Things Not So Neatly Organized

SHIP'S LOG: 'Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity,' said Coco Chanel. Here's a quick post about what I've got in my (tote) bag. 



I've always admired people's dedication to aesthetics on websites such as Pinterest and Things Organized Neatly. Pencils in arranged by height, sea shells according to colour, dresses hung by pattern and print . . . So B and I thought we might have a go at it, and we discovered that great what's-in-my-bag photos are really, really hard to take.

I had to climb up on B's piano seat and half a dozen sofa cushions, trying to get wallets, headphones, a tube of lipstick into a properly framed shot. It was hard to balance on my little princess-and-the-pea structure while laughing my head off. The things we do for our blogs!




So, what I've got in my bag (clockwise from left):

• Red leather wallet.—present from an aunt, and much better than my old trick of stuffing bills and coins in my back pocket.
• Samsung Corby.—about to die, several months after I dropped it into a bathroom sink at a late night party. Mixed drinks, baaaad.
• Mr Darcy tote bag.—bought in Bath for my friend Naesa but could not be brought to part with. And yes, Jane Austen's much loved hero has ruined me for any other man.
• Kindle.—not mine! but I thought it would be a good substitute for my usual companion, an iPod Touch named Chuck. I usually never leave home without it (and the 300 novels loaded into Stanza) but I suppose there's a first time for every thing.
• F21 sunglasses.—cheap and cute (isn't the little bow to die for?) and Bea's! If you haven't noticed, B and I love exchanging things when we feel like our own wardrobes are suffocating us. Before I let for Europe, I traded my full linen skirt for her paper baggy black one and we were very happy about the switch!

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A wears thrifted striped shirt, B's Topshop skirt, tights, aunt's Cole Haan tasselled flats, and a canvas tote bag.