On today's episode of 'What's in my Purse?'  

secret_lade 49F
14388 posts
5/9/2020 4:54 am
On today's episode of 'What's in my Purse?'


I ate lunch in my office yesterday, something I rarely do.

Because of the social distancing guideline, only six people at a time can be in the break room at any given point and there were already eight people in there. I would have made .

The problem with being in my office on a break is that I feel I should be working in some way simply because I'm in my office.

So, I cleaned my purse.

In it I had $4.49 in loose change. I had one black sock, a strip of Swipe-Its (glass cleaning wipes), envelopes with the stubs from months worth of car payments, a blue Jolly Rancher that looked like it had gone down with the Titanic, and a myriad of hair ties. There were postage stamps in different pockets of my purse, receipts from the movie theater from 2 years ago, and about 15 different lip glosses in the side zip pocket. I really only ever wear one of them, and now never because of the stupid mas

For the life of , I can't figure out how I ended up with a Jolly Rancher in my purse....

secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
5/11/2020 3:49 pm

    Quoting 69ereatwetpussy:
    Good morning, you and I alike very tired of winter.
    she has her season it's should be over now.
    I love the beaches
    To watch the sun rise casting it's first light
    Soft hot sands between your toes
    Sounds of wave breaking on the beach
    The smell of the Salt water for me.
    Hot sun beam on ones body
    To cool off in the water
    The the ice cream truck rings his bell
    To fish or fly a kite come evening as the sun set at the end of the day
    Have a wonderful day Summer is coming XOXO THOMAS
I have never been to the ocean, but it's on my bucket list of things to do!


69ereatwetpussy 61M
6774 posts
5/11/2020 4:57 am

Good morning, you and I alike very tired of winter.
she has her season it's should be over now.
I love the beaches
To watch the sun rise casting it's first light
Soft hot sands between your toes
Sounds of wave breaking on the beach
The smell of the Salt water for me.
Hot sun beam on ones body
To cool off in the water
The the ice cream truck rings his bell
To fish or fly a kite come evening as the sun set at the end of the day
Have a wonderful day Summer is coming XOXO THOMAS


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
5/10/2020 4:39 pm

    Quoting citizen4722:
    Well, that's another job done that wouldn't have gotten done in 'normal' times.
Very true... That's the reason why random shit is always falling out of my purse at the worst moments.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
5/10/2020 4:38 pm

    Quoting Paradox12121:
    I've watched as women empty their purses and bags and I am constantly amazed.
Get a group of women together in one room with their purses and there isn't anything they don't have. LOL


citizen4722 66M  
74582 posts
5/10/2020 3:31 pm

Well, that's another job done that wouldn't have gotten done in 'normal' times.


Paradox12121 54M
133 posts
5/10/2020 2:57 am

I've watched as women empty their purses and bags and I am constantly amazed.

Nothing much to say.


Paulxx001 67M
22642 posts
5/9/2020 7:43 pm

That old pack has expired many times over. I'll look into those ones you described. They are more convenient than bulging pockets and came incredibly helpful when the kids were small ; Band-Aids and a bunch of other stuff was always on hand.
Belly button? 🤔 lol 😂 Okie dokie


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
5/9/2020 1:46 pm

    Quoting  :

Now that everything is closed, I find that I have way less paper clutter. No receipts, no coupons, no fliers tucked everywhere.... But, because I mail stuff out at work I end up with the mail remnants of stuff. I prefer to not mail anything out at the building as the outgoing mail sits in an open wall file next to the mailboxes for the postman. My original intent is to just shred the stuff once I've got it mailed, I just, never manage to put it in the shredder.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
5/9/2020 1:40 pm

I was just reading about that pandemic this morning.... I still don't know the true origins of where that sock came from.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
5/9/2020 1:39 pm

    Quoting tickles4us:
    Hmmm, I'm seeing a pattern here...blue Chewbacca...blue Jolly Rancher....hmmm' what color were those eyes?

    I suggest you close and lock the door to your office and turn the lights out..that should take care of the feeling you should be working. Just don't fall asleep without setting your alarm clock...

