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!


Pen and note pad. It’s sea foam I used to like that crayon as a kid.
Phone, wallet, lipgloss, blotting paper, rollerball, floss, hand lotion, mint, paperclip, pen, small journal, phone charger, sunglasses, glasses, taser, pepper spray, earbuds, and my keys.
My purse always has my Kindle, lip balm, and ibuprofen for those “everybody is awful and giving me a migraine” days.
My purse has everything my family literally jokes about taking it on a deserted island. I however can not leave home without peanuts or a travel toothbrush.
Glad I am not the only lip balm addict here 😀 That’s more important than my phone, frankly! I have a tiny zipper bag with my balm, a wet wipe, moleskin, a band aid and some safety pins that always goes in whatever purse I carry.
Tissues and wipes for my glasses. Also my Kindle in case of any long lines.
I always have chapstick and hand sanitizer! Every other standard purse item–wallet, keys, phone, headphones, etc.–has two take a back seat to my chapstick-obsessed, germaphobe ways. Thanks for entering me!
Chocolate! 🙂
tablet and ibuprofen
I NEVER leave home without a book, (and if I am close to the end of a book, I bring a backup!) sunglasses, cell phone, or wallet! I also try not to leave without my Erin Condren Life Planner otherwise I might not know what I have to do for the day!!
I always have lotion in my purse. One for each bag.
Besides my wallet (which I’ve forgotten more than once!), phone, charger, iPad & Motrin!
I’m always carrying too much! I always have my wallet and phone and try to have a water bottle, tissues, pen and paper, and hand sanitizer, too. If all that fits, I try to cram in my Kindle.
Ibuprofen. Even if I don’t need it for headache/cramps/tendonitis somebody else might need it. It’s a small thing that can turn around a day!
the basics + a pen. It comes in handy all the time and everyone now expects me to have one on me.
The make sure you have it checklist
The practical: phone, wallet, keys
The other: tissues, lip balm, headphones
A Book! It can be a print book (library or owned), a kindle book, or a book on my kindle app on my phone. But I always have something to read at all times.
Inhaler, but apart from that a pen and notebook. You never know when inspiration will strike.
I never leave without my cell phone(which always has a book in it).
I have a zippered pouch where I keep multiple lipglosses and lipsticks, bandaids, nail clippers, and Advil. When my hair was longer I’d always try to keep hair ties in there too.
Debit card and phone!
Besides my wallet and phone, I always have chapstick and hand lotin in my purse. The older I get I seem to dry out. LOL
In my purse – Burts Bees original lipbalm. ALWAYS. My lips are addicted.
A Jayne Anne krentz paperback because I’m re-reading the classics and my iPad because I’m just that retro, yo….
Other than the usual, Dramamine and my kindle paperwhite.
My wallet, phone, kleenex (allergies are so much fun), brush, hair ties, and my kindle because you never know when you’ll be stuck waiting on something.
I have a whole list of required items for the purse, but since phone and wallet are kind of gimmes, I also make sure to have a regular ballpoint pen and a fine-tipped Sharpie. Oddly, I do not carry a small notebook for writing stuff down, so I need to have options of ink. LOL
I never leave my home without my phone, and my current phone case is ALSO this color! Would be super excited to be matchy matchy and win it.
My aqua purse will have a matching key chain with my house keys!!! Always check for them.
My aqua purse will have a matching key chain with my house keys!!! Always check for them.
I get migraines pretty regularly. I never leave home without my smidget of medicines. It has a little of everything and is a total lifesaver!
A copy of my novel in case I get a chance to sell one.
Kindle always! Can’t be without a book!
I never leave home without a cloth for cleaning all of those device screens and my inhaler.
I always have my phone and nook. You never know when you may have to wait in someones office. I can usually get a couple pages in.
I never go anywhere without my lip balm or my headphones.
I never leave home without my sunglasss an e-reader! Which sometimes proves challenging with my tiny purse haha
My Kindle! Long grocery store line? Grab a minute or 5 of book time. Lunch break? Book break.
notebook, pen, kindle, ibuprofen and immodium, sunglasses, keys, wallet, altoids in cinnamon, hand sanitizer and lotion, lip balm, and cell phone
My Kindle…definitely my kindle.