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| A Review by Tracey Boyer |
Everyday life is very busy for most people. It is common for most people to visit at least six different places every day; some people visit many more than six...
Work, cleaners, grocery store, pick up kids, piano lesson, gas station, shoe store
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Drop kids at school, clothing store, fruit market, take cat to the vet, go to son's soccer game, restaurant pick up for dinner, PTA meeting, stop for coffee
With all the places that people go every day, it's smart to carry some essential items with you that would help in difficult or even extreme situations. It is easier than you think, and also take up much less room that you would believe. Safety items that will help in most any situation can be stored in a ladies makeup bag to carry in a purse or backpack, or to keep in a car's glove compartment. I have been carrying one in my purse for years.
What Can You Carry in a Bag That Small,
That Would Be So Important?
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| Contents of my Safety Kit |
This is a general list of what I carry. The red pouch is where I keep my first aid items. You will need to think about your own life and what items you may need to add to take care of situations that are specific to your life.
First Aid Items - alcohol wipes, band aids, aspirin. (May include prescriptions if there are some that must be taken at specific times)
Solar Powered Phone Charger - If your car battery is dead and so is your phone battery, this charger will save the day.
Swiss Army Knife - many tools in one small package
Ponytail Holder with Bobby Pins - great for hair use or for wrapping something together or picking locks!
Dental Floss - Very strong for tying things together in a pinch and there is a lot of it, in a very small container.
Travel Size Hand Lotion - good for everything from burns to removing rings that are stuck on a finger.
Chapstick - great for your lips as well as greasing things like screws that don't want to go in their proper place.
Safety Pins - the uses for these are too numerous to mention. Carry at least a dozen!
Lighter - This is something no one should be without. It can not only start fires, it can also heat metal so it can be bent, melt plastic or burn through strapping that can't be cut. Make sure to have one in your bag.
Small Flashlight - You do not want to run down your phone's battery using it for a light, so have a small flashlight in your bag in case you are ever stuck in the dark.
Pen and Small Pad of Post It Notes - You never know when you will need to leave a note, or give someone important information.
Pepper Spray - I usually have two small pepper sprays. I keep one in the outside zipped compartment of my purse and one in my safety bag.
What Kind of Bag is Best?
I bought a fairly large make up bag (7" x 8") with three zippered compartments. It has been a while, so I don't remember where I bought it but it looks like this:
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| My Safety Kit |
It fits well in all my purses and I also bought one to put in my husband's truck. It fits without a problem in his glove box and still leaves lots of room for the rest of the junk that he has in there!
I know that many of my readers are probably thinking....is this really necessary? My answer to that is no one knows. If it isn't necessary and you have it on hand, what's the harm? However, if it is needed and you don't have it, the results could be terrible. I have used my bag for things as mundane as pinning together a shirt when I lost a button to as scary a thing as pepper spraying a creepy guy at a gas station that kept insisting he needed a hug. So I would say.....
It is better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it!
Your safety kit idea is no doubt good advice for anyone. Like you say, you never know what you may need in a situation ~ until you do. Why not be prepared? Appreciate your list of suggestions.
ReplyDeleteI think I have almost every one of these items floating around, in the glove compartment or center console, of all of our vehicles. They don't seem essential until you need them! I should get a carry bag to put them all together in one place. What a great idea!
ReplyDeleteIt really does make it easier to put them in a bag so you know where they are. I used to keep things here and there too!
DeleteLike you, I keep most of those items in my purse. The one I never would have thought of is the lighter. Smart lady!
ReplyDeleteLighters are very useful for many things, just make sure you flick it a few times a year so that it does not seize up.
DeleteThanks for the tip!
DeleteThis is a great list of things that should be readily available should the need arise and keeping them all in one place makes it that much easier to find the one thing you need. Great idea Tracey!
ReplyDeleteI would love to do this except I know since my hubby drives my car, and our son, that my stuff would end up gone, used, or relocated. Part of me wishes I had a car exclusively for myself - I think this is a fantastic idea
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