Weird Things in a Mom’s Purse

When you’re a mom, you’re kind of a superhero. Hungry? Mom has the perfect snack on hand. Bleeding? On it with a bandage. We have no idea what the day will bring exactly, so I like to be prepared. My purses are usually way too big and should probably be illegal, but hey, I sure am prepared for just about anything. Here’s a few examples of weird things that can be found in a Mom’s purse:

Sunglasses (for the entire family)
Baby wipes
Hand sanitizer – or as Josephine calls it “hanitizer”
Gum wrappers
A googly eye that fell off from a school project
My iPhone
3D mascara
Some pens – a few with all of their pieces and some without
Fruit snacks
Travel size sunblock
Lip balm
Wallet – I hope anyway
Crayons
Ponytail holders
Boogie Wipes
A notebook
Granola bars
Crumbs from the other granola bars
Earphones
Phone charger
Mitch-match socks
Notebook
A few Shopkins
Small first aid kit
Expired coupons

If you’re a Mom than I am sure you have most of these in your bags as well. I always seem to find the most random things in my purse and most tend to be items I am “holding” for my kids. Once I found a fossilized french fry at the very bottom of the pile. It’s like a complete grab bag of total randomness. Thankfully my kids are a little older now and I know longer have to carry diapers, bottles or any of that other stuff, but that doesn’t mean it gets any lighter.

If there’s one thing that I a guilty of it would be a little thing I like to call “purse hoarding”. Go ahead and judge. Just remember we all have things that make us weird and this just happened to be one of mine. It could always be worse, right?

So on to the obvious. I would love to know what’s in your purse!

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Weird Things in a Mom’s Purse