CareerBags.com is sponsoring a great contest in this group, here are the details:

Starts: January 4, 2008

Ends: January 20th, 2008 5PM EST

Prize: 1 winner will get the Veronica London Business Tote

To enter, join the CareerBags Group here at Work It, Mom!. Take a photo of the contents of your bag -- diaper bag, work bag, purse, backpack, whatever you use daily -- and upload it in the Group Photos area on the group page.

You can upload more than one photo if you carry more than one bag.

Winners will be determined by random drawing; each photo included in the pool enters you once in the drawing.

The winner will be announced here on Workitmom.com and will be notified by email on January 21, 2008.

Wow this couldn't come at a better time for me...Just last week I took a picture of what was in my purse for a scrapbook layout...

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I am just about to go back into the workplace, so this would be great for me. Thanks

Bellesmom - great, upload your photo into the photo area in this group to enter!

My work bag is my "schoolbag." It's really a basic messenger bag purchased on sale (of course), and I carry a lot of important items back and forth with me. Basic inventory this weekend: binder of transparencies for work on lesson plans, folder of transparencies to be copied, pens and pencils, jump drive, star stickers, tri-fold instructinos for calling substitute teachers, social studies papers awaiting correcting, calendar, folder containing phone tree and assorted research articles, inhaler, wrist splint (darn databases), and the bag itself.
As soon as I figure it out, I'll upload the photo.

Ok - here is my purse. You can clearly see my wallet that totally has a hole in the change compartment. My super-old blackberry, a pack of gum, my checkbook, some weird toy that squeaks when squeezed so I confiscated it from son. and kleenixes, benedryl (in case my daugther has a reaction to peanuts, bandaids and other crap. I could really use a new bag!



Thanks!
hecticmom

Ok, one more. Here is my laptop bag. I was so excited when I found this bag on a recent business trip to Italy (yes, it seems like I'm lucky because I get to travel to Milan for business - but in reality, not so much. Having an Italian boss makes things extremely interesting and maybe NOT so wonderful.) While, the bag looks super awesome - it's extremely heavy and I don't like it at all. I could use a good bag that isn't super heavy and that is feminine (because it's so hard to find a nice bag for WOMEN!). Please please pick me!!!



Thanks!
Hecticmom!

I've uploaded mine!
I had to take a picture of all 3 of my daily use bags!
Geeze, I think I need to consolodate?

3? Wow, you win. I used to have 2
What are the different purposes for the 3?

I'm so glad you asked Nataly!

I have my purse:
This houses my things that I take everywhere. Wallet, checkbook (who uses those anymore!!), small brush (can't have crazy hair!), tampons (do I even need a reason?), sunglasses, lip gloss, chapstick, compact and my MP3 player.

Then there is my laptop bag:
My life, as I call it. Of course, it houses my laptop, but it has my other professional needs when I suddenly come up with the answer to a coding problem that I've worked on for a week. I use my laptop as my primary workspace at work and at home, so I carry it with me everywhere. So, in there of course falls the network cables, the disk pouch with all my software, my micro-mouse, my professional cards, my notes for the current project I'm working on and all of my backups of the project.

Then my gym bag:
My walking shoes, a small towel, lotion, deoderant, moisturizing spray (for my face), my sports watch, toothbrush/toothpaste and sometimes my flat iron. Why do I carry this around? Because with my job I'm not sure when or if I'll get the time to work out, so I carry it with me in case I can squeeze a 10 minute walk in or even a 30 minute workout during lunch.


WHEW... you asked!!! LOL

THIS SOUNDS FUN. I WILL HAVE TO TAKE SOME PICS LATER. I CARRY TWO BAGS WITH ME AT ALL TIMES. I HAVE MY PURSE AND THEN I HAVE MY FEMININE BUSINESS CASE. MY PURSE IS S A MESS AND I DO NEED A NEW ONE SO THIS PIC WILL BE EMBARASSING.

What a mess! You know, we never really take the time to realize just how fast we move every day. It only becomes apparent when you can't find something extremely important--like your keys!

DandiK, keys.. exactly!

I started looking and my purse has sooo much stuff in it...
lists,
makeup,
nail file,
mirror,
checkbook,
pen,
wallet,
change purse,
phone,
coupons,
gift cards,
kleenex,
hand lotion,
Clove cigarettes,
lighter,
motrin,
tampons,
light-day pads,
chocolate,
sunglasses,
eye drops,
wet wipes,
and hand sanitizer!

There is always chaos in my bags, handbag and work bag alike. The organized work bag does not exist. The contents of my work bag include, but are not limited too: Laptop and portable jump drive, paper planner, PDA, portable keyboard for PDA, telephone book, work files, extra pens and pencils(even though you can still never find one when you need it), magazine (for the down time I never get), note pads, voice recorder, calculator, postage stamps and oh, the Build-A-Bear certificates, I love the fuzzy little creatures. Then there is the handbag: checkbook, more postage stamps, comb, nail file, wallet, business card case, lotion, gum, candy bar, Always panty shields, eye glass case and Blistex.

Purses, Purses, Purses..........you can't have too many except when they end up in your back seat so you can switch to the one that matches your outfit that day. It is really insane but at least my bags match.....drives my kids crazy when they try to get in my car, however, my motto is........my car, my stuff.

Hello!

I'm new and couldn't figure out where the group photos are - help?

I really need a good tote. My first ever Coach purse ends up getting beat up by diapers, wipes, medicine, etc. getting stuffed into it in addition to the regular purse items. I either carry my laptop or have an very OLD beat up knock-off Kate Spade that I carry. At least it is pink. My handy-dandy State Farm lunchbox is a staple now that I'm on Weight Watchers!





I need to win a new bag! (Who doesn't, right?)
-Melissa

Hi, Melissa,
It's fine to post them here -- others uploaded them to the Group Photos module in this group. But either way, you're in the drawing

I'm curious, who won the bag?

Hey, Melissa -- we'd announced it last week on the main contest page -- Mandy was the lucky one

We've got a new contest underway -- check it out:

http://www.workitmom.com/contest

Oh heck I missed the original announcement!! Congratulations Mandy!!