Mayor ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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.
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.
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.
I keep looking at this man-purse, but there's no way I can justify the cost.
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.
I'd prefer that manbag to an actual purse. But I can't to the cross the body straps anymore, they kill my neck and shoulders.
I have a messenger bag in addition to my purse, and I carry it to work every day, too, because the purse only has room enough for one book, and I usually take at least two books and a notebook with me.
When I had a smaller wallet, I didn't do purses. The current wallet is easy to access, but doesn't fit in pockets. And if I'm carrying groceries or whatever in, I need both hands.
there's no way I can justify the cost
Oh, there is always a way. Especially if it looks like that.
Well, I bought two bags on the way home, one black and one brown. Now I want to switch the black one for the same model as the brown, because it's a little bigger, but I'll sleep on that decision.
I have enough outfits with no or small pockets that no bag would never be an option. It would be nice to have one big enough for a paperback, but it's just a shade too small once you have the camera and blackberry in there as well as my phone.
As a skirt/dress wearer, I never seem to have pockets.
This is why I wear jackets all the time. Admittedly, I'm helped in this by SF's mild weather.