Purse, Handbag, Diaper Bag...or no Bag?

Dive into the surprisingly revealing world of purses as Nora and Nora empty their bags and explore what our everyday carryalls say about us. 

What begins as casual catch-up about March weather and Lenten sacrifices quickly transforms into an unexpectedly hilarious deep dive into purses and their significance in our lives. The conversation takes a nostalgic turn as the hosts share memories of their first meaningful purses—from a treasured Michael Jackson bag that met a tragic end to structured Kate Spade totes that defined high school style.

The hosts reveal a fascinating cultural divide in their college experiences: at one university, designer bags were status symbols, while at another, carrying any purse at all was considered "social suicide." This leads to a confession about storing essentials in tall boots instead of purses—a strategy that backfired spectacularly on a London night bus when everything spilled out onto the floor.

The episode reaches its chaotic peak when both hosts empty their purses on air, uncovering a combined total of 22 pens, multiple identical chapsticks, hand sanitizers, random receipts, and even a "lucky ping pong ball." This inventory becomes a window into their personalities and preparedness philosophies, proving that what we carry speaks volumes about who we are.

From discussions about the world's most expensive handbags to the psychological attachment we form with diaper bags, this episode explores how these everyday items become extensions of ourselves. Whether you're a minimalist or someone who prepares for every possible scenario, your relationship with your purse tells a story that's uniquely yours.

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Transcript

Welcome to March and Catching Up

Speaker 1 0:07

Hi, thanks for joining us today. It's Nora and Nora. Welcome to our listeners here for the very first time and those who keep coming back week after week, welcome back. We're happy to have you. We sure are. Welcome March too. Welcome March Is that a thing? Yes, it is.

Speaker 1 0:23

I feel like March is living up to its name, at least in Chicago, like it's sunny and beautiful and 50, and then it's snowing. There's something mentally refreshing about March. Well, in daylight, savings time starts. What do you think about that Monday or Sunday Starting? Yeah, I feel like it's weird because Lent just started.

Speaker 1 0:43

I'm all confused on my times of year. The calendar is kind of funky, it is wonky, but I'm happy for more daylight. Are you sad because you can't put your pajamas on soon? Yes, ma'am, I prefer it to be light really early, because I'm up really early and I like to be able to run when it's light out and I do like when it gets dark earlier so I can jammy out. I like it when it's light out and I do like when it gets dark earlier so I can jammy up. I like it when it's lighter. Yeah, most people do. I would say the majority of people probably, but then sometimes and this happens to me every year I'll forget to start to make dinner because it's so bright out. That happens to me in the summer. That's a real problem. It's a real struggle at my house and you're like, oh, no food. But then, on the flip side, in the winter I'm known to serve dinner at like four, you know, when it gets dark. Better to not forget. Better earlier than never.

Speaker 1 1:34

Speaking of that, yesterday I had all six of my family members home at the same time, after school for about 20 minutes. So we celebrated Ryan's birthday Perfect, right after school. Happy birthday, ryan. With a cake, that's great. And after school pie I love it. And does Ryan have a favorite pie? Key lime pie, that's my dad's favorite. It is, yeah, and there's a great bakery in Burr Ridge that he likes it from. My dad likes theirs too. But the tricky thing was I tried to go on Tuesday because I was getting the poonskis and I also wanted to get the cake or the pie. But she said, no, you have to wait till tomorrow for that. Oh, because they were like hyper-focused, they were just all in on those things. So I made two trips but it was okay.

Speaker 1 2:21

Do you give up something, ferlyn? I do, do you? I know I did this year and I'm really afraid because it's going to be really hard for me. Oh, no, wait, let me see if I can guess. Gummy bears, no Worse. Well, kind of Diet Coke. Kind of Kind of Giving up dessert Like sweets. It's hard, it's so hard.

Speaker 1 2:43

I punctuate all of my meals with like a little something. Yeah, that's how my brain knows it's over. Yes, the sweetness is the punctuation. That says and done. And you're a punctuation girl I am. So I bought some fruit. I'm like, well, maybe that doesn't count because that'll be sweet, but it's fruit. This is how I'm skirting around it. This is what I do every year.

Speaker 1 3:09

I tried to give up drinking, but then I found that it's too social. It's a little true because also, there's a difference between like, oh, I went out and had 10 drinks, or, oh, I went to the West Falls for Ryan's birthday and I had a beer to celebrate Ryan's birthday, and that's where I'm at. Yeah, I'm not. I feel like to give up drinking now is I could do it, because I don't do it that often. But then, because I don't do it that often, I just feel like, but I eat dessert, all the treats all the time. It's so connected to our social calendar and and I don't want to have to like I don't know we can figure out that. So, yeah, treats is hard for me, namely candy, because it's everywhere in my house hidden. Yeah, that's not a problem If that doesn't tell you to give up. So there you have it. We can support each other through our and mine didn't start. Lent didn't start until today for us.

