For months Ginia carried a stake in her bag, just in case. Then all the vampires were sent back and while the necklace remained, the stake went back to her room. Lucky Dru.

The bag twists and gets in the way and Ginia is forced to waste precious seconds untangling herself from it. Certainly enough of an opportunity for Drusilla to grab, claw, and/or bite a leg or arm. Ginia it's loathe to lose hey bah because it has her journal and notebooks and she'd rather not have them fall into anyone's hands, but once she's free if her bag, it makes a nice shield.