Usually when I head out of my room for the school day, I have my bag packed with everything I need for class, meetings, and the occasional library night. Now I don’t know about you, but for me, a packed bag that will get me through the day means a heavy bag. I’m not talking about just a couple textbooks, notebooks, pens, and laptop; I mean everything I could possibly need. If there’s anything I learned from my years as a Girl Scout – besides how to start a fire while camping – it’s to always be prepared. Yep, that means I’ve got my Advil in case I get a headache during class, some deodorant (you never now), a small hand lotion, to name a few. I can guarantee if we ever have a class together, I will never ask to borrow a pen. In fact, I’m the person that gets asked by others when they forget one, since of course, I come handy with a couple back-ups.
This got me wondering what every other girl is lugging around campus. Our bags are usually bulging, yet we carry them from our room to Gasson for class, then down to Hillside for lunch, then back up to Carney for more class, then to the Plex, followed by Mac for a meeting, and then to Bapst for a few hours before finally going home. I asked girls on campus what exactly they’re carrying in those bags and discovered I’m not the only Girl Scout that learned to come prepared!
Junior Chess Falzone and sophomore Katherine Donahue were shocked to realize some of the things they found in their bags!
Obvious essentials
- Books, textbooks
- Laptop and charger
- Notebooks
- Planner
- Phone
- Eagle ID
- Chaptstick
- Gum
- Tampons
- Pens, pencils, highlighters, sticky notes
- Ponytails, bobby pins
- Water bottle
Extra stuff… just in case!
- Sunglasses
- Medicine (Midol, Advil, allergy pills)
- Pencil sharpener
- Piles of Lower napkins
- Tide to-go pen
- Migraine soother
- Tissues
- Lots of gum (4 different types in one bag!)
- Varieties of tea bags
- Hand sanitizer
- Toothbrush and toothpaste
- Butterscotch candies
- Lollipops
- Gloves
- Wash cloth for after the gym
- Hall’s cough drops
- Those Target sticky note packs from freshman year
- Cell phone charger
- Deodorant
- Mini hair brush
- Emergen-C packs
- Band-Aids
- Hole punch
- Colgate Wisps
- Wallet
- Old tickets
- Extra contacts
- Laundry card
- Birth control pills
- Perfume
- Cuticle cream
- Makeup (eye liner, mascara)
- Chocolate
- Garbage (like plastic wrappers and stuff… even though there are trash cans all over campus)
- Hand lotion
- Face lotion
- Eczema crème
- Blank tapes (BC TV producer)
And the absolute necessities (I asked girls what items they’re not willing to leave their room without – like they would rather turn around to go back to their room and be late for class just to have!)
- Phone
- Eagle ID
- Keys
- Hand sanitizer
- Headphones
- Hair clips
- Makeup for touchups
- Floss and toothbrush
- Chapstick
- Gum
- Giant eraser (…math major)
Asking around definitely made me feel less weird… especially when I found the girl with the cuticle cream! What random things are in your bag right now? Let us know what else you’re carrying around in your bag – tweet at us, comment on Facebook, or comment down below.