I Hate My Freaking Purse!
October 9, 2007 by Tracee Sioux
Filed under Parenting
My mother said I hate my purse is something she hears me say quite frequently.
They’re always a pain in the a&#. I read this entire article in O Magazine about the chronic neck and back pain caused by carrying a heavy purse. Great concept, but are you kidding me? They had 3 bags in my price range, right next to the ones that run $1,925. Get a freaking grip, that’s more than we paid for our 2nd CAR!
My current purse, an orange crocheted bag with a long handle, I got for $7 at Ross. About 3 years ago and I paid about $25 for a zebra print with cute French chicks walking their dogs. Before that I bought a Kate Spade from an illegal street vendor in NYC, I bartered him down from $25 to $15. (I could’ve been real.) The rest have been picked up for a couple of bucks at a garage sale or thrift store.
Bags are never as functional as I would like and they tend to get stuffed full of stuff I mean to get to, but then I forget and just carry the crap around for 8 months or so.
I carry a bag until it dies. I do not change my purses out (to match my shoes – how absurd). When I’m fed up it’s so trashed that that is exactly where I put it once I rid it of loose change and unwrapped, moist gum. Sometimes I don’t even bother cleaning it out. I grab the essentials and just toss the whole thing into the closet for a year or two.
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Come on . . . Tell me about your purse.
I try to buy good purses that will last, but, somehow I’m never satisfied with them. There’s always something better out there.
I change them out with the season, unless of course, I don’t get around to it.
(I can’t win, I just thought I’d share)
I don’t actually have a purse. If the things I’m carrying around don’t fit in my pockets, I take a canvas shopping bag. I found that purses were just too easy for me to forget about and leave behind.
My purse is the size of a small garbage bag and stuffed full of old receipts, loose change and lip gloss. It’s a mess. I got this one for $10 at Target a few years ago. I always end up carrying around way too much stuff and can attest to having “purse neck.”
I also use a smaller one sometimes that my friend brought me from Costa Rica. Very Ugly Betty. I had a stranger tell me it was the ugliest bag they had ever seen.
I change out my purses pretty frequently. They bore me after a month or two. My current purse was a clearance snag @ 4.96. (Got it in two different colors, and grabbed a couple for birthday gifts too.) The purse before this one I got for a buck at a high school fund raiser garage sale that was rife with 200.00 jeans for 2.00…all size 1 of course, but the cute purses there showed no weight discrimination. Yay for me!
I’m a non-purse carrier too – unless I have a specific reason to.
Sometimes I’ll put my cell phone in my daughter’s purse when we are working b/c my workpants don’t have pockets.
Other than that I’m fine with my phone and debit card in my pocket. What more do I need? lol
I suppose my purse does double duty as a diaper bag to. I need something big enough to carry my notepad for ideas to write about, a pacifier, some pens, my change purse, a spare diaper, an extra granola bar, my cell phone, notes and reminders from all my activities and the kids’ activities, lip stick, head phones and mp3 player, extra film, and on and on and on. . . .
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I hate my purse also. It is a bucket/tote style with a velcro closer. The velcro catches everything. And it is impossible to find anything in the bottomless pit that is my purse
If I was a woman I bet I’d have a purse to match each pair of shoes (I already match my shoes to my tshirts).
I’m not a good example probably.
My husband calls me the bag lady. I have so many purses it’s unbelievable. The funny thing is, I only use one at a time. I use it for a season, then I put it away, then take out a new one. I love small purses. My husband says that I never buy one big enough to fit everything so I’m constantly trying hard to shut or zipper the purse crammed with all my stuff.
My current purse is a freebie bag that came with a VS Heavenly purchase…Sad I know! However, it is very open and has room for all my stuff and my son’s. Functionable has replaced Fashionable these days!
I have to admit, I finally became selfish, broke down and bought me a Prada bag. It’s the most frivolous thing I’ve EVER done, but damn it felt good!
Next on my selfish list, UGG boots!
What can I say, I turned over a new leaf. I finally got sick of giving in to kids who didn’t appreciate all I was handing them, so mama got a bit selfish and it’s awesome!
Good for Mama.
I used to be a major purse lover. Had tons of them and I used to spend a lot on them only to hate them after a few weeks or (possibly) months. Now I hate them. They’re just too much trouble to keep up with. And I hate lugging one around. Right now I’m carrying (not b/c I want to) a Gap tote I got at TJ maxx for $15. It’s canvas and huge and heavy and since I’m starting to have back problems, I only carry when absolutely necessary. My daughter’s pull-ups, juice cup, crayons and paper are in there with my other crap. But if I’m going out by myself, I carry my wallet and keys or just stuff cash and my debit card in my pockets (have to have them). I’m one of 5 people in the world who doesnt’ have a cell phone…There I’m done. (I think).
my bag is pretty much a diaper bag, too. i have this HUGE purse, but the only things in it i use for myself is wallet and phone. My phone always gets lost in the snack cups of cheerios and a stuffed animal or two, diapers, changing pad, bottle, formula holder, water bottle, etc. i feel like Mary Poppins!
I actually LOVE my purses, but… I hate having to carry them around. I have a few designer purses, and it makes me so mad when they get dirty. A friend of mine introduced me to purse hooks. I couldn’t believe I had not seen them before. I found one that was affordable and that was cool. Unfortunately, it does not fit on some thick tables, but it’s still very handy. The one I bought is from Stylagio
why even carry one? I haven’t carried one in years and I’d never start that up again! What is supposed to be soooo attractive about dragging dead weight around, esp. the recent trend of having it wedged up under your armpit? Ewww!
Movement is freer and more graceful and less tiring without such encumbrance, but I suppose most women simply follow the other sheep and just carry stuff around mindlessly, because, supposedly all other women do it, and my Goodness, who wants to be different?! Anyway, come on, you’re not climbing Mt. Everest, do you really need all that junk??
and another thing, please lets all Stop using the word ‘Cute’ every other freaking sentence!!! It sounds hackneyed and childish.
my opinionated self.