Top Shelf:

x1 Dental Wisdom dental floss, “mintburst” flavour
x1 Vaseline cocoa butter deep conditioning moisturiser
x1 bottle of Pepto Bismol, 3/4 empty
x1 Johnson’s baby spray conditioner, “No More Tangles” formula
x1 espresso cup for vodka (empty)
Multiple strings of used, bloodstained dental floss
x2 Asda Smart Price batteries (dead) AAA
x2 remote controls, one for TV, one for Freeview box
x1 nail clippers
x1 Betty Crocker rich and creamy caramel flavored chapstick
Assorted used tissues
x1 turquoise hair tie
x1 letter with daughter’s dentist appointment (Call to rearrange for after school, don’t let me forget.)

x1 Jewellery Box, containing:

• x1 lollipop stick, no lollipop, stuck to red cloth lining
• x1 5 pence piece
• x2 hot pink stud earrings
• x2 electric blue dangly earrings
• x2 “gold” studs
• x1 half of an engagement ring that was my mom’s
• x1 2001 Class ring, gold
• x1 silver ring from mom
• Assortment of daughter’s baby teeth
• x1 £80 price tag for purple coat from Next with spare button attached
• x1 handwritten to-do list from when I worked on Surgical Assessment Unit, Summer 2010
• x4 spare buttons with thread 3 in small ziplock bags
• x1 broken necklace, blue heart, black leather string
• x1 Bonjela for when daughter had teething pain
• x2 American 50 cent pieces, one from 1971, the other from 1978
• x2 extra mint gum
• x1 silver and turquoise earring
• x1 half of a purple Starburst wrapper
• x1 daughter’s hospital bracelet from when she was born at 10:20PM, apparently.
• x1 small piece of card paper with poem by Rachel, age 5:

Butterfly
Butterfly
In the sky
Don’t go
Away, don’t
Fly away
I like butterflies

• x3 Fox’s Glacier Fruits hard candy, melted into red lining of jewellery box
• x4 cufflinks, no matching pairs

Bottom shelf:

x1 opened bag of Walker’s cheese and onion flavored crisps, eaten
x1 2 pence piece
x1 price tag: UK £39.50, Ireland, €59.50
x1 blue latex-free hospital glove, dusty
x2 fingerless gloves, purple & black
x1 green, stripey glove
Pile of credit card & bank statements, unopened.
x1 handmade Mother’s Day card from Rachel to me.
x1 Star Trek: The Kobayashi Maru by Julia Ecklar
x1 Tower of London tour guide book
x1 The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
x1 The Silence of the Lambs & The Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
x1 Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
x1 Katherine Swynford: The Story of John of Gaunt and his Scandalous Duchess by Alison Weir
x1 Russian Poets
x1 Tarot by Piers Anthony
x1 The Nature Book, Vol V
x1 Nivea Pearl & Shine chapstick
x1 AAA sore throat spray
x1 Nursing Calculations, 7th ed. by Gatford & Phillips
x1 Bailliere’s Nurses’ Dictionary, 24th ed.
x1 large paper clip