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!

Besides the usual: wallet, phone, keys, lip balm, notebook & pen, tissues?
Hearing aid batteries. Always.
Just my cell phone. Everything else can go.
I don’t leave without my planner!
Tissues and handwipes. 2nd graders x 2. Need I say more.
Besides the necessary like keys and wallet? lip balm, hair tie and mints.
Besides my ID and phone, I always carry my kindle, a tube of Sugar lip gloss (in Rosé, at the moment) and my medicine.
It’s all about priorities. 😉
Always make sure to have my phone. It’s a multi purpose entertainment tool.
They aren’t in my purse necessarily, but every day as I leave the house I say out loud to myself “Phone, keys, purse, school bag, love you Stump (my dog)”.
My phone a a pack of tissues. I live in the Arctic so I always have a pack of tissues for those extra blustery days!
I am never without my sunglasses, wallet, and chap stick 🙂
My inhaler and Altoids
Something to read! Either on my phone a magazine or a real life book
the only thing I always have is my kindle
Chapstick and lotion
I have left the house without my ID, my cell phone, and my entire wallet, but never without a book!
At my age, if I don’t have a pair of reading glasses tucked in my purse, I end up squinting and giving myself a headache.
Phone, wallet, lip balm, hand lotion, ibuprofen, & hair ties.
Sunscreen!
Lip balm (hello, Burt’s Bees!) and phone (gotta love the Kindle app).
Lipstick!
The obvious for me…a book. Cant leave home without something to read.
Clinique Almost Lipstick in Black Honey.
Lots of books, so I’m never without them!
So, it used to just be my wallet, phone and keys. As I’ve gotten a little older, I’ve had to add reading glasses to the list of must-haves in the purse.
Besides my wallet and phone necessities? If there is even the remote possibility of sneaking a few quiet minutes, I try to carry a bag big enough to hide the kindle (although the phone will do in a pinch)
Kleenex
besides the usual, chapstick and a brush…
My Kindle! Over 3000 things to read (books, short stories, fanfiction) at my fingertips no matter where I go!
I always have a cleaning cloth for my glasses. Smudged glasses are maddening.
Wallet, obviously. But I also always have chapstick and tissues. Thanks for the great giveaway!
Hand sanitizer
Keys, beside wallet and phone, plus some lip balm and a notebook.
Lotion and ibuprofen
Bottle of peppermint tea, Kindle, keys on my Flying Pig key fob, IDs
If I have a nice big bag I carry a book or Kindle. That’s why this bag would be great!
My Kindle or Kobo (yes I have both…it is an illness) because I never know when I can squeeze in some reading.
my local free papers with the kenken and Sudoku (and some extra puzzles in case the train is delayed)
HandiWipes and lip balm! However, with this bag, you can add Duck Tape and save the entire world!
A pen and earphones!
House key is the only essential, and some form of id.