    I went to check my purse to see what I have in it but couldn't find it...now I'm wondering where I left it...

    But seriously...I emptied the pockets of my jacket the other day to wash it as somehow someone had splattered spaghetti sauce all over the back and sleeve. I shouldn't have hung it on the back of the kitchen chair I guess. My son denied any knowledge of the situation but then again he always denies everything... So I got a box to put the stuff in while I was putting the jacket through the washer and dryer. First I pulled out a flashlight about 7 inches long and 1.5 inches diameter with a magnetic base that you can slide the handle away from the head to use as an area light instead of just the narrower beam from the head. I think I need to change batteries in that as I went to use it yesterday and it wouldn't stay on. Then I pulled out one of those power pack things 6000mah to charge my phone with If needed. Then a pocket gas soldering iron/ torch. Probably not a good idea to be carrying to potentially explosive devices together in one pocket. then I pulled out the note pad (paper) and a small bundle of 4 inch tywraps. Next came the paint can opener that is used to open devices that are installed in poor accessibility locations and the occasional paint can. Lastly a cable stripper. Those all came from the inside breast pocket or are those called chest pockets? I then opened Velcro tabbed flap on the extra mesh pocket attached to the outside of the inside breast pocket. From there I withdrew the business cards and a couple condoms ; hey you never know... Then I moved on to the side hand pockets. First thing out from them was my work gloves then I removed the gas torch that I use to thaw out the locks on my truck after the frequent freezing rains ☔ or the general splashing of water onto the locks especially of the locking handles on the truck cap. Next was a spare flashlight (I also have one on my belt) yeah I work in the dark a lot, I even added a small clip on one to my jacket zipper last fall. Then I removed a box of cable staples for one of my staplers. Then came numerous cable electrical connectors of various kinds and sizes and some cable ground clamps and other types of connectors. A spare hook from a rubber hold down strap. Miscellaneous fastening hardware (screws, nuts, washers, etc). Two tubes of chapstick..one honey the other lime, one in each pocket, to keep my lips nice and soft and kissable. A roll of electrical tape from each pocket. A usb auto charger with a cord that works for the battery power pack from the other pocket. A carpenter pencil sharpener that I can't remember ever using as I just use my pocket knife or utility knife. A carabiner with several smaller carabiners clipped on and a couple with numerous keys. A spare box of staples. Several Allen wrenches. A razor scraper. More keys. You know those permanent markers, well they don't last long on keys. I should have stamped them with numbers or names long ago. well that's most of the stuff from my jacket pockets. Then there is the shirt/jacket that I usually wear under the jacket. That only has to breast pockets but they usually are bulging with resistor packs screw and anchor packets and extra paint can opener and an artist paint brush and contact sets and maybe a roll of electrical tape. I've really got to find that purse soon. One of these days when I'm walking around in a store with my pockets bulging some damn fool is going to ask me to empty my pockets thinking they saw me put my hands in them after I was looking at some part or something. I've imagined that happening and saying are you sure you really want me to do that with a devious look in my eyes.
Oh My Goodness... That's a LOT of stuff! How does it all fit? And, how heavy is your jacket?? LOL

My purse now is nothing compared to the purse I carried in my 20's. That one always had a brush, hairspray, make up case, match box cars for my oldest son to play with, 15 lbs of loose change as we only used cash for everything back then, acetone, clear nail polish, a nail file, an emergency asthma inhaler for my ex, an emergency bic lighter for my ex, pepper spray, and meal replacement bars as I would go long periods of time without eating and they would keep me from feeling sick.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
5/9/2020 1:24 pm

    Quoting 69ereatwetpussy:
    Gee just think what a guy would have if it was part of our daily life. At least if you cleaned it out it has to wieght less. Think spring cleaning out with the old in with the new. Well i'ld say the Holley ranchers no matter what it looked like would still be good lololol.
    Have a wonderful day it's snowing away here in NY State.
It was snowing here, and accumulating, this morning... But the suns out and it's all melted now. thank God! I'm so tired of the snow, I'm ready for some beach time. If I ever get to go to the beach, anyway....


tickles4us 62M
7262 posts
5/9/2020 10:44 am

Hmmm, I'm seeing a pattern here...blue Chewbacca...blue Jolly Rancher....hmmm' what color were those eyes?

