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 keys, lip balm and a package of tissues. Thanks so much for the chance to win!
I always take a book. You never know when you’ll have to wait for something or someone.
Perfume bottle- Never know when you need to smell good.. and a quick spray can quickly lift your mood
Portable battery charger! I’m one of those people who gets itchy when their phone battery starts dropping below 90%. (Whereas my sister will let it get to 6% without batting a lash; it’s things like this that make me question if we’re really related.)
I’d like to preface this by saying that I travel for work because there’s a lot – I always have wallet, phones, earbuds, Kindle, business cards, pen, PowerBook, and the basic makeup essentials (good mascara, pressed powder, and lipstick/tinted lipgloss/chapstick).
But if wallet and phones are guaranteed and I can only have one other thing, it’s the Kindle.
A lip balm, a small notebook, and above all, something to read!!!
Phone, chapstick, and, of course, my kindle!! Great for reading on the subway 🙂
Kindle, water bottle, lip gloss, protein bar, sunglasses
An epipen–thanks allergies!
At least five lipstick options. Never know when you need to glam out.
I never leave home without some sort of an e-reader. Usually my Kindle but I also keep my current book on my Kindle app on my iPhone. That one is great when I get stuck in a long line and the people around me aren’t interested in “Smart” conversation!
P.S. I found this site through a Google search done by Venus in “The Goddess of Love” by P.C. Cast!
I always have a book and my favorite pens. Can’t go without!
I always bring something to read! (I bet I’m echoing a LOT of comments!)
E-reader and migraine medication! always.
Wallet, phone, sunglasses, earbuds, pen, paper napkins, and a hair tie.
Every purse I buy has to be tested to make sure it fits a paperback book (MM or trade size). Can’t go anywhere without some reading material!
I’d like to think it was something fun, but sadly these days it’s lots of Advil and Zantac.
I make sure not to leave home without my cell phone in my purse.
My phone (with kindle and audible app) and earbuds!
A pocket knife. You just never know…
I need my little makeup pouch. I rarely use it but it’s good to know that it’s there.
I call it my three Bs: book, Burt’s Bees and bluetooth earbuds.
Red lipstick.
I always have my wallet, keys, chapstick, a bottle of water and a book with me in my purse.
Judging by the number of people here using Burt’s Bees products, it’s no wonder they were able to donate 87,000 acres to create a new national monument.
Keep buying that lip balm, ladies! http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/08/24/491206413/in-maine-land-from-burts-bees-co-founder-is-declared-a-national-monument
Notebook, pen, ibuprofen, phone (with Kindle app), ear buds, sunglasses, and lip balm
Aside from my wallet and phone, I never leave without my Edgar Allen Poe notebook and frixion pen. You never know when you need to jot something down!
I always have my keys.
I always have my wallet, my phone and something to read.
A large foldable fan. It’s summer in Arizona and menopause is approaching quickly…not fun.
I always have my kindle with me.
A BOOK always. But also my phone, keys and earbuds. (Assuming my wallet is already in there!)