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FREE j’tote bag?! Enter the giveaway!

I can’t believe I’ve forgotten to tell you guys about this. j’tote, only the greatest laptop bags ever (I love the Alix bag and carry it EVERYWHERE. Everywhere, people. Traveling, library, coffeeshop, you name it, Alix goes) are giving away a Colette clutch (I love her too) a day during the month of October! It’s…

New j’totes!

Looks like this week is fashion week here at this is life in austin & aspen! Could I love this bag any more? The new Alix j’tote in buttery-soft, supple noir, pebbled brown, or glazed beet leather, $395. Exquisitely crafted in Brazil, this classic tote design is adorned with a sleek chain “necklace”… a chain…

Yak Pak is Bak

Swag abounds during SXSW, so how does a company set itself out from the noise? Yak Pak–yes, the backpack staple–let its stylish, functional tote bags do the talking. They sweetly sent me one after SX to take for a spin, and after I used it as a weekender this past weekend, I can say that…

OMG Discount on j’tote!

Isn’t she pretty? Normally $195, you can have her for ONLY $75. Click here. People literally stop me every single time I carry this bag to tell me how cute it is. And now you could have it for a mere $75 by entering the promo code FRIENDS75 at checkout before midnight on Thursday. Worth…

April Big Hearts Bag Giveaway

Buy A Bag, Donate A Bag During j’tote bags’ April Big Hearts Bag Giveaway. You buy one of their luxurious, fashionable, handy (padded!) laptop bags, and they’ll donate one to one of three non-profits they’ve chosen–but you select which one. I own two of these bags (the Saoirse and the Grainne, pictured, if you’re curious)…

Reusable bags are all the rage …

… yes, but the problem with all these silly canvas totes is what to do with produce? You still get a bazillion of those little cheap baggies that you can’t even use as trash can liners (what I do with store plastic bags). Enter Austin company Blue Avocado (why?) with their Grocery Packs, including resuable…

J’Tote Bags

I wrote an article on J’Tote, a line of laptop bags from Austinite Jeri Barr, in the November/December issue of Texas Home & Living magazine, but it just occurred to me that I should put a link to them here too! They are super stylish bags with lots of room and tons of padding to…