You’re at a party when you spot Oprah Winfrey. She approaches.

Oprah: You’re fascinating.

You: I think so.

Oprah: I’d like to invite you on my show and give you a car. Got a business card?

You (rummaging in purse): It’s in here somewhere … hold on …

Oprah (yawning): Never mind. I think I see Kimora Lee Simmons. (Oprah wanders off.)

Such scenarios can lead to a lifetime of regret, but you can avoid them altogether with a PursePal, a high-powered light (they come in packs of three) that you attach to the inside of that black hole you call a handbag. It illuminates the contents like a beacon at darkest midnight.

No matter what you’re digging for — a cell phone ringing at the denouement of an art film, car keys in a deserted parking lot, that crucial business card — you’ll never be caught mumbling “Uh, I know I saw it a minute ago.”

And your daydreams of talk-show stardom will go off without a hitch.

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