What's in the bag?

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Hi

This week has been a fairly dull week.  We have been out a lot and have been on a total of 10 buses, however, they've all been backwards and forwards to my mum's or to go shopping (I may do a blog post about shopping experiences at some point).  It's been another week of cold crazy weather.  We've had a snow a few times this week but not enough to make for a fantastic blog post.  So when thinking about what to write about, the only thing I could think of was what we carry in our bag! What we carry in our bag is really boring though.  I don't have any cool hacks or fun things I can show you (there might be a little pot of bubbles in there but that's about as exciting as it gets) so that got me thinking about whether I carry around too much stuff.

The contents of our nappy bag

So here is our bag currently.  It's a decent sized nappy bag from Cath Kidston.  Of course it's got buses on it.  They no longer do this one (I picked it up second hand on Facebook).  It's about the size of a small overnight bag and has two pockets at the front which are closed with magnets, two elasticated pockets at the sides for bottles, and a zipped pocket inside the main compartment.  There are two large compartments.  One which has two netted pockets and a changing mat and the other that is the main bag. 

Inside my bag I carry:

• nappies (usually a few more than on the photo - I need to top up) 
• a packet of wet wipes 
• a change of clothes; two vests, a top or dress, a pair of leggings or tights and socks.  Oh and a spare pair of knickers for me (you never know when you might need them). 
• a hat
• some nappy bags 
• a water bottle or cup or something similar (at the moment it's the Munchkin 360 training cup*) 
• Nappy cream (I swear by Metanium but I also carry some sudacrem) 
• Teething gel although I don't use it often. 
• A dummy holder and some dummies (always carry spares because if your child is anything like Chloe they will throw them on the floor).  MAM do packs of two which come in a little pot that you can use as a steriliser which is fab.  You can get them here* 
• Hair clips.  
• Pens 
• Packs of sugar (this is obviously for me not Chloe - I'm a tea obsessive). 
• Oh and obviously my purse.  (I'm a proper Whovian and absolutely love this purse - it's this one* for anyone who's interested because I'm always being asked)

So there you have it.  That's quite tidy to be honest.  Often there's also my phone, of course, bus tickets, receipts, a bit of change.  I'm have a habit of just throwing everything in there. 

And there you have it.  My messy nappy bag. 

Comment below about what your must have item is.