What's Going To Be In Your Bag On New Year's Eve?
[ 28 December 2008 ]
Ideas:
Blotting papers (for taking the shine out of those sweaty moments); false eyelash glue (there’s nothing worse than an eyelash-slip at an inopportune moment!); bunny ears (no explanation necessary!); condoms (ditto — & if you’re rolling celibate, give them to your friends!); perfume (especially good if your friend vomits on your shoes); sunglasses (you never know!); camera (if you don’t document it, it didn’t happen!); wallet; bubble gun (they make everything more exciting); champagne (& a pink straw or two); lip gloss (for smoochin’!); heart-shaped sparklers (!!!); pink marker (for phone numbers, genius ideas, etc.); photobooth strips (ditto on the “pics or it didn’t happen” thing); phone; subway card.
Usually I’m a bit of a girl scout — prepared for every eventuality! Virgo sensibility, for real! But this year, I’m going to do my best to pack light. I want to DANCE, & it’s hard to do that with a big bag over your shoulder!
How about you?
Hyper-love & bunny kisses,
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Totally prepared for anything there, Ms Darling!
Mine will have;
-cell phone
-gum!!
-some change
-glow sticks
-eyeliner + baby wipes
-compact foundation
-I don’t have bunny ears, but reindeer antlers!
-glow in the dark body paint
-GLITTER!
-Definatly my new digi cam
-Bells (my friends and I like to tie them in our hair on New years)
And I think that is all my little bag can hold =)
COME ON, 2009!
oh, wise pieces of advice! where are you going to dance? :D hugs&kisses
I never plan out what I take! And I completely forget integral things.. like money. :|:|
So, I’ll be taking my camera, money, phone, perfume, toothbrush, tic tacs and too much alcohol. Luckily, we’re rollin’ at my friends house and she generally has everything. :)
i’m going camping in Nelson for new years (eeek!) any ideas on how to be a “good camper” and still look good!? soooo not the camping type (=
Tamara — Of course! galadarling.com/article/campin…
Are those… pictures of Pee Wee Herman?
yeah- I’d say that’s pretty vital to ANY day’s purse contents.
The way I usually do it if I really want to dance and am afraid that I won’t be able to leave my purse somewhere safely, is I wear big black boots and stuff all necessary contents inside. A credit card, some cash, ID, phone, lipstick, etc.- making sure there is nice equilibrium between the boots. The only problem is that this never works for cameras.
extra pair of shoes
incense
cell phone
perfume roll on
pink camera
deery lou wallet with Debra the debit card
Hat and Sunglasses (next day’s disguise)
Stila “kitten” eyeshadow
WOOT!
Have a good New Year’s celebration, everybody!
As if I’m going somewhere. Alcohol and parties aren’t my thing. I’m chatting with friends and counting down the new year half a dozen times~
I’m taking 6EUR and a spoon – I’m celebrating New Year’s with a pint of Ben & Jerry’s! :D
It’s one of the few things I’m homesick for and I’m going to finally give in and buy a pint, even though the price is ridiculous.
I shall take:
vodka flask ;)
paw paw for lips
foundation compact w/ mini mirror
passport (id!)
debit card
camera
phone
& that should do it! don’t want to be too weighed down on the biggest party night of the year!
haha Claire I do the same thing with the boots!
fantastic
well i’ll have my car Darla with me, as I’ll be party hopping :] so whatever doesn’t fit in my purse I can chuck in my car!
-phone, – wallet, -keys, -hella glitter, -extra clothes -gum, -my new harajuku lovers Music perfume! -ipod -eyeliner -digital camera -noisemakers -pink chapstick for midnight kisses :]
hope everyone has an awesome night!
I’m having a fancy dinner party/sleepover with a bunch of friends, so:
Lush Soft Coeur massage bar (for lovely massages from/for lovely girls); cupcake recipe book (for late-night baking adventures); playing cards (for Strip Go Fish); necessities like phone & camera & wallet. S’gonna be a good time!
I love the term “riding celibate” :D Think I might use that in the future, lol.
