What’s in my bag?

Probably a coincidence but I’ve read so much about bags in other blogs lately, that I want to create a simple and less elaborate “what’s in my bag” posting. I love to read this in other blogs, and even though we’re probably all carrying pretty much the same stuff in the end, it feels like giving a little insight into someone’s privacy.

• my wallet: Guess: Got it last year in Italy. I decided to “invest” in a new wallet because my old one was falling apart (literally! my credit cards said hello in the ice cream store) and because I don’t change wallets every other day, and then finally I was lucky to find my favourite in the Sales section.
• sunglasses: Ray Ban New Wayfarer. I’ve got one pair of classic Wayfarers and these New Wayfarers, which are adapted to my short-sightedness. Since I currently can’t wear contacts, the New Wayfarers are my only option these days. But I’ve found it difficult to get glasses which I really like in my face till I discovered the Wayfarers and now don’t want any other sunglasses at all.
• Moleskine notebook + pen: for addresses, lists, quotes, planning, blog posting ideas and anything that comes to my mind.
• Moleskine calendar-notebook
• Lipgloss (surprise: alverde!) – I usually don’t carry other beauty stuff with me. Don’t care enough and probably wouldn’t know where to start ;)
• a book or magazine: currently Georges Rodenbach’s Bruges La Morte (Das tote Brügge) I prefer carrying a tiny one with me. Negative point: These reclams usually aren’t as easy to read as you’d like it when going home in public transport after a long day
• tissues
• Mini Diana and/or Casio Exilim compact camera – I’ve carried cameras with me every day even long before I started blogging
• little bag with women’s stuff, migraine pill, hands cleanser, a hair tie, earphones, dextrose
• edit: forgot my phone: BlackBerry. Not working properly anymore and will soon be replaced, but we’ve become close friends, will miss it!

+ my two currently mostly used bags:

• Longchamp Le Pliage: I know this brand isn’t very popular among people who like to talk about fashion and has a certain „wannabe“ or snobbish image, in the best case it’s considered as being part of only a very conservative style of dressing. For me it’s THE ideal, perfect everyday bag, which goes with everything. Feel free to disagree, I’ll stick with my opinion! ;) Though I really like leather bags, I always feel I had to be so careful when carrying them. In the rain I make sure that my bag is under my umbrella, not me, and I try to avoid anything. And I have my reasons… Managed to spill half a cup of coffee over my brand new Le Pliage. And then went home, used soap and water and the bag looked brand new again. Moreover I like to be able to close a bag with a zipper, especially in the underground. The colour isn’t the most neutral one, though. But since I’m usually wearing neutrally coloured clothes, it works most of the time. I’ve got a huge Le Pliage for university, a tiny black one and one for my pens; have been using them for years. Got the one from the picture last spring, it was a limited colour (in case someone’s interested).
• Zara leather bag: I desperately wanted a cross-body bag to relieve my tortured back, and of course I had seen all those Alexa Mulberrys, PS 1, but didn’t really think about getting something like that. Then I found mine at Zara and actually liked it a lot more than the designer bags. Only the back relieve plan isn’t really working out, since the strap is so small that it cuts a little into my skin and causes pain after some time. Ok, back relieve but no skin relieve. But I’m a lot more mobile with this one, compared to a bag which is sitting on my shoulder, especially when taking pictures. Yes, my first cross-body bag after like 10 years! It’s Zara sping/summer 2011.

And now I just hope I got all the backs and bags right! When quickly writing this almost every bag became a back and the other way round….