Big handbags are good. there are a ot of things needed when out and about.
my messinger bag for mortorcycles used to weigh 32 lbs- and I carried it everyday.
Someone side-swiped our car in a parking lot a decade back and took off. I’ll never forget Mrs. Squirrel pulling a large roll of duct tape out of her not so large purse to tape the dangling side mirror back on. Ever since then I’ve figured that a lady’s purse works like Dr. Who’s TARDIS: Bigger on the inside.