My "purse" my anchor.

Earlier today rachel115 talked about the contents of her purse. It amused me how we've both chided our moms and aunts about their overburdened purses, only to find that now we, too, are hauling around any and every thing that can be stuffed into them. My mom used to carry a purse that was so heavy I used to think it could probably anchor some Navy ships -- the SS Mother Load.

 This led me, of course, to look into my own "purse" and see what we could see.

I sound like a fortune teller -- see what we could see. I do tend to regard my bag as the wishing well though.

"I wish I could find my keys."
"I wish I had some change stuck somewhere in one of these pockets."
"I wish somebody else's money-filled wallet would fall in here accidentally."

This topic reminds me of Queen Elizabeth's purse and how people are constantly mystified as to what could possibly be in it. Me myself, I think she's packing a wee piece of heat, lol, her favorite lipstick, a gilded handkerchief and a mirror -- well the mirror's prolly built into the flap part. I love how people are like, "Maybe she carries a couple of dollars or something." I doubt that as hello - she can just be like, "I'm ON the money! Why would one even bother to carry it?"

Anyways, here's what's in my purse today --
1. Day planner
2. Moleskin pocket journal
3. Four blue pens -- all different kinds with varying tips and ink because you never can tell ... some things call for a fine point, while other things are good enough for the ol' Bic.
4. Tissue.
5. Hair ties and clips
6. Hand lotion 
7. My anytime, anyplace chapstick and lip gloss -- not to be confused with the ones in the makeup bag
8. Keys
9. Wallet -- that frankly appears to be holding one too many cards -- I got my grocery cards (and I really have too many of those), health insurance cards, my mama's health insurance cards, library, Kinko's, Sam's, Blockbuster (Like, is that place still open?), and a gas card that I don't use because the monthly balance horrifies me more than a single price at the pump does.
10. Work access card
11. Calculator
12. New Yorker Journal
13. Rachel's resumes
14. Makeup bag: complete with compact, more lip gloss, eye drops, concealer and blotting papers.
15. Coupon from Michael's, to be used for purchasing paint.
16. Ad for the holiday craft fair at a local mansion.
17. Mapquest directions to A.C. Moore
18. Vitamins
19. Random cds that are most certainly scratched into oblivion by now because I totally forgot they were in there.
20. Mail
21. Business cards from various car salespeople -- particularly the one that didn't offer their services because I guess they didn't think I would/could buy a car and now won't stop bloody calling me! Gracious.
22. Eyeglass case

All that and I am very proud to say that there's no lint. I feel that's something.