Here is my slouchy handbag. This is pretty much my every day purse. The pink tag on the end is my Moo cards holder.
My biggest complaint is that I can never find anything quickly enough — pen, keys, notepad, lip gloss — you know, the little things that I use often. When I am in a hurry sometimes it is even hard to find the bigger things.
One night while I was flipping through late night television I came across one of the many purse organizers out there and decided to go on an eBay search to see what I could find. Not surprisingly many of the TV advertised purse organizers can be found on eBay at less the cost than ordering from the company (especially if you take into account shipping costs). That being said, you still have to shop around eBay because everyone has a different price or different shipping. After a few nights of searching/deliberating I decided on the Kangaroo Keeper.
I purchased my Kangaroo Keeper purse organizer from the Big Tree Company for $7.99 (US) and $4 international shipping. It sells for $19.99 plus postage and handling ($6 per set) for two sets from the official website. The eBay keepers came from Shanghai, China so it took almost four weeks to arrive but I was not in a super hurry. The box was a little damaged but the contents were free from harm.
The Kangaroo Keeper’s tag line is “the incredible bag organizer”. It comes with two organizers actually. A large one and a small one. They can be used together for the ultimate in organizing or you can use them separately, one for a big bag and one for a small one. They can be used inside out or right side in. Here is what mine look like empty. The large one has the pockets turned out and the smaller one has the pockets turned in:
The material feels like a heavy weight plastic that has a bit of stretch to it. But not too much because a seam started to rip when I tried to put an oversized item in a pouch. It was fun loading up everything into the pouches and I found myself feeling excited that everything would be organized. As you can see I decided to try out using both pouches, one in side the other.
I have been using them for a few weeks and still have lots of room to spare but I think I will eventually go down to the one large pouch as I really do not have a lot of stuff in my bag and it will free up room to put all my “shopping” bags together. Everything is definitely organized and easier to find but for some reason, my bag feels a bit heavier even though there is little extra weight created by the pouches, must be psychosomatic. It definitely changes the shape of my bag which is now less slouchy but that is not a bad thing.
Even though no one but me (and now you) really sees it, the Kangaroo Keeper is not the prettiest bag organizer available but for the first time out trying one I am happy with it and am glad I did not have to spend a bunch of money to try it and two inserts really are enough.
If you need more moving pictures to help you decide here is the original promotional video for the Kangaroo Keeper:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1Y418ZtwbU[/youtube]
And if you are handy with a sewing machine you can make your own purse organizer with this how-to video:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_-uDs9cYKg[/youtube]
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Maureen (Moe) Wood has been writing for the Large and Lovely site at BellaOnline for over eight years. Her plus size shopping blog, My Favorite Things, is coming up on its fifth anniversary. Read more about Moe on her about page or follow her through her social network links below.
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