A Month of Less: Purse/Diaper Bag

Okay, so my purse is usually a disaster.  I don’t clean it out on a regular basis, so it keeps collecting things.  Receipts, garbage, toys, papers, etc.  As a result, it gets really heavy.  I’ve read articles about how much a woman’s purse often weighs, and it can cause back/neck/shoulder pain.  So it’s a good place to simplify and de-clutter.

I  have this cute little purse that I got last summer in Quebec (my sister Jenn has almost the exact same one!).  It isn’t as big as other purses that I’ve had, so I physically can’t collect all the junk I used to. I’m so happy to be done with diaper bags, but that also means that I need to carry things to occupy kids in my purse now instead of the bag.

 I dumped it out and found all this junk.  In case you can’t see, there’s 5 rolls of lifesavers (what good Dutch person would be caught without church candies?!), 16 crayons, 6 notepads (!!) 2 packs of keenex, 2 flashlights, 2 coupon organizers, some gloves, my First Aid kit, plus that plastic bag there that is full of random garbage.  Yikes.

I grabbed a few Ziploc bags to organize similar items.  I put the candies into one bag, and left a few rolls in the cupboard.  I did one bag for two little notebooks and a few crayons.  I did a last bag for hand cream and other toiletries. I used to do a lot with coupons, so I had two organizers.  Lately I haven’t used as many, so I put them all into one.   I re-stocked my little First Aid kid with more Bandaids.  And that’s it. That’s all for my little purse.

Before putting everything back, I shook it out outside, then grabbed an anti-bacterial wipe and cleaned off the whole thing, especially the bottom.  Have you read about all the bacteria that is found on a woman’s purse?  I also wiped off my wallet, along with the 4 cards that I use the most (and realized that two of them I hadn’t even signed yet…oops!)

Then I slipped everything back in.  So clean.  So simple with those little bags.  So light!

  Now all the zippers can close!  Whooo hoo!!

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Marya R

I live in Bowmanville, and am a mom to four young boys - it can get a little loud in my house. I am a Christian, a part-time French teacher, a piano teacher and former homeschooler. I love finding the best deals, which will come in handy when our boys become hungry teenagers! We just moved to a house with more outdoor space, and I'm still getting used to life in the country (a walk around the block is a lot longer here!).

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