(Updated with link to bag I saw today…)
Field Trip!
Ingrid and I moseyed on down to Epic Sports today, to check out the Timbuk2 (and other brands) and I’m now back to coveting the Metro. Some people warned that it might be too small, but alas, I am not a purse carrier! So, perspectives vary, because the Metro seemed positively HUGE to me. There was a young couple there, and the woman was carrying a Classic bag, and talking about how she wished she’d gotten an Extra Small, so I butted in and asked "why?" and then asked her how she liked it, and she said she’d had hers for a year, daily use as a purse, and it looked brand-new, so that’s nice. Anyway, I can see if you are a purse-carrier, and looking to fit in diapers+, it would be too small, but as a wallet&keys carrier, it’s more like I’m looking to fit that in with the ziploc of diapering supplies, not the other way around. If that makes sense.
I guess if money was no object, I’d design my own, as Robyn suggested, but when I add in the features I’d want, the price gets up around $100, which is way too much. For a daily bag, I really like the Metro. I was also able to see the colors, which was nice, as well.
Not that I’m buying anything at this point, it’s mostly just a mission to see what I want when I notice a sale or whatever. I do that, often, hypershop, make a decision, and then wait to actually purchase. So far, it’s been a successful way of finding things that are Just Right.
(Also, Epic had the bag in Peacock blue/Chartreuse/Peacock Blue, which I was surprisingly taken by. When I saw Slate Blue and Burnt Orange in person, they looked rather blaaaah, which was part of the Metro-Love, Not Blah.)
Good! I wondered, after I had posted and then looked at my bag again, if it may in fact be big enough for you. I do understand the desire for small-ish bags, as I, too, was a wallet in the back pocket kind of gal until just a few years ago. My current bag, however, is a somewhat large messenger bag, and I just cannot find enough room when carting around the baby stuff I want/need, plus my stuff and snacks, etc. There are times when I really want to pare it down, though, since it really is hard to carry a big bag with a baby in a sling!
Don’t laugh, but my Metro is the peacock/chartreuse/peacock one 🙂 I don’t believe in carrying much around with me on a regular basis, so having to allocate some space for baby gear was a big change for me. Carrying a smallish bag helps me really prioritize what I really need to cart around for Madeline, and thankfully, as she gets older, the amount grows smaller all the time. Once I discovered that I could fit a couple of diapers into one of the zippered compartments at the front, I was amazed at how much room there still was for my wallet, a snack, etc. But not my camera – grr!