Organization is this year’s resolution, and I’ve been good – very good. My closet is still a stellar example of color coordinated neatness, and with my latest retail therapy relapse, it’s also full of many things blue. Along with the blue and new shoes, I also purchased a strapping new handbag. A handbag so glorious it shames all others.
This is where the organization comes in: moving crap from old handbag to new handbag. Unfortunately, I’ve played this game for about nine bags now, leaving behind the useless crap and moving only the really important crap like lip gloss and tweezers.
So today, instead of running, I spent much of my day de-crapping my handbags. And it wasn’t pretty; in fact it was downright embarrassing. I’m surprised I didn’t find any dead rodents amongst the forgotten pens and trillion receipts.
However, on the bright side, I also found many useful things: 2 tubes of toothpaste, 13 tampons, a laptop and $47.00. You just can’t have too many extra tampons. And tucked into the side pocket of one handbag was an unfamiliar note labeled “private” on the outside. The kind of private which meant I had to open it immediately.
I’m not quite sure how I should feel about this. It really is adorable, but don’t crushes start around age 30?
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Lip gloss–YES!
Secret crush? It’s time….and who could blame him?
WOw! And I thought I was bad with purses. Looks like your bags were getting bigger and bigger where mine are getting smaller and smaller.
My purses always look so dead after I empty them I almost think I should have a funeral.
i really, really have to post a pic of my closet.
your head will spin around.
i need to hire you!
i don’t have any handbags though.
I totally do the SAME thing with my purses! And I ALWAYS find many, many tampons left behind. Too funny!
I think you could make a lot of money as a professional organizer, you can start with my coworkers desk – at least we think there is a desk under that mess somewhere
Who wouldn’t have a crush on Kenza? At least he gave her numerology numbers (??) and not a phone number.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who leaves misc items in her old purses…of course, I never find money in mine. Very cute about the crush…I think they start pretty young these days. Yesterday, my 2-year old told me she liked a boy at school! WTH?
That looks just like my handwriting, but I used to use the “Check Yes or No” options. Now that I think about it, I never did get a “Yes”, but I got “No” with usually something like “Are you crazy?” written beside it.
I don’t get how a note for Kenza ended up in your handbag, but I think I know now: Her secret crush is only using her to get to her mum.
i freak out when i see the gritty crap in the bottom of a purse. what did i have that disintegrated? and i can’t touch it. it’s gross. that’s what the vacuum is for. that you did that all in one hit would have sent me to the couch. and the tampons? sacrificed! yech!
and the toothbrush!!?? it’ll have grit and hair. you’re a brave wummun.
A laptop?! LAPTOP????
I think the note is adorable. I hope he got an 8. Unless 6, 2, o 4 are better.
this was one of your funniest yet Susan. not many other blogs make me laugh out loud so often. thanks.
I read in one of your posts that you collect Sid Dickens. Do you still collect them? Would you like to sell them?
Oh! Is great to found me!
Where is that glorious blue bag???
So, this blogger took you out also? mmmm
I’m amazed. How did you get those contents to look so messy? Please put them back in perfectly sorted colours.
Poor Kenza – no name and a dodgy phone number!
At least he can spell. He had better work on his phone# or address tho…
Your handbag fetish matches my daughters. You would be great friends…:-)