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Kids Health Notes give-away: Banjees wrist wallets

by Grace on May 6th, 2008

Sometimes I really do NOT want to carry my messenger tote with me! If I’m just going for a quick trip to the store, or a stroll around the block with my kids, maybe take a walk after dinner… I so wish I could leave my bag behind. There are just too many unessential, clutter-magnets in my purse! And I think a lot of women (and maybe some men who carry backpacks all the time) will say “oh, yeah!” with me. Right?

banjees-wrist-wallet So when Sprigs offered to sponsor this wrist wallet for give-away, it was like a problem solved. The Banjees Wrist Wallet lets you carry the essentials - cash, keys, ID, cellphone - in that comfortable pouch and free up your hands. And the zippered wallets have such cool designs they are NOT like black arm bands (unless you like it that way).

So for the give-away: 12 pairs of Banjees Wrist Wallet (one for each hand, of course!) to 12 winners!

How to join:

  1. What is/are the most unessential items (or weird/unexpected items) you have stashed in your bag, purse or wallet. Spill them out in the comments section.
  2. Additional entry will be given to those who link this contest post on their site!
  3. Eligibility - one entry per person per email daily (so you get more entries if you come back tomorrow, but rules #1 (different item/bag) and #2 above apply for each entry.
  4. It’s open to lower 48 U.S. states only (excl. Hawaii and Alaska). If you have a blog, do post your URL as well, as I love to visit my readers’ sites and catch a conversation.

The contest ends 12:00 midnight EST May 10, 2008 in time for Mother’s day. Twelve winners will be randomly chosen. I will post the winners before 12mn of May 11.

I have 4 other contests for Mother’s Day. Check them out, and join, HERE.

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136 opinions for Kids Health Notes give-away: Banjees wrist wallets

  • Marilyn Wons
    May 6, 2008 at 3:27 am

    Gee I guess the only interesting things I have in my bag are my daily pills. Yes I am old!

  • R Hicks
    May 6, 2008 at 6:42 am

    NOTHING REALLY INTERESTING EXCEPT MAYBE MY SPARE KEY

  • Cynthia C
    May 6, 2008 at 6:56 am

    I guess I’m boring. Just the usual suspects for me - cash, keys, etc.

  • Elizabeth M.
    May 6, 2008 at 7:03 am

    I keep a straw in my purse because once I went to Burger King’s drive-thru while traveling and they were actually out of straws. It was ridiculous and so hard to drink a full pop with the lid off while driving. Now I’m prepared.

  • Marijke
    May 6, 2008 at 7:34 am

    I’m pouting because I’d love one but I’m in Canada.

  • julie
    May 6, 2008 at 7:56 am

    I have actually had a complete compact change of clothes….including shoes!

  • sheila carter
    May 6, 2008 at 8:50 am

    id love to win great stuff

  • Jennifer G
    May 6, 2008 at 9:02 am

    my amethyst and crystal pendulum, lol

  • kathy taylor
    May 6, 2008 at 9:11 am

    a key to tune drums (husband is a drummer) and always forgetting his.

  • Jennifer C
    May 6, 2008 at 9:22 am

    I carried around 3 tubes of chapstick all winter in my purse, in different compartments. I think I would have gotten by just fine with only 1 stick.

  • Vicky Boackle
    May 6, 2008 at 9:24 am

    millions of receipts and ink pen tops.

  • charline s
    May 6, 2008 at 9:27 am

    The most unessential item in my purse is hubby’s dip(longhorn tobbaco)

  • Jana Cox
    May 6, 2008 at 10:22 am

    The absolutely most unessential thing you will find in my wallet (to this day) are the empty photo flaps…no photos inserted because it makes my wallet bulky when full. Now why I deem it necessary to keep it tucked in it’s place is beyond me…LOL

  • Kathy Conley
    May 6, 2008 at 11:15 am

    I had my Pets DOG BONE………

  • Kathy Scott
    May 6, 2008 at 11:27 am

    My son’s epi pen.

  • Jennifer Short
    May 6, 2008 at 11:52 am

    Windex.

  • Elena
    May 6, 2008 at 11:52 am

    Well, the most un-essential items are usually dirty tissues and gum/candy wrappers. I think they multiply in the dark! :D

    Thanks for the contest, these look really neat!

