Bag ladies

LooneyLife · October 2013

What do you use to transport your "stuff" to work and what kind of "stuff" do you cart around on a daily basis? I'm tiring of my current tote/shoulder bag and wonder what the cool kids are using these days.

nfp147 · October 2013

I highly doubt I qualify as a cool kid, but here goes. I have a purse that hold most of my stuff (wallet, Kindle, blackberry, etc). When I take my lunch I have a insulated lunch bag.

When we go to the gym, we go after getting home from work, so I don't have to carry around any of that kind of stuff.

LuckyAngel07 · October 2013

Ditto NFP. I have a large tote-style purse with both shorter handles and a long shoulder strap. If I'm bringing all my food for the day, I have a semi-insulated lunch tote my MIL bought for me a year or two ago.

My work bag always has: travel coffee mug, wallet, Kindle, mini wallet/train pass sleeve (for easy display of my pass to the conductors), a couple of lip products, my work badge, pack of gum, car keys, cell phone. I don't always bring/wear sun glasses, since I don't have a prescription pair. I can stuff a pair of heels into my bag if I really want to wear a certain pair that day (I walk a few blocks from the train to my office building, and most of my heels aren't terribly friendly for that walk!). It's about time for me to retire this bag and find a new one; the interior lining is completely ripping away at the back.

I have another large tote bag for when I do liquor promos. It carries my timesheet folder and the heels I need to wear for the promo, then when I get changed I can stuff my street clothes and shoes in there. Sometimes I'll have a bottle of hairspray and/or lotion in there, too.

katieg520 · October 2013

For my work bag, I have this UCA bag I got when I took my cheerleaders to UCA camp this summer. It's pretty large and has two compartments. I always have my laptop, planner, aspirin,vitamins, snacks, classroom keys, makeup bag, and other random stuff in it.

PandPMeant2B · October 2013

The only time I ever use a purse is for work, so mine is a coach bag that's big enough to carry all my crap - the usual stuff that women carry (cell, keys, wallet, sun glasses, lip gloss, etc.), plus some papers for work, my lunch, and travel mug.

amccul20 · October 2013

I could probably use a work bag but I generally just carry 3 bags into the office with me. my purse, my thermal lunch box, and my workout bag. I also always have a nalgene and/or a cup of tea in hand.

and if i'm bringing a book or a book on tape into the office I just stuff them into my purse.

LooneyLife · October 2013

I guess my idea of what people carry is swayed because I work at a college. There are a lot of backpacks, messenger bags, etc.

Uptowngirl2009 · October 2013

I carry my tote, lunch bag and purse daily. I have a collapsible rolling crate that I use sometimes if I have a lot to carry. I'm a teacher that travels multiple buildings sometimes so I have to do what I can! I have even brought a small suitcase with wheels to carry recorders from building to building!

brij2006 · October 2013

I have a mobile office, and switch back and forth between 2 locations. So I carry a lot of crap with me on a daily basis.

My regular purse is the Miche large bag. I have my large planner in there, personal/TS stuff to work on if it gets slow in the office, and my usual wallet, chapstick, lotion, etc.

Then I also carry a laptop bag that is huge, and that has all of my work stuff in it. It's like this one.

Now I also have a messenger/laptop bag that I use when I go to conferences or travel. It's similar to this one, and it is probably my favorite bag. I might be retiring the large laptop bag soon, and switching to this one.

Then I also carry in my thermal tote with my lunch in it, a workout bag if I choose to go for a run that day, and another bag and rolling tote with all of my TS stuff in it if I have a party that night. It looks like I'm moving out of our house every morning.

transponster · October 2013

I'm a student, so on the days I go to class I either have my tote (if I just need my laptop) or my backpack that holds books. I also have my purse. I'd love to get a nice messenger bag, but I'll hold off until I see what type of job I get after grad school.

