On a related question why is it called a pocket BOOK? doesn't make sense but a lot of people say it
Trace the etymology of pocketbook and you'll find that pocketbooks were originally book-like cases used for carrying papers. Over time, people began to use them to carry more than just papers and it changed from a case-like structure to more of a bag, but the phrase stuck and is now synonomous with purse.
I have to say, normally I don't carry a bag. I'm one of those weird women who, if going out anywhere other than work, carries everything in their pockets
I DO need to get a bag to take everywhere with me really, but i'm not into big bulky handbag numbers... all a bit too erm... 'girly' for me
Same thing here. I need a bag, but I can not seem to find one that suits me! Drives me mad. The regular once tend to for some reason have gold or silver lockets and stuff on them is just not my thing. Tried it once, and all of my friends almost fell of their chairs laughing. I'm a student so my laptop is with me everywhere I go monday - friday and I use that bag to carry my books with me etc. That one contains:
Laptop
Various books, both for class and whatever book I'm reading atm
Cigarettes
WATER
Cellphone
Something to write on and with
Keys
Bank card, student card, money, coffee card, subway ticket etc (wallet is obviously not working for me)
Headphones
Painkillers
Sunglasses
Cd's
Newspaper for the day to read on the subway
Lunch packet in plastic (which seems to enjoy itself at the very bottom so the bread is all crushed to pieces when it's time to eat it.)
I never carry makeup around...I use a messenger bag. (ONeil)
I carry:
Keys
Wallet (Vans - Mens)
Phone/ear piece
Ipod
cigs/lighter (for sometimes and for others)
Gum
glasses case/sunglasses
small velvet bag with hair & spices in it
drawing tablet with pencils
soap leaves in a tin
condom (it's seriously old tho)
handi-wipes (the travel kind)
serum
mooncup in the container
advils in their container
nasal spray (BF)
an epi pen (BF allergic to A LOT of things)
laminated directions to sesame street (so I will never be lost)
paper speakers
Ginsberg's HOWL
some current book
a bottle of ensure
a tin with crackers (so they wont get squished)
lemon wedges in a baggie
fresh aloe (in a baggie)
oh and candy.
the candy can vary...hahahahaa
wow, I am like a pack mule! if I am going somewhere special I carry a camera and I also carry other people's wallets.
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i too carry a small purse, if i use a big tote bag it's cuz i'm traveling on a plane or something
wallet
change purse
pill box for tylenol
car cd player faceplate
brush
gum
lip balm
pen & notepad (*always* have a to-do list on me and in case i get a drawing idea!)
keys
phone
ipod
I try to get by with just keys, lip balm, and money, but sometimes I need a purse. Because sometimes I don't have any pockets.
So I try to keep the bag light and my hands free.
ID
Keys
Change purse
Credit card
Sunglasses and case
Regular glasses case (for the glasses on my nose)
Little case of cosmetics (powder, lipstick, perfume)
Little hair brush
Lip balm
Cellphone
Ipod
Pen
Agenda
Tiny notebook
Fan
Granola bar
Metro tickets
Swiss Army knife
Little flashlight
Book
Tiny tape measure
Tissues
Towelettes
I try to get by with just keys, lip balm, and money, but sometimes I need a purse. Because sometimes I don't have any pockets.
So I try to keep the bag light and my hands free.
ID
Keys
Change purse
Credit card
Sunglasses and case
Regular glasses case (for the glasses on my nose)
Little case of cosmetics (powder, lipstick, perfume)
Little hair brush
Lip balm
Cellphone
Ipod
Pen
Agenda
Tiny notebook
Fan
Granola bar
Metro tickets
Swiss Army knife
Little flashlight
Book Tiny tape measure
Tissues
Towelettes
happy to see i am not the only one who feels the need to measure things at times.
