When you were young, do you remember dreaming about all sorts of grandiose events you would attend when you were a “grown up”? I know I did. It wasn’t about money, it wasn’t about what it stood for, it was, well, about being a grown up. Now that I am a grown up, I’m still not attending the kind of events I used to dream about. I’m not complaining but I just am not there yet.

I remember being young and watching my mom get ready before she went out to a huge event with my dad. I remember her slipping on a gorgeous evening gown, fastening her necklace and any other jewelery. But more than anything else, I remember her grabbing a gorgeous evening bag and packing just the essentials into that bag. I thought about that night for myself for a while. Now I am a grown up and I think of carrying a Judith Leiber bag to one of those events.

I have to say, this is the first time I’ve seen a crossbody bag from Treesje. I found this a little odd when I came across this bag and tried to figure out if perhaps I simply overlooked other crossbody bags. While there are Treesje bags with detachable shoulder straps, this really is the first smaller crossbody bag I’ve seen. And you know what? I like what I see.

In December Glamour chose me as one of their Blogging Babes. I was thrilled to be chosen and kept in such great company on Glamour’s website. Other Blogging Babes featured include Natalie from Fashionista, Julia from All about the Pretty, Leslie from Racked, and Wendy from Nitro:licious.

Glamour has been a longtime favorite fashion magazine of mine so this was a great honor. You can read my interview with Glamour on their website, in which they ask me some questions to find out more about me and what PurseBlog is about. This was such a fun piece to be part of, thank you to Glamour for including me!

Read the full interview here.

As I mentioned last week, finally, oh finally, the retail stores are stocking their shelves with all sorts of amazing new handbags. My must-have bag of the day has to be the Michael Kors Skorpios Pleated Crescent Hobo. I’d like to even say that it could be my bag pick of the week, but seeing as though it is Monday, I don’t want to jump the gun yet.

All I do know is that this bag is a staple, a must-have, a classic.

With Valentine’s Day at the end of this week, I am sure you have seen your fair share of Valentine’s Day inspired paraphernalia. While I don’t usually buy into all the hype, I do love just a splash of Valentine’s Day around this time of the year.

So, what would one of my picks be? This Marc by Marc Jacobs Pretty Nylon Slingy Hobo Bag would be a great option. This bag is nothing less than cute. It doesn’t make a huge statement and I am not sure it would be something I’d carry all the time, but it’s not that bad at all.

I fully admit that I’ve never been the recipient of a Valentine’s Day gift from a real Valentine; this is excluding the bouquet of wildflowers my lovely father sends me every February 14. And just last week, I received a wonderful care package from my mother including a plastic lunchbox with a printed smattering of pink and white hearts. That was very interesting, but in the case that I do have a real, live Valentine this year, this is what I’d love him to get me. But keep in mind, pals, the flowers are enough. Remember that you’re talking to (erm, reading about) a girl who was massively excited by a plastic case.

I find it ironic that despite my endless fascination with designer laptop cases, I still stand by my slim and simple black Tucano Second Skin. Well, I suppose that means more case searching and certainly more writing about said cases.

And so here I bring you a new laptop case, one that’s undeniably less elaborate than expected: the Juicy Couture Laptop Sleeve. I know, I know, since when has Juicy Couture made anything without velour, massive scripted names, and countless bits and baubles hanging off the side? Well, recently they’ve been making progress on the handbag side of things, like the Lock it Silverlake Clutch we covered recently.