The Contents Of A Woman's Purse

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Exactly what are the contents in a woman's purse?

You see handbags everywhere, slung over ladies shoulders, clutched tightly in clenched hands, or sitting open in shopping carts waiting to be delved into. Women's purses are everywhere.

It seems like every woman has one. Some ladies even have a number of them so they can have one to match any outfit or season as deemed necessary. There are tiny little clutch purses and other handbags that are big enough to be suitcases! What items are these that women deem so necessary as to haul them about with them on a daily basis.

I'm sure that this is something that a lot of people would love to know....

Purse snatchers seem to think that these bags are valuable enough to risk their reputation and even their freedom for? But if a mugger thinks that he can simply snatch a purse, and run, well he is sadly mistaken. His job is one of the hardest on this planet. A lady will fight to the death to keep her handbag from going into his hands. Standerbys will come to defend her honor, to chase and trace the offenders footsteps, so he can be justly rewarded for his cowardly deeds. His footsteps are tracked by a train of people and anyone who can manage to shout loud enough for another bystander to hear will ensure that he does not get away with his ill gotten gains. A purse snatcher sits pretty far down the criminal ladder when it comes to respectibility.

So why? Why is it that a ladies purse is such a prized possession? Don't you ever have to just stop and wonder exactly what it is that these women are packing around with them?

So when I had the question, "What one item in your home is so treasured and so valued that it would be the one item that you would choose to rescue in the event of a fire?" recently asked of me. Well just as any rational female on the planet would do, I realized that I would grab my purse, and run. It is the one item that is always by my side and which I never leave home without.

So what is in my purse? Well we are about to find out. I am going to open my purse and allow it's contents to be inspected. Then you decide if my purse was indeed worthy of being the one item that I chose to take with me from my burning home....

Allow me to introduce to you my most valued possession - my purse. 

Of course I do own more valuable merchandise than this little leather bag,but not one single solitary item do I own that I value more highly than my purse, and all of the contents that it holds within it. Given the choice of only one item to save in the event of a house fire, then the one item that I would grab to take with me out of my burning home, would be my purse. It is the one item that is always close by my side.

Although this bag is actually one of about five purses that I own. It is the one that I currently lug all my "possessions that I can't live without" in.

My purse rarely leaves my side. Why? Well because it contains everything in it that I might need in case of emergency or that I would use throughout my day. It is the one item that I would take with me in the event of a fire or any other such emergency.

So what is in there....

So what is in a woman's purse? 

Before I even open my purse I find attached to the outside of it a hair clip. In the summer this hair clip is an absolute necessity to me. I have long hair, I live in a very warm climate, and when I am traveling I need to keep cool. I roll the car window down, clip up my air, and let the breeze from the open window cool me off.

By keeping the clip on my purse, rather than in my car, I insure that I always have it with me no matter who's vehicle I am riding in.

So what else does my bag hold....

In the front tiny exterior pocket I find..... 

My watch
1 tube of lip gloss
2 tubes of lip balm
4 tubes of lipstick (hmmmm?)
1 container of dental floss
A pair of nail clippers
2 handwritten notes to myself (one of which is long expired)
My keyring containing: My house key, my car key, my work key and a shopping cart charity coin. This little charity coin fits into the shopping carts at the local Superstore so I never have to worry about not having a Loonie in my bag. It cost two dollars and those monies were donated to children's charities.

Somehow I don't think that a purse snatcher is going to get much value from that charity coin, or really from any of the other contents of my bag, unless he wants to steal my little car that is.

Of course for me that pocket does have some value. As my house burns to the ground I can jump into my car and drive away. I will also have a months supply of lipstick, and I can floss my teeth, or clip my toe nails if the need arises. I will also still be able to access my workplace because that key is on my keyring. I'm sure my boss will be grateful for that news.

Of course I am a little surprised by the amount of lip care products in that little pocket. I didn't realize that I carried that large of amount of them around with me. Perhaps my purse snatcher will have dry lips or need to pretty his up with my wide variety of pink shaded lipsticks?

In the first large pocket of my purse I discover... 

1 moist towelette
5 latex free bandages
1 brush
1 comb
1 small bottle of my favorite perfume (Vanilla Fields)
1 very tiny eyebrow pencil
1 package of gum
1 tin of Barkley's green tea mints
1 calculator
A pill bottle filled with about 4 days worth of my assorted medications.
1 Salbutamol asthma inhaler
2 mini key tag reward cards
2 ladies sanitary pads
And a whole wad of kleenex.

