| No matter how much experience I accumulate | | | | purse, and let that do the talking? Let it be loud |
| shopping for purses, it seems like I never get any | | | | and clear why this purse fits your arm perfectly. |
| better. In fact, saying that I'm shopping for a | | | | The world is drowning in black and brown purses, |
| purse is inaccurate, because I never come home | | | | and though one might have finer stitching, or have |
| with anything but confusion, stress, and an | | | | a more reliable clasp, or the stamp of a brand |
| endless list of maybes. Its intimidated standing in | | | | name, there's another one on the block that looks |
| front of a towering wall of leather and suede, | | | | just like it. |
| being forced to make a decision that will | | | | I've met plenty of different women throughout |
| seemingly affect the course of the rest of my | | | | my life, so I've met plenty of different purses. |
| life. Like a modern day Indiana Jones deciding on | | | | Whenever I join friends for lunch, or sit down for |
| which one sticks out as the true Holy Grail. | | | | a meeting with a client, a purse is sure to follow. |
| Needless to say, I wouldn't measure my intuition | | | | But it hardly ever is substantial enough to strike |
| on the same level as Indiana's. | | | | conversation. At least not a conversation that |
| It's impossible to stay current with the | | | | extends behind the, "Hey, nice purse," formalities. I |
| ever-changing trends. The rules of fashion seem | | | | have, however, initiated meaningful conversation |
| to increase day by day and there's no end to | | | | because of what I had attached to my purse. |
| their particularity. How am I to know if a certain | | | | I would consider my purse to be average. Nothing |
| color of leather clashes with my skin tone? How | | | | too flashy, nothing too expensive, and nothing too |
| am I to realize that a certain purse's strap doesn't | | | | chic. Nevertheless, I've started more |
| complement the way I walk? And how long will I | | | | conversations with it than with anything else I |
| be able to be in style with my purchase. How long | | | | wear or carry. Dangling from my bag is a glass |
| will it be "in season."? Come to think of it, how | | | | floral heart with a sterling silver charm boasting |
| long is a fashion season anyways? Does it run | | | | the word "Mom." It adds a flare to my purse that |
| side by side with winter, summer, spring, and fall? | | | | separates it from the crowd, and people really |
| Or does it go on a separated chic system? Are | | | | seem to notice. After they mention the charm, |
| some fashion seasons comparatively harder on | | | | we usually ease into talking about what it means |
| my car? | | | | to me. It's a natural beginning to talk about family, |
| Okay, so I'm getting a little off track, but that's | | | | values, and things that really matter. It's amazing |
| not irrelevant because usually on my purse quest | | | | the power one word has. |
| I've taken a similar turn. By this time, I'm thinking | | | | Italian leather doesn't quite have the same effect. |
| about taking a nap in the store's mattress section. | | | | Instead of going to store after store, looking for |
| I've given up. There are so many purses in this | | | | that perfect fit, why not just attach a little bit of |
| world, and it can be overbearing to choose the | | | | your personality to the bag you already have. |
| single one that fits you best. | | | | Introduce yourself with a piece of your passion. |
| Why not just add something of your own to a | | | | |