Who Controlling the Purse?

Consider women's most prized of all accessories: The Purse

What is with purses? What magical property do they hold on us that causes a person

to spend their last dime to find the ONE!

How many purses do you own?

How many leather (or pleather) do you have?

How many summer bags, fall bags, spring, winter purses do you have?

Why, when we finally obtain that perfect purse, do we use it until it's nothing but a thin shell of itself, leaving a trail of change, from the hole in the stitching, behind for Hansel and Gretal to find their way home?

And when it is time to replace 'Perfection' the style can no longer be found? Yes, it's been a year and a half since you first bought it, but it was perfect! How could they no longer make this design? Who is making these decisions? Who do I write to?

So begins the long journey of finding a replacement purse. This process takes months. Through careful examinations, preliminary purchases and random samplings.

We start at all the regular stops; K Mart, Walmart, Target, and Kohl's walk up and down the three, maybe four, aisles of current offerings. Going back over and over to re-look at that black pleather one with the cool snaps and many internal pockets or that smart red one in the second aisle, no wait, that color will not go with anything... damn. It's too hot for black pleather, it may melt in the car.

Okay, it's summer, let's be daring...let's get the brown and white 'cloth' purse for the summer..no wait, let's get the green and white cloth one too, in case we want to match an outfit.

The purchase is made. Our treasures are placed in the car. We cannot wait to get home so we can empty out old raggedy 'perfection' and toss it in the trash. We quickly enter the house and empty the bags, grabbing the brown and white cloth purse and, no wait, there's no pockets inside, it's one big giant hole! I can't use this!

The collection is added to.

The search continues.