Reader Question: Diaper Bags

Hola! Would love a post on cute and functional diaper bags some time...most I've found are super ug!! :)

Cute I can definitely do. Functional I'm not so sure about. Not actually having had a baby, I'm not sure what makes for functionality. I know the Kate Spade bags have stroller clips (I'm sure others of these brands do too, I just didn't read the specs on them). And many, if not all, of these bags come with changing mats.

As far as cute, I love a diaper bag that looks like a handbag. I don't need something that screams "baby!" I think the baby I'll be carrying around will do just fine at letting people know I have a little one. My diaper bag, however, should just be another cute accessory. An accessory, mind you, that does NOT need to match your baby. I don't know how many times I've heard people worry they can't have a pink diaper bag because they have a boy. A) your diaper bag is your accessory, who cares what gender your baby is. B) what on earth do you want a pink diaper bag for??? This goes with the whole not screaming "baby" thing. If I wouldn't carry a regular handbag in pink, I'm not carrying a diaper bag in pink.

Below are many diaper bagoptions at a range of prices. I've also included a link for a changing mat on its own in case you go the route that many people do - just buy a nice, big, cute bag and stick baby things in it. It's a totally viable option!

Nest, was $220, sale $199.95

Caden Lane, was $140, sale $89 @

Nest, was $389, sale $340

Skip Hop, $89.99 @

Burberry, $1,095 @

Storksak, $450 @

Storksak, $198 @

Kate Spade, $395

Kate Spade, $395 @

Timi & Leslie, was $163.99, sale $114.79 @

Timi & Leslie, $158.99 @

Skip Hop, $30 @

@Available in more colors

New Diaper Bag

Mr. EWP has not been letting me things for BabyWP. He's a little nervous it would jinx things. But as we come close to the halfway mark and my belly gets rounder, he's softening on the rule. Just in time for me to catch a major sale on my had-to-have-it diaper bag.

I have known for always that I wanted a black Kate Spade diaper bag. I knew that's what I was going to get. It's black, it's basic, it looks like a purse and doesn't scream "baby!" Overtly baby type bags are just not me. This was the bag I had to have. No question about it.

Here is this season's nylon stevie baby bag:

Kate Spade, $395

This is last season's nylon stevie baby bag:

Kate Spade, was $395, sale $189

(+ currently 25% off of sale prices at Kate Spade)

Umm.... I'm pretty sure that's basically the same bag. Just one is hundreds cheaper. Clearly I ordered the sale one. It has an adorable green changing mat with polka dots. God, I love polka dots.

And don't worry, we're getting Mr. EWP a manly Columbia diaper backpack for when he's running around with BabyWP. He doesn't have to use this bag :)

30% Off at Kate Spade

New reader Natalie sent me a tip that Kate Spade was having a two day sale - 30% off everything. What more could a girl ask for?

Use the code: FRIENDLY30 and get 30% off anything from the diaper bag featured yesterday to maybe something for Mother's Day to some statement jewelry for yourself. Check out www.katespade.com and get your 30% off! Code only valid today and tomorrow.