I suggest you close and lock the door to your office and turn the lights out..that should take care of the feeling you should be working. Just don't fall asleep without setting your alarm clock...

I went to check my purse to see what I have in it but couldn't find it...now I'm wondering where I left it...

But seriously...I emptied the pockets of my jacket the other day to wash it as somehow someone had splattered spaghetti sauce all over the back and sleeve. I shouldn't have hung it on the back of the kitchen chair I guess. My son denied any knowledge of the situation but then again he always denies everything... So I got a box to put the stuff in while I was putting the jacket through the washer and dryer. First I pulled out a flashlight about 7 inches long and 1.5 inches diameter with a magnetic base that you can slide the handle away from the head to use as an area light instead of just the narrower beam from the head. I think I need to change batteries in that as I went to use it yesterday and it wouldn't stay on. Then I pulled out one of those power pack things 6000mah to charge my phone with If needed. Then a pocket gas soldering iron/ torch. Probably not a good idea to be carrying to potentially explosive devices together in one pocket. then I pulled out the note pad (paper) and a small bundle of 4 inch tywraps. Next came the paint can opener that is used to open devices that are installed in poor accessibility locations and the occasional paint can. Lastly a cable stripper. Those all came from the inside breast pocket or are those called chest pockets? I then opened Velcro tabbed flap on the extra mesh pocket attached to the outside of the inside breast pocket. From there I withdrew the business cards and a couple condoms ; hey you never know... Then I moved on to the side hand pockets. First thing out from them was my work gloves then I removed the gas torch that I use to thaw out the locks on my truck after the frequent freezing rains ☔ or the general splashing of water onto the locks especially of the locking handles on the truck cap. Next was a spare flashlight (I also have one on my belt) yeah I work in the dark a lot, I even added a small clip on one to my jacket zipper last fall. Then I removed a box of cable staples for one of my staplers. Then came numerous cable electrical connectors of various kinds and sizes and some cable ground clamps and other types of connectors. A spare hook from a rubber hold down strap. Miscellaneous fastening hardware (screws, nuts, washers, etc). Two tubes of chapstick..one honey the other lime, one in each pocket, to keep my lips nice and soft and kissable. A roll of electrical tape from each pocket. A usb auto charger with a cord that works for the battery power pack from the other pocket. A carpenter pencil sharpener that I can't remember ever using as I just use my pocket knife or utility knife. A carabiner with several smaller carabiners clipped on and a couple with numerous keys. A spare box of staples. Several Allen wrenches. A razor scraper. More keys. You know those permanent markers, well they don't last long on keys. I should have stamped them with numbers or names long ago. well that's most of the stuff from my jacket pockets. Then there is the shirt/jacket that I usually wear under the jacket. That only has to breast pockets but they usually are bulging with resistor packs screw and anchor packets and extra paint can opener and an artist paint brush and contact sets and maybe a roll of electrical tape. I've really got to find that purse soon. One of these days when I'm walking around in a store with my pockets bulging some damn fool is going to ask me to empty my pockets thinking they saw me put my hands in them after I was looking at some part or something. I've imagined that happening and saying are you sure you really want me to do that with a devious look in my eyes.

Vive La Difference


69ereatwetpussy 61M
6774 posts
5/9/2020 10:34 am

Gee just think what a guy would have if it was part of our daily life. At least if you cleaned it out it has to wieght less. Think spring cleaning out with the old in with the new. Well i'ld say the Holley ranchers no matter what it looked like would still be good lololol.
Have a wonderful day it's snowing away here in NY State.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
5/9/2020 10:05 am

    Quoting mc_justmc:
    I think we've found ground zero of the Corona virus! The single black sock!
Sssshhhhh...... It's a secret!


