Mela Kamin – 4:10 Ministries

Purses must be on everyone’s minds lately. My friend Chris Ann & her BFF Kristin of LoveFeast Table just did their Fancy Friday about purses. So, when I saw Arianne’s post on her blog To Think is To Create, about what was in her purse (which is gorgeous, BTW), I had to join her. She was inspired by her friend Allison, who I saw at Blissdom, but never had the pleasure to actually meet (Confession: I may have been intimidated by her beauty and mad dance skillz).
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I love doing this. Something about it is so Let’s Make a Deal. And, what you might not know about me is that I LOVE a good deal.
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Which brings me to my purse, which is large, buttery soft, my favorite color – turquoise . . . and best of all … cost me less than $10 at a secondhand shop. I KNOW!
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Now, I have a lot of purses – mostly ones I’ve found here and there for a sweet deal . . . but this is the one I use most of all – probably due to its generous size & of course, the color makes me happy.
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And, here’s what’s inside:
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1. My kids’ Trident Layers gum
2. Kleenex® tissue packages (the circle R is for my rule-following PR friends)
3. Glasses case
4. iPhone in the beautiful turquoise flower case my husband gave me
5. Epi-Pens for my 5 year old, severely nut-allergic son
6. Service programs from the church we worshipped at in Wis. a few weeks ago
7. about a gazillion receipts
8. Notepad & card from an adorable faith-based preschool nearby
9. So lovely mini journal & glitzy pen from a dear designer friend of mine
10. Teal hair clip/claw thing
11. Broken butterfly bracelet
12. My VBS nametag from back in June
13. iPod
14. Phone charger
15. Coupons & gift cards
16. Lip Balm … Neutrogena, but my ultra fave is Aveeno
17. Toy Story 3 ticket stubs
18. Nail file, tweezer, Swiss Army lite card
19. Pens: Bic & Sharpie
20. Key chain charm from Healing House, a Minneapolis ministry we support
21. one lonely “P” earring that is my daughter’s
22. Business cards
23. Lemon/Mint Ricola – only kind I use
24. Exactly 85 cents
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* noticed that my wallet wasn’t in there – I had taken a bike ride with the kids down to the pet store (to buy crickets for our toads – uh huh) and grabbed it out of the purse … and of course, I was taking the photo with my Nikon, so it isn’t in the picture, but that’s usually in there too!