In the bag

I get asked a lot about my life, and how I manage it all. This bag (Banana Republic tote available in various colors in store) is my life. I love that it can fit all my tech gear (laptop, iPad, iPhone, and chargers) and all my other stuff.

I just tidied it up, generally it’s stuffed with a few more kid toys, and a toiletry bag as well, but I left that at home. I also have a coupon binder that holds coupons, membership cards, and other stuff I occasionally need that I left in my car.

At the moment the littlest boy and I are hanging at the bookstore while he peruses Captain Underpants books, and I get busy with emails.

Here’s what I have in my bag:

• Laptop and charger
• Etymotic earphones and case (Love these! You can ignore noisy baristas and whiny children-I’m talking about mine- with these.)
• Glasses so I can see, and glass cloth to clean the filth off
• Keychain with tags for the grocery store, gym and library
• Banana Republic yellow wallet (stuffed with receipts and cards, and cashola)
• Notebook with notes and for kid doodling and some paperwork I need to read
• Burt’s Bees lip balm
• Pen
• Pocket mirror (I never use it, but feel better having it on hand)
• Hair elastics (I’m wearing the bobby pins I found in my hair)
• Business cards: some for Splash, some for The Centsible Life

Kelly

About Kelly

Kelly Whalen is the founder and editor of the Centsible Life. She started the blog in 2008 as her family faced a mountain of debt and the fixer upper they purchased became a FIXER UPPER. The website was born out of her desire to share what was working (and what was not) on her family's journey to financial security. Kelly lives in Minneapolis with her family.

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