BAGS!

I am SO naughty. I bought myself a new bag from Timbuk2. I chose the build-your-own option and made it orange/steel/steel with a steel logo. It looks so cool. I can’t wait for it to show up. Hubby’s going to be crabby because I chew his ass for doing stuff like this all the time.

We’re both addicted to bags. We have bags--messenger bags--all over the house in different sizes, styles, and colors for various functions. I’m actually buying this one to replace one that’s about ten years old that I’ve been “borrowing” from Hubby for the past three years. At one time I did have one this size myself, but we sold it because after a while the charm of orange and silver ballistic nylon wore off for me, and it just sat in the bottom of the closet.

The small size red and black ballistic nylon bag I’ve been using is too small and it doesn’t hold up as well, it looks sort of dirty and frayed. But the medium sized cordura bag that I stole from Hubby doesn’t show its wear as much—it’s just that there is danish icing and cat puke caked on the bottom, then Hubby tried to scribble out the yellow logo with a black marker so now it’s this dirty pea green, and it’s missing its reflectors and side strap.

We have three Chrome bags which are über sturdy and ergonomic, but the bag actually hugs your upper back —which is great on a bike, but it’s HOT as hell. We swore off Timbuk2 because they have leak potential in the rain from the gap between the flap and the bag, but I love that I can choose whether to carry the bag in the middle of my back or at my hip. The quality is lower, but sometimes less is more, y’know?