{"id":3128,"date":"2017-04-24T22:09:21","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T02:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/?p=3128"},"modified":"2017-11-27T11:49:50","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T16:49:50","slug":"3128","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/?p=3128","title":{"rendered":"That Time I Won a Giveaway"},"content":{"rendered":"

One Friday evening I left work and was headed to New York for the weekend. I like my job, but this Friday had been rough. I had talked to a particularly difficult customer whose scathing remarks had left me in tears, and I was unwinding in the car, trying to stop replaying the phone call in my head, when suddenly I got an email.<\/p>\n

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I’ve followed Urban Southern<\/a> for some time, since I really admire the bags they produce, and I know one of the ladies running the company. They posted about a giveaway for the triangle clutch they produced for New York Fashion Week. Naturally, I entered, but of course I didn’t expect to win. I mean, who actually wins giveaways? Only people with perfect Instagram lives who never discover halfway through their bowls of granola that the milk is sour do, right?<\/p>\n

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But there was the email from Regina, congratulating me on my win. !!! It was perfect timing, cheering me up after a bad day, and I eagerly awaited my package in the mail. A few days later it arrived, wrapped in white paper, beautiful and soft and smelling just like my Amish uncle Aden’s leather shoe shop.<\/p>\n

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I’ve so enjoyed carrying it since, and love how versatile it is. Whether I’m\u00a0dressing like a vintage gypsy, an Instagram wife (hah!), or a business woman, the classic leather and geometric shape are always on point.<\/p>\n

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One time after church I mislaid it, and after searching, I discovered my Dad holding it. When I took it from him, he said, “But now I won’t be cool anymore!” (Don’t worry Dad, you’re cool beyond the clutch of clutches.)<\/p>\n

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Its unusual shape has gotten comments from both strangers and lots of friends, and it’s just the right blend of funky and classy to totally suit me.<\/p>\n

Thank you Urban Southern<\/a>\u00a0for making my bad day brighter, and for my lovely clutch. And thank you\u00a0Lynette<\/a>\u00a0for all these pictures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One Friday evening I left work and was headed to New York for the weekend. I like my job, but this Friday had been rough. I had talked to a particularly difficult customer whose scathing remarks had left me in tears, and I was unwinding in the car, trying to stop replaying the phone call in my head, when suddenly I got an email. I’ve followed Urban Southern for some time, since I really admire the bags they produce, and…<\/p>\n

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