messy purse

I was probably 21 or a little older before I really started carrying a purse, and it was small!  It was a little rectangle with a small shoulder strap, just big enough to hold a check book and a thin wallet with id and some money.

Fast forward about 11 years and this is what I have now. 

I bought this purse while on vacation down in Florida.  It was actually a great deal from Pac Sun.  It was the only item in their display case and when I asked to see it the cashier said he thought it was on sale, but they just hadn't received the new style in yet.  So he took out the purse and it was on sale for 50% off, which made it $14.00.  It was perfect! Low price and it would hold everything I needed while on vacation: wallet, camera, couple of diapers, wipes, and anything else I needed without carrying around a huge diaper bag.  Unfortunately John wasn't so lucky in finding a hat to wear, so we ended our Pac Sun shopping and went to pay.  The purse rang up $7.99!!!!!  Can I get a WHOOP WHOOP!!  I love when that happens!

So here we are at today, a big bulky purse that I still use everyday ( I am definitely not one to switch purses everyday or even every month).   All I really carry in it is my wallet, check book, phone, lip gloss, camera, and occasionally a few diapers and wipes. In the picture you can see there is just so much room in it that it looks slouchy, and the contents are all over the place.  I am on a mission to organize my purse.  I have found a few sites with great ideas, like here on Fresh Crush and here on The Giving Flower.  Hopefully, I will be trying this out tonight cause I am almost positive I have enough material at home to make it.  YEAH!!!


Update: 5/20/11:
I worked on part of this last night and will have it done soon, and I will be posting pics!