If you missed my posts on the perfect bag criteria, the perfect bag contenders and the first bag eliminated from the competition, check them out:
Bag Number One Eliminated from Perfect Bag Contest
The second bag I nixed was the Lands’ End Medium Open Top Shoulder Tote.
What I liked about the bag:
- Sturdy canvas construction. This thing would survive a nuclear holocaust
- Four inside pockets, one with a snap and large enough to hold a spiral notebook and a file folder
- Adjustable strap
- Small outside pocket I could use for my phone
- Industrial-strength metal key clip
What I wasn’t so crazy about:
- The folder sized pocket was near the top of the bag, which meant the bag sagged if I placed something heavy (i.e. my iPad) in that pocket
- Canvas is heeeeeavy!
- The main compartment has no closure, so items could spill out easily
- None of the interior pockets easily held a water bottle
- With both a shoulder strap and handles, I felt like I had to fight the bag to actually place anything inside it
This might be a nice beach or library book bag, but I passed on it as an everyday, schlep-my-junk-everywhere tote.
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Today is Thesaurus Day, and what writer doesn’t LOVE her thesaurus? Hmm…what other words could we use for love? From the J.I Rodale Synonym Finder (my fave of all thesauri!): adore, adulate, worship, desire, want, idolize, pine for, lust for, embrace, savor, relish.
Have you hugged your thesaurus today?
