I have three purses--the everyday one that's big enough to hold everything, including a book or two up to trade paperback size, and with a long enough strap that I can wear over my shoulder to be hands-free, a fancy clutch I almost never use, and a tiny cloth one in a sort of Indian patchwork that's just big enough to hold ID and money.
Fred: So you don't worry that it's possible for someone to send out a biological or electronic trigger that effectively overrides your own sense of ideals and values and replaces them with an alternative coercive agenda that reduces you to a mindless meat puppet? Shopkeeper: Wow. People used to think that I was paranoid.
'Time Bomb'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Susan W. - Jul 30, 2008 3:42:38 pm PDT #568 of 10003
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Sue - Jul 30, 2008 3:46:44 pm PDT #569 of 10003
hip deep in pie
I have a couple of purses I use regularly, but I use them interchangeably with totes and cloth bags depending on how much stuff I have. I never want to carry more than one bag. I have one little going out purse that gets used probably once every couple of months.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 30, 2008 3:49:54 pm PDT #570 of 10003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I carry a purse, a bag for my lunch and books and a laptop bag. I would love a purse big enough to replace the bag, but the one I have doesn't have straps long enough. I probably have about 20 bags, but I carry one at a time until I get bored and switch, although I would really prefer to have the energy to at least have the bag match my shoes.
amych - Jul 30, 2008 3:51:01 pm PDT #571 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I never carry a purse. I may have one stuffed in the back of a drawer somewhere.
I so fail at the girl thing.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 30, 2008 3:57:50 pm PDT #572 of 10003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
But...what do you put your stuff in?
amych - Jul 30, 2008 4:00:51 pm PDT #573 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Backpack/laptop bag, and pockets. Mostly, I find that I need to carry about a hundred times less than I assumed I did when I had a stuff-carrying-thing on me at all times.
juliana - Jul 30, 2008 4:01:13 pm PDT #574 of 10003
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
I don't carry a purse, unless I'm Dressed Fancy For An Event (which happens less often, now). For workdays, I have my black messenger bag with all of my crap in it, and I just put what I need into my jacket pockets otherwise.
Mind, I usually only carry my (small) wallet, cell phone, keys, and lip stuff. And maybe my iPod.
I do own... 4 purses. Two very fancy dress, one shaped like a corset, and one basic.
Theresa - Jul 30, 2008 4:01:53 pm PDT #575 of 10003
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
I so fail at the girl thing.
My Dad doesn't leave the house without his bag. He's dropped all pretense and calls it his man-purse. Says he doesn't know what he did with all his stuff before he carried one.
Tom Scola - Jul 30, 2008 4:04:42 pm PDT #576 of 10003
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
I keep looking at this man-purse, but there's no way I can justify the cost.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 30, 2008 4:06:57 pm PDT #577 of 10003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
As a skirt/dress wearer, I never seem to have pockets. Also, I have a tendancy to carry everything I may possibly ever need in case there is some sort of natural disater. Frankly, I would probably lug my cat and her food/litterbox around with me if it were practical.