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.
In 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
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!
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!
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.
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.
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
Or don’t use sponges at all. Ick, I hate sponges.
Oh lord, my sponge is too old. New sponge this weekend!