I resisted buying a felted wool purse/tote last weekend. It was in the clearance section of a fancy store. there was no price on the purse, but my friend bought one that was marked down form $90 to $10. And now I regret it.

You know, I do have moments of seeing a woman with just the right purse and I think "Why don't I do that?" But even if I had the right purse, I don't know if I could be arsed to actually change them.

But Kat has some marvellous purses. I may also lack sufficient whimsy. My bags need to be practical first, if I'm to carry them two days in a row.

Which reminds of the time I was shoe-shopping with a friend and she tried on a pair of blue peep toe heels with white polka dots, and I told her the shoes were cuter than she was, and you should never do that. I didn't mean pretty-cute, I meant whimsy-cute. And I stand by that.

When my brows are done I like to dab light eyeshadow right on the bone where they cleaned up and I swear it makes me look grown up and stuff.

Speaking of which, I might be old, but not in any useful way. For some reason I've told the 17 year old instructor to wear her tiny pink krav shorts (pretty much this style) to class on Monday and I would too.

Tried them on, and didn't like how my legs looked. I never used to even care.

Yikes on the Lyme disease msbelle. You ticks better leave her alone!!!!

I buy probably one bag a year and that feels ridiculous to me.

Who are those women that are making up for me?

raises hand

But I buy most of them for cheap from thrift stores or eBay. And then epoxy sparkly bats or skull cameos to them.

I hope it's not Lyme, msbelle. It doesn't sound like Lyme, frankly - usually you get a ring-rash around the bite, not swelling. And you usually have to have the tick in for a long time to get Lyme. Was the bite somewhere you wouldn't have noticed a tick for 12 hours?

I don't really own a purse. Still. At pushing 35. I do have a regular tote bag, now, but it's canvas and green and pink and purple polka dots.

I do look at purses occasionally, but nothing that's been fashionable in the last 3-4 years has been interesting to me. I want plain and structured and old-fashioned, not buckles and ruching and hobo bags. Now, if somebody gave me a crocodile Kelly bag, I wouldn't say no.

I just can't deal with changing bags, so I only carry the one on a regular basis. And the current one is from Target, and perfectly meets my needs, so I guess I'm driving a Kia or something.

One of my favorite purses is a novelty and was a gift. It's a pair of 501 Levis. All the pockets and belt loops are there and it is hella convenient.

My grandmother made me one of those out of my old jeans! When I was little. It was AWESOME. I still have the pillow I made out of the leg(s), but the purse is gone.

I let it take a 30 minute nap, and it started again; but it ran down its charge again within 10 minutes.

Alternator?

I do have a ring rash. the red area has gotten bigger, not really swollen. Where this is there is NO WAY a tick was there for 12 hours.

I bought red and green purses a few years ago and when I wasn't overwhelmed with life I would switch out purses and actually make use of ones that match, but now I mostly carry a black one with white edging.

Alternator?

Oh, I hadn't thought of that one. Alas! More things on a car I am not qualified to fix myself. But I can look all smartastic when I interrogate the actual mechanics in the morning.

Re purses: leather always matches, preferably black leather. At least, I think so. No one looking at me would consider me a reliable source of fashion advice.