The 9 Things Every Woman Should Have in Her Purse

Sewing Kit. A stitch in time keeps you at work, save wages, and possibly your job. Keep an assortment of threads, needles, a seam ripper, scissors, thimble, threader and a couple of small buttons for your pants, buttons and blouses, especially if you have been hitting the pasta a tad hard. If your zipper breaks, button pops or hem falls ehow.com reveals quick fixes to avoid the X-rated look. Sewing kits are available in most drugstores or hotels.

Phone. Don't leave home without one. And while you are at it, program in this number: 1-800-373-411 (a.k.a. Free-411) for free directory assistance and directions. Your trusty phone finds cabs on rainy days, calms bosses, reveals hidden addresses and can even save your life.

Eyeglass repair kit. Have a jeweler's screwdriver and spare screws for your glasses. You can get this kit at your local Duane Reade, or CVS. No one likes the Heller Keller act. If you cannot see, you cannot work and you cannot drive.

Mirror and Comb. Yes, you may have used a mirror for completely different reasons a few years ago. Nonetheless, how else will you spot the spinach in your teeth? And sometimes the wind-blown look doesn't work While you're at it, check your jacket for stray hair or dandruff after you've finished fixing your coiffure. Leave the stray hair to werewolves.

Make-up. That's right, lipstick, mascara, eye shadow, the basics. Life is tough out there. Put on your warpaint and gear up for battle. The workplace is a real jungle nowadays.

Map. Do you know that there are no numbered streets in Wall Street? Don't find this out ten minutes before you are due at the interview. Likewise, in a world where gas no longer costs 50 cents a gallon, leave driving aimlessly around to serial killers. Come to think of it, if you are out of gas on the side of the road, you might meet one.

Spare Hosiery. Ladders are for firefighters and house painters. Let's face it, the more you spend the quicker it's destroyed. If you really want value, go with Sabra brand--wears like iron, fends off terrorists-available at a store near you for a dollar and change.

Aspirin (or Tylenol or Ibuprofen), you get the picture. Lou Gehrig, once subbed for a sick ballplayer-that ballplayer never played again. The world is full of understudies. Disappoint them.

Pen or pencil and scratch paper. Yes, yes, I know you have a blackberry, but paper and pen require neither batteries nor service contract. Don't save the whales-save the cocktail napkins! Imagine, no more digging through the lint at the bottom of your purse looking for McDreamy's digits.

The nine essentials, the ten commandments, but quicker--we have less spare time these days.

Sources:
http://www.americanintimates.com/Women/Sabra-B136/Hosiery-C50/