many montreal folk will remember my gravis bag. it was perfect in winter because i could fit my lunch, book, discman, wallet, keys, chapstick, hand lotion, bandaids, kleenex, journal...and any other manner of sins i needed for the day in one place.
*and* no matter how much snow or freezing rain the sky chucked down everything in there remained bone dry.
somewhere across the atlantic ocean, i lost sight of how useful this bag truly was and started becoming slowly obsessed with the handbag revolution. i think there is just too much importance placed on this accessory. i was forever traipsing around a tesco plastic bag with my lunch or dropping papers for work on the bus as i struggled to sit down juggling all my junk that wouldn't fit in my impractical, yet stylish, purse.
but now i'm back to the gravis bag. everything in one place and protected from the elements. it even frees up my hands so they can go in pockets, carry shopping, or hold the ever dreaded umbrella.
About Me
- lauren
- Liverpool, United Kingdom
- easy sundays, listening to the cbc, good books, drinking good booze, eating great food, pretending i'm a guitar star, magnetic poetry, dougie, making choices, loving people, organisation, swimming in lakes, arts camp, pekoras, beer in pitchers, jumping on beds, making snow angels, watching hockey, write, painting, thank you cards, music and more music, family time, smiling nieces and nephews, laughing grandparents, whimsical thoughts, dreaming, thunderstorms, dark chocolate, whisky, making connections, PENGUINS, solitude, company
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2 comments:
hun. what is this gravis bag you speak of? I don't believe I ever met it. All I remember is: Lauren's "purses".
I feel the same about my Roots purse. Holds no end of items, including a Vogue magazine of need be (although not the September issue). Made in Canada!
in the university days, you definitely would have seen this number. black, over the shoulder, fit everything including the kitchen sink...needed it for all my school books.
it was never around in the summer as i usually felt liberated enough to switch to something i little swankier.
but yes, i do love a roots purse.
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