Hand Bags & Man Bags!

[blue_ladybug]

I'm not a purse girl. I have a wallet..black with colored butterflies.. lol

 

[Mel85]

Hi Miri!

Love the bear!

Would it be shameful to admit that I kind of miss neon-colored fanny packs...

I had one back in the day that was actually 3 small brightly-colored bags on one belt... and now I wish I would have never gotten rid of it. (As you can tell, I don't exactly care about looking "fashionable"--I care more about color, because it makes me happy, function, and just being myself. )

 

[Ugly]

Makeup is, mind you, in my opinion, merely a way of expressing your feelings rather than just being insecure and apply dozens of layers lol.

Pockets? Well, big pockets are kinda masculine, maybe that’s why women’s clothing ain’t gotten a pile of pockets?

Actually there's a history behind women's lack of pockets. We had a topic on this a few months back in Streams. It goes back to the 1800s when women wore huge frilly dresses.

 

[Ugly]

All pockets here. Keys, change, phone, pen, wallet, pocket knife, sun glasses. No need for more.

 

[tourist]

I like the little purple teddy bear too.

 

[Miri]

All pockets here. Keys, change, phone, pen, wallet, pocket knife, sun glasses. No need for more.

Would you carry a man bag?

I often see elderly pensioners with those Gladstone type of bags.
They use to be used by doctors as well and seem
very fashionable among pensioners.

 

[Depleted]

I recently got myself a “Mary Poppins” hand bag. It holds everything
and more!

I got wondering what kind of handbags you like.

Also if you are a man where do you put your stuff, do you have a man bag
or try to stuff everything in your pockets!

Are you a dainty bag person which holds a phone and pretty much nothing else,
or a sack packed for everything eventually. Ya know, earthquake, famine, flood.

Maybe you are more of a bum bag person.

Anyway here is my new bag modelled by Alice who likes it very much. Secretly I
think she wants to live in it!

As to why it’s a “Mary Poppins” bag, it starts off as this. Smart neat.


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Adjust a few clips and it opens up like this, shopping bag.


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It even becomes big enough for Alice to sit in and she’s piling on the pounds
a bit now. But shush don’t tell her I said so!


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Too small!

We used to go flea marketing, but I never liked carrying a bunch of bags, plus my pocketbook. Enter the gym bag.

Still not big enough. So went with backpack with wheels. (I used to go meat shopping and lugged home 12 pounds of meat and some fresh produce in it. lol)

Unfortunately, when it's on my back, I'm twice as wide (front to back) as I normally am, so a bit hard to use it crowded elevators and stores. (I live in Philly. We don't have uncrowded public places. lol)

When John was in rehab, I had to bring lots of stuff home and lots of stuff back. (You know why from when your aunt is in the hospital. It's even worse in rehab, because they demanded the patients wear clean clothes every day, and it was better to bring clothes home to wash, for fear of losing them, if the nursing home cleaned them.) Backpack wasn't big enough. Tried to find a "new bag" in the luggage department, but never found a girly bag. The closest they had were baby bags, which is a whole different territory. (I'm not carrying a bag with bottles and rattles on it. Just not. lol)

I've had to settle. My current bag is as small as you're little bag, once you open it up full width. Still looking for new girly gym bag.

Isn't it dumb trying to carry four bags of groceries while maintaining something as simple as a bag on our shoulder? Why can't they make one big enough to carry four bags of groceries, our wallet, keys, phone, emergency-candy, aspirin, and music all in one bag? All it needs is lots of deep pockets on the inside.

(BTW, Spaulding tells Alice that bags aren't for hiding in. They're helioplaneship bagcars to fly or travel on or under the ocean in.)

 

[Depleted]

I recently got myself a “Mary Poppins” hand bag. It holds everything
and more!

I got wondering what kind of handbags you like.

Also if you are a man where do you put your stuff, do you have a man bag
or try to stuff everything in your pockets!

Are you a dainty bag person which holds a phone and pretty much nothing else,
or a sack packed for everything eventually. Ya know, earthquake, famine, flood.

Maybe you are more of a bum bag person.

Anyway here is my new bag modelled by Alice who likes it very much. Secretly I
think she wants to live in it!

As to why it’s a “Mary Poppins” bag, it starts off as this. Smart neat.


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Adjust a few clips and it opens up like this, shopping bag.


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It even becomes big enough for Alice to sit in and she’s piling on the pounds
a bit now. But shush don’t tell her I said so!


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BTW, I love the color coordination between Alice and the bedspread. lol

 

[Depleted]

Hi Miri!

Love the bear!

Would it be shameful to admit that I kind of miss neon-colored fanny packs...

I had one back in the day that was actually 3 small brightly-colored bags on one belt... and now I wish I would have never gotten rid of it. (As you can tell, I don't exactly care about looking "fashionable"--I care more about color, because it makes me happy, function, and just being myself. )

Brilliant! (And I'm talking idea, not colors.) I can't believe you got rid of it either. I could do that, albeit in somewhat more subdued colors. (Although old woman in overalls wearing that around my waist would be an original fashion statement. lol)

 

[Depleted]

Probably, because fanny means something else in the UK. But if you were wearing one of those you'd certainly stand out from the crowd. I'm not sure if I still have one of these or not. I find them useful for amusement parts (ok that was supposed to be parks, but some typos are too good to correct) but not much else.

