What's in my bag

[elusivek]

So... I got this new bag... and I've had to really, and I mean REALLY downsize and be selective on what I put in my bag.

As I said in my first What's in my bag back in December, I'm not a small bag person. I like to have stuff to carry around with me. So with this new bag, it's like a real radical change.

1 - The actual bag

2 - Home keys in a doggie shaped key holder/bag/pouch thing

3 - Business card holder that can double as a mirror

4 - Tissues!

5 - Bus card holder (Suica or Oyster holder sort of thing, for easy travel/payment)

6 - Pen

7 - Lightly colored lip balm

8 - Medicine case

9 - Pad

There's no purse/wallet because it is outside of the bag. It's the design of the bag - the wallet part is detachable (that's the zipped part).

It not only buttons together, the buckles also hold the bag and the wallet together. I concede it could potentially be dangerous, but I'm usually pretty careful with my bags (big or otherwise) so I believe it should be ok.

Despite my not being used to such super small bags, I'm slowly warming up to this design. It's very easy to make payments as I don't need to look for the wallet. Despite this being a sling bag, I also hold onto the bag so I don't think the zip/ease of theft is too high on my part. As long as I'm always careful! Which I usually am. I'm more worried of the sling breaking one day, but since this is new, it should have quite a while to go.

Comments

[quirkycricket.livejournal.com]

Oooh I really like your bag! I couldn't carry such a small bag but that's really really cute.

I'm a fan of "what's in my bag" posts and videos. Because I'm nosy.

[notte0.livejournal.com]

i like to see more of those too :-)

[quirkycricket.livejournal.com]

Now I wanna do oneee

[mores0ul.livejournal.com]

The bag is so cute!

Now I wish there was a more active what's in your bag community...

[notte0.livejournal.com]

it would be fun to see more of these posts too! :-)

[arrowwhiskers.livejournal.com]

Wow it's a very nice looking bag :) The detachable wallet part seems quite convenient.

Why choose this bag though, if you don't like small bags? Just curious. The design/material?

[notte0.livejournal.com]

well, the design was nifty for one, and then I'm also starting to have problems with my shoulders (I can only carry a bag on my left shoulder. I become useless if I sling a bag over my right shoulder. And I also can't cross-sling any bags either. So I needed to start carrying lighter bags - but with a big bag I'll be tempted to carry a lot of stuff, so... i started to think about small bags...

then i started thinking, wouldn't it be nice to have a small little bag for when traveling - to keep only money, passports and tissues and a pen. That brand was doing a sale, I liked the color, so I got it.

funny thing is, the more i use this bag, the more i get used to it, the more I think I couldn't go back to a big bag. I'll have to see further on how it all turns out to be!

[arrowwhiskers.livejournal.com]

That's a good point haha--I have a bag that is too big and you're right, the temptation is huge to just fill it with unneeded stuff. Bad for the bag itself and one's shoulders.

I'm glad the smaller one is working out for you, though :)

[signourney.livejournal.com]

Love the colour of that bag

[notte0.livejournal.com]

i don't really like blue but i have no idea why for bags I always gravitate towards blue....

[sio-ma.livejournal.com]

I have tried to use small bag and eliminated the stuff I carry...but...fail in every try...and now, I have a lot of unused small bags

[notte0.livejournal.com]

i've succeeded!!