At home I usually have no pockets, because I'm too lazy to put them in the comfortable sloppy distopian tunics I make for housedresses.
So in cool weather I wear a man's or unisex vest with big pockets with zippers.
For summer I took a lightweight man's longsleeved shirt, closed the ends of the sleeves which made them like bags, made a lengthwise slit above teh cuffs, and use those bags as pockets. Wear it around the shoulders yuppie style, or around the waist like the guy in MEN IN BLACK, depending on temperature. When I get around to it, I'll turn up the bottom of the shirt to make big pockets like in a workman's apron.
What I keep in those sleeves/bags is memo recorder, basic keys, candy, lip balm, small items on the way from one place to another, and cell phone (in a plastic sleeve with a replica of drivers license and car insurance cards, in case I drive to a neighbor's without my purse, and sometimes a $20 bill).
When I go to town, I transfer the memo recorder and phone to a regular purse kind of like a small Baggallini, with compartments for all the above plus checkbook, credit cards, small comb, money, pen and pencil, memo paper, pill box with dog treats, wristwatch, pocket knife, spare AAA batteries for the recorder, more keys, space for receipts and folded letters etc that I need to take in somewhere to show someone, etc. This is the bag that I take into stores, meetings, etc.
Dangling from this nice purse is a net bag of adjustable size, for temporary things that don't fit in the purse, such as small water bottle.
In the car lives a medium size shapeless bag of replaceable stuff. Big comb, emergency recharger for the cell (holding 4 AA batteries). Things I might want in the car but don't want to carry into stores etc. It's black and hides on the floor behind the seat. If this were larger and the nice purse would fit into it on occasion, I could say everything was nestable, but it isn't, quite.
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Date: 2013-07-03 06:07 pm (UTC)So in cool weather I wear a man's or unisex vest with big pockets with zippers.
For summer I took a lightweight man's longsleeved shirt, closed the ends of the sleeves which made them like bags, made a lengthwise slit above teh cuffs, and use those bags as pockets. Wear it around the shoulders yuppie style, or around the waist like the guy in MEN IN BLACK, depending on temperature. When I get around to it, I'll turn up the bottom of the shirt to make big pockets like in a workman's apron.
What I keep in those sleeves/bags is memo recorder, basic keys, candy, lip balm, small items on the way from one place to another, and cell phone (in a plastic sleeve with a replica of drivers license and car insurance cards, in case I drive to a neighbor's without my purse, and sometimes a $20 bill).
When I go to town, I transfer the memo recorder and phone to a regular purse kind of like a small Baggallini, with compartments for all the above plus checkbook, credit cards, small comb, money, pen and pencil, memo paper, pill box with dog treats, wristwatch, pocket knife, spare AAA batteries for the recorder, more keys, space for receipts and folded letters etc that I need to take in somewhere to show someone, etc. This is the bag that I take into stores, meetings, etc.
Dangling from this nice purse is a net bag of adjustable size, for temporary things that don't fit in the purse, such as small water bottle.
In the car lives a medium size shapeless bag of replaceable stuff. Big comb, emergency recharger for the cell (holding 4 AA batteries). Things I might want in the car but don't want to carry into stores etc. It's black and hides on the floor behind the seat. If this were larger and the nice purse would fit into it on occasion, I could say everything was nestable, but it isn't, quite.