My quest continues. It has been years and yet I am still in search of a bag that suits my needs. Why is this so hard? I go from one handbag to another and for some reason I’m not satisfied, either because:
- The bottom is not flat, has no feet and tips over.
- The pockets on the sides are identical so you always go to the wrong one looking for something, Dang it!
- The pockets inside the purse are like a black hole, reaching down deep into the guts of the purse, curving to the other side, which makes anything you place in them disappear. Totally useless.
- Straps are too round and don’t stay on your shoulders and keep slipping down.
- The straps are too long or too short to slip your arm into and wear on your shoulder.
- The bad is heavy empty (this one is just plain wrong!)
- There are too many pockets you go insane looking for your lip balm, keys, a pen, you name it.
- No set place for keys.
- No set place for phone.
- The interior fabric is not glued to the sides so you feel like you are reaching into a pillow case.
- The opening is too narrow and or in some way hard to get into. Forget that!
- Black color inside makes it so you can’t find anything! Everything you put in a purse seems to be black – eye glasses case, compact, lipstick.
I’m sorry—prove me wrong and apologies in advance about what I am about to say—but men should not be designing handbags. You guys don’t get it! Sorry Michael K. Tory Burch is the closest I’ve come to finding a bag that works for me and I always go back to this black tote and comment to myself how no other bag in my closet works as well. But my complaint for this tote? There are no feet so the bottom is always placed directly on the floor. And the fabric (vinyl) can look wrinkled and you can’t press it so you there, have to live with it.
True, we all want different features in a bag but come on, what are the profiles of users?
- Minimalist mom who carries practically nothing in her purse but keys, wallet, maybe lip balm.
- Maximalist mom who carries everything in her bag, too much makeup, a book, snacks, velcro, burnt out light bulb she needs to match and replace at Home Depot …the list goes on.
- Harried mom who can’t keep track of basic items, always in autopilot tossing these essentials in her bag forgetting to remember where they ended up, losing her cool searching for them. Constantly.
- Mom who likes style above all else. Damn the inconvenience, this bag looks cool!
- Designer bag mom, similar to above, designer bag above all else. Who cares if it’s a pain. We’re not talking about this mom here.
Want to create the perfect bag and go into business together? Yep, I know, sure… if I had more time. In the meantime, a shout out to designers out there: come on already, get this right! Moms need this. At least this mom does.
—SBM
Single Busy Mommy 