies me everywhere.
From the upper left, clockwise:
My laptop bag, a brown leather courier bag from Benetton. It was a gift from my boyfriend last Christmas. On it are my checkbook, for paying bills and making deposits to the joint checking account, a piece of mail I should have dealt with last week, and a DVD of "The Queen," which I got on sale for $5.99 at a 7-Eleven.
Next to it is my laptop, replete with National Novel Writing Month stickers.
Below that is the legal pad and clipboard that I try to keep with me at all times -- you never know when you're going to need to take notes. On the notebook is a small, flexible-neck flashlight (handy for blackouts), a fountain pen (my preferred writing implement), a ballpoint pen (for when I have to make carbons, etc.), and a Staedtler Proportional Scale, known in graphic design parlance as a "whizzy wheel," used to calculate dimensions for cropped photos and images.
To the left is my cords bag for my laptop and other electronics. It contains a mouse, network cable, power cord and A/C adapter, mousepad, and other assorted cords in a self-contained bundle that zips closed. When you're ready to go, your cords go in and the bag goes into the briefcase/attache/camera bag.
All in all, this is my self-contained office on the go. Some contents change, i.e., mail comes and goes, but for the most part this is it.
So here you go: My bag, which pretty much accompanies me everywhere.
From the upper left, clockwise:
My laptop bag, a brown leather courier bag from Benetton. It was a gift from my boyfriend last Christmas. On it are my checkbook, for paying bills and making deposits to the joint checking account, a piece of mail I should have dealt with last week, and a DVD of "The Queen," which I got on sale for $5.99 at a 7-Eleven.
Next to it is my laptop, replete with National Novel Writing Month stickers.
Below that is the legal pad and clipboard that I try to keep with me at all times -- you never know when you're going to need to take notes. On the notebook is a small, flexible-neck flashlight (handy for blackouts), a fountain pen (my preferred writing implement), a ballpoint pen (for when I have to make carbons, etc.), and a Staedtler Proportional Scale, known in graphic design parlance as a "whizzy wheel," used to calculate dimensions for cropped photos and images.
To the left is my cords bag for my laptop and other electronics. It contains a mouse, network cable, power cord and A/C adapter, mousepad, and other assorted cords in a self-contained bundle that zips closed. When you're ready to go, your cords go in and the bag goes into the briefcase/attache/camera bag.
All in all, this is my self-contained office on the go. Some contents change, i.e., mail comes and goes, but for the most part this is it.
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