Luckily, handbags are always a good investment because, unlike other wardrobe staples, you can wear them as many consecutive days as you want without getting nailed by the Fashion Police. What’s... Read more >>

Let’s see, my purse contains things now that I most certainly did not need in my twenties—like my fan. When I get a hot flash, I have to have a fan. I have to have a fan IMMEDIATELY!... Read more >>

Alas, what’s in your mother’s purse? A long wait was made short when you had something to entertain yourself with at the doctor’s office or at any waiting boring place. The long... Read more >>

Women have a love affair with handbags. They come in many flavors: totes, satchels, shoulder bags, top handles, clutches, evening bags, exotics, and small accessories. In the roomier ones, we can... Read more >>

I can remember precisely when it started. I got a purse for my birthday when I was about five. It was a round, bright yellow smiley-face, made of vinyl, with a long strap. You can see... Read more >>

Number one: the Prada Bag. I had owned two Prada bags, both of them gifts to me, that I never really loved. Okay, they were Prada, but they weren’t something I would pick for... Read more >>

In our attempts to outgift the Jones’, we are often incapable of distinguishing right from wrong, good gift from very bad gift. Here’s a little refresher course for the next time you find yourself in… Read more >>

I was standing in the check-out line at the drug store to purchase one item. Given that it was February 13, I’ll give you one guess as to what it might have been. Yeah, it’s a man thing,... Read more >>

Many of you are probably aware that I’m constantly on the lookout for handbags that travel well. I don’t own this one—yet—but it absolutely fulfills my three basic requirements... Read more >>

With all the buzz about germs these days, even the most hygienically lax of us have begun giving second thoughts to our cleanliness—soaping up for at least fifteen seconds, coughing into our... Read more >>