My first reaction is who the heck cares? I don't. We all have the same stuff in our purses. Phone, wallet, lip stuff, keys. Purse stuff. Duh.
However, I was cleaning today.
It has been a looooong time since I've done any organizing in our computer room. There is junk all over the place. So after I worked out today (if you can even call it that. My workouts are still lame, thanks to Ingrid's foot that refuses to kick the cast) I came home and got to work on the computer room. In the closet, I keep my extra purses, bathing suits, and winter accessories. Closet space is seriously lacking in our bedroom, so I use all of them. You know why? Because I can. That is why.
I got a new purse recently and needed to put my old one in my box of bags that I have. I seriously have it labeled "Handbags: Coach, Maxximum" like I don't freaking know what I have in there. I'm so weird sometimes. So I start digging through the box and I find the most annoying thing in the world. This is what happens. When I switch purses, I take the stuff out that I need, the necessities, and I leave all the other junk in it. Seriously. Here is where it's about to get real.
I found all of this in four purses. FOUR.
Let us take a closer look, shall we?
- Empty bottle of Aveeno hand cream.
- Generic bottle of Pain Reliever with seven tablets left inside.
- My PetSmart PetPerks card. (Obviously, I use that.)
- Benadryl, for that occasional allergic reaction.(You never know.)
- One penny. Note: This is the only money I found in all of this. I'm so cheap.
- An empty mint wrapper.
- Three watch links that I had a jeweler remove.
- A miniature pink Roxy flip flop.
- One hair elastic.
- A pink foam heart with my name written on it.
- An empty eye drop bottle.
- Hand sanitizer holder.
- Hand sanitizer.
- Thirteen bobby pins.
- Two panty liners.
- Rave Motion Pictures gift card.
- Applebees gift card.
- Reminders of my eye appointment scheduled for April 23, 2009 at 8:40am. And my glasses and contacts prescriptions. (Funny story. I actually remember that I cancelled this appointment because I had just started my job two weeks prior and I didn't know how they would act about me taking time off. Oh, how things have changed.)
- Jolly Rancher wrapper. Considering my favorite flavor, I would say this was probably a grape wrapper.
- Every single card my esthetician, Jennifer, ever gave me. I seriously have three different styles of her business card. If you like my eyebrows, let me know. I can spare a card to give you.
- A business card of Brett from Wendy's Bridal. I specifically remember Brett being female.
- Movie tickets from Iron Man and The Dark Knight. Seriously. We saw a lot of movies in July 2008.
- Four pay stubs. One dating back to July 2005 from a law firm that is no longer is business.
- A receipt from when I ate at the Acme Bar for lunch on July 9, 2008. (I'm starting to think I'm just a hoarder in July.)
- A receipt from Walmart where I bought five Lean Cuisines, obviously a weeks worth of lunches. This was July 2008, before I learned to cook, and before I learned what sodium is.
- A receipt from Global Cellular from July 18, 2005 where I spent $21.19 on something that I cannot recall. At. All.
- A receipt from Bandido's in which I supposedly ate at on July 18, 2008. I hate Bandido's. With a capital HATE. I don't know why I ate there, or what I had, but I do not recall this.
- A receipt from July 19, 2008 when I took all of my bridesmaids out to lunch at Biaggi's. I remember that. I loooove their bread.
So yeah. What is in your old purses? If you know Kate, let her know she should do this as her next guest spot.
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LOL I do the same thing when I transfer purses. I recently went through mine too and found a TON of receipts, lip gloss, nail polish, business cards, oh man the list is pretty bad. Needless to say after that episode of mine I decided to clear out my purses when I change them now.
ReplyDeleteI just found you and now love you. I too have my hoarders purse with crazy items inside. I also have my hoarders nurse bag I carry to work and may need to have stocked in case I ever get stuck somewhere. Love your blog.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mama! We hoarders need to stick together!
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