I had something else planned for this week’s WFMW when this came to mind. Some time ago I was either watching a Don Aslett (the cleaning guru) video or skimming through something he wrote when something struck home with me. He referred to ladies putting their purses on top of tables, after their purses have been in public bathroom floors and who knows where else. My first thought was, “Ewww!” As I thought about it, I realized he was right. I try not to put my purse on bathroom floors, but sometimes there is no other place. And even without that, we often have them on the floors in our house or car — where shoes have been — shoes that have been on bathroom floors and in dirt and other places…and then we plop them on the table to dig out a tissue or a tip at a restaurant or a piece of paper to jot something down on. Ewwww!

I looked this up at http://www.snopes.com (my favorite place to check out possible urban legends), and she confirms it is true that our purses may be carrying all sorts of unwanted stuff on them. (“Bag-teria” is the title of her article, and I borrowed it for this post. :))

I don’t carry little wipes around with me to clean my purse off, but I do clean it off if it’s been on a particularly nasty floor. Mainly I don’t put it on tabletops any more where food is or will be.

Check our Rocks in My Dryer’s place for other good tips that might work for you. 🙂