Anyone else notice that their pants pockets are getting rather full these days? I used to think I was extreme when I carried my keys, wallet, pocket planner, and cell phone a few years back. Now the norm for me (and many others, it appears) is to have so many goodies that a belt is necessary to keep your pants from flying off. Also, I can't survive without cargo pants. I don't know where all this stuff would go if I didn't have cargos. I've been wearing cargos for about 5 years straight now (not the same ones, mind you). They have gone out of fashion and come back in several times during that span -- so I figure I can at least look cool half of the time.
These days I always carry (in order of necessity):
* keys
* wallet
* cell phone
* digital camera (optioS, which fits in an Altoids tin)
* mints/gum
These items usually come along with me, too:
* watch (to me, it's redundant since time is on the cell also. but it's more convenient to check my wrist than to reach into my cargo pocket)
* pocket organizer (paper, though PDA is hopefully in my future)
And when I have my backpack with me (which is usually the case for longer walks), it's a just more and more additions.
When will the madness end? One day everything will be accessible via our retinal scans, finger prints, and the implants in our brains and other body parts. Then we won't need anything in our pockets anymore (except perhaps the mints/gum).