I blame Claudia Kishi

 One of the perks of the new office is the fact that it’s only a twenty minute walk from my house. I’m only really interested in walking to work because I wouldn’t have to pay for parking and I would be able to get some daily excersise in. This decision has me rethinking my footwear and bag choices.

When I was working, I’d just throw all my various bags (purse, gym, lunch, etc) into my car and take out what was needed, but now I really don’t want to lug everything all over town. Also, I tend to lose track of things. I can easily see myself putting down my gym bag and walking away from it at the coffee shop.

I’d like to find something that is large enough to fit my stuff, waterproof, and cute. And something that doesn’t make my fellow coworkers think ‘pack mule’ would be a bonus as well.

I think my main frontrunner for now is the bag that almost every commuter woman/college girl has…no, not one of those VB quilted bags:

Longchamp Le Pliage Tote (Large) 

My sister has it in green and she takes it everywhere with her. And it seems like the people I know who have one of these totes are pretty happy with it, but I’m really not that into it. I mean I think the bag is fine, but if I’m going to pay that much for a bag I’d rather be in like with it rather than have a meh feeling about it.

Orla Kiely Multi Stem Holdall

I think this would be large enough, but I would really like to see it in non-interweb form. The colors make me happy, I’m fairly sure this is not as common as the Longchamps tote (in my town I mean) and it looks waterproof. It’s pricey and I’m not really sure how happy I would be with it if I held it in my hand instead of admiring it on the screen.

Timbuk2 Messenger

I could do the messenger thing, that would be helpful if I decided to bike to work or bring my laptop to work. Of course that would mean that I would have to buy a bike and my laptop-that-is-actually-a-desktop would have to recognize its battery to be a proper laptop, but it could happen. But just like the longchamps bag, I’m not feeling any real love towards it. And I fear it wouldn’t make me look as professional as the longchamps bag might. Of course if I’m rolling into work with a threadless tee and some good jeans, maybe the messenger wouldn’t make a difference anyway.

Although I am in love with:

Kidrobot Backsack

But the whole not very professional arguement kicks in again. Also, it is sold out on Kidrobot.

Queen Bee’s Trucker

I’ve heard a lot about these bags, but much like the Orla Kiely have never seen one in the real world.

Of course this is all future talk as there are pressing needs (such as bills and rent) that need to get paid before I go gallavanting off to look for a bag. Also the whole actually starting work and getting paid for it would need to happen as well.

Instead of going back and updating the entry below (to up my post count for 2009) I will say HUZZAH for ASJINE’s Johanna for winning Stylista.

I was rooting for her all along and I think I even saw her one day walking her dog in DC.

Fortunately, instead of being all stalkery, I kept my mouth shut and went along with my business of not driving the car off the road.

And even though I am the biggest sore loser in the world, I will say that I’m interested to see where USC’s Mark Sanchez will go if he goes pro.

You can’t log in!

Also that’s a way lame excuse because I could have asked the Beau and he would have told me. Also I just did do that and he did indeed know.

So quick recap of my year:

I was employed and then laid off five months later. I hear there are still some layoffs going on, so that sucks for those people at my former work place. I was a statistic for 3 months and luckily received an interview that although I prepared for, I was way unprepared for this interview. But it’s okay cause I got an offer and supposedly start on Monday. And for those that all are incredulous at my luck, I will say that from August 2007 – May 2008 with the exception of temp assignments here and there (only TWO of them), I was way unemployed. I even got rejected from Starbucks. And so occasionally I manage to have a bit of good chance here and there.

And really I thought about updating this thing, but I lack focus. I mean there are a lot of blogs out there focusing on the fashion world and the like and here I am like ‘I like dresses’. Also the lack of a high paying salary/salary at all didn’t help the muse. It is my intention to try and update this thing a little bit more than all of 2008. So far I think it’s about even. But I’m probably going to have really good intentions (like every project I start), but no follow through.

Oh well…