Speaker 1 4:04

Oh, because Ryan's birthday. Because in years past I've done like, oh, I'm giving up chocolate or I'm giving up baked goods, but I've never done it across the board. I think it's easier to do it across the board. Well, I'll let you know. I had a pass on a coffee cake this morning. Oh, that's tough, that's pretty tricky.

Ryan's Birthday Celebrations

Speaker 1 4:22

But anyway, how was the rest of your weekend? It was very nice. We had confirmation for Rory. You had a full house. We had a full house and it was fantastic. I was very proud of him. He looked very handsome in his suit. My dress was not see-through. Oh, that was what you got it for.

Speaker 1 4:38

Did you get a good family pic? Yes, I don't like how I look in the picture, which is not fair to everybody else who looks nice in it, but at least we have one. Maybe in like a few 10 years, I'll be like I look great. Isn't it funny when you look back on pictures that you didn't like at the time, yeah, and you're like, oh, this is great. I look back I don't know what it was about, texas, but my hair looked amazing. Who was that? It was Texas water. Yeah, maybe for other people humidity is not good for hair, but for me it's good. Gave you a little bit of a jizz, some volume. That happened to me yesterday in a picture we took for a family picture for Ryan's birthday.

Speaker 1 5:15

John looks bonkers, like he has half an eye open and then one eye spine, and I just used it because I thought, looking back, I probably won't be as critical yes, as I am, I'm sure that's true Kind of critical in nature, though. How about you? Not too much. We had my mom and dad in town, which is always nice, and I was recovering still from that nasty bug. Do you feel 100% now? 100%, are you back? Okay, I'm back. John got it.

Speaker 1 5:42

So that kind of slowed our roll a little bit and, yeah, we just kind of took it easy and not too much to report. It was nice to have everybody here, and then my oldest is headed back out to Scottsdale. That's really exciting Today. And, yeah, I'm kind of geared. Yeah, I know. Now I'm like, oh, it's Lent and now Easter and spring break and I'm just, my calendar is just. I know we already talked about that, but I'm just so thrown off I got to get my head wrapped around things. But last week we talked about the dead body on the plane, yeah, and the airline was like oh, we offered compensation and support to the people directly affected. What was it affected? What was it that? Well, they didn't specify. And then the passengers are like no, they didn't we. They told us we had to sit in our seats next to the pole. So now there's a little discrepancy, as rightly so.

Lenten Sacrifices and Challenges

Speaker 1 6:35

Yeah, I was, uh, um, switching gears a little bit. I was following milan fashion week, oh, and there is a new trend in jeans on the runway, uh-oh, and cross your fingers it doesn't make it to our part of town. I kind of imagined something. I have no idea what you're going to say, but I guess Were you thinking about burying your butt crack? Yes, you were, I was. I was like well, I was thinking that, like, your butt is just showing. Yeah, that they cut out the butt.

Speaker 1 7:02

Male and females in peekaboo jeans, peek-a-butt jeans. Did I say that? No, you did. Peek-a-butt what. This is a direct quote. A direct quote was a hint of plumber's crack with a backless top.

Speaker 1 7:27

So everything's out Spines and bum cracks. Yeah, yep. Do you wear leather pants? No, I mean, I do. Well, I don't know. Wait a minute, you would get arrested for that. Ew, if you're sitting in your car, the carpool. Less about the carpool, more about, like, public transportation. Oh, no, oh, I was imagining. Oh, so they're pulling them down. They've got to be a wider way.

Speaker 1 7:54

This is like remember, look at the guy trying to be serious taking the picture. Oh, my God, if this reminds me of the skater boys, like wearing their pants, but without boxers. I thought it was cut out completely. It was like a big blank, like there was the waistband and then a hole to see someone's butt and then legs Like chaps. So this is a peekaboo. This is like low rise. This is legit plumber's crack. No, yeah, see the return of the. And I never knew it was a thing. So this is a peekaboo. This is like low rise. This is legit plumber's crack. Mm-hmm. No, yeah, see the return of the, and I never knew it was a thing.

