Well, I’m on day three of my reintegration back to cubicle monkey status. Of course I’ve already gathered up a mouthful of commentary to share about my [beloved] co-workers and TDWSH, but that’s a post for another day! I really wanted to share some more of the Etsy purchases that have come in. You know, from my little online shopping binge last month? I’m so unbelievably thrilled with the most recent arrivals. They are MARVELOUS! I ordered these beauties from Diane at Treasured Totes. She is a fabulous seamstress and such a pleasure to work with. Check out the goods:

My new tote bag & matching cosmetic pouch for work. So black, so pink, so me! I know all the women at work (and maybe some of the men too) are hella jealous of my fabulousness when I walk in every morning carrying this super cute tote:

I actually put both my USB thumb drives, reading glasses, a mini bottle of anti-bacterial hand gel (a must-have for every self-respecting neat freak) and many other goodies in the pouch:

Lots of pockets inside the tote to store my text pager (yes we still carry freakin’ pagers where I work, bah!), desk keys, badge, etc. The badge itself could take up a whole pocket, it’s got so much crap on it. You know how big corporations get all apeshit with badge attachments- mission statements, company “values”, safety reminders, etc. If I wasn’t so fat, my badge would probably cause me to topple over. Heh. Anyway, I digress…

And this is the amazingly cute sock monkey diaper bag set that I asked her to make custom for me. I think she’s only made two others, and the patterns were a little different. So it’s a OOAK! I’m so in love with sock monkeys right now. If I could decorate my whole house in sock monkey decor I would! Except I seriously doubt hubby would approve. But tell me these patterns are not so cute that you want to eat them!

Again, these were made by Diane at Treasured Totes. I’m totally pimpin’ her work because she’s really talented. I highly recommend her Etsy shop.

I hate to admit it, but I’m totally & completely addicted to Etsy. Over the past few weeks, I’ve spent way too much [of my husband's] money on the cutest handmade goods EVER! Some of the items I’ve purchased have finally started to arrive. Yay for me! It’s like Christmas, or my birthday! Yesterday one of the custom tote bags I ordered came in. It’s a simple bag in Michael Miller’s Frog Chow print. I plan to use it as a daycare tote. I don’t need to carry much, since our childcare provider will keep supplies at her house. But I wanted to have a little something in case I need to make a pitstop on the way home, but don’t want to carry the big ass honkin’ diaper bag back & forth everyday. The other items in the photos are also in the Frog Chow print, but were made by another seller (details after the photos):

Custom tote bag:

A close up of the fabric:

Tote and other items in same print (the long item is a baby sling):

The diapers & wipes pouch:

The diapers & wipes pouch is perfect for quick errands with the kids, or for quick restroom changes. Dads like it for public diaper duty because it’s much more discreet than a big diaper bag. It holds a travel-size wipes container, 2-3 diapers, and a small tube of diaper cream. I also have a small disposable changing pad in mine. This pouch along with the custom baby carrier sling was purchased from XoXoa Baby (on eBay). I’ll have to take a picture of Baby G in the sling sometime. He loves it!

The adorable custom tote was purchased from Ainsley and Oswald. Check out her Etsy shop. She has some other really cute items for sale.