Toting a man bag (Kilala.nl (Cailin Coilleach)) by Cailin Coilleach

Last weekend I joined my more fashionable acquaintances and took my first venture into manbag country after nicking one of Marli's shoulder bags for myself. I don't remember the how or why, but I do remember a need to take all my crap with me while not bringing my coat.

For the past ten years I've never gone -anywhere- without my coat, since it contained all my life, so to speak. Wallet, keys, small change, ID card, etc. I'd nowhere else to put it, so along came my coat. Any bigger stuff that needs to come along always went into my trusted, sturdy back pack meaning that I was always stuck with at least my coat -and- a backpack. So anyway.... Switching to a manbag actually lightens the load, although it does mean that I can carry around less stuff.

For now this new arrangement seems to work pretty well for normal workdays, since I don't bring much more than my Macbook and my lunch. So let's see how long this new habit sticks ~_^

And no, I'm not calling it a manbag to assert my masculinity because I feel insecure about carrying a purse. You should know better than that :D

EDIT:
Oh darn, I stand corrected. Apparently the term "manbag" only applies to purse-like bags, so I can't go around abusing that term. Oh well... So a bag / shoulder bag / courier bag it is...

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