wallet (with cash, credit cards, license)
a pen
random grocery store/Target lists and receipts
a house key
Tide to Go stain remover pen
a diaper
lipstick
chapstick
cell phone (sometimes, when it's not left in the car...i really don't use it)
a Darth Vader doll (pictured in this photo...he goes everywhere with us http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2135/2293996264_ff52c87fd6.jpg
a bunch of random coupons
some baby wipes
a little notebook
I don't carry one. Well, I carried one on the way to Aruba as my carry-on. It had my wallet, passport, phone, a pen, a book (Into the Wild) and lip moisturizer in it. Otherwise, I carry my wallet. Even then, when I'm out, I only bring my license, debit card, cash and my car key. I can't stand carrying a purse with me. If I carry one, I find more shit I don't need to put in it.
believe it or not, we don't "need" anything. that is only the spoiled brat in us trying to fill some temporary solution to an emptyness that does not exist.
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Why do Americans call handbags pocketbooks? They're not books!
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k IM gonna answer this one. for ME, i cannot carry a PURSE. its true SENROCK! FASHION to just grab what i need and shove it in my pockets. ESPECIALLY money. I have a really cool quiksilver wallet and i SWORE i would get organized and use it TO PUT MONEY IN. nope. Its all wrinkled up in my pocket! I have a badd habit of that and i ALWAYS lose cash. ALWAYS. It happened 2 nights ago. *sigh* maybe i SHOULD carry a purse but i CANT!!! its not me!!!!
I always used to buy Quicksilver wallets. Don't know why. I've never been on a surfboard or skateboard in my life. I just liked the style. I think it was my brothers taste rubbing off on me.
And like you, I just stuff things in my pockets.
I always used to buy Quicksilver wallets. Don't know why. I've never been on a surfboard or skateboard in my life. I just liked the style. I think it was my brothers taste rubbing off on me.
And like you, I just stuff things in my pockets.
i was going thru my stuff the other day and i found 8 quiksilver wallets! :eek: WHY DONT I EVER USE THEM??!!!!! jeeze.
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in my "real" purse, i.e., pocketbook, I could save the world of small crisis'. At any random time, I may have a various amount of colored pens, receipts for anything from BK to something worth saving them for. Gum wrappers, gum wrapped in receipts, (!), my daughter's barrettes, my son's (taken away) lazer pointers, a toy airplane, a letter I began to write in venom, a calendar that just makes me look efficient; I never look at the thing really, a checkbook; a tinkerbell one at that!, but zero balance most of the time....keys, brochures, buttons, feminine stuff, lip gloss, lipstick, gum, scraps of paper for my adhd moments when I get this "GREAT" idea that I am afraid I will forget............buttons sometimes, scissors, (if I was gardening and forgot to put them in the house when done), and my cell phone.
Now, when I went to court last week, I took 2 purses; one was in the car;the real purse, and the other was like a toy little purse, pink to match my shirt, that had only my car keys, one lip gloss and my telephone and court papers.
I felt so light.
But back to the bottomless pit.
I guess I always like to be prepared.
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Ok thanks. They're not purses either. Here a purse is what a lady puts inside her handbag and it holds her money, cards etc.
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wallet
cell phone
lipstick
small mirror
gum
mints
pen
checkbook
advil
hand lotion
lip balm
Same thing here. I need a bag, but I can not seem to find one that suits me! Drives me mad. The regular once tend to for some reason have gold or silver lockets and stuff on them is just not my thing. Tried it once, and all of my friends almost fell of their chairs laughing. I'm a student so my laptop is with me everywhere I go monday - friday and I use that bag to carry my books with me etc. That one contains:
Laptop
Various books, both for class and whatever book I'm reading atm
Cigarettes
WATER
Cellphone
Something to write on and with
Keys
Bank card, student card, money, coffee card, subway ticket etc (wallet is obviously not working for me)
Headphones
Painkillers
Sunglasses
Cd's
Newspaper for the day to read on the subway
Lunch packet in plastic (which seems to enjoy itself at the very bottom so the bread is all crushed to pieces when it's time to eat it.)