This is my personal care pocket and contains just about everything that I would need for an overnight stay somewhere (just missing the toothbrush!). Within this pocket I am ready for virtually any emergency. I would even be able to calculate out the losses that I would be about to undergo in my current house fire because I have a tiny little calculator in my purse. It also comes in handy when shopping.

I guess a purse snatcher could make use of the bandaids?

But wait.... There is a hidden pocket in there..... 

Now within that large pocket is a tiny interior pocket where I keep the really important stuff. Within that pocket I find....

5 packages of matches (I don't smoke so these are just for emergency fires).
2 moist towelettes
9 bandaide brand bandaides
5 Life brand bandaides
1 note to myself concerning how to do something at work that I have trouble remembering.
My spare car key as well as an antique house key on a key ring.
Some collectible coins I have found in spare change and this includes: 2 quarters, 2 nickles, and one ten cent coin.

My spare car key is very valuable because I am constantly locking myself out of the car. Luckily I never go anywhere without my purse and I carry this spare key in my purse. The matches have also proved to come in handy for campfires, impromptu wiener roasts, the burning of rope ends, and other such emergency fire situations.

If I get a little cut I am well stocked in bandaides and can even wipe the wound clean first with the moist towelette.

My purse snatcher would have now realized the grand find of seventy cents and be well on his way to acquiring a coffee if he can just empty another pocket or two....

The mother lode.......The pocket that contains my wallet! 

So what do I find In this pocket....

My wallet ("Goodie goodie", says the purse snatcher).
A 6/49 lottery ticket holder with 2 lottery tickets in it that did not win.
A 2 year calendar planner.
1 dime
1 paperclip
3 pens
1 notepad
3 pens
2 tubes of lipstick (huh?)
5 assorted gas and grocery till slips
1 bank slip
1 expired coupon for Save On Foods.

Okay I am indeed surprised that I have discovered yet more lipstick, but otherwise this pocket is deemed my memo pocket. Here I can make notes and keep track of things that I must do each day. The dime needs to be placed in my wallet though...

Speaking of my wallet, it and knowing which lottery numbers I play on our local lottery will be the only items of importance in this pocket to our local purse snatcher.

Ah! The Coveted Wallet......My Worldly Riches......... 

I can see purse snatchers around the world anxiously drooling as they wait to see the oh so amazing riches that I carry with me.

I find in my wallet and discard very shortly after taking these pictures.... 

A note with a name on it of a woman who's name I can never remember

5 assorted grocery and gas till slips

4 old bank slips

1 expired coupon for Toilet Paper.

So what else Is In My Wallet? 

Well within my wallet I find....

A note with Paul's cell number on it. In case of emergency who you gonna call, certainly not ghost busters, I call on my very own personal Superman.

13 Reward Program Cards (Holy Moly!)
2 Video store cards
4 Library cards (all to different libraries).
1 swimming pool identity card
2 of my store business cards
1 Bank card
1 Credit card
1 Medical card
1 Blue Cross card
1 Drivers License

My vaccination record (You would think I was a pet on the way to the vet?)

A card which lists the type of inks that my printer takes - too bad my printer burned up in the fire or I could have used this.

For money I unload:
1 twenty dollar bill
1 two dollar coin
1 one dollar coin
11 quarters
3 nickles
13 pennies

A grand total of $26.03

My medical card, drivers license, and Paul's cell number would definitely come in handy in the event of a fire. So would the money as I could buy a couple meals and a coffee.

From my wallet the local purse snatcher would have the benefit of a whopping $26.03, my bank card, and my credit card. My bank card would be virtually worthless without my pin number and my credit card has a distinct limit on it.

My important identification such as my birth certificate and S.I.N. would have burned up in the house fire as I do not carry them with me.

Oh, and to purse snatchers everywhere.... 

If I were you I would get a new hobby, if this is the best booty that you can bring in, you would be much further ahead working at McDonalds.

So was my purse worth saving or should I have grabbed my favorite pictures? 

My treasure chest is emptied and now you know the kind of stuff that comprises the contents of a woman's purse. But was it worthy of being the one item that I would rescue from my burning home?

After all I do kind of like my two favorite pictures........

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