Crazy About Clutches

I'm going to let you all in on a little secret today...
I love clutches! Totes, pouches, clutches, mesh bag or satchel. Whatever you want to call them, I love them all the same.

When I packed my hospital delivery bag in February of 2015, I invested in a set of travel cubes and pouches and was in hog-heaven designating a bag for each of my needs. One for clothes, one for the baby, one for toiletries, and so on. My love for clutches is like a Chinese nesting doll; I love one inside of another. inside of another. inside of another.

So as overdue as this post may be, I'll walk you through my favorite ways to use my zipper pouches in my everyday life, whether on the go or at home.

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The Desk Bag

I love to keep a little clutch on my desk at work for my go-to workday needs. I keep a few staple items in my bag that I find myself reaching for at my desk often: my work-suitable essential oils, hand sanitizer, chapstick, a toothbrush floss and paste for that after lunch dragon breath, and my favorite perfume roller. It's all of my favorite little pick-me-up items bundled together.

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Daycare Bag

Every week I send Alex with a little pouch bag to daycare with a change of clothes and couple extra diapers. My kid is dirty. It's sad but true. Too many times have I picked her up covered in soot and whatever the heck she had for lunch ("is that carrots? Maybe peaches? Might also be melon"). Instead of constantly stealing a change of clothes from daycare, which I secretly have done **shhhh** I opt to just send her with a little premade "in case of the inevitable emergencies" bag.

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Auto - Cables and Cords

For a while I found myself swimming in a pool of car cables. A charger for my iPhone which always seems to be dead, an Android charger in case I have a friend riding along that hasn't hopped on the Apple train, an auxiliary cord for when I get tired of listening to the same 10 songs on the radio, and other random needed junk. Instead of fiddling around with which compartment has what cord and having them a tangle mess, I love to just wind them up, stick them in a pouch, and keep it nestled on the little shelf in my glove box. Perfection.

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Lady Care - Daily Essentials

I love my Lady Care clutch. It holds those perfect feminine products that we all find ourselves needing at the most unopportune moments. A pair of cuticle clippers to keep my biting at bay, bobby pins and hair ties in my repainted tic-tac bottle, Josie Maran whipped Argan Oil lotion, my mini Wet Brush, the unmentionables, sanitizing spray,  hand sanitizer, and extra pens (because I never seem to have any when I need them). Having all my essentials in a medium sized pouch like the one above makes throwing it in my purse/tote on the go so simple and so easy! Plus the design on the pouch is just to die for, is it not?! CVS for the win!

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Baby Not-a-Diaper-Bag

Since I stopped pumping for the munchkin about a month ago, I have been overly excited to not have to carry a pump bag around with me anymore. I also feel the same way about diaper bags; they're bulky, over the top, and most of the time quite unflattering. Instead, I prefer to use one of my mesh pouches and fill it with our on-the-go baby needs. It holds our cute refillable wipe dispenser, a handful of our favorite diapers, a change of clothes, and her spare jar of Baby Vicks - because I found myself without it once while she was congested and vowed never again. I can then throw the cube into whatever bag I'm using for the day to keep Alex's things organized, but still have the freedom of using the purse or tote as my own.

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The Work Tote

HOW cute is this tote?!  I can't get over these little bags. You may remember them from Friday's Favorites, so they definitely made the list today. I was strolling through CVS when I saw the end cap of this cute little sucker and basically ripped it off the shelf. It's perfect to tug back and forth from work with me. The coin purse is great for the emergency change needs, and I love that the tote is just big enough for me to throw any and every combination of clutches in it from above. I may not take all these little babies with me every day, but having a good size tote leaves me with the option to pick and choose whichever fits my daily outings. It's normal contants feature a clutch or two, my coin purse, my new journal to scribble down my thoughts on the go, and my work lanyard that holds my ID and debit card safe and sound.

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The Nightstand Essentials

Recently you may have seen a little photo sneak of our nightstand revamp that was much overdue. Previously my stand was filled with nothing but essential oils and glass spray bottles. While nice to have them close, this area was lacking in other needs I found myself often yearning for after being tucked into the bedcovers. I decided to add a little nightstand clutch with only the little things I need in the evenings: my headache roller to fight off those middle of the night pangs, Lavender to aid sleep, a spray bottle with a little bedtime mixture to spritz on the pillows, and chapstick - which can be found in almost every bag as you can tell since I am always finding myself reaching for it.

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There you have it! An obsession that actually comes in useful and handy in the organization world. I may have already been brainstorming about other little bags I can put together - Sunday family day bag, amusement park bag, trunk emergency bag, first aid bag... so many possibilities!

Do you have any little obsessions that may be starting to get out of hand?? I can't be the only one, right?! Righttttt?