  • Roseann Kies
    May 6, 2008 at 12:07 pm

    I keep a Swiss Army knife (a small one), because it has a toothpick, tweezers, can opener, etc. It really has come in handy.

  • Jennifer M.
    May 6, 2008 at 12:26 pm

    The key to my home lockbox…why is that always with me?

  • Amira
    May 6, 2008 at 1:09 pm

    bubbles, in case im at a party with kids and they are bouncing off the wall

  • Jennifer Barnett
    May 6, 2008 at 1:25 pm

    I just got a new purse last weekend, so it is pretty clean. I just went and dug through it and found that little annoying pack of “Silica” that they love to put in shoes and purses. That is definitely non-essential (and weird).

    Oh, I need one of these wrist purses for going to sporting events.

  • Celeste Campbell
    May 6, 2008 at 4:27 pm

    Someone once told me that I was the only person they knew who carried their passport with them on a daily basis. Hey, I have to travel on business frequently and you never know when you will need to apply for a visa or what have you. And it is a GREAT ID

  • Michelle Rosborough
    May 6, 2008 at 4:29 pm

    I carry mace

  • Jack Fritz, III
    May 6, 2008 at 4:37 pm

    LOL

    I have my backseat drivers license i picked up some 15 years ago…

    Still in my wallet with my actual drivers license

  • c. clemens
    May 6, 2008 at 4:40 pm

    I usually carry a huge purse and its usaully packed, so my un-essential items would be, needles and thread, pregnancy test, (wishful thinking maybe) pluckers and a steak knive.(long story lived in a bad neigborhood)

  • chris h
    May 6, 2008 at 6:11 pm

    empty candy bags

  • susan varney
    May 6, 2008 at 7:08 pm

    a tomato for luck don’t worry i change it often

  • Dana
    May 6, 2008 at 8:16 pm

    A peppermint from 2002 (6 years old). Never eaten and the wrapper is really worn. I’d be sad if I lost it or if anyone ate it. It’s very sentimental.

  • Angela J
    May 6, 2008 at 8:21 pm

    more lip gloss than I need

  • Cindi
    May 6, 2008 at 10:39 pm

    What a super concept! I have never seen a “Banjees” wrist wallet before. I like them!
    I probably over supply my purse with pens and small notebooks…..Thanks,Cindi

  • Barbara Baker
    May 6, 2008 at 10:48 pm

    the most nonessential thing in my purse is the wrappers from my chewing gum…my girls always go in and snag my gum only to leave the wrapper behind. I have no clue why I haven’t cleaned it out yet. I guess it’s just a funny reminder of my kids when they’re not with me (when they’re at school for the day).

  • Terri D
    May 6, 2008 at 11:18 pm

    stapler

  • Miranda Allen
    May 7, 2008 at 12:52 am

    Nose spray

  • Marilyn Wons
    May 7, 2008 at 3:28 am

    I have a lot of kleenex - I have a lot of allergies!

  • david basile
    May 7, 2008 at 7:33 am

    dead pens

  • Jennifer C
    May 7, 2008 at 8:32 am

    I had an empty jewelry box in mine.

  • Roe
    May 7, 2008 at 8:49 am

    A 3 year old credit card statement!

  • Cynthia C
    May 7, 2008 at 9:25 am

    Grocery coupons. You never know when you’ll need to stop at the store.

  • jennefer sweitzer
    May 7, 2008 at 9:59 am

    my daughters extra panties and pants

  • Ken
    May 7, 2008 at 10:09 am

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  • Vicki Wurgler
    May 7, 2008 at 11:04 am

    a lot of empty wrappers - kids think my purse is a garbage can

  • Deanne S
    May 7, 2008 at 11:39 am

    a pacifier

  • Autumn Howard
    May 7, 2008 at 11:54 am

    enough granola bars to get me through a month….

  • Betty Mordecai
    May 7, 2008 at 1:45 pm

    mostly medicines

  • Jennifer M.
    May 7, 2008 at 2:18 pm

    Empty bandaid wrappers, everywhere.

  • Heidi
    May 7, 2008 at 4:39 pm

    My purse looks like a cross between a first aid kit and a candy store. So some things that come out may include neosporin next to a grape dum dum.

  • chris h
    May 7, 2008 at 5:11 pm

    empty altoids containers

  • Kari Follett
    May 7, 2008 at 6:18 pm

    Hmm, hot wheels cars and lots of em!

