What’s in Your Purse?

Why is it that husbands get away with just a wallet and keys, while us ladies have to carry around purses filled with all the ‘necessities’? 

Before children, I still carried a lot; but now my purse qualifies as luggage.  I’m starting to re-think this whole purse thing… 

Here’s what’s in my purse right now… seriously!

 

• My 24 oz Water Bottle – In my favorite flip lid Nalgene Bottle
• My son’s 12 oz Water Bottle – In a perfect kid sized Nalgene Bottle
• Wallet with: ID, Credit Cards, Checkbook, Photos, Receipts and at least 100 stupid membership cards (just one more punch and I’ll get a free something).  Oddly enough, there is no actual money in my wallet – except for a few loose coins.
• Keys
• Cell Phone, Case and Headset
• Sunglasses, Case and Microfiber Cloth
• 2 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer: One in 2 oz pump and another small keychained size.
• Wipes
• Pocket Sized Bible – Love this one from Amazon.
• Digital Camera (a Sony Cyber-Shot if anyone cares)
• Gerber Multi-Tool – With a built in screwdrivers, I use this all the time!
• Swiss Army Knife – mostly for the cool tweezers!
• Pack of Gum
• Aspirin
• Mini Hairbrush
• 2 Band-Aids
• Tissues
• 3 Toothpicks in plastic
• Matches
• Eyeglass Repair Kit
• Rubberbands – Both the hair and standard ones.
• Disposable Rubber Glove – you have no idea how many times I’ve had to use one of these (like the time my son peed all over the floor in Macy’s and I had to mop it up – Yuck!)
• Book of Stamps
• Travel Pack of 5 Toilet Seat Covers – compliments of my mother-in-law (she really knows me!)
• Chapstick
• Hand Lotion
• 16 crayons – accumulated from restaurants (which I am removing from my purse right now!).
• 2 Sunday School projects from my son
• Pen
• Note Pad
• Costco Coupon Book
• Today’s Mail
• and finally… a tampon! (even though I haven’t had a period in almost 10 years – see ‘our adoption story’ for more info on this)

I can’t even imagine if I had another baby or if I wore make-up!  I’d have to upgrade to a full time pack-mule!!  And I have a confession:  Even though my son has outgrown his stroller, I often take it with me when I go shopping just to hold my purse!

I’m normally such a neat freak – I can’t imagine why I let my purse get like this… Perhaps there’s a 12-step program for this.  I’d like to what you’ve got in your purse and perhaps you have a tip on how you’ve tamed the ‘purse curse’.

Help Me!

~ Erika

Category: House Rules, Moms