What's in your purse?

In an effort to document more of my life than just the noteworthy events I have decided to focus a few posts on the stories behind the mundane. So bear with me. This could go very well or it could be incredibly boring. In the next several weeks I am going to pick 5 spots and talk about the stuff inside. The stuff that maybe in a few years down the road will make me laugh, cringe or just be grateful I took the time to document it. And if this sounds interesting to you, come join me. I would love to get the inside scoop on you as well!

I thought I would first start out with my purse. Every woman has a purse and everything in her purse is there for a reason and has a story behind it.



Let's just start with the purse itself. I bought this purse about a year and a half ago in Beijing, China while I was there with my good friend on a shopping trip. I LOVE plaid. Anything made of plaid always grabs my attention. The moment I saw this purse I knew it was mine. What my friend and I have learned since our big shopping trip is that the quality of the items bought varied. Some have held up remarkably well and others fell apart within minutes of use. Luckily this purse is of the former quality. I take it everywhere and stuff it full of everything imaginable and it still looks great. It was well worth the $25 I paid for it. A definite great knock-off.



Here's all the crap that I dumped out. Actually I think I did a quick cleaning a few days ago, because I usually have a lot more stuff than this. But I will work with what I've got.



I continually have a varied assortment of dried snacks for Chase to nibble on. I found that the plastic food containers are the perfect size for Cheerio storage. Just enough to keep him happy for a few minutes at a time.



What is missing? The wipes. I'm not sure why they aren't in my purse or where they actually disappeared to. I'd better go find some and add them to the pile lest I end up in a public bathroom with a blow out on my hands and nothing to clean it up. That would definitely put me in a rotten mood.

What is funny is when I just had Taylor I had a huge and I mean huge diaper bag/backpack that I hauled around with me. I had enough stuff in there for him and 10 other kids. Any disaster and I was ready for it. Now all I have is a beat up old diaper, 1 toy and some snack food. Poor Chasey!



I was blessed or cursed whatever way you look at it with my mom's small forehead and thick hair that continually falls foreward. That, combined with that fact that I can't stand hair in my face or even close to my face is why I always have some sort of hair accessory with me. I'm surprised I don't have an entire collection in there. If I didn't pin it back I'm pretty certain I would look like this minus the wave.



Well this is no surprise. Legos



If you can't tell what in the world this is I will tell you - dried cheese. I was at a lighting store the other day and I brought these along to feed to Chase while I was there. I think most of them ended up in my purse and in his car seat.



My kids will do just about anything for gum. They are absolutely obsessed with the stuff. They will pick gum over any other candy. My favorite is Orbitz bubblemint. If they know I have some they will not stop hounding me until it is all gone.



These candy wrappers are from 2 outings. One was from the lighting store previously mentioned. I bought some Starburst for Owen to eat while I was there. I specifically bought him this kind of candy because he likes to open each one by himself. It also takes him some time because he can't figure out how to open them neatly. He rips off tiny pieces. My purse turns into his trash can.

The other wrappers are Dum Dum pops. We were at another store and he spotted these on the table, ate one, looked to me for permission and then ate another. Hey he kept quiet the whole time. It was worth it!

Now all you ladies out there are probably wondering if I have purposely left out the unmentionables that are always in our purses. No I haven't. I bought this purse literally days before I found out I was pregnant with Chasey and have not had need of an unmentionable since. That is the beauty of nursing!

So do tell me, what is in your purse? And more importantly what are the stories behind the stuff?