All Purse, All the Time

If there was a purse channel, I would watch it. I love purses almost as much as I love shoes but not quite. You can imagine that I was THRILLED!!!! when BooMama tagged me for this purse meme. Yes, BooMama. THE BooMama. She cracks me up every single day.

So lets talk purse shall we? Here is my purse philosophy: Buy them cheap, replace them often. Then I pass all the used ones on to my girls. They love it. Right now I am using a purse that my friend Sara sent me. She is the most givingest giver that you have ever met. But sorry, you can't be her friend because I want her to only send things to me. I'm kind of selfish like that.

So here is the purse in all it's glory.















Just the right size for me. I can fit all kinds of things in there, but it's not too big. I do have problems finding the lipgloss when I am driving and digging around in the bottom of the purse at the same time. Kind of hazardous but not quite as much as talking on the cell phone. At least that is what I tell myself.

Here are the guilty lipglosses that hide from me:















Sometimes I just want the Carmex so I feel around for the rounded lid. It hides behind my wallet. I usually end up dumping the whole mess on the passenger seat. The hand sanitizer is a must have. Especially after shopping at Walmart. I always feel so grubby coming out of there. Bleh. You can see that I am fully prepared for oral hygiene with a travel size toothpaste. Actually, that was just one of the five hundred tubes we scored at all of our dentist visits this spring. Bonus. Sudafed? You never know when congestion is going to hit you. Same with the oral gel. Toothaches can sneak right up on you. I can see that I have a little explaining to do on the Body Glide. If you read closely, it says that it prevents blisters and chafing. I promise you that I use that for when I go running. You can smear it on your feet so they don't bother you. If your shirt is rubbing you wrong, just put some of that stuff on there and you are good to go. Why is it in my purse? Because sometimes in the parking lot of the grocery store I feel like breaking into a full sprint.

Now for the staples of a woman's purse:
















Gotta have the wallet and the pens and the keys. You can see how up to date technologically I am with my standard issue cell phone from two years ago. It doesn't take pictures or play songs or do the dishes or anything useful. It does make calls though. Also, check out my stylish shades. Dollar Store. Seriously.

Now this last one is the reason my purse hangs from a very high hook by the front door:















The gum. My children can smell it from three miles away. Jack recently cleaned me out in literally two hours. I had bought a brand new pack and he discovered it and ate it all. See the little candy bones? Um, yeah. I stuck those in my purse to prevent my children from eating them after they fell on the floor at the store. The ten second rule doesn't apply in public places. Ew. And also a gum wrapper. Just because.

Man that was fun. I'm on a purse high.

I am tagging Sara because she gave me this rad purse.
Gretchen because I'm sure she is carrying something fabulous.
And Karen because I wonder how many cloth diapers she can fit in her handbag.