what type of wallet do you prefer? clutch style or short ones? zippy or snap?

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Right this very minute, I am on a quest for a zippy all around wallet. Seems more secure. I am using a Cole Haan French Wallet at the moment, but it really is too bulky for me. I might head over to the Coach outlet where I saw a really nice luggage colored zip wallet on sale for $90 that has been calling my name for a while.
 
I don't like zippers really, it's too much of a hassle to have a bunch of them. I use a Hobo Lauren Clutch/Wallet. It's the best wallet ever. The middle holds two or three cards and your ID and just opens by magnet so whenever you're making a quick purchase that's all you really need. Each side opens kind of by a little clip type thing that just pops open and you have one side for money/cards/receipts and one side for whatever else you carry (I use it for my phone sometimes, keys, whatever). There's also a couple of little zippered pockets for anything you need hidden or that you don't access much.

I get compliments on it all the time and I use it as a wallet in my bag during the day and then sometimes at night I carry it as a clutch. So versatile! It's really good quality and I've had mine for probably almost a year now and it's still in great shape except for where someone spilled butter on it and I didn't notice and left it there for 30 min.
 
Just wanting your thoughts on why a zippered wallet would be cumbersome, as this would be the first of its kind for me.

I'll probably confuse the heck out of you and me both but I'll give it a shot, LOL. The zip around has limited access (good access but not as much as a snap or buckle closure) because the wallet can only open so far...With the snap or buckle closure, the wllet is "all the way" extended and I can dig around in there if need be, with the zip around, I can only put a couple of fingers in when I'm trying to retrieve something.
 
I looovee zippy's but currently I'm using a clutch style. It does the job but I hate having a "foldover" piece. I can't do anything smaller than a continental wallet... unless it's partay time the the Coach card case that's out now in madison is perfect!
 
compass, i have a kc reaction zip around that i bought at tjmaxx for $12 and i love it to death!! it's real leather, i can even fit my passport and dh's inside :tup: very easy to access also :tup:
 
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