Sewilson33 · October 2013

I have a Michael Kors tote. I always have a tote bag of some sort though.
My bag always has my wallet, my kindle, my cell, keys, tampons, chap stick, tylenol, small digi camera, tissues, a bottle of water, and any meds I need for myself.

brij2006 · October 2013

Does anyone use a nice looking backpack at all? I've considered switching to an actual backpack, but it needs to look somewhat professional.

cloudymeatballs · October 2013

katieg520 said:

For my work bag, I have this UCA bag I got when I took my cheerleaders to UCA camp this summer. It's pretty large and has two compartments. I always have my laptop, planner, aspirin,vitamins, snacks, classroom keys, makeup bag, and other random stuff in it.

Are you a cheer camp instructor?? I sooo remember going to UCA camps when I was in high school!!!! Aww the memories!!!!

cloudymeatballs · October 2013

cloudymeatballs said:

katieg520 said:

For my work bag, I have this UCA bag I got when I took my cheerleaders to UCA camp this summer. It's pretty large and has two compartments. I always have my laptop, planner, aspirin,vitamins, snacks, classroom keys, makeup bag, and other random stuff in it.

Are you a cheer camp instructor?? I sooo remember going to UCA camps when I was in high school!!!! Aww the memories!!!!

@katieg520

seahorse01 · October 2013

brij2006 said:

Does anyone use a nice looking backpack at all? I've considered switching to an actual backpack, but it needs to look somewhat professional.

There are no professional looking backpacks.

brij2006 · October 2013

seahorse01 said:

brij2006 said:

Does anyone use a nice looking backpack at all? I've considered switching to an actual backpack, but it needs to look somewhat professional.

There are no professional looking backpacks.

Ugh I know. I haven't had any luck finding one, and I've been searching for a few years now. My shoulders just hate me for carrying all of these bags on them, and I was thinking a backpack would be a little less stress on my shoulders.

destination09 · October 2013

This is what the cool kids have: http://www.timbuk2.com/tb2/?mkwid=sfDlPY8YU&pkw=timbuk2&pcrid=30518225464&pdv=c&gclid=CKLspIGxqLoCFe5cMgodogYAvQ

Tom has the laptop messenger for ease at TSA checkpoints. I have a small messenger that I customized. Love them.

PandPMeant2B · October 2013

destination09 said:

This is what the cool kids have: http://www.timbuk2.com/tb2/?mkwid=sfDlPY8YU&pkw=timbuk2&pcrid=30518225464&pdv=c&gclid=CKLspIGxqLoCFe5cMgodogYAvQ
Tom has the laptop messenger for ease at TSA checkpoints. I have a small messenger that I customized. Love them.

Timbuk2 bags are the shit! I have a large laptop bag, which was fully customized to match my purse

It also used to double as an overnight bag because it's huge. I also have a camera bag that is perfect to carry around my camera body and a few lenses

katieg520 · October 2013

@cloudymeatballs yes ma'am I am. I never thought I would ever work with the cheerleaders, but the current sponsor really needed help, so we split it half and half.

poppies717 · October 2013

Unfortunately, I'm the bag lady sometimes (when I bring my lunch to work).

I carry my personal items in my purse. I can fit my iPad in there, but I will put it in my market bag if I am carrying that. For the most part, I carry student work, pens, highlighters, a calculator, and my grade book (binder).

This is the bag I carry it all in:

ecobags.com (mine has a Boston Terrier printed on it!)

thecuddleeffect · October 2013

I carry 2-3 bags to work usually.

I'm a vera girl, so I carry a large purse, and a giant tote bag with a zipper, sometimes I can fit my lunch bag in there, sometimes I have to carry that as well. And of course my coffee!

cloudymeatballs · October 2013

seahorse01 said:

brij2006 said:

Does anyone use a nice looking backpack at all? I've considered switching to an actual backpack, but it needs to look somewhat professional.

There are no professional looking backpacks.

katieg520 said:

@cloudymeatballs yes ma'am I am. I never thought I would ever work with the cheerleaders, but the current sponsor really needed help, so we split it half and half.

So cute, you look like you'd be fun with the girls!

Cheer leaders can be super fun!

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