I Know What’s In Your Purse

"What's in your wallet?"

It's a popular commercial slug line - but how 'bout "What's in your purse?"...and let's get specific while we're at it.

Researcher Kelley Styring has actually gone so far as to do studies on what women usually carry in their purse.  Do you think her results would put you in the 'average' category?

You are considered in the median if:

• your purse weighs around four pounds
• you have up to 10 purses, but usually use around 3 of them
• you have a total of about 67 items in your purse, with most falling into the categories of keys, phone, receipts, ID's, cards, office products, insurance, beauty products, pictures, snacks, and gum
• your average purse (the ones you use the most often) has a life span of 4-5 years.

Kelley Styring has actually gone so far as to take all her findings and put them into a book, "In Your Purse: Archaeology of the American Handbag"

I think I'll wait for the movie.