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Mom’s Bag of Surprises
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the lollipop!!! i feel so seen. and have two stashed in there right now… it’s been about 6 months lol
Thank goodness! I thought I was the only one who had a fossilized clementine in my bag! What about an apple that has been in there so long that it should be mushy, but somehow it’s pristine?
That’s all? very suprising! ;-)
all of these!! especially the clementine lol so perfect
reminds me of this perfect post from the funny/real/great jennifer garner showing her unpacking her bag of surprises after a road trip with three kids. to conclude, she eats found m&ms from the bottom of the bag with a found disposable fork: https://www.instagram.com/p/ClhETxdAwLz/
I’ve been a tote girl for over a decade, because you never know when you might need all the things! However, I’ve become a bit more intentional with the contents of said totes after an incident years ago. Next time you think you smell something burning in your bag, you’re not crazy – it is quite possible that there just might be an earring and a random piece of popcorn melting into the end of a 9v battery hot enough to burn your fingers….
The fossilized clementine is so so real! I pull them out of my daughter’s swim bag all the time, too. And like another commenter, the napkins on napkins make me feel seeeeeeen.
One soccer shin pad, fossilized candy,too many hair ties, a small paper daily diary with the front cover bent and ripped and that I never recorded a single appointment in , half a roll of tums, assorted coins from foreign trips over several years and half a dozen pens and highlighters none of which work! Plus always that widget of napkins!
LOL. Truth! I probably have a fossilized clementine in every shoulder bag I own. I thought I was the only one who did this until now.
Literally tossed clementine in that exact state from my backpack into the compost, then sat down to read Cup of Jo. HOW do you do that??
YES! This is so me. Minus the lollipop b/c kid is not old enough yet. Also, always, ALWAYS sand on the bottom of the backpack. No idea where it comes from.
Once you have a kid, the sand generates itself. It defies physics and logic, like children in general.
“The sand generates itself” ah ah why is that??!
hahaha!
I’m not a bag person, so it’s all in my pockets. In fact, my (childless) coworkers liked to play “What’s in Erin’s pockets?” on Monday mornings when my kids were small. Lego minifigs, dentist stickers, game pieces, food folded into paper napkins, kazoo, a single sock… you never knew what would be in there!
I bought myself a reasonably fancy (not second-mortgage fancy) handbag for my birthday. The inside is a nice pale grey colour. I opened a candy bar, ate a little, put it in the handbag. A few hours later- surprise! A melty puddle of chocolate at the bottom of my nice new bag. It was England in March, not warm enough to melt chocolate… or so I thought. Doh.
Yessssssssssss! + Band-aids and several lip balm options :P
The napkins! I feel seen! Also, extra socks. So.many.crumbs. Pebbles and sticks, carefully collected.
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