Becoming a Big Purse Lady

In my obsessive planning and preparation for my upcoming job interview, I went to my favorite accessories store to purchase a little black purse. (BTW, they have the photo I gave them on display in their store!) I have far too many purses as it is, although none were either black or professional looking. This was what I got:

Unfortunately, it was only after making my purchase (no worries; it was super-cheap) that it occurred to me that if I wanted to bring along presentable looking copies of the texts that I'd edited, I was going to need something a little bigger. The only way I could transport texts printed on A4 in that little thing would be if I folded them up into little squares. Hardly professional.

During a lull in yesterday's rain, I popped over to Lotte Mart to find something a little more suitable. (All the purses at "my" accessories store are too small.) Now, I've never been one of those women who carry big purses... so this is definitely a first:

Charlie finds it fascinating. I'm guessing it smells a bit like dead cow.