Where To Hide Your Purse
My mother and I have a deep history with purses. Long ago, I didn’t even want to carry a purse. I just wasn’t an accessory type of girl. By the time college came around I developed a more feminine style. During my freshman year in college I had 3 purses stolen in 6 months!
This was all pre-9/11 but getting a new driver’s license was a huge pain. The Bureau of Motor Vehicles wants like 4 forms of ID, which is nearly impossible if you just lost your license, social security card, debit card, student id, etc… Usually I had to dig out a yearbook as an acceptable picture ID. The angry lady at the BMV wasn’t nearly as bad as dealing with my mother though.
I’m sure you’re anxious to hear how someone manages to have the same thing happen more than once. I obviously don’t learn from my mistakes. Let me re-cap the stories:
1st - I left it in the back seat of a girlfriend’s car on campus. I wasn’t even out partying! We were at the student Christian center hanging out with some people. But the parking lot was near a dark alley and they broke the back window taking only took my purse. The cops found it in a dumpster down the road but it was empty.
2nd - I was shopping at Wal-Mart and left it in the shopping cart…in the parking lot. By the time I got home and realized it wasn’t with me, it was gone. A few months later some lady called us from a town away and said they’d found my purse with ID. My mom went to pick it up from some shady apartment complex and of course it was completely empty. I’m speculating here, but maybe these people took it and then thought they’d get a reward? I don’t know.
3rd - (And final time!) On Valentine’s Day my roommate and I had an awful date with these 2 guys. He drove a beater car and who the hell would break into it is beyond me, but using my noggin’ I actually put the purse in the trunk this time. While in the movie someone again broke a window, took his cd player (which was some knock-off brand) and broke through the back seat to the trunk. My only explanation is that they must have seen me put it in the trunk.
All three of these instances happened at night and usually very late. The second call I had to make every time (after the cops) was to my mother. Waking her up in the middle of the night was never a good idea, but by the third call she was pretty much done. I can’t remember her exact words, but I know she expressed her anger in quite a colorful array of verbs. Rightfully so.
The last one I lost was a very nice and expensive leather purse I had received for Christmas from her. A few days after I managed to dig out the ol’yearbook again for that photo ID at the BMV, a box came in the mail. Inside was the exact same purse I’d just had stolen and a note from my mother:
“Purses can be replaced. Beautiful daughters such as yourself cannot. Sorry. Love, Mother”
This week I attended a seminar for work and my mother and son joined me for some free vacation time and swimming. One evening as we headed down to swim my mother started to bring her purse with her. I gave her a hard time and she decided she could leave it in the microwave for safe keeping. It eerily reminds me of my grandmother who hid money in an empty coffee tin in the basement. Where do you hide your money?
I usually keep my purse in my bedroom closet or if I bring it upstairs to the loft area where my computer is I tuck it under my desk.
I had my purse stolen once and it was such a PITA to get the ID all replaced. I’m glad it’s never happened again. My sons however are experts in replacing ID they lose theirs all the time ! lol
I hide my moolah in my snatch! and now…since you know about it–i’ll have to hide it in my butt now!
aren’t all christian centers near a dark alley? that must be where satan lurks.
have a splendid weekend.
OK, PURSE SNATCHERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO READ THIS COMMENT!!! (LOL)
I remember about a year or two ago, there was this “purse snatcher” in Nashville. He was breaking into peoples houses because he could see their purses sitting on their kitchen table. There was about a 3 month block of time when my husband MADE me carry my purse back into our bedroom every night @ bedtime. Now, I just shove it under the table.
@ jaildiet: ROTFLMAO!!! I just read your comment!!! BAAAAA!!!!! Maybe I should start hiding my money in my husband’s ass, that way he won’t hound me about protecting my crappy purse which NEVER has any freaking MONEY in it!
I just got out of the “not wanting to carry a purse ever” stage. Thankfully, I’ve never had a purse stolen from me before.
Alright JailDiet you took this a little too serious
I won’t be robbing you anytime soon!
My neighbor boy stole my purse. Or maybe it was his friends. And that happened last fall. So I can totally feel your pain on that issue. SUCKS.
Some of these comments on where to hide ones purse are cracking me up. heehee. I think I need to hide my purse up my hubby’s butt too! Course he can stink up the entire house if he doesn’t turn on an exhaust fan. SO…. Maybe not.
I had a Canon Rebel camera stolen out of my luggage by a housekeeper while we were on vacation. SUCKED.
And I used to leave my purse everywhere when I was in sixth grade and started carrying one. Once, I left it in a Burger King on the way back from a school trip to D.C. They sent it to me in a box, wrapped in hamburger wrappers. Awesome!!
Exactly why I stuff all my belongings in my bra!
yeah…like i’m going to tell you where i hide my money…
he…who are we kidding? you’d have to actually have money to hide it!
While I use the microwave as an extra cabinet when we have company over I’ve never thought about putting my purse in there. That cracks me up.
I hide nothing. In fact, I usually leave my purse in the car overnight. We do have a garage but still, it’s always out there. Prob not the smartest place huh?
I keep my purse in my bedroom closet, but I don’t know why. Just a habit, I guess. Anytime I have cash, some kid needs it, so it’s not like there’s much to steal in there.
I have a horrible time remembering where I put things, so if I did hide cash, you can bet I’ll never find it again.
I have everything in my diaper bag, but I don’t have any money so it really doesn’t matter! I had my purse stolen from my classroom and it sucks ass - big time.