Day 102 - Poop in a Purse!

OK - run, right now, to your purse or diaper bag. What's the weirdest or funniest thing you've got in there? SHARE! Mine was a petrified banana peel from WEEKS ago that I had forgotten in a zippered pocket. Awesome. I also found three almonds, a thimble, and a teeny tiny steering wheel from one of Sebastian's trucks. If you had asked me yesterday, it would have been a poopy diaper, because that's what I've been reduced to.

Like many New Yorkers, I have a tendency to carry everything I own in my purse just in case (of what? an embroidery emergency? WHY do I have a thimble in there?). Time to lighten the load! Here's what I'm keeping:

*diaper bag only

• top pocket: cell phone, 2 pens, lip gunk
• side pocket: glasses case, small camera
• front pouch: keys, subway pass, iPod
• back pouch: umbrella
• inside pockets: wallet, Tshirt & shorts for S (in case of toddler disaster)*, 2 diapers*, wet bag*, couple of wipes*
• main: eReader, water bottles, snack bag, Hot Wheels car, Queen of Everything zippered bag (holds a tack of store cards, my business cards, a Tide pen for stains, a couple of pantyliners)

And that's all, folks! No more thimble, no more spare car parts. So, what's in your purse? Lemme see!

Days 19 & 20 - Earrings and Purses and Hats - Oh My!

I have spent the past two days ankle deep in jewelry, scarves, purses, and scrunchies (yes, scrunchies - I wear them in the privacy of my own home, along with my housekeeping tiara and my 12 year old Isotoner slippers. And while we're at it, I religiously occasionally watch America's Next Top Model, sleep with my hair in a Little House on the Prairie braid, and have been known to down entire birthday cakes in one sitting. So there. But I digress...).

I am coming to the end of The Great Closet Purge of 2010, and I had a sobering realization as I looked at the 10+ grocery bags of clothes headed out for donation: I have wasted a lot of money on clothes, shoes, purses, etc. that I never really wore, when I could have spent that money on something more valuable like travel, or pie. It got me wondering: how much money has slipped through my fingers? I mean, sure it's great for the economy (of China), but why exactly did I think I needed a rhinestone encrusted lizard pin?

Now is not the time, but at some point this year, I am going to challenge myself to not spend $$ on anything that's not completely essential for one month. I wonder how I'd do? Ha - I'd probably break down in the first week and buy legwarmers or scented candles. Sigh... anybody want a lizard pin?