Apple laptop + wireless bluetooth mouse carrying together in my backpack

I use a macbook with a wireless mighty mouse and often have to carry them around in my backpack. The problem is some times the mouse wakes up the macbook from sleep. This is not healthy for the hard drive and I don't want to turn off my mouse by sliding the turnoff button or turn off the laptop. Therefore, my question is: what would be the safest way to carry my macbook (in sleep) + mouse?. Should I really turn off my mouse? Because, I am pretty sure after some time the switch off mechanism is gonna be screwed.
Thanks

Thanks much for your solution. I figured it out. However, its not really the best choice for me. Since, I hook this up to an external monitor at work and at home. I have a key board at home to wake the macbook running in calm shell. However, at work I use the built in keyboard with out the built in display. I used the mouse to wake up the macbook so that I have my 24' external monitor as the primary display with the keyboard + internal display at sleep. When the internal display is active spaces gives me a hard time finding applications. I guess there is a limit for everything. Thanks again

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