Purse + Escapade = Pursecapades

I’m really not a very girly girl. I only wear makeup if I’m going out, I never wear high heels and I am not an accessory girl.  I’ve had few purses in my life, most of which I ‘borrowed’ from my sisters years after they stopped using them.   I’ve always really wanted a purse that I loved but just never found the one.  And I finally got fed up of putting my wallet in other people’s purses while shopping and using my pocket as a purse.

These are a few of the purses I used in the past:

(there are a few missing from the collection, mostly my fave- a white purse with hearts on it, super cute and very “katelyn”)

Top left: Burton make up bag, that I loved so much had to be used as a purse.  Pink purse that was used a few years back.  Gravis purse ‘borrowed’ from Erica, Volcom purse given to me by my Mother in law. Black Gap purse ‘borrowed’ from Erica and used most recently.

Enter my best friend Liz and her purse obsession.  We went to the mall on Saturday and went to basically every store we could think of that would have purses and still came up empty handed.  I wanted a black purse that was bigger then my other purses I had used, and I wanted it to be sort of slouchy.  Apparently that kind of purse was hard to come across.  Then we went to Winners and I died and went to purse heaven.  Whenever I go into Winners I always walk through the purse section, but never take the time to actually look at the purses.  Not this time. There was a point on Saturday that I had 4 purses on my arms to decide which I would like the best, and to keep my hold on them in case someone else decided one of those were the one.  And as it turned out none of those were the the one for me, because I ended up choosing one that I pointed out to Liz but decided it was too big, kind of like a duffel bag.  After I took all the stuffing out, and looked at myself in the mirror, modeling it,  I decided it was the one!

It’s not black, it’s not slouchy, but I love it.

It’s green and brown, two of my favourite colours (and totally matches my duvet cover, which is a bit weird).  I’m so excited to have a purse that can hold everything I need and not have to squeeze it all in.  The purse is a Mat and Nat, which is pretty funny because Erica and Micaela both have Mat and Nat purses, and Lauren just bought a Mat and Nat wallet last week. Total coincidence.

What do you think?

Ps. this is my 3rd post in a row, sisters get writing!