My husband frequently tells me I ruin a perfectly good outfit by teaming it with an unsuitable, unstylish or ill-matched bag. I usually ignore him but occasionally he has a point- sometimes what I add doesn't really go AT ALL. It just looks incongruous. I don't really care to be honest. However, what I DO love is a statement, novelty handbag. I absolutely LOVE novelty handbags. The number around has surged recently and I've spied many fabulous bags. Kate Spade has an amazing, very expensive selection (oh look, they've got a watering can for £240!), New Look and ASOS often have classics and other places. Blogger, Char at T-rexes and tiaras has a classic collection of fun novelty bags as does Louise at Polka Dots and Freckle dots. Both their collections are brilliant to look at. The ultimate collection must belong to Pink-haired Princess, Gem but I can't seem to find a post with all of them in it- follow the link and you'll see them in different posts which I've selected.
My trouble with the majority of novelty bags (at least the affordable ones. Irregular Choice have good sizes but too expensive) are the fact they are just TOO small for me. I just couldn't buy them because I couldn't fit anything in them! I would LOVE to own most of the ones around but since I feel the need to hoik the kitchen sink and several tons of garbage around with me on a regular basis, they just don't work. It's like I am allergic to just carrying the essentials. Any time I've tried to use a small clutch, I've ended up taking a second larger bag to contain all the other miscellanea that I can't fit in the first one. CBC looked at me at a wedding last summer and said "WHY have you got TWO bags, Kezzie!?!?!?!?" - one small delicate one, bulging at the seams and a secondary sack with everything that woudn't fit in the first one! Yes, I somewhat spoilt the delicate look with having 2 bags! You shouldn't really add luggage to wedding photos really!
I am, I confess,a veritable bag lady, rather like the old hag from Labyrinth who carries round the world with her.
Anyway, that was supposed to be a short preamble into the main point. I acquired this rather fun novelty bag a while ago, just before the start of Lent and the shopping ban/fast for Lent. I'd seen it some years ago in Octopus and always wanted one. The good thing is it fits a book, camera, phone, large purse, hand sanitizer, oyster card etc etc so it passes muster on the novelty + capacity test! I can survive with this.
I've been swapping between various handbags but decided it was time to give the watering can its outing. I look forward to the children's reaction tomorrow.
At some point, I'll share the few other novelty bags I have, but for now- Tschuss!
See you all soon.
xxx