saturday's filing cabinet contents : what's in your purse?

while having a good laugh while reading this entry at Dr.Grumpy in the House, i came across ,The Life of a Suburban Princess in the comment section. Dr. Grumpy's staff dealt with a pharma rep in grand style.

Princess asks her readers, "What's in your purse?". Then proceeds to list her items in her purse.

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I thought about how i always call my purse a "filing cabinet", because over the last several years it has appeared like one. cleaning out my purse can end up appearing like a time capsule, and the paperwork is nearly always bad karma stuff.

a few months ago, i cleaned out the center part of the purse that i had noticed contained the january 08 funeral paperwork from my dad's funeral, the business cards from the FAA, you know, those things that you need to just put somewhere else, not the purse, but somehow removing them becomes a closure of sort.

women and purses have such history. we don't leave without one, fear losing one, want new ones, love the scent of new leather, love cute and trendy ones, always own a standard lawyer's office or funeral one. we all have a favorite purse.

when i was in my teens and early 20's i changed purses with outfits, had cute purses, you know life has changed when you drag the old filing cabinet with you everywhere you go and wonder why it feels so heavy, when all you have in there is your ID, key chain and cell phone.

today's content of my purse

looking in the purse as i type, who knows what is on the bottom, maybe i'll look later

cell phone
wallet
3 mini candy bars i'm taking to my daughter today
police officer's business card from the night he found my daughter
key chain
mint tic tacs
notepad
pen
several documents given to me by the MHP who committed my daughter
the previous week's discharge paperwork of my daughter's
the court order my daughter was given to reside safely at her care facility
the MHP's paperwork from the ER revoking her court order, committing her again
tampons
my ticket stub from the 'no doubt' concert one of my daughter's took me to
the famous standing order for a monthly blood draw for my daughter's clozaril
the ER admit form i had to sign for my daughter when police took her there
package of ponytail holders
local take out pizza menu
kleenex
burt's bees lip gloss
i wondered where that checkbook was
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there's more, but you get the idea. i need a life.

what's in your purse, wallet or backpack?