Are you firmly attached to your handbag?

I seem to collect bags but use the same one all the time...a Kipling bag. It's nice and light but has lots of pockets.
I was a bit complacent until recently when I had a close call with a potential mugger. I was on my way to buy a fridge and had £200 in my bag.
Now I make a point of wearing my walking jacket which has an inside pocket where I keep my card and money.
Now, if anyone grabs my bag, they will only get a small amount of money and a pack of tissues.

Of course the big advantage of bags is that you can still use them with or without “lockdown weight”. [

My new Radley handbag hasn’t had a trip out since the second week of March. Only left the house for exercise and too meet DD and DGD for first time in a forest a few miles away. She and her family haven’t left their home other than for exercise so we were perfectly safe. DGD at 21 months walked a mile and a quarter and she was a fairly late walker.

Don’t have one now... and since Covid and not using money... I’ve transferred two bits of plastic into my phone case. Tuck a £10 note behind the phone itself and phone travels in jeans pocket... or cardi pocket ... or jacket . It’s so liberating!

I only use handbags on formal occasions. Usually I pop my purse in the inside pocket of my jacket and use a back-pack for anything too large to go into my pockets.

My mother kept everything she could possibly need in her handbag, but never knew where she had put it. She got so cross whenever she asked, "Has anyone seen my handbag?" and Daddy or I replied, "Yes." because what she meant, as we well knew, was, "Will you find my handbag and give me it, please?"

That's probably what put me off handbags. Also I was a teenager in the 1970s when we all laughed at the Queen carrying a handbag as if it contained the crown jewels, when I believe there was nothing in it except a hankie and a powder compact as Royalty at the time didn't carry money, but left that to the lady in waiting or the equerry.

So totally agree with the ladies who don't get taken in by the Designer twaddle. Such a con. I have a couple of nice bags but someone else paid big bucks and the charity shop and I did OK.

Oh I’ve been well and taken in by the designer twaddle. I’ve got a few Mulberry’s, a couple of Pradas and the odd Stella McCartney.

I love them all and interchange them so I get use out of all of them......at least I used to until lockdown! ?‍♀️?

Rucksacks are easy to wear, but a faff to get things out of, as in need to take it off every time. Also, easier for thieves to target. For those reasons, I only use one on an occasion whereby I have more to carry than my handbag will hold. It's a cross body bag for me on a day to day basis, smaller handbag for special occasions - which are few and far between?

I can't imagine what on Earth people need to carry in them. My card goes in my phone case, that's it, really. I'm surprised that people still use purses and handbags now.

I haven’t used a handbag since lockdown, as never go anywhere, so what’s the point.

As for taking it to bed. No thankyou.

I have not got a handbag. My dear mum always wondered how I managed without one.

I believe in pockets. Why aren't there more pockets in women's clothes?

It was my birthday at the end of January. I asked the kiddies for a small black handbag. They bought me one which I think must have cost a fortune a Michael somebody or other. I haven't had a chance to use it yet and don't know when i will as it is much fancier than I dare use, usually I crop them on the floor, kick them out of the way and generally treat them with little respect. My mum, a very wise lady, always left an old handbag by her door. In it was old makeup, an ancient comb, tissues, sweets and old pre euro foreign money. In fact nothing of any value or worth. The theory was that if any opportunistic villainous types should knock on her door, they would see the handbag, grab it and run.

I have "everything" in my handbag! I don't use makeup generally, but carry a "tangleteazer" comb, a mirror that shows your whole image. several small notebooks, "our" passports (in a zipped pocket), prescriptions (always needed when we have a hospital appointment), lots of medical items (hand sanitizer, nasal inhaler, bottle of Frankinsence, a nail file, a pen, tissues, lipstick (rarely used), Co-codamol tablets (several blister packs), a metal card case (full), my purse etc, etc. If I were to get it and start taking stuff out - the list would be so long, everyone would have given up reading by the half-way stage! I like a bag with a shoulder strap, which I wear cross body fashion, to deter possible thieves. My husband makes fun of me with regards to the contents of my bag, but passes to me anything he needs when we go out, and expects me to look after it! He won't carry cash (though he does have two cards - Debit and Credit).

When I used to go shopping once a week I took a handbag. Purse, card wallet (never put cards in purse), phone, pills, keys, drink, sandwich and spare pad.
Davy Jones was a pirate and Davy Jones locker is the bottom of the sea where he ended up.

I ve never used a hand bag I always use a shoulder bag I only carry purse, phone, keys and tissues I like a rucksack for shopping days
How anyway can pay the price of a washing machine on a bit of leather I will never understand

I am now sitting in the garden in a garden chair with my handbag hanging on the chair

Another here who just finds them in daily use a nuisance and chooses a phone with a few notes and cards in the cover, and a tissue up my sleeve.

I have a couple of David Jones bags. Not expensive but practical. However I have now designated a cross body bag as my Covid bag.I only use it when going shopping. It contains:
Hand sanitizer, wipes, gloves, tissues and my debit card. Just pop in my phone as I go out. Much easier than my usual bag, no rummaging round to find my purse etc.

I have a number of handbags, mostly cross body, bought -lightly used - from Ebay. One of my favourites is a Hotter bag, bright red and capacious, which I use to cheer up my winter garb with matching gloves! A brand I like is Tula, cheaper version of Radley and very nice quality.

I still think you d be better with a chain on the door than drawers to bash a burglar over the head with ?I think by the time you got out of bed and pulled the drawer out you d be a goner but I m guessing your not serious about that

Now look what you've gone and made me do. Thinking about bags, I found myself surfing Ebay. For bags, of course. What did I find? A large cream leather Tula bag - just what I don't need, but the price was irresistible and I didn't need to bid as it was a 'buy it now' item.

I have quite a few ,usually presents .Currently using a black leather tote style or a small crossbody cream leather kipling .I always have my purse,breath freshener, tissues ,keys ,specs and basic makeup .The big bag houses shopping bags too.Its inbred I'm afraid my mother always used to tell us a young lady wouldn't leave the house without ,her handbag and gloves HER mother said hat bag and gloves ,and we'd be struck down if we went out with bare legs

Found another difference in language use. We call your handbag a purse, your purse a wallet and your rucksack a backpack.

Although I have 5 or 6 in my closet, I generally use one med size cross-body purse per season. A dark leather one for fall/winter and a lighter straw/fabric one in summer/spring. I do have a few evening ones (rarely used). I don't spend a lot, compared to some here.

I tend to toss it behind the front door when I walk in, although my DH always gives me heck for this and forgetting to lock the door. I'm either too trusting or naive; I say the former, he says the latter.

While it always comes with me to work or shopping, I try to keep the contents to a minimum so as to keep the weight down. Wallet, phone, small notebook and pen, hand sani, lippy and a tiny measuring tape that has come in handy quite often!

My favourite for summer is a primani tote in mustard yellow. Goes with loads and I have my mini survival kit in there. Pen, paper a plaster, wipes, sanitizer, mini seeing kit (from cr acker) etc etc

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