It's No Luis Vuitton

I once heard a story about what the world was like for women back in the 30's, 40's, and 50's. It was something like this. When a woman went to interview for a job such as a secretary or some sort of desk job, she would usually be asked, at some point during the interview, for an item from her purse. This could be something like a pen, or maybe an item that would be found in her billfold inside her purse. I'm not really sure what exactly they would ask for, but that's not what matters. What matters was the interviewer's motives. He wanted to see how tidy her purse was and how long it would take her to retrieve the item. Would she open it up, go right to it and pull the item right out? Or would she have to dig around in there for hours eventually having to dump the whole mess onto her lap just to find a pen? I guess this was their way to determine how "together" she had it. Was she an organized woman or was her desk soon going to look like a larger version of the mess that was in her purse. It could very well be an urban legend but I believe it, it sounds like the kind of thing that would happen back then.


I am personally offended by that story. I would have never been able to get a job and would have remained unemployed for all of my years. Remember how I told you I can't get my purse zipped? It was one of my weird things. Well, I'm not sure if it's normal to keep unpaid bills in your purse or not, but sometimes I do.

And I know it doesn't really look that bad, but believe me, this is a small purse. Especially for a mother of six whose children can not seem to carry any of their own things: Sunday school papers/crafts and the books and toys that they just HAD to bring along with them but now can no longer hold. None of them have figured out that mom's purse is not the trash can for their gum wrappers or any other small pieces of garbage that need to be disposed of. It's pretty embarrassing when you set your purse down and all of this dumps out. Again, it's much worse in real life than in this picture. Trust me.

Now don't get me wrong. I LOVE purses. I have an unhealthy passion for them. I like to buy them cheap and often. Cheap as in less than ten bucks. I have tried big, small, and everything in between. It doesn't matter what size, I fill it to the brim. So in order to save my back, I am keeping it small lately.

How about you? What kind of purse do you carry? Are you brave enough to show us a photo of the contents as-is? Would you be hired, fired, or just laughed at like me?