Speaker 1 8:30

Well, if you were at home lamented the return of the plumber's crack, my brother-in-law has the best response if he sees someone's jeans like that. You know what he says Crack kills, he's not wrong, but no says. Crack kills, he's not wrong, but no. So no shirt. Well, a shirt in the front or in the back, backless shirt, but then I just, I don't know, I think I'd see anyone's butt crack. I don't want to show anybody mine. No, I, you're one of my besties n I don't want to see your butt crack and I would hope you don't want to see mine. No, so there you have it. That's real unfortunate. I know, not for me, because I'm not going to jump on board that trend. Yeah, I hope nobody is on trend with that. Keep it on the runway.

Speaker 1 9:17

Speaking of trends, did we talk about yoga boobs before? No, okay, they're of all the rage too. What is that? They are strong but petite. So there's been a shift in enhancement. No more cleavage, size wise. That's good news for me, yeah, but they say the doctor that they were interviewing says he gets about 50 to 100 inquiries per month about the yoga boob. Okay, so just a handful, something you can dress up or dress down. I think you want them dressed up. No one wants to dress down, but I didn't realize that was a thing either. I wonder why yoga, strong but petite they say Strong, all right. It's strong but petite, they say Strong, yeah, all right.

Fashion Week's Unfortunate Trends

Speaker 1 10:04

I was reading very different news articles this week, because one is your Crystal Light is coming out with vodka seltzer yes, 77 calories. Oh, al loves Crystal Light. I love Crystal Light. He uses the liquid Crystal Light flavoring in every water he drinks. He doesn't drink plain water, he actually rolls it up. It's like daddy juice. Oh, it doesn't drink plain water, he actually rolls because of daddy juice. It's like liquid crystallite yeah, just drop some chemicals right in. So he is going to be thrilled.

Speaker 1 10:31

I'm really excited about this because and their vodka that's what I was going to say because they're real vodka. They're not chemical. It's not like malt liquor. I would say Crystallite has all their chemicals on the front end. No alcohol, but they said one-fifth of their buyers use it to make a cocktail. So 20% of people buying Crystal Light use it for booze. Wow, I don't. Maybe I should check Al's water bottle, ruh-roh. Better check in on that. Do you think you're going to try it? I'll give it a shot. I'm not a huge Crystal Light fan, I don't mind. No, that's not Crystal Light. I was thinking of Country Time Lemonade. I'm not a huge Crystal Light fan, but I'll give them a whirl. I'm also not a big vodka fan, so I'll try it though. Okay, you'll try it. Though, okay, you'll try it.

Speaker 1 11:22

Did you see that Peeps is collabing with Icy? Oh, so Icy-flavored Peeps or frozen Peeps? No, no, no Other way around. So it's a Peep-flavored Icy. Yes, so it's like a murdered Peep in an Icy. Wow, yeah, I was going to say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah it is. And now we know where you stand on crime scene. Crime scene, peep.

Speaker 1 11:52

Did you say yeah, but I'm gonna miss that when you bite into it? That crunch of the sugar? Okay, because I don't think you'll get that. Probably. Well, you might. Well, because it's ice, though you know, like, because the crunchy ice, maybe there's something about the sugar and then biting into that like synthetic chemical bunny. Maybe I should give peeps another chance, but on Easter Sunday, but I'm usually.

Speaker 1 12:12

I don't typically like gum. I like gummy bears and things. I don't like the sugar outside? Oh, you don't. Mm-mm, like Sour Patch Kids. Or even if gummy vitamins have the sugar outside, I won't buy them. I don't like that. Oh, that's't buy them. I don't like that. Oh sorry, it's good to know the other.

Speaker 1 12:27

I read this other very interesting article and you know we are not an explicit podcast, no, and we try very hard to keep it clean no swear words, family friendly. But there's an article that's linked swearing with an increased pain tolerance. Were we reading the same thing? This was in the Washington Post. Yes, I saw this and it was so interesting. They said it's a drug-free, calorie-neutral, cost-free means of self-help. But what I was curious about was that they still needed to do more research on if you said it in your head, if you got the same result. Yes, I thought that was interesting Because I don't swear often.

Speaker 1 13:07

I don't think, but in my head I do a lot. Yeah, it kind of depends for me on the situation, but I don't swear in front of my children. If I'm really mad I do, because then they know I mean business. But they were saying that if you say fudge instead of the real word, it's not as effective. But it also said swearing helps with social bonds, greater memory, alleviation of social pain. What's social pain? Maybe if you're like, if somebody hurts your feelings and you're like that beepity, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, and then maybe you feel better because you've gotten it out of your system, oh, and it increases your strength. And maybe memory, because you're like, oh, I forgot to buy that. There was something in there that said like, if you say it like in repetition, did you see that I did so? Because then they're like, we're trying to figure out what's the optimal swearing dose. You know how many times you need to say it to be effective. But I just, I'm going to work on that this week.