For Christmas I got one of those little swiss army knife thingers, but the one in the shape of a few credit cards. It has a little knife, scissors, tweezers, toothpick, nail file, screwdriver and a little pen, too. It lives in my wallet now and I just KNOW i’m going to need it one day. Just like the purple plectrum I have, even though I don’t play guitar :P
For new year, my kit will certainly include spare underwear, spare socks, a toothbrush, a bottle of red wine and a bottle of white, for when I finally make it over to my friend’s house. And my huge black faux fur coat for hiding under on the way home the next day. Glamour!
The party is practically next door so I really don’t need to carry much with me!
Camera // Perfume // Plasters (I injure myself without fail, every New Years) // House keys!
I never take a bag with new years because i probably get too drunk to remember i had one.. So i will be stopping a limited amount of stuff in my pockets or aka my bra ;)
- Heat patches (because it will be like below zero were i’m celebrating new years..) – Name Card of the Hotel i’m staying – Lipbalm with glitters – a bag of glitter stars to throw at people randomly – Candy’s, chupa chups/hard candy/jelly beans mmh anything to chew on when you have to walk home and its freezing..
Oh great great new years eve everyone!!
one of the benefits of hosting—no bag packing woes!! :)
I tend not to carry much stuff with me, ever. I’ll probably just end up taking my camera, cellphone, lipgloss, some glitter confetti, and wallet. I can’t wait to bring in 2009!
my yashica TLR, my bubble wand, (gold) condoms, confetti, hip flask & rose vodka, new wallet, phone, textas, face & body paint, my pink glittery water pistol.
i do tend to go out during these kinds of nights with a bit of a ‘kit’ just in case the general public is being supremely boring!
omg! i just almost died of excitement when i saw my favourite perfume (you know, the gorgeous-smelling one in the gold and purple bottle) in your new year’s line-up. it leaves me just a little starstruck to have that scent in common with you =)
as for my new year’s equipment i suppose it will consist of dessert (to be brought to a dinner party), a bottle of italian red wine (for the hostess), glitter (for constant reapplying), my cell-phone (for midnight texting), possibly perfume (see above) and maybe a pair of more comfortable shoes (for any unforeseen walking/standing/dancing activities).
Oh bother…I have to work on New Year’s Eve until 10 PM, and my boy works until 2 in the morning. I think my evening will be quite dull.
High heels
Lipstick
Beautiful lingerie!
Money
Condoms
Camera
Boyfriend!
Id
Much love!
+Glitter gun :) although a bubble gun sounds fun too if not quite so explosive
+Silk knickers (for next morning)
+Money stashed in bra
+Condoms (ooh Natalie where do you find gold ones? Want!)
+Cigars
+Travel toothbrush (trust me, necessary the next morning, see above)
+Pink heart post-it notes to write numbers on
+Cellphone
+Tester-sized perfume
+Lipstick
+Feather angel wings
That should about cover it. Body glitter? Handcuffs? Hip flask? Business card of a good lawyer?
Gala! Come to Galway in Ireland for New Year’s! It’s where the party is AT. You can stay in my house and look at the moo cows and sheep in the next door neighbour’s garden and drink lot’s of Guiness and get a beer belly! Do it! x
* Good powder * Glitter spray – for me and anyone who lets me spray it on them! * Sweets! * Lip gloss * Cash for a taxi (pre-booked!) * Indoor sparklers * A lighter (I don’t smoke, but people always need them and they’re good for lighting the sparklers) * Mints * A spare t-shirt and knickers just in case I end up passing out in a corner somewhere!
@ Claire- HA! Yeah, I actually can stuff my little point + shoot into my boots, but it gives me this big square bruise… and usually I can’t figure out what it’s from!
I’m not really sure where I’m going to be this year, but if I’m at my friends house in Queens, my bag will have
-Holiday Cards for my friends
-camera
-candy
-champagne AND martinelli’s sparkling
-cranium
-eyelash glue
-pens/sketchbook/etc
-Business cards
-Something obnoxious to throw
Plus clothing to wear the next day… I’m going away for a semester, so my friends + I are going to party hard before we have to part ways!
