This Bag Organizer Turns My Tote Into a Laptop Bag
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I’m not proud of it, but I’ve accepted that I’m not an especially neat person. I know that, left to my own devices, my everydaywork totequickly devolves into a black hole.Lip balmandpensdisappear never to be see again, magazines andpaperbacksemerge with creased covers and torn pages, and I always spend at least a minute or two per day on my doorstep digging for my keys. Sure, I could buy a sportierbackpackor messenger bag with a compartment for every little thing — but I just really like the waymy black Cuyanatote looks so sleek and streamlined, like I don’t need pockets at all.
Cuyana must understand the predicament because it now makes a removable tote organizer that the brand sent to me to try out — the organizer has a large side pocket that’ll fit a smalllaptopor book, a midsize pocket perfect for a tablet, awater-bottle-sized elastic sleeve, and a smaller pocket for grab-and-go necessities like chapstick and pens. There’s also an open middle for storing larger items and the little area outside of the organizer where it meets the actual bag, where a magazine or larger laptop naturally stays put.
Now, I can toss a sweater or makeup bag into my tote and know exactly where it is when I need it. I’m no longer fumbling for my reading material or reaching into the bag’s corners to fish out my ballpoint. The nice part is just having the option — if I’m bringing materials to work, the organizer houses everything neatly, but if I’m just packing some layers for a day trip, I can take the organizer out to make room for a sweater and scarf. Designed to fit in any of the brand’s totes, the insert lets you (or me) pretend to be a much more orderly person.
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Our associate editor, Katy Schneider, battles the bag black hole with thesenylon pouchesfrom Baggu. “They are durable, not easily stained, and inexpensive,” she says. We like this set of pouches in coordinating sunset hues.
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Actress, and StrategistcolumnistWendi McLendon-Coveyadvised areaderto pick up several of these Sonia Kashuk pouches to keep a bag organized. “These flatter, foliolike ones are good for iPads orKindles, and even passports when you’re traveling,” she says.
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