Do you still carry a purse? And if so, what’s in it?
Yesterday I shared a little about my recent trip to the antique store {I’m on the hunt for vintage galvanized gardening supplies} and yada yada yada…
OHAM reader Cindy told me I needed to carry a blacklight flashlight in my purse so I could:
- Pick up the green in uranium glass {something I’m not collecting}
- Pick out patched areas on walls {interesting}
- See newer repairs in old textiles {something I’m also not looking for}
Well thank you Cindy!!! It’s always funny to learn something new. 🙂 🙂 🙂 Fact: Cindy is a personal property appraiser.
But Cindy’s comment about the reasons why I should carry a blacklight flashlight isn’t what caught my eye in her comment. It was that she told me I should carry it in my purse that made me stop and re-read her comment.
A purse? Do people still use those? I haven’t carried a purse around for nearly 20 years.
If I had one I don’t even know what I would put in it.
When I leave the house I have just two things in my pocket; My phone and my teeny tiny wallet that holds a couple of credit cards, my identification and a few bucks.
If I’m wearing a coat it would have a Sharpie and a tube of Chapstick in the pocket.
That’s it!
Maybe I have a little too much MacGyver in me. A purse? I don’t need a stinkin’ purse.
So now I’m curious. Do you still carry a purse? And if so, what is in it? If you didn’t carry one around would you feel lost without it?
~Mavis
Erin says
I never even thought about it before, but I do carry a purse – well, a small Fjallraven backpack/tote combo. I have chronic illness, so I have to carry medications & my prescription sunglasses & readers (I can’t wear progressives or bifocals so I have to carry around two pairs. Call me granny in my 40s). And then my keys need somewhere to go, but that’s only a key fob & one house key. My wallet is tiny, & I have the old, small iPhone (hanging on for dear life because I don’t want the big phones they make now!). If it wasn’t for the chronic illness stuff, I’d never or rarely wear a purse. I am one of those people who constantly carries around a water bottle, though, even at home. I drink my water all day long.
Tamara says
What I carry in my stinkin purse: billfold, sunglasses, house and car keys (I don’t always have my chauffeur with me), note pad and pen, wipes, handkerchief, chapstick, fan, small brush, smarties and cough drops, phone, pepper spray, handgun. It is a small/medium crossbody purse that I switched to when I began using a cane. If you don’t need/want to use a purse more power to you; some people need/enjoy a purse.
Anna says
I have a fanny pack that holds my wallet and other essentials, like headphones, keys, and lotion. it goes around my waist so I can’t forget it 🙂