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These flat-as-a-pancake purses and hand bags that these sexy, scantily clad, extra thin, and otherwise picture-perfect female soap opera characters carry is such an annoying joke. With absolutely no offense to the actual actress's, the purses that they carry are so flat, it is ridiculously obvious it is a prop and stands out like a sore thumb.

Fred Mertz's wallet was thicker than these character's purses! The wardrobe person could at least stuff the purse with a piece of newspaper to make it appear to be a realistic looking purse or handbag instead of just letting it look like a pathetic attempt to garnish the character. And can the script writers please allow the characters to carry their tiny cell phone and keys IN their purses? Do they have to carry each one seperately?

I have to snicker and groan every time I see one of these characters sitting at a table – cell phone sitting right next to the skinny, thin, pathetic, little purse or when they walk into a room and sling their car keys one way and that flat, nothing purse another. Funny how something so small, can stand out so largely and become the first thing you see when you tune into the scene. It's like a pimple on the nose, no matter how many diamonds are adorned, that pimple is what is going to stand out, shining in all its glory!

What's the point here? Well, out here in the real world, I see just the overly, accentuate opposite. Huge purses and hand bags stuffed to over flowing. Fat and bulging purses that are totally full with everything-but-the-kitchen-sink. Women today put their lives in their purse…and then carry it around with them…all day, every day! EVery where they go, they carry their complete lives along. Is that really necessary? Do they really use everything in their purse, every day? Do they HAVE to have all that stuff at their finger tips?

And since their purses are so full, the over-flow has gone onto their bodies. Cell phones clipped to waistbands or carried in pockets. Keys clipped to belt loops or a wrist band. Isn't that what a purse is for? And designer bags? Why pay a huge price for a designer bag if you are just going to use it in place of a suitcase! Buy the designer purse for those more fun, romantic, special events. Don't waste it on a bag to carry your life. No one is going to notice!

The first sign that you have to much in your purse is just that…the over-flow has gone to your body. If you can't fit a slim cell phone or your car keys in your purse, you need to seriously re-think the contents of your purse. The second sign that you have to much in your purse is that your back hurts and your posture is slouching. Yes, carrying all that weight on one shoulder or arm, will eventually effect your posture in a negative way.

So, I ask again. Do you really NEED all that stuff in your purse? Do you even USE all that stuff everyday? Are you sure? Stop and think about it. Better yet, dump the contents of your purse out on the table and let's talk!

Do you have a Day-Timer, a PDA, pens/tablet and a to-do-list in your purse? These all do the same thing, they just have different names as they are from different decades. Why do you need all of them? Pick one and get the rest out of your purse! I am a pen/tablet person. I can't see the point of standing there with this tiny little pod thing in one hand and a little poker in the other, poking at letter squares and looking at a tiny little screen and hoping I am pressing the right letter and then able to see and read that tiny little print when I need to know what to do next. “Poking” is really not any quicker or easier than writing! Choose your weapon, but choose only one!

Do you have an iPod or MP3 in there? We used to call these things portable cassette players and later a Walkman! Do you really have to have music everywhere you go to the point of having to carry it with you? You have your car radio, the music is usually on high in stores and resturants and when there isn't any music playing, you are talking to your friends or other people or on your cell phone. Things like this sure cut into your music time, so why carry it 24/7? If you have sitting spells or waiting down time, that is different, but again, there is usually music where you are. Yes, you can get along without your favorite tunes for a little while. Think about your schedule and what you want to do next. Outline tomorrow, plan your weekend. Reminise about your kids, or a fun time in life. Chat with a friend. So many things you can do without music!

Check out your make-up bag. First, how old is all that stuff in there? Check on expiration dates to keep the makeup fresh so it doesn't harm your skin. Then rationally ask yourself, do I have to have ALL this stuff everyday? Isn't one compact of eye shadow enough? Do I have to have 4 tubes of lipstick on me at all times? And how many blush brushes are in there – what do you do, offer a group discount? Tone it down to just what you really need for touch-ups during the day and remove the rest!

What else is in there? A photo album of your kids? Nice to have but how often do you really look at the pictures? I am the world's best grand mother, but I only carry one photo of both kids. I admit my walls as home are literally lined with 8×10's and 5×7's of the sweethearts, but while I am out, I just want to get things done. Trust me, the person that likes to be shown 3 dozen photos of someone's sweethearts is VERY hard to find. so don't carry them around 24/7! Believe me, the kids will not think you love them any less!