  • Elizabeth M.
    May 7, 2008 at 6:24 pm

    I have tons of caps from bottled bop in there.

  • Jennifer Short
    May 7, 2008 at 8:27 pm

    a pair of pliers.

  • Kathy
    May 7, 2008 at 9:23 pm

    I don’t have a purse at all.

  • Tammy Kennedy
    May 7, 2008 at 9:34 pm

    I sure could use one of these. I hate carrying a purse so I have a small wallet that I shove everything I need into it. including tweezers. We use to have theme park tickets and hated standing in long lines to get searched so bought a clear id holder/wallet that fits around neck to carry. Needless to say we were on vacation in the keys when the strap broke and that quick someone stole my wallet with everything in it credit cards, drivers license, car keys, all our money. We was stranded.
    I would love to win the black fleece one.
    (Banjee fleece- BLACK)
    Thank you for giving me the chance to win this much needed item.

  • Deanna L
    May 7, 2008 at 9:51 pm

    Uhh.. a Fork?

    Not necessarily useless BUT what in the world…:)

  • CAROLYN
    May 7, 2008 at 9:56 pm

    I HAVE MANY, MANY EMBARRASSING THINGS!

  • Marilyn Wons
    May 8, 2008 at 3:34 am

    Pills and more pills - I am part of the “older” generation

  • Elizabeth M.
    May 8, 2008 at 5:44 am

    I have a little army man I found in the pocket inside.

  • Betty Hutchison
    May 8, 2008 at 7:07 am

    This would be great for my granddaughter

  • sandy
    May 8, 2008 at 7:28 am

    geez- old receipts,a romance bool, dead batteries

  • Carliss Williams
    May 8, 2008 at 7:56 am

    I would love one.

  • Jennifer C
    May 8, 2008 at 9:19 am

    I have loads of expired coupons.

  • Jennifer Barnett
    May 8, 2008 at 9:20 am

    I have now looked in my “evening purse” and found several goodies. Loose vitamins, gum, and kleenex. The loose vitamins are really odd. Why did I think I needed them at the symphony????

  • Cynthia C
    May 8, 2008 at 10:31 am

    I found a cat toy.

  • Jennifer M.
    May 8, 2008 at 11:33 am

    Unidentified loose keys.

  • Michele
    May 8, 2008 at 2:43 pm

    Last night I realized I had a sweater in the bottom of my bag - it had been there for at least a week. How did I not notice it?

  • CJ
    May 8, 2008 at 2:53 pm

    Swiss army knife, pills, a checkbook (?!–I never write checks), wind-up rabbit, an empty gift card, and a measuring tape.

  • chris h
    May 8, 2008 at 3:16 pm

    please enter me in the contest

  • Jennifer Short
    May 8, 2008 at 7:41 pm

    a photo of someone I don’t know.

  • Scott Jensen
    May 8, 2008 at 10:25 pm

    Tooo embarased to say…

  • traci
    May 9, 2008 at 12:04 am

    A deck of cards and a baggie full of seed beads and wire are both pretty unexpected I guess

  • Carissa D.
    May 9, 2008 at 12:14 am

    A camera. Although, I’m always taking pictures, so a camera is kind of essential for me.

  • Marilyn Wons
    May 9, 2008 at 3:19 am

    I have put paper napkins in my purse - do not ask my why - I guess I thought if I ever bought some food to munch on at least my fingers would be clean!

  • Catherine copeland
    May 9, 2008 at 5:34 am

    I’m a teacher and I’ve carried around the teacher’s copy of student’s discipline referrals for up to three months after the infraction

  • Veronica Garrett
    May 9, 2008 at 7:56 am

    flower and garden seeds

  • hazel hunt
    May 9, 2008 at 8:31 am

    coke caps

  • elena
    May 9, 2008 at 9:25 am

    Nice prize

  • Pamela White
    May 9, 2008 at 9:57 am

    Spare key and a few dog treats.

  • Jennifer C
    May 9, 2008 at 10:46 am

    Film canisters

  • Jennifer Barnett
    May 9, 2008 at 11:47 am

    My work bag has all sorts of odd things in it. Right now… lots of flagging tape. Yeah, gotta have that on hand don’t I?

  • CATHI RUSHING
    May 9, 2008 at 11:50 am

    MY EX. HUSBANDS D.L.

  • Steve Scott
    May 9, 2008 at 12:00 pm

    Most important thing epipen.