Flea marketing and grocery shopping. No more worrying about keeping pocketbook on shoulder while lifting products into bags and carrying the bags ever again!

 

[Depleted]

Everyone the world and his wife had one.

They made you look hip!

I wanted one but never quite got around to it, I was skint back then. Lol

I prefer colours too, I’ve got a bright red bag as well.

Three on one belt though? That's what got me excited. (And I'm wide enough that I might be able to go up to four. lol)

 

[Depleted]

Cinder, you are correct.

I don't use fanny packs (I guess the more posh term these days would be "belt bags") for regular everyday events.

But I do own a fake black leather one, and I use it for, as you said, amusement parks, and sometimes when I go for a walk.

Note to potential dates--don't worry. If I'm around someone of interest, I promise to carry a "normal" handbag, unless we are going to a place that has things like this:

(The Top Thrill Dragster at Cedar Point, Ohio.) It is especially amazing when you're on it at night.

The secret isn't to warn potential dates, but to look for the one who thinks it's wonderful.

 

[tourist]

While living in Maine I had a backpack for my stuff. When I lost my stuff I no longer had a need for the backpack.

 

[tourist]

Cinder, you are correct.

I don't use fanny packs (I guess the more posh term these days would be "belt bags") for regular everyday events.

But I do own a fake black leather one, and I use it for, as you said, amusement parks, and sometimes when I go for a walk.

Note to potential dates--don't worry. If I'm around someone of interest, I promise to carry a "normal" handbag, unless we are going to a place that has things like this:

(The Top Thrill Dragster at Cedar Point, Ohio.) It is especially amazing when you're on it at night.

I have been to Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio many times when I was younger with my family. Later, I went with my daughter and found most of the park had changed. It is considered the roller coaster capital of the world. The roller coaster in your picture didn't exist the last time I visited the park in 1998. I did ride a coaster that was over 200 feet high though. I believe that it was called the Magnum. At my age, I'm done with those types of rides and prefer the more sedate attractions like at Epcot in Walt Disney World.

 

[Depleted]

What's wrong with pockets? I'm not cramming everything in my pockets... it's all neatly organized. I have a Standard Loadout I leave the house with.

Front Left Pocket - wallet, phone, earbuds, change. Wallet protects phone so I don't have to put the phone in a bulky, ugly case.
Front Right Pocket - multi-tool knife, keys, pen.
Back Left Pocket - nothing. I don't like to sit on a lump when I sit. Also keeping a wallet in the back pocket was a fashion I think was invented by pickpockets to make their lives easier.
Back Right Pocket - car key, because I don't want my whole keyring hanging from the ignition switch when I'm driving.

When I'm at home my pocket loadout is in one specific place where I always dump out my pockets. If any of my pocket stuff is not in my pockets, it's in that spot. I haven't had to hunt for my wallet or keys in years.


NOTA BIEN: I'm not going to make fun of women's purses for two reasons.
1 - Fashion requires a modern woman to carry a whole cosmetics line around with her these days, and women listen to fashion a lot more than they listen to guys who tell them they really don't need to wear all that junk.
2 - A disturbingly large amount of women's clothing does not come with pockets. Pockets are apparently useful for men, but not stylish enough for women. Were I a woman, I would go slightly crazy trying to find clothing that actually has pockets.

Since you asked, my problem with pockets is I cram so much in, I need to keep pulling up my pants. (And that's saying quite a lot, since I'm Overall Woman. lol)

No make up, but tissues, (How do you not at least have a handkerchief?), handwash, pen, paper, spare batteries, tokens, change, keys, wallet (and it's bigger than a phone case), phone and case, (never use it, but hubby keeps saying "just in case"), aspirin, and emergency-candy.

And then there are trips to our backyard, when my pockets might also include a couple of cans of soda, forks, knives, spoons, grill mitt, and scissors. lol

 

[Depleted]

Doesn’t it hurt when you sit down? Lol
Are you even able to sit down.

Would you ever consider a man bag?


I did go through a phase in my younger days where I wore cargo pants.
Lots of pocket lol

That woman canNOT put cans of soda in her pockets. lol

 

[Tinuviel]

That woman canNOT put cans of soda in her pockets. lol

It looks like she already has them in her hip pockets .

 

[Depleted]

Yup Fanny means something else over her. You don’t hear of
many people called Fanny any more!


Didnt you inherit English from the English. Lol

My grandmother's name was Fanny. And she made a trip to England for three weeks once. I wish I was there to see the reaction of people when she introduced herself. lol

(For those who aren't getting what the big deal with that name in England, let's just say it's a vulgar word for the most intimate part of a woman.)

My uncle, (her youngest son), was telling his dad he was going to marry a woman. The woman's mother's name was Loda. My grandfather made one condition to this marriage. If they had a daughter, they could not name her after her two grandmothers. No granddaughter of his would be named Loda Fanny. lol

(Her name is Carol Lee.)

 

[Jennie-Mae]

It looks like she already has them in her hip pockets .

I’m glad I don’t know her stylist.

 

[Monnkai]

Me no can do shoes like that either and I think the figure is probably Lara Croft
off tomb raider. Lol

video game? Or the really bad movies?