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:Â 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!


My kindle!
My wallet.
Tissues – between allergies and colds I always need them. And I vote Aqua.
Sunglasses and a hat!
Besides my phone I absolutely MUST have my Badger Cocoa Butter Lip Balm with me. It’s my fave.
um, my birth control pills LOL! other essential are chapstick, a hair tie, and the wooden pen my husband made for me <3
A pen! And my lucky lottery scratcher!
Lipstick
Chapstick. I have SO many in my purse. 🙂
I always carry a handkerchief. I’ve found the beautifully embroidered ones give me a boost when I’m suffering from allergies!
15 different types of lip gloss, color etc.. and my kindle
can’t live without lip gloss and chapsticks and of course my phone! Leaving without the phone is like forgetting to wear pants — not an option!
A notebook and pen for writing and my kindle or a book to read. 🙂
headphones and my iPad to read on the go!
Kindle. I know, cliche, but true!
Chapstick!
I always carry my wallet and sunscreen in the bag.
car keys & wallet (gotta have the license).
that looks like a lovely seafoam green to me (so pretty for spring & summer)
some sort of ID – I watch a lot of procedurals/read a lot of mysteries and am deeply paranoid about being an unidentified victim who languishes in the hospital or morgue
Chapstick. There are many things I SHOULD be better at remembering to bring with me, but a tube or three of chapstick is always, always in there.
I’d say keys but occasionally they get left in my gym bag… So wallet & phone. Everything else shifts around (especially the books).
My perfume bottle you never know when you need a spray of something nice… especially in the summer
My perfume bottle…you never know when you need to have quick spray of something nice…
Phone, wallet and lipstick!
Phone, wallet, lipstick and pens!
Chapstick and kleenex.
Sunglasses and lipgloss
A small bottle that has aleve, ibuprofen, and excedrin. Yes all 3!
I never leave home without my little ICE bag – single pack of tylenol, some bandaids/antiseptic wipes, a tampon, a portable sewing kit, a nail file, a hair tie, and a $20 bill. In case of emergencies. It’s a small little bag that can go from purse to purse. I love it.
What do I always have in purse? A book, though it’s usually my Nook. I mean, other than the obvious of my wallet and phone. I also carry a thing called, In A Pikle. I put all the things that go in that zip pocket in it, plus some must haves for kids. It moves from purse to day pack to yarn bag and back.
Lip balm and lavender wipes!
Must haves are hand sanitizer, sunglasses and Burts bees lip balm
Besides the standard phone and wallet, I never leave my house without a diaper (for my two year old, not me) and at least four bobby pins. They are useful for not only holding my hair out of my eyes but also to pick locks when I forget my keys and a variety of other things.
Besides the standard phone and wallet, I never leave my house without a diaper (for my two year old, not me) and at least four bobby pins. They are useful for not only holding my hair out of my eyes but also to pick locks when I forget my keys (notice keys are not listed above.)
Besides the standard phone and wallet, I never leave my house without a diaper (for my two year old, not me) and at least four bobby pins. They are useful for not only holding my hair out of my eyes but also to pick locks when I forget my keys (notice keys are not listed above.)
I’d like to be all normal and say mascara or lip balm but I’m at the age where I can look great when I leave the house, then look in the mirror at lunch and have a long chin hair, so the truth is tweezers
A pen and slim notebook–to make quick notes on anything from book titles I have to read (of course), to lists of places to go and things to do, and odd ideas or bits of poetry.
iPhone
My iPhone
I never go anywhere without lip balm and something to read! I often forget my keys, phone, and cash, though!