Speaker 1 14:07

Whenever we talk about these scientists who are doing this research, I just imagine them at like a crossroads. It's like, well, I could go to med school and cure cancer or I could go research the effects of swearing on pain management. I applaud all these people. I just wonder. But I just think it's funny. Like, are they all just like sitting around a dining room table trying to come up with research topics? It's like I know.

Speaker 1 14:35

Or if he stubbed his toe and he was like ah, gd, like, oh, it feels better, who knows? That's why we're podcasters. Yeah, it's interesting. We're not scientists. But you know, whatever helps you get through it, I'm not against it.

Swearing and Pain Management

Speaker 1 14:49

I like to use pain as not a thing. This is something I have made up. If something hurts, I think about a different part of my body. I learned about that in acting school. So if you stubbed your toe, you'd think about your elbow. Mm-hmm, does it? Stubbed your toe? You'd think about your elbow. Does it work? It works for me.

Speaker 1 15:05

Or like if I, if I'm getting shot or blood work shot a shot, a shot, a shot. That's very different from on the firing. Thank you for being concerned. I'm so sorry, sorry, oh boy, I hate when I get shot my very tough job directing children's theater. If I'm getting a shot or blood work, I will focus on my feet or something else, far away from where the actions are. I need to just stop. What has happened to me? I don't know, but I thought that was a very interesting article. I highly recommend people reading it and I'm kind of curious where people stand on that. We'll have to follow back up with that.

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Purses vs. Handbags Discussion

Speaker 1 16:49

Our topic today is purses. Yes, do you say purse or handbag Purse? I say purse too. Or I'll say bag or bag. Yeah. I say like, let me grab my bag. I'll say bag, yes, but if I forgot it I'm usually like I forgot my purse. Do you often say that forgot my purse? Do you often say that I left it at OT? Or Rory's OT. The other day I like walk, I had other things in my hands. I got to the car and Rory's like the door won't open. I was like because I don't have my purse. Your purse saved my Saturday night a couple weeks ago. Who would have thought that a purse would be such a hero? A hero, yes, I had a shirt on for the Nazareth fundraiser that I did have trouble getting into, not because it was too tight but because the zipper was kind of janky.

Speaker 1 17:36

You had a wonky zipper and I knew that going into it, but I didn't have a backup plan, like that was what I was wearing. It's a cute top. So we kind of greased the zipper. Ryan tried, I tried. How did you grease? The zipper was attached at the top and then, of course, at the bottom, but the space in between was completely split and that zipper wasn't going up or down. So because it came off the track, yeah, so, god bless, the gal in the bathroom with me ran to the coat check and she pinned me up.

Speaker 1 18:32

And you know, trying to pin someone's side in the middle of a Saturday night versus at the beginning of a Saturday night kind of hits different. Also, not like being pricked with a safety pin, like you need to swear to get over the pain, but it is it smarts and you don't want to get stuck with a pin? No, you don't. So we took care of it and as I exited the ladies room I spotted you and your bag was the perfect size to hide your side. And all you said to me was I need your purse. And I didn't ask, I just gave it to you. You did. That was very nice, very trusting of you. Well, you know, I find that purse to be heavy sometimes, so I was kind of happy to give it to you. It was just what I needed, although.

Speaker 1 19:22

But then I was in a bit of a pickle. In case the coat check people from Butterfield Country Club are listening I couldn't give a tip for my coat check because you had my purse. Yes, I did. I was just like here's my ticket and I didn't have a coat there because my shirt was sleeveless. So I had I don't know what. I had denim, something over it that I just walked in with because I didn't want to bear all right off jump. Yeah, oh, oh, my gosh.

Speaker 1 19:48

But when I was doing my show notes for this it was kind of nostalgic, kind of walked down memory lane. Yeah, through, like all the different phases of purses and handbags, same In middle school. Did you ever have a mini backpack. I did not, you did not. No, that wasn't my jam, but I remember a lot of people having those Mm-hmm. I loved my mini-backpacks, your mini backpacks. Well, you could fit in there, like your wallet Probably a wallet, and a lip gloss, maybe Mm-hmm, and then maybe some candy of some sort. I think, as I wore a backpack for school that never appealed to me to have a weekend backpack. But then in high school and I have such fond, vivid memories of this my mom's first Kate Spade bag was a denim like box-shaped bag.