  • Shana Stanton
    May 9, 2008 at 12:34 pm

    Old lipstick I never use.

  • chris h
    May 9, 2008 at 1:22 pm

    catsup packs

  • Jennifer M.
    May 9, 2008 at 2:23 pm

    Rocks that were “presents” from dd.

  • Amanda Dickerson
    May 9, 2008 at 3:33 pm

    I have a gas mask and canteen. I am in the Army and carry these with me as often times I am scheduled for a drill weekend and I usually take my bag with me. Of course they are next to my breast bump which needs no explaination.

  • Cynthia C
    May 9, 2008 at 3:34 pm

    Last year’s appointment calendar.

  • SHEA
    May 9, 2008 at 4:31 pm

    A little plastic dog that I got from a gumball machine.

  • Kristyn Martin
    May 9, 2008 at 4:50 pm

    tanning goggles

  • Ed Nemmers
    May 9, 2008 at 6:01 pm

    Small curd cottage cheese

  • Sylvia Belle
    May 9, 2008 at 6:45 pm

    great for keys when joging

  • Tiffany G
    May 9, 2008 at 6:51 pm

    mmmmm there have been so many from toys stashed in my purse from my young son to dog treats..and once a pair of used socks..I guess my son was tired of wearing them.

  • becky h
    May 9, 2008 at 7:28 pm

    would love one as I have two kids who want me to carry everthing when they get tired so I have no idea whats in my purse

  • Vicki Wurgler
    May 9, 2008 at 7:33 pm

    Salt and pepper packs from a restaurant

  • Jennifer Short
    May 9, 2008 at 8:14 pm

    a gps

  • Michelle Rosborough
    May 9, 2008 at 8:36 pm

    Mace

  • Susan White
    May 9, 2008 at 10:46 pm

    baby wipes

  • Wendy
    May 9, 2008 at 10:52 pm

    My cat. Not for long.

  • Heather C
    May 9, 2008 at 11:30 pm

    expired coupons and one of my daughters books.

  • flared0ne
    May 9, 2008 at 11:46 pm

    A keychain holder for a small bottle (about the size of a single-serving hotel shampoo) filled with hand-sanitizer alcohol gel — some of the bathrooms you will encounter in life cry out for a toxic chemical spill just to wash away the toxic waste spill, but a couple of drips of alcohol gel on a toilet seat and a minimum of tissue-work, and you have a nightmare-free perch for the kidlet(s) or whomever!

  • cynthia
    May 10, 2008 at 12:20 am

    old movie ticket stubs ,lint

  • sarah woods
    May 10, 2008 at 12:38 am

    I dump all my receipts and post checkbooks and thats it Many Thanks SW

  • kiyana
    May 10, 2008 at 1:14 am

    alot of phone numbers, addy’s, websites, directions/ maps but don’t know who they are or why I got them in the first place!

  • Marilyn Wons
    May 10, 2008 at 3:11 am

    I never know what I will find in my purse - usually partially wrapped gum or hard candy!

  • Catherine copeland
    May 10, 2008 at 6:08 am

    I still have the keys to my first apartment. I haven’t lived there in thirty years

  • Jill Rivera
    May 10, 2008 at 7:12 am

    I love this I hate carrying my whole world in a purse and forgetting it some where. What a great idea. I would love to win this product.

  • Jennifer M.
    May 10, 2008 at 9:18 am

    Dried-up leaves. Don’t ask.

  • Marlene
    May 10, 2008 at 9:19 am

    vinyl gloves

  • lorene
    May 10, 2008 at 9:33 am

    great idea i have every used gift card my kids have gotten

  • Cynthia C
    May 10, 2008 at 9:45 am

    A packet of flower seeds.

  • Jennifer Schroeder
    May 10, 2008 at 10:52 am

    If you ask my husband, he’ll tell you almost everything that I carry in my purse is unessential.

  • Carissa D.
    May 10, 2008 at 11:13 am

    receipts

  • Ann Lewin
    May 10, 2008 at 11:42 am

    THE MOST UNUSUAL THING I HAVE CARRIED IN MY PURSE IS A PUPPY. NEEDED TO GO IN
    STORE BUT NOT HAVE IT KNOWN THAT A DOG
    WAS WITH ME

  • Elizabeth M.
    May 10, 2008 at 12:43 pm

    I have pencil leads in there right now. I don’t even have a mechanical pencil anymore.

