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cell: 908.507.4927
office: 908.735.8080
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185 Center Street, Clinton
908.735.4499
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My granddaughter went to Europe for three weeks with
only a backpack to hold her stuff. I take two suitcases
for a Cape May overnight. But what really makes me
wonder about my "satchel sanity" is what is contained
in my pocketbook, which is so heavy that I list to star-
board on a permanent basis. It's bad enough while
grocery shopping or browsing Bridgewater Commons,
but a day trip to Flemington necessitates enough sup-
plies for a month in Saudi Arabia.
Pocketbooks/handbags/purses are truly an exten-
sion of the women carrying them. A fully loaded Vera
Bradley makes for weighty cargo. There's a bulging
wallet with credit cards, family photos, insurance and
medical cards, etc. The paper money is neatly cat-
egorized in order of denomination and the change is
dumped haphazardly in a too small pocket. There is
a cell phone and occasionally a charger in case the low
battery sign flashes. There's makeup because heaven
forbid I should appear in public sans lipstick and eye-
brows. (And a magnifying mirror so I can FIND my lips
and eyebrows.) There are breath mints and assorted
Hershey's Miniatures because they are my comfort food
when the car in front of me hogs the fast lane while the
driver talks on a cell phone. I carry some medications
in case I meet a friend in the supermarket and she in-
vites me to her house for the weekend. I have a comb
and brush, a handkerchief, Kleenex, and sometimes a
tooth brush and sample size Colgate. I have nail clip-
pers because you can never be sure you won't get a
hang nail. There is a small calculator, used mostly to
figure out how much to tip when I'm having lunch with
four girlfriends. There's a bottle of hand sanitizer to rid
myself of the various germs lurking in the atmosphere.
I carry extra car keys, toothpicks, floss, and cards
listing my current medications, telephone numbers of
family and friends and the never-ending list of grocer-
ies to purchase. Also – who do I need to buy birthday/
anniversary cards for the following month.
This is not a complete inventory of my pocketbook, but
it gives you an idea of why it is so heavy. I recently saw
an ad for a "wrist wallet" which will carry three one dol-
lar bills, a quarter and a driver's license . I'm sending
for it tomorrow! It will free up space in the Vera Bradley.
P.S. Thanks to my friend, Joyce, for
the inspiration to write this column.
C U M B E R S O M E C A R G O
by Ruth Keesing
