Monday, 10 November 2025

H is for Handbag*

On Sue's blog (Eating Well etc) way back in the summer she wrote something about Handbags, can't remember what or why but it stuck with me as an idea for a post sometime and then it turned into an idea for H.
*Although it really should be S for Shoulder -bag!
Does anyone under 50 carry a handbag nowadays? A phone and a bank card is all younger people seem to need.
Whereas I seem to be lugging about a whole collection of stuff - just in case! 

My bag was a present last Christmas - from my wish list- but it's a bit annoying as it has so many pockets inside that things get stuck, but I was glad to have it as my last shoulder bag had got very tatty. It has a good long and wide strap for wearing cross body, just needs less inside and it would be a bit lighter.

So I unpacked  my bag and I took out....................

Purse, phone, fold up shopping bag, reading glasses, pen, the olive wood cross that I've carried for years, paracetamol, tatty tissues (ugh), old shopping lists (?), a small notebook, Cheque book (can't remember when it was last used), a small lipstick holder thingy that holds lip-salve and a teeny pair of fold-up scissors and, at the bottom of the bag a handy £1 coin....now back in the purse.


The tissues and shopping lists were chucked but the rest is back in and I'll keep carrying everything else - just in case!

Back Tomorrow




4 comments:

  1. My mother carried the 'motherbag' when she was out with us when we were younger. My 'teacher bag' weighed a ton, without any teaching stuff inside.

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  2. A very typical collection for many of us.

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  3. Essential contents: phone, purse, hankie, pen, keys. 30 years ago there would also have been a diary, and often a camera - but these are on my phone now.

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  4. I favour a ‘handbag’ nowadays. The gradual metamorphosis into my mother is now complete!
    Anna

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