I think it’s time for another Kate Spade giveaway, don’t you? Their bags are always so roomy and perfect for carrying your essentials, plus books! Up for grabs is the Kate Spade Haven Street Maxi tote in soft aqua leather. It’s a vibrant, bright color for the spring season!

Though the bag is no longer showing up on the Kate Spade websites, other retailers have the bag’s specs:
- 11.7″ inches high x 12.9″ inches wide x 5.5″ inches deep
- Smooth leather with matching trim
- Capital Kate Jacquard lining, 14-karat light gold plated hardware
- Top handle bag with zip top closure
- Interior zip pocket and double slide pockets
Also included is a $25 gift card to Amazon! You need to fill up your new bag, right?
Standard disclaimers apply: We’re not being compensated for this giveaway. Void where prohibited. Open to international residents where permitted by applicable law. Must be over 18. Though not required, traveling with this bag is encouraged, especially to the beach or maybe a delicious brunch. Debates about the true color of this bag – aqua? teal? sea foam green? – are allowed. Comments will close Friday 26 May 2017 around noon EST and winner announced same day.
Ready to enter? Leave a comment and let me know what item in your purse you make sure never to leave home without!
Good luck, everyone!
UPDATE: Congratulations to AllieS! Please check your email shortly (and your spam folder)!
Thanks to everyone who commented, and may you always have a book in your bag!


Phone with my book and audiobook loaded.
My phone with both my audiobook and book loaded.
Chapstick, hand lotion, and hand sanitizer. I’m a germophobe with dry skin. 🙂 Great giveaway, thanks so much!!
Oh, I never leave the house without essentials: keys, credit card, ID, and usually a book. But I also have Clinique lipstick really close on hand at all times. A must!
My Kindle, of course! #priorities
But also my sunglasses; vision problems here and while they don’t magically fix my problems, they do make it at least a bit easier to see on bright (or even semi-bright) days.
There’s a lot more in my purse on any given day (because of course!) but those are the two most used and needed.
my bullet journal and pencil/pen case!
Never leave the house without my emergency pack in a cute little makeup bag inside my mammoth purse :). Kleenex, pads, cough drops, safety pins, emergency tea bags, etc.!
Wallet, keys and a BOOK of course. Also the list of books I need to fill series if I just happen to see books somewhere, not that happens often lol.
A Tom Ford lipstick called “”Violet Fatale” has become my “go- to” item to keep my lips feeling(and looking) lovely.
A Tom Ford lipstick called “”Violet Fatale” has become my “go- to” item in my purse to keep my lips feeling(and looking) lovely.
Phone. Antacid, just in case. Kleenex.
Chocolate-covered espresso bean stash.
Wallet and keys. Bare necessities.
Never leave home without my Kindle. You never know when you might be stuck and need to read something!
Aside from the essentials (keys, wallet, phone) I always have a little pill case of advil and allergy meds. I’m headache prone and apparently nature is trying to destroy my day one stuffy nose at a time.
My phone! Has Kindle app so it doubles as my book. 🙂
My iPad!
I never leave home without my wallet, knitting, and my phone.
I always keep Origins On the Spot Aromatherapy relief for headaches and oil blotting papers for my oily as all hell skin in my bag!
My wallet 🙂
The color is so awesome!
Phone, keys and wallet.
This time of year? ALLERGY MEDS. Cannot leave without some eye drops, at minimum.
Leatherman Micra and a quarter.
Thank you!
Keys and wallet.
A mini first aid kit (band aids, Neosporin, alcohol wipes).
chapstick kindle credit card. In that order
My phone!
Antibacterial hand cleaner
My Kindle!
Always have at least one book and an e-reader (nook/kindle app) and a notebook with a pen. Someone always needs a pen and I’m always prepared!
A little zippered bag with a tiny hand lotion, nail clippers, a glasses repair kit, and other such items that otherwise dive to the bottom of my purse and are never seen again.
Kindle, wallet, phone with earbuds(audiobooks!), usb cord/portable charger(for phone and kindle), and my passport(just in case I need to escape to Canada). Also, I’ll often, but not always, have a knitting or crochet project.
Lipgloss and kindle!
Deodorant. 😀
Mp3 player with Hamilton!
library card
Chapstick always!
Chapstick always!
Lately, it has been chapstick and at leaat one bandaid. 😉 usually there’s lipstick, a leatherman knife and my debit card as well.
I can’t leave home without my phone (it has my Kindle app!), and the cleaning cloth for my glasses. Lord help me if I have spots on my glasses & don’t have that cloth!