Sunday, September 2, 2012

Weight Lifting or Carrying a Handbag?

After reading a blog post about the inventory of one woman's handbag by Tales from a Cafe' Chick, I felt compelled to weigh my own bag and also was reminded I need to clean out the beast.  Like Cafe' Chick, I too feel as if I may be swallowed by my bag while searching for that one important item. 

Just the other day I was out shopping, I used my debit card at one store and returned it to my purse.  Thirty minutes later, I was at the next store buying some more cute clothes when at the register, I was unable to locate my debit card.  I checked with my gift cards, in my open wallet, my smaller change purse, the pockets, the clumps of receipts... my card was no where to be found!!!  I pulled out the credit card that I could find, paid for my items and went to my car to tear apart my disaster bag and successfully found the card I thought my bag had eaten.

So as I sit here and procrastinate my day away, I weighed my purse.  It weighs 5.7 lbs!!!!  A sack of flour or potatoes weigh 5 lbs, a half gallon of milk only weighs 4, new born babies could weigh 5.7lbs, but we are talking about my purse!!!  Something I primarily use to carry keys, a phone and a wallet (which I really only need a card or two).  I asked myself how on earth did I go from the girl who carried the mini bag, to a mid sized, and now a bigger bag carrier?  I know plenty of women who carry bigger bags, and in addition to my handbag, I do carry a work bag, for things like my umbrella, school books, lunch extra pens etc.  But the amount of time I carry that is minimal.  What could be in a 5.7lb bag?  How important are these items?  Do I really need them all?

INVENTORY:
  •  Inhaler
  • bean-o
  • deodorant
  • pack of gum
  • tube of lipstick
  • wisp (for clean teeth)
  • floss card
  • listerine strips
  • pocket mirror
  • chap stick
  • hand cream
  • 4 glass wipes
  •  2 alcohol swabs
  • nail file
  • vision case (eyeglasses in case, contacts, contact case, travel sized contact solution)
  • hair ties (12    
  • 2 work badge lanyards (Coach)
  • 11 quarters
  • change purse
  • 8 band aids
  • check book
  • wallet
  • expired coupons
  • 6 store gift card
  • 6 current coupon cards
  • wallet (which carries too many store discount cards)
  • store flyer
  • 3 previous to do lists
  • pen
  • school photos of the girls
  • far too many store receipts to count.
YIKES!!!!  I can't live without carrying any of these things, well besides the expired coupons, lists and receipts..  How about you?  What do you carry?  Can you live with a lighter bag?

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