bridal emergency kit

A good friend got mar­ried last week­end. It was a won­der­ful cer­e­mo­ny and a fun recep­tion. As one of the brides­maids, I elect­ed to bring the emer­gency kit for the day. And this was the emer­gency kit to end all emer­gency kits. I was pre­pared for basi­cal­ly any­thing except a bio­chem­i­cal attack. It was a pret­ty packed duf­fel bag, but it came in handy, and thank­ful­ly, I did­n’t actu­al­ly have to use much of it. 🙂 So here’s my list of con­tents:

  • sewing kit (includ­ing extra but­tons, hooks and eyes, and small scis­sors; mine also had some sticky-backed vel­cro, you know, just in case)
  • hem tape
  • safe­ty pins (mul­ti­ple sizes)
  • scis­sors (large)
  • super­glue (I had two sin­gle use things)
  • clear nail pol­ish
  • white nail pol­ish
  • nail pol­ish remover (I had nail pol­ish remover pads)
  • sta­t­ic cling spray
  • spot remover
  • white chalk (to cov­er spots)
  • tampons/pads
  • panty­lin­ers (you can also use these to line the armpit of dress­es or shirts to keep from sweat­ing through things)
  • nylons
  • painkillers (2 types, in case some­one is aller­gic to one)
  • band-aids
  • breath mints
  • eye drops
  • den­tal floss
  • tooth­picks
  • tooth­brush­es (real­ly, bring a few)
  • tooth­paste
  • bob­by pins
  • hair ties
  • ear­ring backs
  • straws
  • cups
  • tis­sues
  • hand­ker­chief
  • tweez­ers
  • nail clip­pers
  • emery board
  • cuti­cle trim­mers
  • foun­da­tion
  • con­ceal­er
  • lip­stick
  • cor­sage pins (yeah, I did actu­al­ly use these)
  • antibac­te­r­i­al wipes
  • hand san­i­tiz­er
  • lotion
  • match­es
  • scotch tape
  • Benadryl (or Uni­som tablets — both can be used as a seda­tive)
  • smelling salts
  • comb
  • brush
  • round brush
  • curl­ing iron
  • flat­iron
  • hair dry­er (even if you’re get­ting ready in a hotel room, make sure you have one — we end­ed up using this at the chapel when the flower girl poured water down the front of her dress)
  • hair­spray
  • frizz gel or spray
  • mir­ror (small and large)
  • per­fume
  • sun­block
  • lint brush
  • baby pow­der
  • Tums
  • Pep­to Bis­mol tablets
  • cell­phone charg­er
  • watch
  • small iron
  • deodor­ant
  • make­up remover
  • cot­ton balls
  • oil blot­ting sheets
  • zip-up hood­ed sweat­shirt
  • shoe pad inserts
  • heel trac­tion pads (I had a roll of anti-slip tape instead)
  • chap­stick
  • bal­let flats
  • cash
  • spare change (end­ed up for­get­ting this and regret­ted it)
  • cot­ton swabs
  • shim­mery body pow­der
  • plas­tic bags (for trash)
  • sand­wich bags
  • under­wear
  • dou­ble-sided tape
  • umbrel­la
  • mouth­wash
  • dis­pos­able cam­era
  • Sharpie
  • razor
  • lip­gloss
  • blis­ter band-aids (or mole­skin)
  • binder clips (use­ful for when you’re set­ting up the recep­tion)
  • pock­etknife (I could­n’t find mine and REALLY regret­ted it)
  • first aid tape
  • gaff tape or elec­tri­cal tape (also use­ful when set­ting up the recep­tion)
  • duct tape
  • pen
  • notepad
  • post-its
  • cough drops
  • con­tact solu­tion
  • sun­glass­es
  • bot­tle open­er
  • corkscrew
  • gra­nola bars
  • ani­mal crack­ers
  • nuts
  • bananas
  • alco­hol (I had a flask of vod­ka and a small bot­tle of Jaeger because, well, I just did)
  • orange juice
  • dark choco­late
  • water
  • list of ven­dor phone num­bers

I know it’s a long list, but it real­ly is bet­ter to be pre­pared, right? Most of the stuff I had around the house (not smelling salts though). My hus­band is now quite excit­ed about the prospect that I will pre­pare a bug-out bag.

I start­ed to orga­nize the list bet­ter, but eh, I’m tired. Good luck!