Ok ladies tell me your secrets

[chickaddict]

I often refer to my purse as the Bermuda triangle. I am not the only one that refers to my purse as the Bermuda triangle. Anything brave enough to enter may never be seen again.

Most of the items in there are normal purse stuff with the exception of the following:

crochet hooks of various sizes
scissors
screwdriver
a bag of skittles
several varieties of hand lotion

and an emergency snickers bar for my DH - it brings an instant smile

 

[Judy]

My job involved a lot of driving so my car was my purse; still don't carry a purse. In my car are various tools, scissors, measuring tape, pocket knife (and fork and spoon,) ketchup and salt, cell, a few meds (Advil, etc.,) tissue and wet wipes, a universal TV remote, and probably about 30 more miscellaneous things. I keep a wallet that fits in a pocket; for work I'd lock the wallet in the car and carry only my keys. I refused to own work clothes that didn't have pockets.

Eggs go on the front seat, doncha know.

 

[annaraven]

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Oh gosh - I remember a road trip we took when my daughter was, oh, 4 months old or so? from MN to Tennesee. Somewhere along the way, she lost her binky. OMG! We had to pull in to an all-night store and hope and pray they had binkies! Luckily, they did. Don't know how we'd have managed otherwise.

 

[annaraven]

Oh, and the weirdest thing I ever found in my purse? A contact.

Now that wouldn't normally be considered weird, except that I found it in my purse while sitting in my bedroom in MN. I *lost* the contact while on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disney World in Florida!

 

[NoseyChickens]

I carry a pretty big purse. But all I have in there is my wallet, my kindle, my keys, and my husbands lactaid pills. That's it. Well and if I have spent the day shopping, reciepts.

 

[Tala]

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My road is too curvy and I drive too fast (ok, like 35 is fast on that road) so when I tried the eggs in the passenger seat they always rolled over and fell off on the door side, cracking.....
believe it or not, my jacket pocket is safer as long as I remember to take them out as soon as I get home

 

[HarlansHollowFarms]

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The rest of you sound like you carry a suitcase along with carry on (pockets).

How many of you have back problems because of the disproportionate weight distribution?

 

[newfoundland]

It is very possible to develop back problems from carrying heavy bags. To me a purse is a wallet and the bag is a handbag, even if it is a shoulder bag. Many schools in UK have no or few lockers and this means the children tote all their worldly goods around in rucksacks over one shoulder. Anyone who has ever tried to use public transport at four in the afternoon will understand the dangers of these enormous backpacks, hefted so alarmingly over those undeveloped little shoulders. My son, many years ago failed to turn up at home after school, a short walk away. As the light began to fail, I set out to find him. There, in the gathering gloom, on the pavement, or sidewalk, I saw what i took to be a beached turtle, laying on it's back, legs waiving helplessly in the air. Not a common sight in suburban England! As I approached I realised it was said son, beached by the weight of his enormous rucksack. Normally, by leaning forward, almost to a 45 degree angle, his small body weight was able to counterbalance the huge rucksack that dwarfed him, but an ill timed effort to adjust his position upright, had resulted in the inevitable backwards fall. The tightness of the straps prevented him from releasing himself. He was eight years old at the time, and I never did discover why it was essential that he had a Latin dictionary, and the complete works of Will Shakespeare about his person the whole time, to name but a few! Still, no harm done Happy Days!!!

 

[RareBreedFancier]

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Hmmm... if I had to pick one thing...

Reaching in, fishing for a pen "What the heck is THAT?!?!" That would be a double sided hoof knife.
Wonder if that counts as a concealed weapon...

Don't even ask me what it was doing in there. I'm sure it was for a good reason.

Sooooo glad I didn't have to try and explain why I was carrying it around to the cops!

Newfoundland, your poor son! I can't believe no one saw him and helped him up.

They sure do have kids carrying bags way to heavy for them.

 

[booker81]

Another no purse person, but I do drive DH insane with what is either in my pockets, in my car, or neither.

For instance, my proof of insurance is not in my truck, it's in my drawer at work. I'm on my second (and last) week of disability, so it's staying there. It's been there for a couple months.

In my pockets, I have my drivers license, debit card and insurance card always. I usually have loose change, papers, and whatnot. In my hunting jacket, I have random pretty rocks, sticks, and things that catch my eye.

The truck is a death trap. I carry a toolbox, gum, receipts, more than a few petrified McD's fries and nuggets, crackers, and other toddler stuff, a hunting knife, my hunting overalls, a pair of crutches, my gun bag with various shells and bullets (no gun), ummm...2 giant mag lights, a head lamp, a couple half full quarts of oil, an almost empty bottle of windshield washer fluid, and stamps. I keep the keys in the ignition at home so I don't lose them, but do lock it and take the keys in with me when I work.

Come to think of it, I'm not sure if my registration is in there either. I think that's at work too. I also loose my drivers license about every two years. I follow traffic laws to a T and really pay attention to my surroundings, since I usually am not carrying the stuff I should be (though all reg, ins, and license is paid and kept to date).