Let's Do a Giveaway!

...Naming the Six Purses of Irene.

I’m not really a purse woman. I have a little leather purple purse that only holds my wallet and phone.

But when we helped Mom (Irene!) move last month, I came across a cloth bag hanging in her closet. Inside I found a purse with 6 different covers. Have you ever seen these? The brand is Miche, and is basically six purses in one. You start with the black base purse, then choose from the six covers. Four of the covers snap over the base purse with magnets, and two have elastic for pulling over the base bag. Clearly I’m totally out of the interesting-purse loop.

I started wondering—what sort of person would use this cover, or that cover? What would their names be?

Then I discovered that each bag already had a name! But I think some of them are kind of lame. So for those of you who need a distraction from work or retired spouses all up in your business or an aching knee, or just want to win something, here’s your challenge:

Come up with better names! Or where they live! Or what they do for work! Or favorite hobby. I just thought it would be fun to dive into purses and personalities. Stereotypes welcome! Generalizations welcome! Either put your suggestions in the Comments, or email me directly by replying to this Substack email, or at stillmakingstuffup@catherinefriend.com.

Anyone who participates will be eligible for a drawing! I will put all the entries into a hat and have Melissa draw a name. I know there are apps that do this as well, but pooh—so sick of apps.

What will you win? I’ll let you choose—a copy of my picture book My Head is Full of Colors, one of my novels, two skeins of our yarn, or a free in-depth tarot reading via Zoom. All you need to do is help me explore these purses’ personalities. :-)

Okay. Here are the six purses with their six tame, lame names. (THREE RYHMING WORDS IN A ROW! Damn, I’m good.) In your comment, list the purses and the names that you think better match the purses, or the job/hobby/place of residence. You don’t need to do all six, but maybe two?

Here’s the base bag…the poor nameless thing.

Here’s “Sally.”

Here’s “Sarah.”

Here’s “Pippa.”

Here’s “Randi.”

Here’s “Feliz.”

Here’s “Vixen.”

No need to purchase anything. US only (but maybe I could have my publisher send you an ebook if you are out of the US.) Escape to My Planet subscribers only (both paid and unpaid—all are welcome.) I will pull a name from a hat on June 10, exactly one week from today. This gives you seven days to go wild. :-)

And it gives me seven days to sneak the purses back into my mom’s closet before she realizes they were ‘stolen’!!!