Speaker 1 20:42

Yes, they were very stiff. Those first Kate Spade purses, yes, and it was for Neiman Marcus, that was the only place you could get it and I loved it, and she was generous enough to provide me with an inventory of bags. But there was something about those bags I know I wish I still had. I've ordered one off eBay in college and it could have. It might've been fake, I don't know, but I loved it. It was black and like red and white on the inside and it was, and it had those cute little feet on the bottom. Yes, yes, I loved those bags. I know I should have saved. I don't know why it got rid of mine. I should have saved some of mine. I didn't save any and I had tons of them.

College Purse Memories

Speaker 1 21:15

I remember my first purse, or like that actually meant something to me. My grandma gave me and my sister these white fake leather bags and it had a picture of Michael Jackson on it oh God bags. And it had a picture of michael jackson on it oh god, oh my god, both of yours, yes, matching ones. Were you an mj fan? You, oh, okay, mj fan? I must have been in kindergarten or first grade and they were cross body. It had like a like a string kind of strap and you had an older sister and I was like, oh my god, coolest girl school. He was in like that red leather outfit, all like that greasy hair, and I was like this is the coolest thing ever. But then I had these little markers that looked like mice I must have. It must have been Easter and I put my markers in my purse because you know I'm like which actually I realize I still do because I have a whole pencil case of pens and my markers leaked all over my Michael Jackson purse. That's so sad. And Erin's like sorry, not sorry, my purse is in mint condition. Maybe you shouldn't have put markers in your purse, shouldn't have put markers in your purse, but, oh God, I love that purse. Would you love to see that purse again? I would, yeah, and I would be so happy. Wouldn't it be great at like an 80s party Now? Or just running errands? Or just running errands Like at Casey's? Oh, and about how much is for the ham salad? Oh, let me and Michael, me and my purse.

Speaker 1 22:37

But in college it was. You brought it to college. No, I don't know where it is. In college it was like social suicide to wear a purse at Dayton. Where did you go to school? I know, I know, but no purse is allowed. It was like if you wore a purse, you were a freshman and you were like ridiculed, and ours on the flip side was like you carried it for status. Almost. I get a Gucci purse, my sophomore year Fancy, and I still have it. Well, yeah, you don't get rid of those. I wonder if it's vintage. Now we're getting close, 25 years old, 24 years old. But yeah, we all carried a designer handbag.

Speaker 1 23:28

If you brought that to dress, oh no, oh God, it's a good thing. You should never have a date if you were wearing a dress. I hope all my date friends are listening to this episode. No, no, no, I don't know. I think I wore a dress to like a couple of like fancy, like parties, but that was it, and I still don't think. Also, because we didn't go to bars, we went to house parties, so you didn't need money.

Speaker 1 23:55

Tube tops and jeans no, not tube tops. Halters and jeans no, oh my God, nora, I like a brief, like I don't know, just like sharp, and gym shoes, like I would wear gym shoes out, nora. No. Rocket dogs oh no, remember those. No, maybe towards senior Steve Madden's kind of. Then I was like, okay, by the time senior year, I'd wear like some nicer shoes, like some Doc Martens, maybe freshman year, and then like senior year, no butt shorts to school oh God, no, no, no. Also, I worked in the scene shop so I had jeans on Rolled butt shorts Like U of A on the bottom oh no, those must have been sold out. Also, it's cold enough. And then a halter to go with it. What you would wear that out? Well, we wear that to class, didn't you? And then like tennis shirts, probably oh my god, no.

Speaker 1 24:53

I remember I had this awesome blue, blue long-sleeved v-neck top that I was like killing it. Um, michael's overalls. Do you remember the michael stars tops? They were like one size fits all. They were like this big no, and they were like V-neck and kind of like shiny. No, it had like capsules. That was popular, that was like full coverage. If you had like your Michael Starrs shirt, yeah, I just, oh, my God, I need to find you know what I need? We, we need to bring pictures of ourselves from college. We need to exchange our scrapbooks.

Speaker 1 25:27

I'm sure I went out in like Dayton t-shirts, okay, and I did not. Well, I didn't go to Dayton. So, yeah, purses, no go. And then it was when I studied abroad, in London, and I was like, oh, I actually need money and things. My friend Sharon, who also went to Dayton, like we were like I would put stuff in my boots, I would put stuff in my pockets, because I was like it's not cool to wear like my brainwashed yeah. So it was kind of took me a while to get out of that. So I don't know if you would remember this.

Speaker 1 25:57

Then the Louis Vuitton white bag with the colorful emblem all over it yes, because my mother-in-law has one. That was a big, that's at U of A. Yeah, you had those kind of bags. Those were a thing. I never saw a designer bag at Dayton ever, ever. And designer sunglasses were really big too. Oh, we didn't get much sun. You look so youthful, wow, weren't people. Did they get stolen all the time? I don't know. I don't think so. Okay, well, that's good, I had a video camera stolen, oh, but I think that was it. I'm sorry about that. I don't, and we probably never. Oh, your CDs and we probably never had any money in our purses, but they were cool purses Because you spent all your money on the purses. Yeah, it.

