Glow by Lady E

  I have a tote for every kind of day. Apparently. I didn’t intentionally create a tote system. It just happened. There are days when I know I’m going to be out for hours. There are piano days. There are long mall days when I want enough space for everything I might need, plus whatever inevitably comes home with me.  And I’m a mom. I like being prepared.  And then there are days when I’m just popping into a few stores. Those days get this bag. It’s small, pink, ridiculously cute, and has a chubby cat drinking coffee on the front. Obviously, I bought it. But despite its size, it carries a surprising amount of stuff. The bag changes. The system doesn’t. If you’ve seen my other What’s in My Bag posts, you already know that I like pouches. Lots of pouches. Pouches inside bags. Smaller pouches inside bigger pouches. Things grouped according to purpose because apparently my ADHD brain would like my belongings filed into tiny portable departments. I call it my Matryoshka Pouch ...

  Glow Girls already know I’m a tote girl. I almost always have one hanging from my shoulder, usually carrying far more tiny pouches than any reasonable woman should need. 😆 But I realized recently that I don’t carry the same tote anymore. I used to have The Tote . 😏 Now, apparently, I have a bag for the kind of day I’m having. This one is my piano-day bag. My son’s piano days mean a short trip to the mall, a little waiting around, maybe a few errands, maybe something to eat, and then home. I don’t need to bring half my life with me. And, the rainy season has started. So it’s much cooler now.  But I still have to bring some of our anti-heat things.  These are my usual things But this is still a lot less than my summer tote .  And maybe that’s the real change. I used to pack for everything that might happen. Now I pack for the day I’m actually going to have. It helps that the season has changed.  So, I guess I pack for the day I’m actually going to have in th...