Here's a fun tip for you: inspired by
this post on Sous Style, I decided to do something about my terrible habit of mindlessly throwing receipts in my purse/pocket/shopping bag/wallet/trash. I tend to end up with fistfuls of paper at the bottom of my purse or bursting out of my wallet a few times a week, and I decided to get a dedicated pouch for receipts. I splurged and bought
this Kate Spade leather pouch, even though I figured that any envelope or even a plastic baggie would do.
I have a long history of buying things to help me get organized, but spending less time using said item than I did researching it. I'm happy to report that I haven't fallen into that trap this time! I can leave this unzipped for easy access, but it holds everything inside until I'm ready to go through the pile and put things where they're supposed to go (
i.e., it was worth the money to not use a plastic baggie after all). This little trick has helped me stay a lot more organized, and I've happily not thrown away anything important since I started doing this, a rather common occurrence pre-pouch.
By the way, have you heard of Sous Style? It's a fun site created by
Pippa Lord, a Photo Director for Elle Magazine, that's for "
hip, young Martha Stewart types." Because I of course fancy myself to be hip, young, and a Martha Stewart type, even though there are strong arguments to the contrary on all fronts, I checked it out. There are lots of fun home, food, recipe, entertaining and style posts, many with a rather irreverent but honest spin (for example, "i
f you're having your friends over and you haven't dusted, just dust as high as your tallest friend").
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