I’m in the same boat as you, Gala; I’ll be dancing up a storm at a show so I’m limiting the things I take with me to what will fit in my bra:
-ID
-Cash
-Eyeliner
-Lip Tint
-Camera (though I’d like to take my polaroid, it’ll be my digital. My cleavage is far from Mary Poppins’ bottomless bag.)
And I’ll be wearing my AA matte black leggings—they look like tight leather pants! I bought them just for NYE...I don’t think I could get away with wearing them any other night!
Miss Beth, I LOVE Cranium! Good call!
That bag is fantastic!
I’m not going out on New Year’s Eve, so I’ll have some hot chocolate, mini marshmallows, pillows, blankets, DVDs and a book at my disposal. It’s way too cold to go out!
Iphone
jacket
cocacola in glass bottle
bottle opener :)
Eyeliner
debt card
bus pass
-cell phone
-condoms (regular and magnum, just in case!)
-lip gloss
-pen
-breath mints
-debit card and driver license
-cash
-flask
Oooh, see normally I am packed up with everything from Lip gloss and camera to first aid, but this year I am cheating a bit. My boyfriend is working and me and my friends are going out so I am using him as a bit of a pack horse!! On a slight tangent, we are all going dressed up as the ‘Green Team’ recycling t-shirts and everything!! It’s going to be ace. (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=R4PJWCupsrQ Just incase you’ve not seen it!!)
Sunshine & Sparkles!
xxxx
Claire — Pee Wee Herman for LIFE! I can’t fathom the idea of storing stuff in my boots, doesn’t it slide around & get trapped under your foot?! I am going to take a little sling bag & just wear it across me, for hands-free happiness!
Na — Why incense?
Natalie — GOLD condoms!!!!! Where do you get those from?!
jolianna — Lolita Lempicka is gorgeous, I haven’t worn it for ages though…
Zohra — Thanks for the invitation, you’re too kind ;D
Emily — Hahahaha, regular & magnum! That’s so funny. At least you’re prepared!
cell phone, keys, a little cash. in my pockets.
i like to keep things simple. better for dancing and not losing things. also i can always make one of my friends carry those things in HER purse. lol
That’s all well and good, but I still don’t even know what I’ll be doing on New Year’s Eve!! I’m holidaying at my parents’ place and I don’t have many friends around – and the ones that are here, are all coupled up and planning on doing coupl-ey things. But I’m determined to find something fun to do!
BAM, ITS A PARTY:
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:D cannot wait.
in myyyy bag? (andy WARHOL bag, of course.)
-watercolors (haha not sure why, I just always have them in my bag)
-strawberries (adddddicted)
-tiara (complete with pink jewels)
-pink compact bear mirror (one word: LEO)
-journal (for phone numbers and resolutions, silly)
-barbie polaroid camera :)
-glamourazzi perfume (so cheap but yummmmmy)
-phone
-bright pink lipstick
-cupcake (does this even NEED justification? idts)
-strawberry sneaks (for when your feet hurttttt at 11:59)
-BOTTLED coca cola (soooo oldschool)
Pretttty much. What are your plans? About the tshirt thing I mentioned in my previousss comments, can you give me a quick shout-out of size/color/what it says?
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(Free of course, silly pumpkin.)
If you just wanna give me creative freedom on this one I can come up with something cute for it to say, but what size/color? Your a DOLL. Happy New Years.
Bisous, Big Kisses!
xoxo SPRINKLE
Sprinkle — Oh hey cutie! Anything you like. Size = small & colour? How about PURPLE?! You’re sweet, thank you so much honey.
Hmmm…debit card, cash, i.d., ibuprofen, my steel bottle filled with filtered water, peppermint hemp lip gloss, condoms, camera, menthol cigs, ligthers, ganja, glass ganja pipe, BART map, cell, emergency phone list, dark chocolate/raspberry/almond/walnut trail mix, a bottle of Moet & Chandon white star and a secret stash of “oh shit money” where only I will find it.
Gala – I got them in one of those “assorted” packs and have since decided that they are the only condoms for me, ever. But I can’t find them on their own!!
YEAH NIKKIDEE AND MISS BETH! It’s THE way to do it!
