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!


Sunglasses and Kindle! O.O [K]
I never leave home without my iphone
Lipgloss, ibuprofen and an umbrella. Always prepared!
Headphones and my Fire tablet. And some trident layers gum.
My camera. If I’m carrying a purse, my camera is always in it!
Beside the essential wallet, keys, phone, I panic if I don’t have chapstick, tissue, and bandaids.
Lip balm and an ideas notebook!
My phone, keys, concealer, and lipstick. Always lipstick. PS, my phone has access to my Google Drive where I have backed up my entire digital library so my books are always with me!
Never leave w/o Kinny the Kindle even on short trips – they have a way of turning long when you are not prepared!
Phone charger!
My kindle is always in my purse!
I always keep my Kindle with me. I never get bored waiting in line, and I never have to worry about finishing a book and not having anything left to read!
Lipstick and sunglasses.
Burt’s Bees lip balm and an emery board. I hate it when my lips are dry and my nails are ragged. 🙂
Besides my wallet and phone, I always have earbuds and gum.
My Kindle!
Cherry chapstick
My Kindle and a charger and a small bottle of Bug Soother to keep the insects away while I sit outside reading.
My tablet with the Kindle app, Audible app, and my library’s two reading apps-Overdrive and Hoopla.
Nail file, Swisscard, and sunglasses. And it’s aqua.
Oh my gosh, this is gorgeous and big enough for a book for me, a book for my toddler, and a pair of socks I’m in the middle of knitting
I won a party game a few years ago based on a checklist of what was in my wallet and purse. Emery board, yes! Gift cards, check! Coupons, of course! I had twice as many items stashed away as the runner up including a pair of socks and an ultralight sweater.
My basics for getting around would be my large stocked wallet plus a small mirrored case with a lip balm and lipstick plus keys. I never leave the house without my phone.
If I will be out for a while or on transit, I will also have my cable and backup battery plus something to read. Reading materal can be print or ereader.
My kindle!
That moment when you don’t want the bag, but you SO WANT THAT GIFT CARD! hahaha.
For me, the item I literally NEVER EVER leave home without is my lace fan. I could sweat my ass off in the Arctic, so having a way to cool my icky self is a must. I haaaaaaaaaaate being hot! Summer is the devil.
Sunglasses! (Besides the obvious essentials — wallet, keys, phone.)
And I like seafoam green. 🙂
Never leave home without a good book stashed in my purse! 🙂
My ipod Touch (I’m old school). Until I lost it. This past week. After 7 years. I miss it. If someone has it, I hope their brain explodes trying to figure out the code to get into it! Sorry, I’m still fragile.
Wallet and phone, of course, also a pouch w first aid kit and a little chopstick “training wheels” clip for my son.
Oh goodness, what DON’T I leave home without? Wallet, phone, and any number of pouches of stuff for easy transfer to and from other purses. I do bring my notebook + pen pouch around the most.
I like to have a first aid kit. I’m always falling or wearing bad shoes.
Lip gloss and my Kindle!
My ipod Touch. I’m old school, man. Until I lost it. This past week. After 7 years. I miss it. If someone has it, I hope they’re taking care of it. If not, I hope their brain explodes trying to unlock the code to get into it! Sorry, I’m still fragile.
I have three kids so wet wipes are a must in my bag!
money, keys, phone
My keys, my wallet and my phone
Lip gloss and my phone.
Definitely aqua! I love all the watery, oceany shades of blue-green.
Reading glasses and a pen/stylus are in any purse I carry, no matter how tiny. And at least one poopy bag, as I never know when my dog or another will need one!
My keys and my wallet
Money honey!!!
I never leave home without my purse being loaded with:
Chapstick, phone (with Kindle app, of course!), Tylenol and Advil, black eyeliner, keys to the office, spare earplugs (daughter and I are both noise-sensitive), and pens. Plus of course money and ID and all that jazz.
I’m fitting all this in an 8 x 5 x 2 bag right now (along with the usual unnecessary purse detritus) and desperately need to upgrade!