I have bought most of my wife's purses over the many years that we were married. What can I say....I got a good eye for purses. For Mother's Day....for summer....I bought her a nice blue and white purse from Boscov's. I do this because I know that she would not buy this for herself. And she received a lot of compliments on it. I did something for my wife and I was happy.
                  Then about a month ago I was in Boscov's budget room and saw another very nice summer purse....blue and white also....for.....$15! I bought it for her....and I think she likes it more than the purse that came out from under the secured glass counter.              
                   In 1984....an intriguing numerical year in itself....an English actress was on a flight....and everything fell out of her handbag....while the head of a fashion house was trying to put it in the overhead compartment. One thing led to another and the fashion head designed a bag with pockets and two handles so that women did not struggle with compartmentalizing all the things that they carry.
                   Years passed and then decades....and that handbag or purse design became a symbol of wealth. Each bag is made by one person and then signed in some way. Today those bags usually sell for at least $20,000 and often much more. In the past few days one of the very first....if not the first of these bags that were designed and made....sold at auction for....$10,000,000!
                     Women may need something for their keys and lipstick but money is the primary reason for carrying a purse. Judas carried the purse or money bag for the disciples. When Jesus sent out the seventy....He told them not to even carry a purse....or a money bag....but to rely upon the people who would provide for them.
                      Peter told the lame beggar that he didn't have any silver or gold so apparently he didn't carry a purse or money bag. I knew a man once who carried on his person at all times at least $1000 in $20 bills. We call that a wad. It was some form of security to him. Our House of Representatives is said to control the purse strings. Benjamin Franklin is quoted as saying that if we ever find out that we can vote ourselves money....then that would herald the end of the republic. Well that happened and we are no longer what would be called a republic.