Wow, no wonder it's heavy.
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I carry:
Keys
Wallet (Vans - Mens)
Phone/ear piece
Ipod
cigs/lighter (for sometimes and for others)
Gum
glasses case/sunglasses
small velvet bag with hair & spices in it
drawing tablet with pencils
soap leaves in a tin
condom (it's seriously old tho)
handi-wipes (the travel kind)
serum
mooncup in the container
advils in their container
nasal spray (BF)
an epi pen (BF allergic to A LOT of things)
laminated directions to sesame street (so I will never be lost)
paper speakers
Ginsberg's HOWL
some current book
a bottle of ensure
a tin with crackers (so they wont get squished)
lemon wedges in a baggie
fresh aloe (in a baggie)
oh and candy.
the candy can vary...hahahahaa
wow, I am like a pack mule! if I am going somewhere special I carry a camera and I also carry other people's wallets.
wallet
change purse
pill box for tylenol
car cd player faceplate
brush
gum
lip balm
pen & notepad (*always* have a to-do list on me and in case i get a drawing idea!)
keys
phone
ipod
WTF?!?!?!? lol....
Oh sorry, that's just what I would keep in a pocketbook if I carried one...
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So I try to keep the bag light and my hands free.
ID
Keys
Change purse
Credit card
Sunglasses and case
Regular glasses case (for the glasses on my nose)
Little case of cosmetics (powder, lipstick, perfume)
Little hair brush
Lip balm
Cellphone
Ipod
Pen
Agenda
Tiny notebook
Fan
Granola bar
Metro tickets
Swiss Army knife
Little flashlight
Book
Tiny tape measure
Tissues
Towelettes
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Datebook
Notebook
Pen
Checkbook
Wallet
Gum
Keys
Ibuprofin
Tums
Chapstick
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happy to see i am not the only one who feels the need to measure things at times.
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
a pen
random grocery store/Target lists and receipts
a house key
Tide to Go stain remover pen
a diaper
lipstick
chapstick
cell phone (sometimes, when it's not left in the car...i really don't use it)
a Darth Vader doll (pictured in this photo...he goes everywhere with us http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2135/2293996264_ff52c87fd6.jpg
a bunch of random coupons
some baby wipes
a little notebook
I don't carry one. Well, I carried one on the way to Aruba as my carry-on. It had my wallet, passport, phone, a pen, a book (Into the Wild) and lip moisturizer in it. Otherwise, I carry my wallet. Even then, when I'm out, I only bring my license, debit card, cash and my car key. I can't stand carrying a purse with me. If I carry one, I find more shit I don't need to put in it.
I have eaten so much gold I crapped excellence - drtyfrnk29
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all!
keys
checkbook
cellphone
pen
glasses
lipstick
rubbers
landing gear
medicine
zippers
Rolaids
Courderoy
weed killer
slippers
a Bendy Wendy
forklift key
Pepperidge Farms coupon
jolly roger mask
humble beginnings
I always used to buy Quicksilver wallets. Don't know why. I've never been on a surfboard or skateboard in my life.
And like you, I just stuff things in my pockets.
Sir Mike McCready is....THE MASTER!!! WAHHH!!!
EVENFLOW PSYCHOS H.N.I.C~FEEL THE FLOW!!!
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Well they're not really hands either :-P
In my book of pocketries I have:
sunglasses
wallet
checkbook
nunchucks
ipod
deodorant
gum
cell phone
yeah, i think that's about it...
Now, when I went to court last week, I took 2 purses; one was in the car;the real purse, and the other was like a toy little purse, pink to match my shirt, that had only my car keys, one lip gloss and my telephone and court papers.
I felt so light.
But back to the bottomless pit.
I guess I always like to be prepared.
Together we will float like angels.........
In the moment that you left the room, the album started skipping, goodbye to beauty shared with the ones that you love.........
Ok thanks. They're not purses either. Here a purse is what a lady puts inside her handbag and it holds her money, cards etc.