I'm Brown Bagging It

I couldn't help myself. I couldn't. One evening last week while browsing Nordstrom by myself (oh yes I did), I drifted through the scarf section into the bag section and came upon the Hobo International Lauren clutch wallet. If you know my love of highly-functional stylish bags (ok ok just bags in general) you'll know how I began to hyperventilate.

Am I the only mother who goes between bags and gets sick of switching things back and forth? The only one who wants to go from day (bag filled with an extra diaper, hand sanitiser, mushed crackers, a shoestring, matchbox car, broken crayon) to night (lip gloss, cell phone, credit card into a sleek little clutch) without a major swap operation? Well. The Lauren clutch opens fully at its halfway point, divulging a clasp pocket on each side and a middle zipper opening up to the full length of the clutch (which is only 9-5 closed by the way). In fact, Hobo, and American company, is known for its sleek, vintage-inspired style and its jaw-dropping utilitarianism. So not only can I use it as a wallet in the day and toss it into whatever purse I want, I can add my phone and keys to it and use it as a clutch. I can even leave my purse in the car and grab the clutch if I'm running into, say, Barnes and Noble while the kids are in school.

Yes in the spirit of motherhood-functionality-meets-style, I bought the bag. I ordered it online. Though carried by stars and featured in places like Lucky, O Magazine, Marie Claire, In Style, and Cosmopolitan, I don't need celebrity endorsement to enforce that this clutch is one of my favorite combinations (style meets massive functionality), or to make my heart beat any faster at the thought of my pending incredible organization-on-the-go. This is my sickness. When the clutch comes, I'm playing with it all evening long. It's expected to arrive via UPS this very afternoon. Possibly this minute.

In fact, is that the door???