div style="text-align: justify;"a href="http://thechroniclesofher.blogspot.com/2011/10/chronicles-of-pair-spare_786.html"The Chronicles of Her/a span id="goog_1918365110"/spanrecently quizzed me on life, future DIY projects and all manner of other things, so make sure you pop over to check out the interview and pics - which include a yet to be published DIY project (!). a href="http://thechroniclesofher.blogspot.com/2011/10/chronicles-of-pair-spare_786.html"Check out the post here/a.nbsp; /divdiv style="text-align: justify;"br //divdiv style="text-align: justify;"As part of the collaboration, Carmen asked me tonbsp;take a picturenbsp;of what's in my handbag. Never one to say no to turning my tote upside down and letting all the random coins, sand and hair ties fall out, here's my stash./divbr /div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MNKuMaWkRNE/TpRZGATNrdI/AAAAAAAAEoc/eyFMlyoTufQ/s1600/handbag1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="476px" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MNKuMaWkRNE/TpRZGATNrdI/AAAAAAAAEoc/eyFMlyoTufQ/s640/handbag1.png" width="640px" / /a/divdiv style="text-align: center;"div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pq6DhBDRYxU/TpRdNRjNquI/AAAAAAAAEok/lmqu_FnwKNw/s1600/handbag21.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"img border="0" height="436px" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pq6DhBDRYxU/TpRdNRjNquI/AAAAAAAAEok/lmqu_FnwKNw/s640/handbag21.png" width="640px" //a/div/divdiv style="text-align: center;"/divi/ibr /div style="text-align: justify;"br //divdiv style="text-align: justify;"span style="color: #cc0000;"b+/b/span Iphone with hello kitty phone case. My love of hello kitty started off as a joke but is now becoming an embarrassing reality./divdiv style="text-align: justify;"span style="color: #cc0000;"b+/b/span Needle and thread - because you never know when you'll get a chance to do a sneaky DIY. Sometimes I alsonbsp;carry a current DIY (beading etc) to do while I'm on the train or in a cab./divdiv style="text-align: justify;"span style="color: #cc0000;"b+/b/span Bobby pins - not just two, millions in fact./divdiv style="text-align: justify;"span style="color: #cc0000;"b+/b/span Business cards and black business card holder - in HK if you don't have a stash of business cards to handnbsp;out atnbsp;any given momentnbsp;you may as well be invisible./divdiv style="text-align: justify;"span style="color: #cc0000;"b+/b/span Kiehl's ultra facial moisturiser - 'nuf said./divdiv style="text-align: justify;"span style="color: #cc0000;"b+/b/span Vintage style notebook - I jot notes like a mad woman./divdiv style="text-align: justify;"span style="color: #cc0000;"b+/b/span My favourite sunglasses (usually at least 1 pair but sometimes up to 3)./divdiv style="text-align: justify;"span style="color: #cc0000;"b+/b/span Kiehl's fragrance free lip balm - At the risk of sounding like Kiehl's paid for his post (honestly they didn't), I think I finally may have found an accessible alternative to Lucas' Paw Paw Ointment. Although I usually carry both just in case.../divdiv style="text-align: left;"div style="text-align: justify;"span style="color: #cc0000;"b+/b/span Kindle - this has seriously changed my life. You don't have to carry heavy books with younbsp;and always have access to new books. If you love reading you have to get one./divdiv style="text-align: justify;"b style="color: #cc0000;"+ /bOne thing I forgot to include in the pics is my MAC bright red lipstick, which is ialways/i in my handbag. Perfect for bringing sparkle to a basic outfit when you feel you need it./divbr /div style="text-align: center;"iWhat's in your handbag?/i /div/divbr /div style="text-align: center;"Follow via a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/en/blog/1735844/a-pair-amp-a-spare"Bloglovin/a | a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Pair-A-Spare/126034164117853?v=wall"Facebook/a | a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/apairandaspare"Twitter/a/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8784775234411105189-6811507829771681911?l=apair-andaspare.blogspot.com' alt='' //div