Hello! Today I’m sharing every single little detail of my life – from what I ate today to how I am an incompetent cat owner… kinda.
First, I managed to ruin my white Run Eat Repeat tank by washing it with some new jeans that turned it into a sad light blue color. Boo.
(You can get a RER tank and other gear in my Spreadshirt shop!)
But I’m not the only one that makes mistakes.
I’ve been eating a packet of oatmeal before I go run lately. It’s nice and warm and is just enough to hold me over until breakfast. I usually buy the low sugar Maple and Brown Sugar instant oatmeal.
Well, this morning I made a packet and went to eat it only to discover it was actually plain oats! Ha!! Where’s my Maple? Where’s my Brown Sugar?? I want a refund. No harm no foul – I threw on some stevia and PB and all was okay in the world.
I’ve been sipping hot tea like it’s my job this week. My heater is ‘lost’ (read: in the attic and I don’t want to get it) so I am freezing. Luckily tea is delicious and warms me up and I have a lifetime month’s supply from Celestial Seasonings.
This picture sums up my life right now: Tea in hand, wearing multiple layers, cat staring at me with love/hate, plastic bag on floor for said cat to suffocate, clothes drying on a hanger on the doorknob…
And now for the good stuff – what’s in my purse.
This is part of my collaboration with Ricola®. Today we’re talking about cold and flu season and the things I keep in my purse to stay healthy and feeling good in the winter.
I don’t know if you’ve noticed but I always have the world’s LARGEST purse. *Yes, like I’m in the Guinness Book of World Records for it.
(Apparently I’m also holding hands with an invisible person in this picture too. #weirdo)
I even lugged that sucker all around Disneyland this weekend. Hey, I needed to bring all my essentials, snacks and randomness that I might need!
But seriously, there are a few items I have in my purse specifically for cold and flu season that help keep me feeling great.
The weather is super dry so water, Ricola drops and chapstick help keep me feeling hydrated. I also always have a snack of some sort – NEED. And I try to keep anti-bacterial balm in my purse when I know I’ll be touching a lot of random things – like the safety bars on a ride or shopping cart!
I actually got the tip to use Ricola drops to keep your mouth moist and clear a slightly stuffy nose from a friend who’s a waitress and has to talk all day and doesn’t have easy access to water. Thanks Heathy!
Those drops above are the Ricola® Original Natural Herb Cough Drops – they have Chrüterchraft (natural herb ingredient that’s only in Ricola products from Switzerland) in them. I am pretty sure I know how to say that word thanks to the commercials, which is kinda cool right? More importantly, all Ricola drops have that ingredient. Most importantly, even though they are super soothing they don’t ‘taste like medicine’ to me, which I appreciate.
Related: Staying Healthy During Cold and Flu Season
Question: What do you ALWAYS have in your purse or pocket?
*I made that up, but mostly just because I don’t think there’s a category for that. If there was I’d be in the running for world’s largest purse fo sho.
Disclaimer: This post is sponsored by Ricola Herb and Throat drops. All opinions are my own.
chapstick! definitely always somewhere on me– usually in my pocket AND my purse. I’m addicted.
I’m a singer, so I have approximately 1 million Ricolas at any given time, and they (and their wrappers) find their way into every bag and pocket that I have!
I’ve been on a maple and brown sugar cream of wheat kick.
I always have chapstick in my purse. Especially in the winter time here. I keep some in my car too.
I try to avoid carrying a bag coz I know I’ll stuff it with lots of things! So it’s a clutch for me and just money and cards in it.
My mom is actually the one who taught me to always have “emergency” snacks on hand (in purse, car, etc). In high school, the “emergency nuts” in her car would always crack up my immature friends… ok, and me!
I ALWAYS have chapstick with me. Dry lips drive me nuts. I always keep a little bag with Tums, ibuprofen, anti-nausea meds and nail clippers with me too, very handy when you need them! Then of course my cash/cards, sunglasses and keys. I don’t know how people carry small purses. Where do they put things?
I know it’s not good for me but…….I always have a BC in my purse. I use to have bad headaches but since I’ve started eating healthy I don’t have then but every once in awhile 🙂
I had to downsize my purse bc I would just accumulate so many things in it. Right now I have random essentials but also a highlighter that for some reason I always think needs to remain and a plastic spoon which actually came in handy when we moved this weekend and I couldn’t find my silverware!
I always have at least one kind of chapstick in my purse, and usually a snack.
I always have lip balm. ALWAYS. My handbag also has wallet, keys, phone (another essential), work phone (yep, two phones), pain killers and hair ties. And snacks if there is room!
I always have a bottle opener, you never know when a beer may present itself!
I love the ricola idea!
My purse is like the Bermuda Triangle. Chapstick and a snack (usually a granola bar) are always in there plus random pens, wallet, Nuun, and a little bag with bandaids, bobby pins, hair ties, stevia, toothpicks, etc – I know, I’m a weirdo), phone, earbuds, moleskin planner are all staples! Then whatever else I throw in throughout the day as well!
I always have a lip gloss/chapstick, mints and antibacterial. Must haves!
If you complain to them, I’m sure they’ll give you a refund! It must be been disappointing to not have the flavour. Come to think of it, instant oatmeal is a convenient little snack to keep in your purse for emergency meals/snacks whether you’re at the office or anywhere. All you need is some hot water. 🙂
Ironically I always have honey lemon ricola throat drops 🙂
I also always have my Burt’s Bees lip shimmer and today I have three glue sticks too! Lol.
I always have a giant purse with lots of crap. With two kids and a niece, I collect lots of stuff in my purse! But I always have my phone and wallet!
PS. You look great, Monica! 🙂
I don’t carry a purse but I ALWAYS have my IPOD shuffle + headlamp in my coat pocket….gotta be prepared to run at a moment’s notice, right?