{Backpack/purse/wallet problems}

Ok ladies, this post is for you.

I remember back when I started middle school I noticed on the first day of school that ALL of the girls [ok, probably not ALL of them, but when you're 11 everything is exaggerated] were carrying purses. I NEEDED a purse because I was all grown up and in middle school now. I remember going to the store with my mom to pick out a purse. I selected a little light blue Mudd purse. It is that one on the left in the picture [I can't believe I found an exact picture of the purse! Amazing!]. Please don't laugh, it was perfect for my little 11 year old self.


After getting home I could NOT think of what to put in the purse...nothing. I looked through my mom's purse to get ideas ....wallet - didn't have one, checkbook - didn't have one, lipstick - didn't wear any, calculator - why?!, cellphone - didn't have one, tissues - why?!, and the list continued. I settled for sparkley lip gloss and a couple of my favorite gel pens.

Let's be honest, I was not a good purse type of person. I left that thing in class so many times it was unbelievable. As I grew up I learned the valuableness of a purse and once I started to acquire things that I needed to have on me at all times namely phone, keys, wallet, etc... then I become much more of a "purse person."

Throughout high school I carried my purse [don't worry, I went shopping and got me a few good hand bags] around everywhere. EVERYWHERE [NOT an exaggeration]. If family was going out to dinner well then I needed to bring my purse. Why? No idea. I wasn't paying, I didn't need to drive, and I didn't need to bring all that junk. Oh well that's what I did.

Then I went to college. My first day of classes I loaded up my backpack and purse, as I did in high school, and left for my classes. NOT A SOUL [ok, that's probably an exaggeration, but when it's your first day of college everything is exaggerated] was carrying a purse. That night I went to my dorm and loaded everything from my purse to my backpack. I stuck my wallet, keys, tissues [I know..], phone, chapstick, everything into the backpack.

I am now currently out of the habit of carrying a purse. I do not like to do it. Sometimes if I'm going to the store I will throw my wallet, phone, and keys into a little purse that I have and drive off but then the next morning I forget to put my wallet back in the backpack and then I end up on campus without my student ID card so I can't print anything, no money so I can't buy any food, and no keys so I'm locked out of my house. It's ridiculous.

I have become such a non-purse person that I will frequently just carry my drivers license and my credit card in my pocket and carry my phone and keys whenever I need to go somewhere. You know what happens then? Lost drivers license and credit cards floating around your house or the laundry room that you hopefully find [I always have... just found my student ID last night after 2 weeks of it being missing... in my workout pants].

Since I have been married it's been worse. If Husband and I go out I will carry NOTHING [NOT an exaggeration] on me. Nope. No way. He's the man. He has a wallet. He has keys. He has a phone. I will not bring anything.

I hate it. I can never find any of my "essentials" [wallet, keys, phone, chapstick...that's all I ever really need] anywhere because I keep shuffling them from backpack, small purse, church purse, and pant pockets. It's insane. I don't know what to do about it.
Oh! Yes I do! I'll graduate in April and then just leave all of that stuff in my purse and I won't need to shuffle it. Brilliant. I will probably have to become a purse person again.

[please tell me I am not the only one. kthanksbye.]