Scout Bag - My New Tote Love

Now I admit, I'm a totey kind of girl, and my husband just doesn't get it. I need totes for specific tasks so that I'm not swapping things in and out & forget something that I shouldn't - it's my grasp at organization. My current tote roll call is:

• Gym - enough said
• General Rinse - carries pertinent info, fliers, samples...
• Scrapbooking - a girl needs all of those cubbies
• Sales Meeting - this one carries all of my samples & a stock of sales materials
• Just in Case - you never know if you'll need to take a lot of things somewhere
  
• Show - the most used and abused October - December this tote carries everything I need for shows

Well my circa 2004 Show Tote had seen better days, and frankly isn't really in style anymore. So I've been in the market for a new one for a while. And then there it was... across the room, actually (ugh, there's that word again; smiles) it was in my friend Laurie's booth at one of my markets.

The Scout Pocket Rocket Tote Bag. It is the tote of all totes and this is why:

• 6 exterior pockets which are now filled with pens, sales receipts, business cards, scissors, bottled water...
• Water resistant material so no worries if it's raining, or I spill something on it.
• A zipper top so nothing spills out when I A. make a sudden turn or B. bale - it happens, a lot
• A shoulder strap & handles
• The inside pocket has a pocket.