“Is that all you have in your Flight Attendant carry on?” This is the question I received in not one but several e-mails after my post, What’s in your carry on?

The answer is no….not even close! My crew (tote) bag (not to be confused with my suitcase) has a lot more stuff, here’s what’s inside:

• inflight manual
• cabin key
• flashlight
• books
• pens….even more than the other bag
• notebooks
• passport
• Ziploc bags…empty (I accumulate)
• hose (extra pair)
• inflight shoes
• tons of airline napkins with names/numbers and notes (even though I have notebooks?)
• computer
• phone
• pictures
• rosary beads from the Vatican (not because I’m religious but because I’m Irish Catholic and I bought them for my Aunt who has since passed and they were given back to me… so, therefore special)
• love notes from my husband
• alarm clocks
• lip stick
• Bath and Body Works body cream (Vanilla)
• lint brush
• hair brush
• make-up kit
• sun glasses
• cash (ones for van driver and maid tips)
• bid packet
• my revenge-is coffee mug
• my klean kanteen
• snacks
• band aids
• Excedrin
• cough drops
• vitamins
• camera
• magazines…tons of magazines, passengers leave loads of mags behind: )
• ear plugs
• i-pod
• eye mask
• nail polish
• sweater
• playing cards (for passengers to use…yes, I’m that good;-)
• gardening gloves (used as oven mitts)
• apron
• kid scissors
• tape

there’s probably more…you’d look at my bag and think, “no way is all that stuff in there…but it is: )