A lot of people have been asking me why I change my handbags every day, openly wondering why I bother wasting time shifting my belongings from one bag to another.
If you are one of those folks, here follows my answer.
As you know, I like a little bit of sartorial variety in this otherwise happily mundane life of mine. Besides my well-documented love of clothes, scarves, shoes, I also adore handbags.
The only problem with handbags is all the flotsam and jetsam that accumulates within them. As I’m sure many of you can attest, it is a royal pain in the arse to regularly unload all those bits and pieces from one bag into another… leading me to reveal the following Top Tip to you. (Just the tip!)
The secret is this: I keep all of My Important Handbaggy Stuff in what I refer to as my Kangaroo Pouch. For years, now, I have kept an old wool Hermès toilette bag stuffed with the things I like to keep on my person, whenever I leave the house.
Then, when I want to switch handbags, I simply pull the Kangaroo Pouch out of one bag and put it in another.
Ingenious! And easy-peasy!
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Maximalisticle of the General Contents of my Kangaroo Pouch:
Wallet and business card holder (not shown)
Tape measure
Chewing gum (kept in my late Grandmother’s sterling silver compact)
Cough lozenges
Kleenex
Bandaids
Nail file
Lipstick and blush
Small vial of perfume
Compact mirror
Pair of reading glasses
Ibuprofen
Phone (not shown)
Nylon folding shopping bag
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You can see why I’m obsessed with my Kangaroo Pouch. And maybe now, people will stop asking me why I carry different handbags all the time.
In future, perhaps I shall simply smile enigmatically and reply, “because I can”.
Lots of love,
M xo
The English Maximalista 
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