Is that your address book in there? Come on now, do you really contact all those people every day? Plus if you have a PDA, there's usually a place for addresses in there. And you can input a whole slew of phone numbers into your cell phone. Therefore, you don't have to carry your address book anymore! What a weight off your shoulders!

Is that your wallet? Is it packed with cash or is it just buldging with junk? Do you actually use everything in there on a daily basis? You don't have to carry around every credit card you own. You don't have to carry your checkbook. Plan what money you have to spend and take just your checkbook…or one ATM card instead of your checkbook, or one credit card instead of the checkbook. How about just some of that old fashioned stuff – CASH! Just think, if someone steals your purse or you loose it somewhere – someone else is going to have your life in their hands. What a scary and most likely expensive, nightmare that is going to be! Stolen cash just means end of story, but stolen credit cards means big time loss and hassel. Also, relinquish those old receipts, expired cards and other paper items you don't even know why you have.

And you Mothers out there…trust me, you don't really need all that kid's stuff in there! Just think, you have 25 pounds on one shoulder and 25 pounds on your other hip – lot of weight there – can your body handle it? Why make things harder for yourself if you don't have to! No wonder mom's are worn out these days! I remember when my 2 kids were little and I happened to place my purse on the produce scales at the grocery store (back when an actual scale was at the register counter!) and saw it weighed 24.5 pounds! I don't think my littlest one weighed that much at that time! I dumped the purse out later, and not only did I find things I had been searching for for some time, but I also cleaned out a bunch of stuff that I didn't need, don't know why I put it in there in the first place, saw no reason to be carrying it anyway, didn't know what it was and even a handful of trash and of course, a couple dollars worth of coin change. I cleaned that purse out and the next time I went to the grocery I made sure I weighed it and it was literally down to 10 pounds – which included a baby bottle, a diaper and some infant snack chips. It can be done and life will go one just fine! I found I didn't need to carry 9 stale snack bars, 8 knotted scrunchies, 7 Hot Wheel cars, 6 little girl bracelets, 5 clean diapers, 4 packs of gum, 3 packs of Crayons, 2 infant pacifiers and a partridge in a pear tree!

Another factor of concern is the weight of the purse itself. Some of these large purses, even designer bags are made of pretty heavy, sturdy materials. But check it out…many are decorated with metal attachments. 4 large metal rings to hold the straps, extra pockets with snaps and clips, huge metal zippers and don't forget just general decoration using metal. Metal everywhere! So the weight of the bag itself PLUS the added weight of the contents makes for a really heavy pack on your shoulders. And look in the mirror at your shoulders. Bet you will see a slight “dip” in the shoulder you carry your purse on most often. Humm…wonder why that's there?

And let's not forget you teenage girls – again, been there, done that too! Yeah, it is cool and fun to have a ton of “neat” stuff in your purse to show everyone. But consider the whole picture…will it be “neat” to have bad posture later in life just because you thought it was “neat” to carry all that stuff around? Trust me, backaches are no fun! Do you really need to carry all that weight in addition to your school books? Find another way to have fun and be “neat”. Start a new trend – the empty purse trend! See who can carry the least amount of stuff and still make it through the day! And remember, you carry that heavy purse PLUS your school books or back pack with school books…consider the weight. Recently, I picked up my daughter-in-law's back-pack style purse and had to do a double-take as I thought I was picking up a back-pack packed for a military rendezvous! Although she says she “needs” all that stuff, the only thing I have ever seen her take out of her purse was her cell phone which was actually in a little pocket on the outside and her keys never made it into the purse at all!

And last but not least, did you forget about safety? Granted, if some mugger grabbed your heavy purse or designer bag, it'd slow him down in his get-away, but once away, he has your entire life. And if your purse or back pack wasn't so heavy, YOU might have been able to run away from him the mugger! And let's not forget those pick-pockets. They are real, not just in the movies. You just don't hear much about them. Is your purse hanging open because it is overflowing? Do you have the outer pockets full and maybe not clipped shut because they are so full? Is it sitting open in the shopping cart while you look at merchandise because it is to heavy to keep on your shoulder? Things like this are a pick-pockets favorite place to go! Quick, easy and rewarding!

So dump your designer bag or your discount store bargain purse and take a look. Do you run your life or does you purse run your life?

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