GIVEAWAY: MY Oilcloth Wide Tote from Boss Lady Bags.com

UPDATE: The Randomly-drawn winner is Lorena!

Boss Lady Bags, the ultimate online boutique for stylish, busy moms, sent a gorgeous, luxurious, FABULOUS MY Oilcloth Wide Tote Bag to my house this weekend. I've oooohed and aaahhhed and stroked it and tried it on but fortunately, this pretty purse isn't for me - it's for one of you!

The Boss Lady Bags chicks Diane McMahon and Liesa Brown call this bag "the ultimate work, workout, play, kid, beach, picnic; whatever, use your imagination 'cause it's YOURS" bag. It's made from the MY Oilcloth brand soft and waterproof oilcloth with signature nickel hardware, webbing handles with leather trim, 2 interior bottle pockets, interior pockets both zip and open and a special exterior pocket for your mobile phone or PDA. The bag retails for $158 and the craftsmanship and style is commensurate with the price tag.

Basically, the bag is tops in both function and fashion! I love how it can transition seamlessly from laptop bag to chic carryall to diaper bag. The Boss Lady Bags sent the Lush Leaf Herringbone, which is the cool green pattern pictured above and super for spring. Click the photo to view in closer, larger detail.

Leave a comment before midnight on Friday April 24 with what function YOU would use this tote bag and I'll randomly draw the winner this weekend.

By the way, I've often received the question if gifting to a friend or relative is OK for giveaways and the answer is a RESOUNDING YES! Please enter APISS giveaways to obtain gifts for shower presents, friends, neighbors, your favorite charity - it's always always great to do so. Well, unless the item is for that nutjob Octomom, that's my only caveat, so keep that in mind when leaving your comment!

Boss Lady Bags MY Oilcloth Wide Tote Bag in Lush Leaf Herringbone
Cost: $158

Thanks Boss Lady Bags for this great giveaway!

Hot Handbags

Oh hottie handbag, you make me feel like a natural woooman....you make me feel!!

I considered calling this product post "Purse Porn" but that's just gross. I'm so glad that I am way too classy and moral to actually publish such filth.

Anyways, there are some incredible post-Christmas sales going on and one of the best items to gift to yourself is a fabulous new handbag. Here are the best picks from APISS:

AWESOME LEATHER HANDBAGS

Hayden-Harnett Sloane Crossbody Handbag $145 (down from $485!) Pictured on the cute chick above, the sale on this big roomy bordeaux or blueberry leather bag with antique brass detailing by Hayden-Harnett is like retail Zoloft. Even if you have to pack a Princess Pull-Up or sippy cup within you'll still feel like your former hottie single self.

Joe's Jeans Celine Hobo $149 I love this jean genius's purses. Check out the pleats in the leather on this baby at right.

B. Makowsky Lisbon Shoulder Bag $277-298 Boho chic and the opposite of boring.

OR A PERFECT PVC PURSE

Angie & Lola Patent Tote Bag $24.49 (on clearance!) Got to love Target for keeping us in the black with awesome black bags like this one, at left.

Roxy Gracie Satchel $36 I love this triangular tote in red.

Nine West Avant Charm Medium Hobo $43.45 This bag is butter soft and sporting luxurious details lacking in some high end designs. Lots of color options.

Kathy Van Zeeland Croc N Roll Handbag $79.90-99 Relatively reasonable and rockin', Kathy's bags are always a fab gift.

FOR THE LABEL GALS

Kate Spade Noel Eloise $89.98 (down from $295!) Sassy silver or chocolate nylon in Spade's signature pattern for fancy nights out or adding zing to simple jeans and a tee.

Coach Carly $274.11 In shades of brown or black, this is the best of the Big C bunch, in my humble opinion. Genuine brass and leather trim.

Bulga Le Petit Clutch $363 This asymmetric clutch is adorable and oh so freaking chic that I just can't stand it.

Wow, that was fun. I can just smell the new purse scent and feel the individual chamois bags. If you were on the hunt for a handbag, I hope I helped you a teensy bit and that you had one-eighth of the fun reading this as I had writing it. Happy handbag shopping!