I was 13 years old when I saw this episode for the first time. Ever since I was 11 years old, I have looked at a female's purse as one of the things about her attire that is different than mine and attractive to me. For the duration of this series, Nell, Katie and Julie have all carried some very pretty purses. It seems as if Katie was almost never without a purse. Julie (who was always my favorite) carried a purse more often than not. To the best of my knowledge, she always took a purse to school and on dates. However, in this episode, when she went with the family to the ceremony in which the chief got his award, she did not have a purse with her. However, I thought that the red floral dress that she wore was very beautiful! I also thought that her hair was styled very nicely. I believe that she was supposed to be 15 years old in this episode. In my opinion, this is one of several times in which she pulled off a very lovely no purse look.