Have I gone cuckoo? At what point did I think that it might be a good idea to empty my handbag? PART 2

Hi-dee-hi.

So, having gone through compartment 1 of my bag and assessed how much junk I have accumulated, I understandably earned myself a well deserved break. I couldn't face the prospect of having to do that not just once again, but twice again so soon after my initial findings. I needed time to assess the situation. I needed time to strategise. I needed time to think, to justify, to calm the ever growing rouge in my cheeks. Please tell me: at what point did I think that it might be a good idea to empty my handbag? At what point did I think that it might be sensible to share it with you all? At what point can we deduce that I went totally cuckoo? Well it's a bit late for those questions now...

Here goes again:

COMPARTMENT 2 (the central section that is open to the elements and has no zip fastening).

• My sunglasses, balanced on the top and NOT in their case. Note to self: if sunglasses are not on their mecca (the face), need to remember to replace in case, otherwise that is how I end up breaking/ losing them...
• A used bus ticket.
• A box of Rennie Fruit indigestion tablets because the minty ones are gross. Eugh- just had a taste memory. You see, onions give me a funny tummy and they seem to be in everything (in my head I said that really slowly, but you can't hear that so I'm not sure why I'm telling you...).
• A bus timetable (slightly dog-eared).
• A pocket map of the city where I attended uni. Technically, not as useful as you'd think, because I still can't navigate myself around using this tiny piece of paper with minuscule directions. Don't know why I've kept it because it does nothing in my hopes of creating the illusion that I might just have been, a local Londoner.
• A green butterfly hair clip/ clasp. Very pretty, but no longer very functional as the spring clasp no longer works. Remove from bag and put with other broken hair things that are too nice to discard of. I call this part of my room 'The Hair Stuff Graveyard'. It is most certainly NOT for the fainthearted. (As a separate point of interest, I also happen to have a sock graveyard. This is the place where lost socks come to congregate and wait patiently (but often in vein), to be reunited with their missing partners. Is a very sad place to be as reunions seldom take place).
• Two unused empty envelopes. Unsure as to why.
• A special offer for the cinema and a pizza that I printed off of the Internet. Forgot that it was in bag as do not remember printing. Check expiry date. Phew, still valid.
• A pocket mirror.
• Two almost empty packets of tissues. Scratch that. Make it one almost empty packet of tissues- just finished the other one off.
• Another used bus ticket.
• Three receipts.
• Pink pot of Vaseline- adds a tint to the lips.
• Green pot of Vaseline- does NOT add a tint to the lips. (Major relief). 
• Pot of hand cream that Scott (brother number 2) got me for Christmas. Suspect it may have been on offer as Mum and Grandma also received the same gift from him.
• A stick lip balm that contains SPF15. Does not taste particularly pleasant. Not sure why I have kept it.
• A penny. Shall duly add to the holiday fund.
• Bravo! My sunglasses case. Add sunglasses to their second home.

Evidently, this bag has never seen the light of day since my time at uni... The more I go on, the worse it gets. Do I really want to disclose compartment 3? I'm not sure I do. On the flip side, if I combine all the money that I've find in this section and the previous, I'm up to a grand total of 67p! In today's money, that's probably a years worth of interest on my savings account. Hopefully, I can bolster this amount when I delve into the depths of section 3.

But before I sign off, I am going to leave you with the morals that compartment 2 has unveiled:

• Always have at least one packet of tissues in your handbag, because you never know when you're going to get short. (This was proved to me when I was rifling through and got a minor case of 'the sniffles'. Thank goodness I had some in the bag, otherwise who-knows-what may have happened. Sleeve?..).
• When trying to prove that you are local and indigenous to a specific area, do NOT carry around a map of the area. This gives you away immediately.
• Always have at least one pot of Vaseline in your bag to ensure that you are prepared for all eventualities. (NOTE: I have recently noticed that the range of Vaseline on offer is not only limited to green and pink. It also includes: blue, brown and yellow. As far as I'm aware, these do not tint the lips- or at least I hope they don't... Spot of jaundice? Spot of pneumonia? It's all the range on the catwalks this season)...

Well, until compartment 3. Adios.