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Gifts for the Fairer Sex – Red Envelope Purse Hook

November 24, 2009 By Joe | Heads up: Buying via our links may result in us getting a commission. Also, we take your privacy rights seriously. Head here to learn more.

Red Envelope Purse Hook – $19.95

(The holidays are fast approaching,  and your reservoir of gift ideas for your wife or girlfriend is quickly receding.  That’s why I went to one of the all time best gift-givers I know.  My lovely wife. She’ll be offering up suggestions running up to December 25th, so keep checking back for more ideas that aren’t yours, but could look like they were.)

By: Sarah

Guys, I’m going to give you a good reason for considering giving your girl a purse hook for Christmas this year.  Actually I’m going to give you at least 10,000 reasons; most likely more.  In retrospect they are very small reasons, but collectively they become a very big, somewhat alarming reason.

purse hook vintageIn studies conducted on the amount of bacteria taking up residence on the outside of a woman’s purse the average amount fell into the “tens of thousands” range.  Some purses had millions.  That’s going to make you think twice about holding her bag for her again, isn’t it?

And it’s not just bacteria that seem to be attracted to hand bags.  Viruses like to join the party as well.  And those little bugs don’t discriminate between the $40 faux leather purse or the $600 Coach Bag that your better half had at the restaurant and now has sitting on your kitchen counter.  Do your lady a favor so she can keep her purse off the table, and more importantly off the floor!

Buy her a purse hook!

These handy little gadgets use the wonders of physics to create a convenient place on the edge of a table to hang a bag.  Red Envelope has an attractive offering that can even be monogrammed with her initials.  It’s simple, classic styling is sure to please the woman in your life.  Or you could check out etsy.com for a more vintage looking hook (above right). And hey, I even found a Twilight purse hook on E-bay, so there is a hook out there for every girl.  And tens of thousands of reasons to buy her one!

Filed Under: Travel, Women Tagged With: accessory, bacteria, Bag, coach bag, etsy, germs, gifts for the fairer sex, girlfriend, hook, purse hook, Red Envelope, vintage, viruses, wife, Women

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Comments

  1. Sturdyman says

    November 24, 2009 at 9:55 AM

    You know it is a good gift idea when my wife sends me the link. . . .hint, hint. Should make a great stocking stuffer. Thanks for the idea, something most men would never come close to thinking of!

  2. Chris Wehnes says

    November 24, 2009 at 4:25 PM

    That Snopes article was hilarious. They do not differentiate between good and bad E. coli so that point is worthless. Hepatitis is not a bacteria, it is a virus. I would not recommend wiping your purse with bleach or anything antibacterial; conversely, soapy water is great. I do like the purse hook but not because it might limit exposure to microbes. PS microbes grow logarithmically so millions of bacteria is not much unless it is a pathogen like E. coli O157H7. Please don’t take offense at this post; stuff like the snopes article just grinds my gears.

  3. Joe says

    November 24, 2009 at 5:10 PM

    No offense taken! You’re right… people hear “germs” and think they’re all bad. But for those ladies out there who might not like the idea of having such close hand to object contact with something that spends a lot of its time on the ground… the purse hook is a great idea.

  4. Chris Wehnes says

    November 24, 2009 at 6:02 PM

    I have some coworkers who like the purse hook for the office. I do agree that things that go in the bathroom should be kept away from the kitchen and vice versa. If anyone is interested this article looks at household contamination in Japan: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/118961942/HTMLSTART The biggest hygiene concern I have is old sponges; use a new sponge at least once a week!
    Cheers-
    Chris

  5. Chris Wehnes says

    November 24, 2009 at 6:05 PM

    Or don’t use sponges at all. Ick, I hate sponges.

  6. Sarah says

    November 25, 2009 at 3:07 PM

    Oh lord, my sponge is too old. New sponge this weekend!

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