The return of the bag: seasonal constants and changes of my life since 14 April 2003.

1 pot of Carmex lip balm
1 pot of Dr Hauschka lip balm
1 pot of Smith’s Rosebud Salve
1 tube of pink Revlon lip gloss
1 tube of Lancome Juicy Tubes (Melon)
1 Mulberry purse
1 2 packets of Wrigley’s Extra, opened
1 cinema ticket for ‘City of God’
2 tickets for train and entry to Louisiana
1 copy Haruki Murakami's 'The Wind-up Bird Chronicle’
1 copy Private Eye
1 BBC diary
1 BBC security pass
3 1 polaroids: 2 1 x me drunk, 1 x me playing Scrabble
1 pay slip
1 pension slip
1 pen
1 receipt for Sainsbury’s Tottenham Court Road (£28.81)
1 receipt for Selfridges, The West Village (£70)
1 receipt Budgens (£11.62)
1 recipe Butik Botanik (SEK 115)
1 smile cheque book
1 hair brush
1 exposed, undeveloped roll of Ilford FP4 Plus, 125
1 roll of developed film and a CD
1 Chubb key of unknown origin
5 tampons of various sizes
1 set of Focus Dailies contact lenses
1 vial Lip Venom
1 letter for someone else
2 tissues
1 hair grip
3 plasters
1 conker
1 umbrella, broken
£1.25
1 ‘I love Sweden’ keyring