Ahhh, the purse. It's a catch all, a nurses station, snack shop, make up counter, bill holder, Diaper Genie, & money eater (I know I had a $5. It...must..be in...here..somewhere.)
This is my purse.. It started out as a diaper bag. But...I'm a mom w/ 4 kids, I will be lugging around a purse as big as my head until my kids move out! Then I'll become a Grandma. Then I will have "the Grandma" purse. Which is even bigger then "the mom" purse!
This bag makes me happy. I've had it for about 2-3 years ish. I had a friend from church whip up this beauty. Check her out. She is very talented! http://www.sacksbysyndy.com/ Anyway I don't plan to give up my bag anytime soon. For a moment I thought about having a new one made. But I fear my first bag would feel bad. I can't do that to my bag!
I remember my Mom's bags. They were always made out of leather & they were HEAVY! I hated when she asked me to hold it. I'd rip my arm socket out every time she plopped it on my shoulder! Her bag was...scary. You'd never dive into her purse w/o asking. Foraging around in a women's purse uninvited is as bad as sticking your hand in her pant pocket...ya just don't do it w/o asking!
My Mom's purse always had horrible smootz at the bottom. Ack! I could never turn down a stick of gum she offered me, because she would think I was in one of "those moods" again. Then she would spend the next 20 minutes telling me to wipe that look off my face. So, when she offered a stick of horrible minty gum (Ackkk!) I took it. To this day I can't stand minty gum! Mom's minty gum would always come w/ the extra flavor of tobacco. I'd spend a good 10 minutes picking off the bits of cigarette tobacco that some how got smashed into the wrapped piece of gum. Tobacco was in her wallet, coin purse, hairbrush, lipstick case & tissues. (ever try blowing your honker into a tobacco smelling tissue?..not...pleasant!) Don't EVEN get me started on the sugar free candies coated w/ tobacco. Now THAT was truly offencive!
My son hates going into my purse. He was scarred once when he needed a tissue in church. I like to fold tissues & place them in a little snack baggie. So he reached in & pulled out a baggie. Opened it up & pulled out ....a panty liner ( I like to keep a few extra panry liners in baggies too....just in case! Those baggies are up there w/ the invention of the light bulb!) He will NOT go into my purse! Even for a tissue as his nose runs down his face. I tell him there is candy in there...but he ain't budging! Diving into my purse is like diving into a jet black pond in the middle of the night...after you read 1o,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
So here's to you o' purse of greatness! Yes, sometimes we tire of lugging you around from park to park. We look upon men w/ a tad bit of jealousy as they strap on a wallet & go. But in the end...we, purse sling'n ladies of power will always be the ones who come swooping to the rescue! We are the ones that the lost & hopeless seek out (do you have a map?) We will give freely of our bag-waress (do you have a wet wipe?) We will feed (mmmm, cheese stick!) & cloth (do you have a pad?) our friends & family.
We hold the world in our bags. The WORLD! But you must remember, With great power, comes great responsibility. Use your bags for good not evil. Keep those bags clean & tobacco free. Or you just may have kids in therapy (or the ER) for years to come.
When I clean out my bag...
am I the only one who asks myself "Why do I have a cheese stick in my purse & how long has it been there?"
4 comments:
LOVE it! It makes me make a ode' to my Sack By Syndy bag too! Hey.... I don't have a my little pony in there though. You have me beat on that one! I actually WANT another one just to have variety. I LURVE (yes I spelled that wrong on purpose!) the one I have but a girl can't have too many bags and Syndy does them so well so why not! :-) I LURVE yours too!
Thanks for the shout out! I LURVE your guys purses too! I still haven't settled on a fabric for my own diaper bag. No Jen, you are not the only one that asks crazy questions when you clean your purse. Although I don't have a pony I do always have a car, truck, plane or helicopter. It's amazing that if there's a crying baby at church I usually have SOMETHING in my purse for it to play with. Although I don't usually have the necessities (tissue, band aids, hand sanitizer) My stuff is more random.
I don't usually have cheese, or a pony, but I always have those suckers from the bank because my kids always ask for them, and then I won't let them eat them in the car, and then by the time we get home, they forget about it, so I always have about 25 suckers. I never have anything helpful either, because I'll stock it, use it up and then forget that it isn't in there.
Yes, I was about to ask how old your cheese stick was until you asked the question for me. In a moment of starving madness I have even eaten one of those and it had the nuance of a more expensive cheese. And thanks Queen Bee, I think you saved my crying baby just this last Sunday!
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