The resident style maven at A Femme D'Un Certain Age did a series recently wherein she asked her French friends to spill their secrets about what was lurking in the deep recesses of their handbags. I enjoyed this bit of e-snooping so much, I thought I'd share what odd junk I carry around.
The bag is a Louis Vuitton Never Full, a birthday gift from B last year. Did I ever mention that my birthday was on the same day as the big September stock market plunge? I knew it cost the equivalent of some people's house payments, and wanted to return it the very next day. B was insistent that I not, and I'm so glad he won that argument. This bag truly lives up to its name - you cannot fill it up. Tater Tot loves to peer down in there and swear he sees China (the country, not the wedding collectibles) at the bottom. Even on days when I feel particularly schlumpy, I can feel halfway pulled together with this on my shoulder. I heart it very much.
First, the usual suspects: cell phone, keys, wallet, checkbook (there are 2 - one regular and one construction account).
Then: 2 pairs of reading glasses, my Ray Ban polarized sunglasses (never leave home without them), an orange faux Hermes mini tape measure, cheap camera, LV coin purse found in the glove box of the first Mercedes I ever owned (see, sometimes it pays to buy used cars!), and gum.
DISCLAIMER: THE PHOTO ABOVE WAS TAKEN MONTHS AGO WHEN I ACTUALLY HAD TIME TO KEEP MY PURSE NEAT AND TIDY. NOWADAYS, NOT SO MUCH.
And now, for your reading pleasure, the junk list in no particular order:
YSL lip gloss
Estee Lauder Sugar Honey lipstick
Tweezers disguised as lip gloss, so I can sneak them through airport security. I know, I'm such a rebel.
Nail file, eye drops, Motrin, toilet seat covers, hand sanitizer (swine flu be damned!)
The remains of a tube of Lollia Breathe hand lotion (okay, I'm throwing that away right now)
2 packets of pilfered Starbucks sugar in the raw
16 Benjamin Moore paint chips
1 piece of shoe mould
Ipod earbuds
1 bank statement
1 coupon for a free car wash that I'm never gonna be able to use because it won't stop raining
4 pieces of cabinet hardware for Tater Tot's bathroom
A $15 Old Navy coupon
1 recipe for tortellini soup swiped from somebody's blog
Sixty dollars and nine cents
1 baseball scorebook plus "THE LUCKY PENCIL"
A copy of "Jesus Calling" by Sarah Young (p.s. if you don't have this book, get yourself to a bookstore immediately and purchase one!)
3 fortune cookie fortunes:
#1 "Remember three months from this date. Good things are in store for you." Oh no! I don't remember what day I got this one!
#2 "You will have a chance soon to make a profitable transaction"
#3 "This year your highest priority will be your family". Well duh. And I hate it when fortune cookies don't have fortunes in them. Proverbs just DO NOT CUT IT with me. No sir.
That's about it. And no, I didn't weigh the purse. Don't think I didn't consider it though. Now, inquiring minds want to know. What's in your wallet?