What's In My Bag? // NYC!

Hello Hello Helloooo everyone! 

How are all you lovely lot today? I hope you're well and had a wonderful weekend! 
Now, in a few short days (6, not that I'm counting...) I'm jetting off to New York City with my boyfriend to celebrate my 20th birthday! Eeek, soooo exciting! 
So, I thought I'd do a What's In My Bag, NYC edition! I was going to do this in a YouTube video, but I've not done YouTube in so long, it made me kind of nervous at the thought of that and possibly no-one watching it... haha so here I am, and here is my bag! 

This is my lovely lovely Fiorelli bag that I treated myself to for Christmas, because I knew we were going to New York, and my bags really aren't big enough for all the things I'd be carrying around! I fell in love with this bag when I saw it in TK Maxx (TJ Maxx for all you Americans!) and when I went back to get it, I thought it wasn't there, but after making my boyfriend search with me for a good 20 minutes - we found it! It was fate, and this bag was destine to be mine. This bag was £35 coming down from £69 RRP I think? Which is a bargain to me! Especially as I don't really have 'designer' bags, so this was a real treat to myself. 

It has four big compartments, two zipped ones front and back, and your usual 'lady product' pocket on the inside in the second compartment, and then a small one at the back for whatever you want - train tickets, bus passes etc, as you can see in the photo above! 

This is what I will be holding in the first compartment of my bag in NYC! My Instax Mini 8 in pink, which I got as a present for my last birthday which I am IN LOVE with, I think the act of polaroids are beautiful and I have made a scrap book for all my snaps! I keep that in a purple side strap camera case, which I just got off Amazon when I searched "Instax Mini 8 camera bag". Then there is my purse! This is just a small beige purse with a black bow on the front and all the slots & bobs that you need to hold all your pursey needs. This isn't my normal purse, this is just a cheap on that I got from Primark when I took my first trip to America, as my real purse is rather bulky and I needed something I could just slip into my bag. This was probably about £2 RRP and has lasted me 2 America trips and onto it's third, so well worth the small price! The first compartment of my bad is usually where I like to keep all the stuff that is valuable, so it's near me and I'd (hopefully) know if someone was trying to sneak into my bag and take my things! 

My second comparment doesn't have a Yankee Candle in it, surprisingly, but it is held together with a button clasp which is still great protection for your things as these pockets are all really deep! In this I'm going to keep the likes of things like my water - or whatever beverage I'm feeling that day - my wooly hat from Tesco RRP £7.99 that I've picked that day because i have SIX!! beanies to switch between on my holiday! Some tissues, because you can never leave the house without tissues on you... otherwise you're asking for something to fall from your mouth onto your clothes or asking for the runniest nose you've ever had in your life that day. STRAWS! Anyone else carry straws with them haha?! I'm forever wearing lipstick and so I always need a straw with me! Especially in England, however America they actually give you straws with every drink so maybe I could take these out! In the back lady pocket, I have my lady products just incase, a mirror for touching up that straw-struck lippy, plasters, a nail file and a pen. Just all handy things! 

In the third comparment which is a button clasp like the one previous, I just have little bits that I may need along my travels! At the moment, I have a pair of rounded sunnies from Primark, which might have been £2? Now, I HAVE to wear rounded sun glasses! Does anyone else?! I have a really round face, and if I wear square sunglasses I look ridiculous! Fun Fact: I actually only just started wearing sunglasses last year for the reason that no sunglasses suited my round head! So yeah, a pair of those in white and I also have some in black to go with my outfits! New York may be cold, but everyone is always wearing sunglasses as the sun shines bright in the concrete jungle. My touchscreen gloves, that my mum kindly got me for Christmas I think from the market that is held in my hometown! I love the colour of these, as they're not your usual black and white, they're a nice pale purple and I love it! Some Instax Mini 8 Film because I do not want to be running out of film on the streets of NYC! Then some Kalms, I take these everywhere with me as I suffer with Anxiety, and instead of using my suited medication, I thought I would take these as they are a little less and just something if i need them.

Then my fourth compartment is all my travel documents and my places of travel which I haven't included for the reason of what's on the documents! 

In the small back zip, I keep all the need-to-grab-now items, all the little things that I will be needed throughout the day and whatever lipstick I am wearing that day, too! So I have my Bath & Bodyworks RRP $1.50 hand sanitizer in the scent 'Orchard Bloom' which smells AMAZING! I got this on my last trip in Texas, and this one is my favourite and it has lasted me a long time! Some Extra gum, just because. My EOS RRP $1.99 lip balm, in the flavour 'Tangerine' which is also my favourite!! I have about 7 of these thing, all from my trips to Texas, and I think they're amazing! I was going to do a blogpost on them soon... what d'ya think?! Then there is my lipstick of choice that day, which today is the Topshop Matte Lip Bullet RRP £8 in the colour P33 which I actually think has been dis-continued :(! I really hope it hasn't, but every time I go in it's not there! But it's by far my fave... so this is kind of a little pocket of my favourite things!

Voila! That is my bag complete! Obviously I will also have my vlogging camera on me as i am going to be vlogging my stay in NYC but, I was taking photos on it so I couldn't throw that in there, and of course I'm going to have loads of lovely yummy American snacks and sweets in my bag too! Exciting!

Are you going anywhere soon? What's in your bag, and what is the item you take absolutely everywhere with you, from bag to bag? I'd love to know! 

Keep Smiling, 
Paige x