Gala- actually, never! You’d be surprised… the objects actually stay in place surprisingly well. A little sling bag is a good idea- it makes me think of the things I wear in the airport for passports and cash.
Have a sublime evening!
yay for new years!
camera of course!
going to a house party so as long as i have glitter on my lids and champagne in my hand im set!
:D I should’ve known purple. I thought either turquoise, hot pink, or purple. Or MAYBE dark blue! :) The many colors of gala… Again, I think Crayola should let you name all the cool colors. And why does glitter glue only come in primary colors? Yucky.
Also, I need your adviceeee. Badly. I’m going to a friend’s place tomorrow and she has a little beach by her house. Its the midwest, so still cold, but do you have any amazingly inspirational ideas of what we could DO? Besides eat cupcakes and sprinkle glitter into the water? Last time we released ‘secret fairy wishes’ into the lake, but what should we do this time? We were both brainstorming and immediately thought, ‘Let’s ask Gala.’
Thanks darling starry-eyed sparkly-face!
Sprinkle xoxo
The party’s at my house the year but I definitely need to stock up on those !!bubble guns!! if I can find them. This New Years will go down in history as the best party ever if I do. ;) Plus a bunch of disposable cameras (my digicam is my baby and I hate having to worry about getting beer on it or getting it dropped out a 2nd story window).
No bag for me this year! Instead I am staying in with the love of my life, his cat, my lop-eared rabbit, and a bottle of something bubbly, and we are going to play Hungry Hungry Hippos and Mousetrap and watch Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve (or something equally lame), and watch the ball drop. It might sound like an evening your grandma would plan but I’m psyched!!
Going to a house party, so I’ll bring
Cell Phone
Keys
Wallet
Camera – digital
Powder Compact
Gum
Alcohol
I’m going to try and stuff everything but the alcohol (obv) in my coat pockets so I won’t need a bag. Kind of practical and boring . . . but my outfit is going to be awesome!
Oh, and I have lolita lempicka perfume too! It’s pretty strong so I only wear it on old-fashioned dress-up days —that or Angel by Thierry Mugler.
I should be packing thunder this year since it sounds like we might be house hopping (I assume this, because of facebook wall posts and the fact that I and my boyfriend haven’t talked much since he is out of the province visiting family for Christmas. He is back tomorrow!). I’m planning on wearing the super sweet dress I bought at the Corner Gas costume sale. i23.photobucket.com/albums/b39…
The Usual
Scheduler
Notebook
Wallet
Cell phone
Keys (although I hope I’m not the DD all night)
Flavourless lip balm
Tic Tacs
Extra!
Eyeliner
Lipstick
Pads :( (C’mon period, be a champ and only last 4 days. Hahaha)
Canon Powershot (Won’t be in my purse, it has it’s own case that is far too space consuming in my bag)
No condoms, unfortunately, because of the reason above… but mostly the fact that it is his turn to buy… who knows, the night might end in a shower…
I’m also packing light because I’ll be partying in the new year at the Presets concert at Bondi Beach!!!
So flipping exciting.
Anyhow, in my tiny little bag I will somehow fit:
Money, id, my new Christmas Camera, glow sticks and glitter, glow in the dark stickers, deodorant, phone, sharpie (I always have a sharpie at concerts lol), bandaids, makeup n stuff, mini perfume.
It’s going to be awesome!
I am going to my friends beach house for five days over new years, so we have packed a lot of stuff including but not exclusively:
- clothes – vast quantities of alcohol – a bbq – blow up swimming pool – 2009 shaped glasses – condoms – big smiles!
Happy new year!
I think it’s funny you have a NYC Metrocard in your collage. Maybe next year you’ll be here! :D
the boyfriend and i are holing up at our place with appetizers, desserts, and plenty of booze. and hell yes i’m dressing up for it :D
happy new year everyone!
Haha! What’s gonna be in MY bag?
Extra airsoft bb’s. Extra clips. Gloves. Bandana. Warpaint.
We get down and dirty on New Years.
Until the stroke of midnight. Then we break out the wine, stand around, watch the Peach drop on tv, and toast the New Year. All while decked out in camo.
