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Beaner, we are kindred souls. I had to do the purse search while driving. DH said, "I can help you find whatever it is you're looking for..." I said, No you can't. You don't know what it feels like and I don't want you to lose a hand in there."
I've always been this way. In grade school they had a contest where they'd call out some random things and see if you had it in your purse or pocket. For each item you got a tootsie roll or some other bit of candy. I had
everything. The teachers finally started saying, "Does anyone besides Lori have ____?" and when they didn't, I would get the candy. I had a huge pile of candy when we were done but no one knew exactly how much because it all went into storage. I had candy for
months after that. Some of the items were commonplace like rubber bands, coins, and paper clips. But I also had bits of chain, a toy horse (Breyer foal), a clay pot (from my dollhouse), marbles, jacks, a rubber ball, pens in 3 or 4 different colors of ink, bandaids AND ointment, an ACE bandage, a pretty rock, a leaf, a chunk of wood, a seashell...
I'm a mobile hoarder. Or VERY well prepared for an emergency.