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
5/9/2020 10:04 am

    Quoting Paulxx001:
    I'm one of those guys who used to be a Boy Scout - and carries around one of those fanny packs?
    "Lame', my friends would snicker.
    Until they needed a fricken screw driver with metric threads or a wine bottle cork screw or rattle snake bite antidote ; and THEN... that laughter stopped in real a hurry.

    That Jolly R you had ?
    It was waiting ...until you were stranded in the woods, with nothing to eat. Just saying... but I would go out and replace the one you threw out with a fresh one. Ya never know. It was ALL there for a reason.
    At least that's what I try to convince myself about that pack of mine and all the crap I keep inside.
Where WERE you when I needed that rattlesnake bite antidote last week??? LOL Do you still wear the fanny pack? They make some really funny ones now that look like a big beer gut, belly button and all.


secret_lade 49F
9227 posts
5/9/2020 10:02 am

    Quoting easy_going2014:
    that's funny

    many women have asked me to look in their purse for something

    I refuse to do it

    you don't know what you might find

    and, I've seen many things come out of a purse

    so, you made me laugh

    sometimes, I will find a place near the office and, go read a book while enjoying lunch

    hmm

    be safe

    Jeff Buckley - "Lover, You Should've Come Over"

    Looking out the door
    I see the rain fall upon the funeral mourners
    Parading in a wake of sad relations
    As their shoes fill up with water
    Maybe I'm too young
    To keep good love from going wrong
    But tonight you're on my mind so
    You'll never know
    Broken down and hungry for your love
    With no way to feed it
    Where are you tonight?
    Child, you know how much I need it.
    Too young to hold on
    And too old to just break free and run
    Sometimes a man gets carried away,
    When he feels like he should be having his fun
    Much too blind to see the damage he's done
    Sometimes a man must awake to find that, really,
    He has no one
    So I'll wait for you and I'll burn
    Will I ever see your sweet return,
    Or, will I ever learn?
    Lover, you should've come over
    'Cause it's not too late.
True! There is no telling what you might find in my purse. It's usually crammed full of receipts.... But I haven't been going anywhere or doing anything with the current state of things so that had drastically minimized.


redrockrascal 65M
23580 posts
5/9/2020 9:41 am

    Quoting mc_justmc:
    I think we've found ground zero of the Corona virus! The single black sock!
and the 1918 pandemic too

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.


mc_justmc 63M

5/9/2020 7:53 am

I think we've found ground zero of the Corona virus! The single black sock!


Paulxx001 67M
22642 posts
5/9/2020 7:52 am

I'm one of those guys who used to be a Boy Scout - and carries around one of those fanny packs?
"Lame', my friends would snicker.
Until they needed a fricken screw driver with metric threads or a wine bottle cork screw or rattle snake bite antidote ; and THEN... that laughter stopped in real a hurry.

That Jolly R you had ?
It was waiting ...until you were stranded in the woods, with nothing to eat. Just saying... but I would go out and replace the one you threw out with a fresh one. Ya never know. It was ALL there for a reason.
At least that's what I try to convince myself about that pack of mine and all the crap I keep inside.


easy_going2014 57M
14366 posts
5/9/2020 7:45 am

that's funny

many women have asked me to look in their purse for something

I refuse to do it

you don't know what you might find

and, I've seen many things come out of a purse

so, you made me laugh

sometimes, I will find a place near the office and, go read a book while enjoying lunch

hmm

be safe

Jeff Buckley - "Lover, You Should've Come Over"

Looking out the door
I see the rain fall upon the funeral mourners
Parading in a wake of sad relations
As their shoes fill up with water
Maybe I'm too young
To keep good love from going wrong
But tonight you're on my mind so
You'll never know
Broken down and hungry for your love
With no way to feed it
Where are you tonight?
Child, you know how much I need it.
Too young to hold on
And too old to just break free and run
Sometimes a man gets carried away,
When he feels like he should be having his fun
Much too blind to see the damage he's done
Sometimes a man must awake to find that, really,
He has no one
So I'll wait for you and I'll burn
Will I ever see your sweet return,
Or, will I ever learn?
Lover, you should've come over
'Cause it's not too late.

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