A purse party should be a fun gathering of handbag-loving gal pals, not a violent happening to rival an episode of Jerry Springer! But just try telling that to a couple of women in Missouri City!

Carla Lester and her mother Joyce Payne are the kind of angry women we love to read about, but we'd never invite them to a party. They entered the room where the guests were waiting to see the handbags, and apparently didn't like what they saw!

No one's exactly sure what set the dynamic duo off, but they began to yell at the waiting women and jab their fingers in their faces. As any attacked woman would do, one retaliated. With her fists.

According to the The Houston Press it soon became an all-out scuffle. Ms Payne slashed one woman on the neck and arm with an unknown cutting instrument, while her mother brandished a Louisville Slugger in a threatening manner!

Needless to say, the manic mother and daughter were both charged with assault.

Maybe I'm just not attending the right soirees, but I don't think I've ever been to a purse party which had any weapons just lying around! I guess they do things a little differently in Missouri City!

[Source: Hair Balls]

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