Calling out for bag ladies and thinkers…

So I have been tagged by Ninja in Colour and Curella Says to dish the dirt on the inner sanctums of my bag.  Although the original tag was to name 6 essential things that I carry around with me, this challenge reminded me of a VERY ancient Style Bubble post that I did about the contents of my bag and I thought it was high time there was a bit of an update.  Sadly, I fear the contents of my bag have become more functional rather beautiful.  Oh for shame that I have to consider practicalities and not have ribbondry and whimsy occupying my bag, for shame indeed! 

I just rotated my bag again from the boyf’s birthday gift because it needs a good wash and I have reverted back to my faithful Vivienne Westwood suede bag which I love a little bit more, everytime it gets a little bit more stained.  It was one of my first ‘must-save-up-for-this’ purchases and I’ll remember the day when I walked into Selfridges and counted out those notes with a naive sense of pride.  I have taken to decking it out in a black bow tie and a pom pom (yes bags can be outfitted too!) and a Daydream Nation necklace which I can then wear if I so choose at any given moment.

Some of you may have read my wallet woes on the blog.  I’m sad to say that my habit of losing my wallet so often, the credit card companies know it’s me when I’m calling to cancel my cards for the 1000th time, just doesn’t want to cease.  So in a big ‘I don’t give a shit’ gesture, I plumped for this cheap navy patent wallet from Urban Outfitters.  It’s plain, functional and the patent is actually quite nice.  I really can’t go throught he pain of losing another treasure of a wallet.  The purple gingham card holder is also from Urban Outfitters and though I don’t carry my own business cards (people asking me for one on behalf of Style Bubble makes me chortle… a Style Bubble business card….eh?!), I like taking other people’s.  I’m beginning to sound like something of a UO whore because the grey velvet coin purse attached to my bag is also from…. yup, that place of all-thangs-trendi.

So then comes the boring stuff…. techy things that I need on a day to day basis…  Technically speaking, I WEAR my iPod as opposed to carrying it but anyhow… and that isn’t a calculator lodged under my headphones.  It’s a monstrosity of a card-reader that I need for Natwest’s ridiculous system of online banking. 

My beauty essentials weren’t ever going to set the world on fire given my track record with all things beauticious.  These are my daily essentials which consist of a dab of concealer, a smatter of Shiseido powder, a lashing of mascara and a slick of vaseline.  The Stella McCartney solid amber perfume saves me from nauseous tube journeys when I could be sniffing someone’s armpits.  One inhaling of the stuff sets me straight.  Call it a modern day snuffbox if you will.

I’m reading a hefty Nureyev biography in reality but when travelling, I like flimsy light classics.  Madame de Lafayette’s book is like the 18th century equivalent of Point Romance.  The measuring tape is for that intended haberdashery shop trip I need to make but keep putting back.  Our office got inundated with X’mas gifts and someone kindly sent us a massive box of old-school British tuck-shop sweets…. I’m still munching on them. 

Finally, the odd things at the bottom of my bag is this loose sailor button that I really need to sew back on and a teensy tiny book which is actually a catalogue of Miss Bibi’s jewellery…. the most bijoux way of presenting…erm…bijoux! 

Now… to pester these lovely people to get their bags out and share all…

The Apathist, Cat Party, Disney Rollegirl,  Buttons & Stars, Chic Looks, Le Book

Whilst I’m here posting a gazillion links, I thought I’d fulfill my tag duties and hand out the Thinking Blogger award, which I’ve been given by a few people who I thank gratiously!  It was an impossible task to tag six blogs which HADN’T been tagged before in this blogosphere circular madness.  However, I think by jove, I’ve done it!

I’m giving a lot of love to the growing brigade of smart male bloggers who are educating me on the finer points of menswear and giving me a lot to think about with regards to raiding male closets (I’m sorry for being such a taker!).  Style Salvage, Male-Mode and Mainstream are all incidentally British/Irish bloggers too…

Who says pictures can’t give you food for thought.  I know Thinking Blogs are thought to be wordy and wonderfully articulated but Just JR and Miss DiorCouture are just so beautifully presented that they leave a lasting impression in my head… thoughts on the images then ensue and thus…. they get Thinking Blogger status!  Clever eh..?

Oh drat… I faltered.  I can’t help but name my last selection as someone who has already been tagged.  Style Sauvage’s posts are amazingly rich in information, elabouration and wit.  They most definitely transport me to many wonderful epochs and periods when I wish I could have been born on the condition that I experience what Suzanna describes in her posts.