Monday, February 23, 2009

Let's make a deal

Yesterday I decided to go purseless and just use a diaper bag from now on. So I started the daunting task of emptying my purse and stuffing it all in a diaper bag. After seeing everything I had in my purse, I was kind of wishing I could have been on the Let's Make a Deal gameshow. Remember how at the end of the show the host would walk up to random audience members and offer them $100 for every ____ they had? (Like pennies or paperclips, etc.) Here's a sampling of what I found.

2 bottles of hand sanitizer
2 sewing kits
2 bottles of lotion
3 tubes of chapstick
1 footie nylon
Nail file, wet wipe from KFC, 1 dried out wet wipe from an airline, about 100 receipts and rewards cards from various businesses, partially eaten bag of M&Ms, wrappers galore, gum, various toys I was "holding" for the girls, etc.

And I found out the real reason it felt like I was carting around rocks - I was!! There were 2 polished rocks that must have fallen out of the souvenir bag we bought for E&E on our anniversary!

Steve wondered if I'd stolen Mary Poppins handbag. We'll see how I do with my "Diapurse" as I'm calling it!

5 comments:

Mom G said...

What fun! You are your mother's daughter! I was the "carrier" for everyone too. I actually don't feel right if my left arm isn't weighted down by my purse. Too late for me to try the diapurse! But on Sundays, I still manage to fill that big bag with the photos on it that you gave me. Women are bag ladies!

Sandra said...

I'm with you! Even with a "small" purse, I can never find anything in it! It's amazing how those Mary Poppins moments come to all of us!

Paige said...

That's so funny. I'm sure my purse is the same way--I'm scared to look!

The Gibsons said...

I have never had a purse and diaper bag. I am surprised you lasted this long. When I clean out my purse too I can't believe all the junk that is in it. Enjoy being purse less.

LJ said...

How creative! It sounds like my purse- it's a black hole in there and you never know what you'll find. I agree- the simpler the better.