We are that bad ass.
Good one Gala! ;] That given me a few ideas!
So I’ll be somehow magically getting into my tiny bag…
Cupcake purse! (Complete with cash, cards, ID, travel card etc)
Tiara. Plastic of course. I’m going to buy one to match when I buy my outfit tomorrow. Though I’m liking the idea of bunny ears as an alternative depending on the outfit I buy.
Sparlers! Because I have some!
Sparkling super glossy lipgloss.
Keys complete with my big Hello Kitty keyring so I don’t lose um!
Phone
The make-up must haves.
I’m loving the idea of a bubble gun! Do they come in pink?
Spare hold ups. Because I always rip them! I’m a short person and people like to pick me up, give me piggy backs, playfully kidnap me in a manner that is not considerate to hold ups or just when people generally get a bit saucey ;) I’m also clumsy so even if none of the above happen, they’ll still get ladders.
Spare panties. It’s nice to have fresh undies if you don’t end up at home.
Perfume
I think that’s about it…
Now I just need to figure out what I’m going to wear!
Clever post Gala!
Loving the contents of your bag, even if you do end up packing light this year.
I’m a total girl scout and mother duck, I ALWAYS have everything from band aids to tamptons to tissues to mints and everything in between!
I also NEVER leave the house without my phone, at least one sharpie pen, at least one camera and at least one lip gloss!
I’m prepared for everything =]
I’m having a quiet NYE but if I go out I like to take a small pack of tissues – handy for all kinds of emergencies, plus whatever makeup is in my bag from the last time I used it (I’m slack like that).
I love the bubble gun and think I absolutely need one.
well since I’m going to a James Bond theme newyears party I’ll bring a small watergun (is that what it is called, well something like a super soaker but way smaller). money, phone, a pen of some sort, ID, and a camera, not to much exited stuff I want my bag to be small and I don’t want to bring a suitcase a la harry potter or something XD
Party at my house! So a bag is not needed ;P
anything that I can fit in this bag:
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eyelash glue is a good tip, I think I’m going to wear some for the first time! Other than that; mobile phone to co-ordinate all the different people that are coming from across the country and converging in London for my best friend’s birthday, wallet with money to buy extortionate drinks, camera to document adventures as we try to mingle with indie royalty, and fags for regular smoke breaks. No travel card needed as London gives everyone a lovely present and makes public transport free for the night, every year!
I can’t believe I’m about to write this, but —
If you make sure to have condoms, which you might be giving away, it might be good to take a little individual packet or two of lube, too. Even lubricated condoms are much more likely to break without it.
Anyway, what’s in my party bag? MAC lipgloss (Desire and some glittery Plushglass I can’t remember the name of), or possibly Stila’s “Cranberry” lip glaze, Rohto Z eyedrops from Japan, cash, packet of tissues, dark red env2 phone with camera, and an ID!
Ohhh I adore all of that!
I’ll be lugging a huge bag wherever I go, and stashing it somewhere safe for the night.
- 40oz of Malibu rum (haha! it was a christmas gift, i swear) – Lolita Lempicka perfume (I love that you included that as well!) – makeup (drinking = sweating. gotta touch up the makeup since everyone is always taking pictures!) – cash – tissues – band aids (who knows, everyone seems to hurt themselves when they drink! lol) – Glitter to throw at midnight!
Ooooh, I’m so excited for New Years now! :)
Where’s the bag in the picture from?
For those looking to dance without having to deal with a purse, I just found a Garter Pocket on etsy.com that I think would be exactly what the doctor ordered. Though I realize that there’s only an hour until New Year’s starts (I’m chatting with a friend in New Zealand at this very moment!), it might still be a good investment for future outings!
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In my bag for a long party night with my vanishing new years’ eve boy.
anchor and teacup hairpins
feather slippers
black tooth brush
black pantyhose
bow watch
eternal kiss anchor
a rainbow of dry erase markers to write notes on car windows
round powder compact
blotting paper compact
lip venom
cat eye liquid eyeliner
freakin magical unicorn gum
pink thong