Okay. When I thought of doing this task I thought immediately of two possibilities :
1) A bra
2) A Batman-esque utility belt with various containers such as film canisters and packets of cards

I then disgarded these as both struck me as convienient but costly (I own neither a True belt nor a bra). I then thought of a sickeningly obvious option - myself.

Towards this extent I identified myself as fitting the standard criteria of a wallet that were listed here: http://equivalenz.sf0.org/jaschu/taskDetail/?id=18

I was lightweight (as in i wouldnt have to carry myself)
I would be portable (compact not quite so)
I would have a measure of privacy as to my contents (as long as we assume that I am not naked)
I would be easy to access.
etc.

I then looked at something that most wallets had that wasnt mentioned - multiple chambers for ease of organisation. Here was the challenge. So I thought about some classic moments from TV shows and movies when people tape items to themselves to smuggle them around (although the practicality of a gun taped so that if it misfires it would most likely hit you always escaped me). So I hit upon a simple concept - taping bandage gauze to my body to create "pockets". So that was what I did , first with standard elastoplast tape , then with gaffa tape for extra strength. I put it on , emptied my pockets into the newly created "wallet" and wore it for the rest of the night.

1st morning - Damn these coins mark.
Never take off tape. Tape dries. Dry tape is not sticky.

Notes on day - Button shirts make this convienient. Chest isnt as pratical as arm. Kept dropping my change. Perhaps i should encircle the entire chest to create a better bind rather than treating it like a plaster?

Went into the local cafe, most people there know me and were just mildly amused when i was paying for items. The elastoplast chest design meant most of the day was spent dropping change and picking it up until i used the arm holster.

Decided to actually sign up for this task when i realised i hadn't already

2nd day - Spent looking for a job in various shops. People treated me as a well meaning odd ball whenever i paid for stuff, but made a point of not asking questions. Used the arm holster almost exclusively today, for reasons of practicality. Ran into some old friends from school , who decided to walk away when i bought chips.

3rd day - spent inside waiting for the eletrics company people to sort stuff out. Rather uneventful on the whole.

4th+5th day - The 4th day was essentially a compensation for not going out at all the 3rd day. Essentially the same as the 2nd and 1st days, although in the evening I went to an exhibition opening and accidentally became a patron of the arts by buying a badge. When asked about the arm holster there I merely claimed it as performance art, no-one said anything more upon the matter after that.

It was around here that I realised I had been seriously under-utilising the chest pocket on grounds of practicality , so on the 5th day I rectified this by removing the arm holster and thereby forcing myself into relying exclusively on the chest piece. Also managed to grab photographic evidence upon this day by gloriously liberating a digital camera from my mum's house. Unfortunately the act was rather ruined by the fact that in my lunchtime shopping at Sainsbury's I was served by another old friend who already knew about the scheme.


For me this task was on the whole rather surreal due to the fact that I had never really adapted to the concept of a wallet, never having anything of enough worth to merit its usage (small change seems to be much better when just stuffed into pockets). In terms of what changed for me when employing my own body as an means of holding items - well , I just noticed myself tipping rather heavily when buying things outdoors and also less likely to go home until i was certain someone was already in. I feel tempted to use the arm holster part of the design in futre on the outside of a top however, as this was suprisingly practical (Northern England in November does not approve of exposed flesh, despite what Newcastle on a friday night might lead you to believe).


Please note - 5th day photo will be updated later.