Speaker 1 26:43

It's really when I met Al that I kind of was introduced to the world, because he was like grab your purse and you're like uh-uh, just like handbags, and I was like it's all in my pockets and in my boots, in your sock. This is actually a really embarrassing story. This is great. I was on the bus, like the night bus home from like bars in London going back to our dorm, and I had tall boots on and I had my money in there. I had tall boots on and I had my money in there. I had like an ID and then I had a tampon in there, right, and my boots, and you never wonder like maybe a purse.

Purse Contents Revealed

Speaker 1 27:24

I was on the bus with a bunch of friends and, for whatever reason, our friend Brian just reached in your butt. He unzipped my boot and all of my stuff fell out of the floor Like money, the tampon, everything. And I was so embarrassed and he was like, oh, I wasn't expecting that. I was like, why did you decide to put it back in my boot and zip it up? You didn't put it in your sock to like keep everything, I don't know, you just had to use the access to get it. So you just dropped shit and your stuff in your boot. It's like a pirate, what? What if it slipped out? Like you're a pirate? Oh, no, no, what if I? It all stayed neatly around your cows? I was very organized, but Brian was like, why did you have your stuff in your boot? Yeah, and I was like, why did you unzip my boot? So if you were like novice, if you put it in a bar, you kind of bend down and reach into your book, yeah, and then I could get my money out. Here you go, and then what, put it back in the bar and then I put money.

Speaker 1 28:38

It was tricky in London because they have a lot of coins. And then, wow, I think senior year, I finally got a purse. Well, imagine that I didn't use it at school ever. No purses. So you all just walked around. We just walked around full of stuff. Oh, that's funny. I mean, I'm sure it's different now, because I bet they dress cuter now. That's funny. Oh my God, that was so funny.

Speaker 1 29:04

What about nowadays? Do you have one purse, like for daily use, or do you switch them up? I try to switch, like seasonally, okay, because I have a really nice purse Al got me for Christmas and I love it because it fits everything that I need. We have about the same size day-to-day bag, but I throw another bag in there as like a go bag, mm-hmm, like a quick one, mm-hmm. So like if I'm running errands, I have my big nice bag, okay, and then that Ryan got me for my birthday and then inside it I have like a clutch or something. So if I have to run into the store, or sometimes I just grab it. It's organized, it's just full.

Speaker 1 29:43

Mine is a mess, it is. My purse is a disaster. That surprises me. It's kind of look, I have a Coke bottle in here. I was thinking about this because I know we were talking about purses today, I think because I don't share this space with anybody. It's my own personal mess. Huh, purse versus purse, huh, because our daily bags are about the same size.

Speaker 1 30:03

Yes, I have a winter hat, okay, I have a winter hat. Okay, I have a Diet Coke bottle that you drank. Yes, it is empty. I have some tissue packets, my wallet keys, a lot of keys. Oh, yeah, a bag of gum. I have two hand sanitizers that's my winter hat. Some hand wipes, some free HelloFresh boxes Great, oh, I have an old Band-Aid that I won't take out. Thank you, 26 cents.

Speaker 1 30:32

An alcohol swab, a pad of paper oh, my God, you're going to die. Not one, not two, five, five, they're all the same. Chapsticks they're all the same. One hand cream, two other moisturizers Wait, why are these all the same? A hair tie, because that's the kind I like. Did you buy a five pack? I did A lip gloss, and then that's not even getting into my pencil case, nora, that I probably have 20 pens, okay.

Speaker 1 31:05

Okay, you start yours. No, I'm just. Oh, I, I got skittles. I got another hand cream. A swatch of fabric oh, I like that some non-used band-aids, um, okay, how many is this? All the pens I'll edit.

Speaker 1 31:22

Oh, I have some binder clips. Oh god, I was looking for aquaphor. Oh, another hair tie, more paper clips, advil, okay, and then I have how many pens? How many pens do you have? One, two, oh, that's a lip gloss. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, eight pens, two markers and two pencils.

Speaker 1 31:45

This is a problem. No, you're prepared. Do this is a problem? No, you're prepared. Do I need this many pens? You're firm, you know what?

Speaker 1 31:56

Inside my deck I also have a pencil case of sorts. Oh, yes, I don't think I have. Well, I have. Oh good, no, I have a tape measure. But I also have one, two, three, four, oh great, you're making me feel so much better about myself. Five, six. The number to beat is eight, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11, 12, 13.

