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Reclaim your bag!

Sometimes I really dislike the term mummy. Not when my son is endlessly shouting it at me but when it’s applied to me generically by the nurse, health visitor, midwife, GP, librarian or impersonal PRs!

In a bid to claw some of myself back from being just a mummy I’ve started to invest some time in me for a change. I’m spending more time on my hobbies which keep getting forgotten, drawing up a list of baking projects from some new cook books I’ve received, I have a new hair cut, I’ve cleared out the ‘mummy uniform’ clothes and the next step is to get rid of the ultimate ball and chain- the changing bag.

I’m not quite sure why I felt I had to have a changing bag as really it’s just a bag. It may have been an Orla changing bag but to be honest I never really liked it. So, it’s gone to the shelf of handbags and been replaced with the one I told you about – the Orla of orange goodness. Obviously I couldn’t do away with the contents as those nappies are needed ALL THE TIME! Two children in nappies is no joke and I always carry a couple with me as well as the ubiquitous baby wipes.

nappy purse

You too can now reclaim your bag with this lovely named nappy purse from Ruby and Ginger. They kindly offered me one to try out after I had a moan on twitter about my old changing bag and I absolutely love it! It’s made a big difference to how I feel too as I can now reach into a lovely grown up handbag and pull out the wipes and nappies I need. There are three fabrics to choose from but I have the berries fabric which is so unobtrusive that even my husband is happy to take it on the rare occasions he does a nappy change.

The nappy purse can hold three nappies, a refillable wipes case and has a little pocket for nappy bags, loose change or keys. They are handprinted and handmade and the ultimate fashionable and stylish mother, Danii Minogue, has one and I bet she is a lady with a great handbag collection. They are priced at a very reasonable £13.00.

Ruby and Ginger make lovely products using grown up prints so you don’t have to lose your fashion style just because you’ve become a parent. Products include a cosy car seat cover, nappy purse, changing mat, toy tie, tabards and backpacks.

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The shelf of many handbags

Now as you may know I’ve been having a good clear out lately, partly due to my excessive hoarding of clothes and because we want to move house this year. Most of my shelves were piled high with maternity and old work clothes so they’ve all been bagged up and donated to charity. Unfortunately it didn’t leave as much space as I was hoping so I will have to be a bit more ruthless. I have one shelf which I’m just not sure what to do about – the shelf of many handbags.

I’m not really a girly girl so I don’t know how it happened but I have a handbag collection. To be fair I haven’t really used many of them lately, they look a lot smarter than the image I give out as a slightly dis-shevelled mother of two. My collection is also morphing from the leather handbag into <shudder> the more practical handbag, aka the changing bag. Gone are the days when I took the commuter train to work. I don’t need to look smart these days and the only train I take is the occasional one as a treat for my train-mad son. My handbag no longer contains a packed lunch, glossy mag, make up bag or spare pair of dancing shoes but endless nappies, wipes, dummies and Diesel 10.

shelf of handbags

Until Little Sis came along I was thinking about selling the handbag collection but now I have a little girl I think she may rather like them when she’s older. I can remember which shop they all came from, if they were presents or I bought them for myself, even which season they are! A couple I have given away to my sister but the rest I have kept. Perhaps I’ll rescue them from their dust bags and use them again or perhaps I’ll just keep them as one day they’ll be vintage – which makes me feel really old!

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Orla Kiely Punched Stem Rosemary Bag

My hubby treated me to a lovely new Orla Kiely bag so I chose the punched stem rosemary bag. Today I sneaked out of the house and headed to Covent Garden to buy it (and the matching purse too!).

Image taken from Orla Kiely website.

No visit to Covent Garden is complete without a visit to Cath Kidston where I purchased some lovely goodies for our holiday to Cornwall. I even managed some celeb spotting, Louie Spence from Pineapple Dance Studio, before heading back to my lovely little boy!

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