Baby's First Kit

I had planned my first kit for urban sketching, though with no small amount of trepidation. Until a couple days ago, everything was still vaguely "nice to do", but now it's becoming real. This morning I got a blackout announcement from the building management. Apparently they're fixing something near the power supply. My LGS kindly agreed to let me borrow their space and internet connection even though today is officially their day's off. The thoughts of having the place alone for myself for several hours initiated a sliver of courage. I decided to bring my sketching kit and put it to a test. I had many many many thoughts about what to bring, but when it's time to go, I hastily packed up a collection thrown together on the spot. The first version, brands omitted because I never like the amount of emphasis put on that: a black fineliner a brushpen filled with gray ink a brushpen filled with mint green ink a waterbrush two ballpoints a mechanical pencil with colored lead a mechanical…