Speaker 1 32:23

Oh, these are nice pens. Wait, do you know how to give this to me? 14. Oh, I do want this. It's from our sponsor. 14. Now, these are nice pens. Wait, do you know how to give this to me? Oh, no, no, I do want this. It's from our sponsor.

Speaker 1 32:29

Fourteen, now I have nine pens. So I have fourteen pens. Some Dayquil. Some crayons. A toothbrush oh gross. Some earrings from the Fourth of July, some Pepto-Bismol and, by the way, I also have a binder clip, a piece of gum that could be from 2015. Who even knows? Oh, a Diet Coke top. Oh, look at us. Wait, we should take a picture of all of our stuff now. Oh, a pin, a mom pin that I got from one of my kids. I also have four tampons Something from my kids. It's very nice.

Speaker 1 33:08

We'll take a picture of all of our purse content, but this is all inside my pencil case. So I feel like, but other than that, it's pretty neat. Oh, yeah, I have. Oh, you have like another purse in your purse. I have one Clutches Okay, two Clutches my rose rate that I bring everywhere inside the clutch. Oh, there's my debit card. Another pen oh, there we go. Are there sunglasses? Mine are just on my head. Oh, my lucky ping pong ball. A receipt, a wallet okay, oh, there you go. And oh, that's an envelope from church that I never turned in. Oopsie, so then you'll get there eventually.

Speaker 1 33:59

What is this in my purse? Oh, that's a tag. Um, this is, uh, this is a thing. This looks, but I tell you, my purse is clean. Mine is a disaster.

Speaker 1 34:14

You would be. I want to have a note from Rory from 2022. You would be far, we'd be far better off with you than me. What do you mean? Oh, like, if we got kidnapped or stranded somewhere. I mean, if we needed to measure something, oh yeah, we'll know how far we. I mean, if we needed to measure something, oh yeah, we'll know how far we have to go. Or if we have stomach trouble, I can help us. I have paper we can write.

Speaker 1 34:33

Okay, I'm going to take a picture of this so we can show everybody. But you know what I feel like. You know your purse is your own business and you know what you do, what you got to do, you do, yeah, but hold on, I can't see my show notes under all my pens. Well, who knew you and I would have so many pens? Right? Well, actually, that kind of makes sense. We both like that kind of stuff. I think it's.

Speaker 1 34:58

I mean, I had some other stuff about, like the oldest purses and the most expensive purse. I did, too. I read a little bit about that, but I wanted to ask you about your diaper bags when you had little. Oh, that was important to me. It was very important. I like the kate spade ones. That was my first.

Diaper Bags and Luxury Purses

Speaker 1 35:14

Those were my favorites because I wanted compartments. I wanted it to be cute. I didn't want it to look like a diaper bag, like it smelled bad, you know, like I didn't want it to look like like I wanted to be, like there might be diapers in there but it doesn't smell like diapers. No, it didn't smell like diapers. Yeah, I was a big fan. That's how I ended up with this nice bag, because I carried an old diaper bag for so long, long after I had kids in diapers. Yeah, it was kind of hard to get rid of it because it was a very handy bag. Yeah, it was kind of nostalgic too. It carried a lot of hopeful things and memories Totally. And I because I was very I was only stroller for the first three years I had kids. So it was very important to me that it had good strap that I could put on yeah, your life wasn't that bad. Yes, that I could put on the stroller and go on my merry way, and I think that's why I think that's where this originated.

Speaker 1 36:13

The purse in a purse, purse in a purse what about two purses in a purse, two purses in a purse with nothing really in them. I will clean up my contents, but I was just going to. But yeah, the diaper bag was great. You know what bag I like and it was super trendy for a while and now it's not. Was the Lululemon crossbody? Those are great. It was a great bag to throw in my big bag and then just throw on when you run into the store. They're out of favor now, I think.

Speaker 1 36:38

So I had like a knockoff one that was pretty good that I didn't realize it was a thing. Someone gave it to me as a gift. Oh, so I was like, oh my gosh, that looks just like the Lululemon. And I was like, oh, I actually like this better. Oh, there you go. But that's like a whole bit like the Birkin bag, like the Hermes Birkin bag. That was like a whole craze with like knockoffs, like the Walmart knockoff. Oh, it was. Yeah, ok, it's the work. And like, instead of Birkin bags, it's funny. But like the top 10 most expensive handbags, seven of them are Birkin bags.

