I have many more things to write about than this topic, as I haven’t updated in oh, about 35 years, but I would just like to admit that as the years go by, my purse gets bigger.

In college my purse needed to contain my (usually empty) wallet and perhaps a tube of lip gloss. My poor mother had to suffer through my raving about the uselessness of large purses.

Nowadays – I have a mid-sized purse that contains the same wallet and lip gloss but in addition: a cell phone, ipod, prescription sunglasses, hair tie and clip for hair incidents, note pad for “notes to self” and an emergency stash of, ahem, “womanly supplies.” And it barely fits.

The other downside to this large purse situation is that it is a bottomless pit. My phone’s ringing, but where the heck is it? I have handfuls of stuff, but where are my keys? And so on.

So what is the solution here? Carry a larger bag to work every day and a smaller bag for night? Or just drop the small bag idea and get a honker for all times and seasons?

With a larger bag I fear that I will find it necessary to carry more and more things with me 24 hours a day. Plus, I live up to my theory that the older that you get, the larger your purse becomes. And, I no longer have the ability to critique my mom’s large purses. (lol) Quel tragique!

Posted by Carrie on Wednesday, August 3, 2005
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