  • Shana S.
    May 10, 2008 at 1:37 pm

    A pop bottle cap.

  • chris h
    May 10, 2008 at 2:24 pm

    catsup packets

  • Kara Poulios
    May 10, 2008 at 2:35 pm

    I have triple A batteries and a magnet of the Liberty Bell.

  • Lisa Fosses
    May 10, 2008 at 3:08 pm

    Currently, I have 45 and 30 suncreen and I live in the Chicago area and it’s only in the 50’s still.

  • Jennifer Barnett
    May 10, 2008 at 3:18 pm

    today, I looked in my winter purse… ohhh my… lots of mints and gum… I think that by next winter these will be more than a little outdated.

  • kathy pease
    May 10, 2008 at 3:57 pm

    candles

  • Janet
    May 10, 2008 at 4:43 pm

    WHISTLE

  • Pamela White
    May 10, 2008 at 5:29 pm

    I carry a dog leash and treats.

  • Donna Kozar
    May 10, 2008 at 6:50 pm

    My daughter’s tooth.

  • Jennifer Short
    May 10, 2008 at 8:25 pm

    a bus pass from when I was in Australia in 2003.

  • Tawnee
    May 10, 2008 at 8:49 pm

    This falls in the unexpected items category:
    A month or so ago I was looking for a misplaced item and ran across a beaded clutch my mother-in-law had given me some time ago (probably more than a year earlier). I’d never really used it — not my style — but for some reason I picked it up and unzipped it. Imagine my surprise to find a $50 bill inside. Talk about UNEXPECTED!!!

  • tanya
    May 10, 2008 at 9:22 pm

    One unmatched girl’s shoe!

  • Viva
    May 10, 2008 at 9:28 pm

    Well, how about those stray old sticky candies that have fallen into the dark corner and somehow I only find them when my hand is looking for something else. Those candies all migrate to a dark corner and get sticky together. I can’t forget stray pretzels, and goldfish too. Yes, I’m a mom : )

  • Linda Moore
    May 10, 2008 at 9:59 pm

    plenty of hairs,stains and fibers for grissom to examine.

  • flared0ne
    May 10, 2008 at 10:11 pm

    Pithy clippings from magazines, destined to become refrigerator magnets (”my mind works like lightning — one bright flash, and then it’s gone” or maybe “Better a messy room than a life unlived”)…

  • Erica L
    May 10, 2008 at 10:44 pm

    I secure a sewing needle in my date book cover. SPF 15 lotion.

  • Timothy Sternberg
    May 10, 2008 at 11:01 pm

    NOTHING REALLY INTERESTING EXCEPT MAYBE MY SPARE KEY.

  • Rosanne Morrison
    May 10, 2008 at 11:05 pm

    a tin of almonds

  • Michelle Young
    May 10, 2008 at 11:11 pm

    Interesting item in my bag is a tiger eye rock.

  • kay wolter
    May 10, 2008 at 11:14 pm

    I can only say that after My accident My doctor threw My purse up on the scale and it came to 43 pounds a book and two magazines and all My pills where in there and boy did I get a talking to since I had just gone under a FLAT BED SEMI….so now all I carry is My drivers license and credit card and a very small wallet My Friends can not believe I do not carry a lip stick….The new stuff stays on for a long time but I don’t really need it…It’s amazing what can stay in a small box in Your van keep everything locked down in Your van also remember You get hit in a van or car things FLY…..

  • Suanne Giddings
    May 10, 2008 at 11:26 pm

    I used to occasionally take my dog to Pet Smart. I always took one of the plastic bags for potty break to clean up after her before we went inside. I found one of the plastic bags (unused) stuffed in the side pocket of my purse. We had to have her put to sleep last fall, so I think it is time to clean out my purse.
    Thanks for the chance to win!

  • Veronica Garrett
    May 10, 2008 at 11:31 pm

    flower and vegetable seeds

  • Michelle
    May 10, 2008 at 11:33 pm

    I carry packets of Equal in my bag just in case I’m somewhere that doesn’t have sugar substitute. That plus I swipe those little wipe packets every time we go to a restaurant that has them. I carry them in my purse in case I need a quick wipe for the kids.

  • Lily Kwan
    May 11, 2008 at 2:53 am

    I carry around coupons for restaurants I’ll probably never go to.

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