Switch purses often? Don’t miss a thing
Sister site Paperclippy.com brings our attention to this very cool purse organizer. Writes the clipster:
Switch purses often? Then you have no doubt been faced with the problem of missing items that results from switching the contents of your handbag in a hurry. Well, here’s the solution. The Container Store’s very clever Purse Organizer ($15) has six pockets large enough for cell phones, a notepad, sunglasses, lipstick, or just about anything else. Just switch out the organizer and you’re good to go.
How cool is that? I’ll often ask my girlfriend for something she keeps in her bag, and inevitably she’s left it in her other purse. This can be frustrating. Even more frustrating, though, when your girlfriend is the woman behind Paperclippy. The site that brought this solution to your attention. Sigh. ;o)
18 comments posted
Posted by Jaclyn - 06/22/2007
I have multiple pursekets for different size purses. I ordered directly from them:
http://www.purseket.com/products.shtml
Posted by Dr. Ragan, www.psychologyofclutter.com - 06/22/2007
These little gizmos are fabulous!
Posted by Lisa S. - 06/22/2007
Alternately, could you just skip the problem by:
A. Not relying on your girlfriend to carry things around, or
B. Not switching purses that often.
I guess this is useful if you change bags frequently, and if you’re hauling around all the recommended items in the purse-decluttering post, but this actually seems like a product that should be getting a skeptical look from people committed to streamline their material possessions and lives.
Posted by maya - 06/22/2007
well i think it would be great to have in a diaper bag, instead of a purse.
Posted by STL Mom - 06/22/2007
If you sew, you can make your own purse organizer out of stashed fabric:
http://www.thegivingflower.de/.....e18_11.pdf
and declutter your sewing supplies.
Posted by Andamom - 06/22/2007
Cute idea… Although I don’t switch purses… I do though switch between taking my computer bag and my purse… As a result, I always feel like I am missing something. I don’t know whether this would help me — I actually think that I would benefit from just getting rid of more toy clutter from around my house. Then, I’d be able to find the few things I do carry with me daily: my Metrocard, wallet, cell phone, pen, and keys! I don’t think that I actually need anything else.
Posted by Michele - 06/23/2007
The think this is a wonderful idea, especially for women on the go. I have to say, I’m going to get this myself. Thanks for the tip.
Posted by Martin - 06/23/2007
I assume the clickserve link to The Container Store means that paperclippy.com gets a cut on purchases of this gizmo? I’d feel happier if that sort of thing was made clear when something is recommended on unclutterer…
Posted by Monica Ricci - 06/23/2007
For some folks, this might be great but I’m partial to the Butler Bag myself. Yowza.
~Monica
Posted by Rick Taylor - 06/23/2007
Um. Why would you have more than one purse? It’s not like I have seven wallets sitting around. And really, if you have more than one purse, I have a really great suggestion for “uncluttering”…. GET RID OF THE REDUNDANT PURSES.
Posted by rositta - 06/23/2007
The pattern for this item has been making the rounds of my knitter and sewing craft buddies for months now. I made my own 6 months ago and it’s pretty cool. Very easy to sew if your a little handy.
Posted by amanda lee anderson - 06/23/2007
I agree with what some others have said above–get rid of your extra purses. I have three really nice messenger-size bags that I’ve alternated carrying over the past couple of years–compared with most of my girlfriends seven or eight bags that they purchase each year.
Posted by SpiKe - 06/25/2007
Or alternatively cut down all the stuff you carry around with you… nah, just get rid of all those purses
Organize IT
Posted by m - 06/25/2007
I am with you Rick Taylor! I found this post to be a tad on the absurd side. Owning multiple purses creates a lot of clutter.
Posted by Groovymarlin - 06/25/2007
LOL the people saying they can’t understand why you’d have multiple purses are men, right? Or are you fashion-impaired? I have purses for each season and sometimes to go with certain outfits or occasions. As far as this purse organizer goes, it IS a nice idea. I just looked at it at the Container Store last week though, and be warned that it won’t fit in many smaller bags (my friend was carrying a small Coach hobo and it wouldn’t fit in there at all).
Posted by Simon Rumble - 06/27/2007
I’m a man and I reckon this is a brilliant idea and something I’ve been thinking of making for years. My problem is that I switch between bicycle panniers and a courier bag, and I’m always leaving something. My security pass for work, my medication, the book I’m reading.
Love this idea and it’s better than the designs I was considering. I’ll make this shortly I think!
Posted by Mary Anne - 06/29/2007
I have something along the same lines that I got at Bed Bath & Beyond that included a little light (helpful when digging for keys in the dark). I love it, but my friends laugh and call it my “tool belt.”
As for the need for multiple purses, I have dozens and change as often my whim strikes – sometimes I use the same one for weeks, and sometimes I use two different ones in the same day! But because I love and use them, I don’t consider them clutter. I have those over-the-door thingies to clip them up out of the way (also, coincidentally from Bed Bath & Beyond, and no I don’t work for them or profit in any way by mentioning them) so they don’t get in the way all that much.
Posted by Pamela - 07/03/2007
My primary requirement for a purse is that it is big enough for the three things I *always* have with me – small wallet, cell phone, and digital camera – plus my keys and occasionally my sunglasses, but not much else. This restricts how much extra crap ends up weighing down my bag. It also makes it easy to switch the contents from one purse to another, and when I’m out with my daughter, I can move my primary items into the outside pockets of her make-shift diaper bag so that I only have to carry one bag.
I wish the rest of my life was so uncluttered and easy to manage!
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