Ladies, what "weird" thing do you carry in your purse?

Purses of all types - purses and more purses
United States
January 10, 2007 8:57pm CST
I've seen some very odd stuff in a woman's purse before. One time I had a hand style can opener in mine, that actually came in handy one day, but it was there because we were packing up the kitchen and I found it and tossed it into my purse. What odd things have you had or do you have in your purse?
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• United States
11 Jan 07
As a Mother and Nana, I have to clean out my everyday purse at least twice a week. most of the time you will find toys, a zip lock bag with a wet washcloth in it, a screwdriver, because the backseat door gets stuck in child mode, snacks, fortune cookies from last weeks adult dinner, half eaten suckers, among all of my things, cell phone, wallet, lipstick,sunglasses. We are such a treat to stand behind in the check out lane at Wal-mart as Nana digs and roots for her wallet to pay :)))
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• United States
11 Jan 07
LOL... I completely understand as a mother of 3!
@kishchun (497)
• Oman
14 Jan 07
mine is quite big - the one i carry to work and when i go on my own or with my son, driving. it has all kinds of things - chocolates,candies, napkins, my emergency sanitary pad, some paracetamol, money of course, my driving license,some make up aids like a compact, comb and lipstick, telephone bills, some letters from my son who is now in a boarding school, mom's photo and my son's too - because am away from them now, and so on...
@onesiobhan (1327)
• Canada
14 Jan 07
Don't carry a purse at all. I do carry a knapsack though. My regular items are; notebook, novel, pens, lunch, manicure set, coupons. painkillers, asthma meds, chequebook and phone. I guess the weirdest item would be all the suppliments I have tucked in there - oil of oregano, grape seed extract, garlic oil and CoQ10.
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• United States
15 Jan 07
LOL.. you sound like a walking chef!
• United States
14 Jan 07
Probably the weirdest thing in my purse (at least to anyone who doesn't know me and my group really well) is my dicebag. I have a d small brown drawstring bag containing several dice of different faces. Two are your basic 6-sided dice with dots, but there's also a 20-sided die, a 10-sided die, an 8-sided die, and a 4-sided die. They're for various role playing games (such as Dungeons & Dragons). I LOVE roleplaying games, so I carry my bag of dice all over the place. They're also helpful in making decisions--I have a tendency to run into a minor problem deciding what I want to eat when we go to a resturant. So I pick a small number of things I think sound good, and roll and appopriate die. It's like flipping a coin, except you get more choices.
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@azriel (2107)
• Philippines
15 Jan 07
oopps sorry, typo. it should have been dice.
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• Philippines
16 Jan 07
this is really weird! and this thing is a little secret of mine but i'll share it anyway! i carry a "toothpick"! yeah a toothpick. i hate it when food stuck in my teeth. so if it happens, i just go to the ladies room and out the thing out of my teeth!
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• United States
16 Jan 07
lol.. not so weird I've seen people carry those plastic floss/toothpicks in their purses so you're not too weird!
@cielwin (22)
• Philippines
16 Jan 07
i don't think this is weird, but is bringing a Shaver odd? I don't know ,why do i keep on bringing my shaver to think that i won't be using it at work.
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• United States
17 Jan 07
LOL.... shaver.. weird Not sure when you would use it? Do you get sudden bursts of hair growth or something? LOL I agree, this would qualify as a "weird" item!
@Jellen (1852)
• United States
12 Jan 07
My purse is my brain. If I want to be sure not to forget something - even two days in the future, I stash it in my purse. So anything can show up in my purse and probably has. I've carried snacks, lists, cosmetics, flowers - you name it, I might have carried it.
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• United States
14 Jan 07
I carry makeup, my wallet with ID's and pics of familia and homegirls, my cellphone and anything else small that may need to be carried later on.
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@suscan (1955)
• United States
15 Jan 07
I tend to keep stuff in my purse,I am better then I used to be. One day I had to go to the courthouse to research a document. When they x rayed my purse they said you have scissors in your purse, Well I could see them,but I had a heck of a time finding them because I had so much stuff in my purse. The male sheriff thought it was pretty funny. My face was very red.
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@imadriscoll (2228)
• United States
15 Jan 07
Well, the weirdest thing in my purse is lip gloss ... It's actually not mine, it's my son's! He's only one year old and it occupies him during church, in lines and other times, especially when he gets tired.
@suedarr (2382)
• Canada
15 Jan 07
I have lots of weird stuff in my purse. Usually things the kid asks me to hang on to for her. Right now there are three rocks and one feather she picked up on our walk yesterday. Cheers!
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@design (849)
• Ireland
15 Jan 07
These days I don't carry one due to struggling to carry my 13 mt old son and I really don't miss the clutter-ness of a hand bag. But my last bag was full of just about everything, a nappy, few small toys, make up, phone, and the mountains of receipts and bits of junk. Don't miss it.
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@wmaharper (2316)
• United States
15 Jan 07
Well I always have baby stuff in my purse. I think I have an aspirator in there right now. and I usually have a little toy car for my son in there
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• United States
15 Jan 07
the weird thing that i carry in my purse is a TI-83 calculater because i am a chemistry major find it safe to put that calculator in my purse instead of my book bag.
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@myjewel (268)
• Philippines
16 Jan 07
a bandage tape. they think i'm crazy for having one in my purse but then i studied medicine that is why it comes in so handy lol!
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@Brooke3 (610)
14 Jan 07
I carry some crystals. i get panic attacks so I carrya crystal that helps to calm me down and i'm always finding various other crystals in there that I was using for specific purposes and then forgot about.
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@pookie92 (1714)
• United States
12 Jan 07
LOL, I like your topic, it is very original! I am chuckling to myself thinking of your can opener. Was it the bottle opener type or a real can opener, the kind that you twist and it goes around the can?? Lemme see, I don't carry a purse, but for a while I carried a rusty bolt in my pocket, and 12 cents. I have a metal detector and found these treasures.
@emeraldisle (13139)
• United States
12 Jan 07
I would say the weirdest thing I have in my purse would be a tube of Bengay or the generic version of it. Of course my purse is often mistaken for a pharmacy with different OTC medications in it, pain meds, sinus, allergy, you name it it's in there. Sad I know but those are the odd things that weigh my purse down.
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@azriel (2107)
• Philippines
13 Jan 07
well, ive got a lot of odd stuffs in my bag... that's right, i carry a bag, not a purse! purse is just too small to carry all my stuffs.. aside from my usual kits and caboodles i always carry my BIG cutter with me, a nail cutter, swiss knife, rubber bands, safety pins, extra batteries..
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• Philippines
12 Jan 07
Im carrying a lip gloss in my purse. like what my niece doing.....because I cant live the house without my lipgloss
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• United States
14 Jan 07
I don't think I really carry anything weird in my purse. Generally, I only carry what I need in my purse..nothing out of the oridnary for me.
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