Speaker 1 37:13

And did you see the one that was $34.5 million? I saw 3.8. Was it the Mouad 1001? Oh, yeah, did I misread that number? It's a big mistake. I saw it as 3.8 million. Oh yeah, that's 4.5. Don't mind me, not the numbers, nora, it was the 18-karat gold in a heart shape.

Speaker 1 37:36

I wasn't that crazy about that one. No, neither was I. I really liked the. Well, it was 125,000 pounds. It was the blue crocodile Birkenbag. Oh hey, that comes in. It was like a dark navy blue. I like that color With white gold diamonds on it. I don't care about that. I don't think I want a purse with diamonds on it, though. No, I prefer my diamonds around my neck or my hands. So, if our husbands are listening, return that diamond bag. How about this, though? This was interesting.

Speaker 1 38:04

I read that most women spend 77 days searching for their purse throughout their lifetime. Oh, I believe it. So do I. And also that the average woman has six bags. Oh, I know, I think I'm above average.

Speaker 1 38:18

You think my mother-in-law has the most beautiful collection of handbags, like, she has gorgeous bags and she gave me one a couple years ago and it's beautiful and I love it and I'll use it sometimes, and I know she's like use it all the time. Use it all the time. And I don't, but not because I don't love it, because I'm like I want to preserve it. It's probably more of a well, maybe in the fall, okay, but it's beautiful, it's really nice. Well, you should bring it out so we can see it. I know, let her out, take her out of hiding, take her out of her box. But oh man, yeah, I do love purses. I love purses too.

Speaker 1 38:58

I prefer to have fewer nicer bags than like buying a lot of clutches from our neighborhood shop. You have a great collection of clutches Because they're fairly inexpensive and they're a good size. I can fit my phone and a lip gloss in there and trade it out. My favorite clutches that I have and I have like seven or eight of them Kate Spade for a while did a series of purses that look like books. Oh, yes, yes, like, if you put them on their side they'd look like books. So I had and those are my favorite for weddings and events and things.

Speaker 1 39:38

She did great clutches. Back in the day my mom gave me a great one. It was an oyster with a pearl. Oh cute. Yeah, those are fun. My mom and my sister have quite a few of those, but the book ones are fun and they make a good conversation topic if you're somewhere and people always would be like did you bring a book with you? I'm like no To a wedding, just going to read Romeo and Juliet and Ralph Fiennes. Oh, I have a great Gatsby one. Oh, you do. That would be cute for the prom kids. That would be cute If we knew someone going to prom, okay. Or if you're a chaperone, maybe I'll just be like I have a purse for the occasion. Could you please put me on the list? Put everything in my boots. That's funny. I'm glad we talked about purses today. I didn't expect to see the contents of your bag on my on our recording studio table.

Highs and Lows

Speaker 1 40:31

But, um, can we launch into highs and lows? Oh gosh, I almost forgot about highs and lows. Oh, I'm so sorry. Yes, please sorry. What is your low, my low? I don't really have one, except that ryan has been home for a month and now he's back at work and my low is kind of shifting back into the routine of being here by myself. Yeah, you miss him. So yeah, it's um, I'm excited for him because he made a job change. It was tricky for me to switch into having him home and now it's tricky for me to switch into having him back. So kind of an adjustment period. Um, mine is.

Speaker 1 41:02

Um, I'm excited to be working on this musical at, uh, legally blonde at this high school, but it's happening the same time as a lot of Rose's Irish dancing performances and I'm going to miss a lot of them. So it's like a preemptive low, but I was filling it into my calendar. I'm like I'm going to miss that one, going to miss that one, but you're going to see some of them. I'll see some of them. Quality, not quantity, right? I hope so. I think so. I think so too. You're welcome.

Speaker 1 41:28

But my high was the confirmation and seeing my fam and I was just so proud of Rory. It's very hard for him to get dressed up and we worked really hard and tried on the outfit and he wore his suit and he was. You know what was the best part is was like you look really handsome. He's like I kind of do. I was like, no, not kind of you do you do, and so I think he was proud. Do you think he'll wear it again? Well, he has to. Okay, for graduation, yeah, so now I'm like it shouldn't be a struggle and he did a great job because it gave him the option of changing after confirmation, before the lunch, and he stayed in it the whole day. Good for him. Yeah, I was proud. I love that feeling, though, when you feel like you look, or you know you look good. Yes, obviously All the time, and my high was that we were all together just for a quick minute.

Speaker 1 42:23

But to celebrate Ryan, because we're never really together, all six of us, yeah, everybody is always going in a different direction, so you got to grab those moments. Yeah, all right. Well, I got to put my purse back together. It might take a while, okay. Well, thanks for joining us today and we hope to have you back next week. Bye, bye.