I love handbags. So does my daughter. In fact, yesterday she spent a gift card she got for Christmas from #5 and bought herself a new purse! Metallic silver, ruffled, super stylish--if she doesn't watch out, her mom may be tempted to borrow it. It's as cute as any purse I've ever seen, including silk ones. Which reminds me: you've heard the expression regarding making a silk purse out of a sow's ear? I like to think of it as making the best from what you've got to work with. Choosing to create something to enhance your experience out of something not so desirable. Like what we each must do in an unexpected life. Although, "One disadvantage of being a hog is that at any moment some blundering fool may try to make a silk purse out of your wife's ear." (J. B. Morton) Passion for purses aside, I'm thinking I should be thankful #5 is fit, trim and very unlike a hog... and that I'm not quite his wife yet, huh? Some time in 2011. Stay tuned.