Payment in the form of?

I enjoyed some lovely time out yesterday in the form of a haircut. One whole hour of me time and being pampered was just the icing on the cake.

Now, as much as I want to have alone time, and put motherhood behind me for a short while, there are always those kiddie remnants left behind in my handbag reminding me that there are two mini me's at home who although not with me, are obviously going to be in my thoughts no matter how hard I try.

So, I'd had my hour long 'make over' and trotted on up to the counter feeling, well, pretty shit hot really, it's been at least six months since I even set foot in the hair salon, so needless to say I was feeling like a whole new woman.

Time to pay. I love it how when you go to settle your bill at an establishment, they are in the habit of asking you 'and how would you like to pay for that'? It's pretty obvious that the answer to the question is going to be eftpos, cash or gift voucher. But I wonder what would happen if I requested paying by way of handbag contents? Saturday's handbag was light, I'd manged to take out the nappy, wipes, drink bottle and spare size 3 undies before I left the house, however, with every good handbag comes zip compartments, and very early on in my career as a mother, I obtained the skill of shoving random objects into said compartments. Saturdays handbag also contained the following...

1 x used black drinking straw
1 x one legged army man
1 x drink bottle top
1 x iceblock stick
1 x old style 50c piece
1.5 x (very) soft cracker biscuits
1 x tissue (possibly used)
2 x previous weeks grocery lists
1 x lolly wrapper (guilty)
1 x little pink sock
1 x army man's machine gun

No, probably not much in there worth trying to pay with, but every random object in my handbag comes from a special moment in time, spent with special little people, and that's why, no matter where I am, they'll always be along for the ride.