eyaldtz 's Public Library

to continue my quest for the perfect designer diaper bag. For which I am willing to spend a lot of money, so how come I don't want ANY OF THEM?

I checked out the Petunia Pickle Bottom bags at Fireworks and even though these bags make me drool with longing, I can't imagine actually using them. They are too pretty to use around a baby who is potentially going to pee on everything and you have to DRY CLEAN them. They don't seem to have enough pockets either, although I have no idea what to actually PUT in a diaper bag. (Well, diapers. I know that much. And I just got my first little package from Cotton Babies and oh my gosh, those bumGenius diapers are the cutest things EVER. Love!)

I don't like the Fleurville bags because they are plasticky and cost too much. I mean, I'm willing to spend a lot, but not that much. I don't like the OiOi messenger bags because they make me think of carry on luggage. I liked and rejected the Kecci Mommybags for the same reason I liked and rejected Petunia Pickle Bottom. I liked the Bumble bags (which are still half off on Amazon, thank you Keli!) because they were roomier and pockety and functional, but the only one they had at the store was a little too Easter egg pastel pink (and also not half off) so I wasn't forced to make a decision.

I did like the Skip Hop bags. Even though they definitely lacking in pretty girly, I could see myself actually using it instead of admiring it from afar. There was only one that seemed big enough to accommodate cloth diapers (the ones that zip out on the bottom for more room) but there were lots of pockets and a shoulder strap and I like how they hang off a stroller. The only thing that bugged me (besides lack of pretty) was all the velcro. NOISY velcro. I can just imagine trying to get something out of my bag without waking up my kid. I also liked the Ju-Ju-Be bags, because talk about functional. Wipeable fabric that isn't vinyl, tons and tons of pockets, different strap options, quiet magnetic closures, big but not too big. But the prints! My eyes, my eyes! Actually, they're kind of fun, but I don't know if I'd want to wear so many flowers every day. (And yet, the plain ones were so plain. Sigh!) 

See my problem? Maybe I don't really want a diaper bag after all. Maybe I just want to cram everything into the giant fake leather purse I bought at Target to use as my carry on bag when I went to Italy. It's already got chocolate stains and smells like the lotion that accidentally squeezed over everything.

I wanted a cute diaper bag and I got two: one is a Skip Hop but it is like a friggin black hole (can never find anything in it) and it is also very stiff. I don't like that. I bought myself a very pretty and expensive (well, $100) off the Innernet though, and right now while Asher's little and doesn't require me to schlep toys and food and other crap around (just a bottle or two and an extra set of clothes and a diaper or two) my bag is PERFECT. I have the tote, but the messenger is bigger.

www.sallyspicerbags.com