Backpacking In Style

Welcome to another edition of Confession Tuesday. Nothing earth-shattering this week, but in keeping with this weekend post on fashion, I have confession: I'm a backpack girl. I realize backpacks, particularly the K-Mart special I wore for a couple (poo brown, small more suitable for a shy 10 year-old girl) years is not an appropriate accessory for a grown woman.

Well, this grown woman rides the bus and I have stuff: workout clothes, shoes, books, Kindle, food, umbrella and wallet. Often I have errands and a backpack is convenient and useful. You can shove a few items picked up at Walgreen’s in your backpack and walk more than a mile home without constantly shifting bag and purse. Sweaty and fatigued after a workout, a backpack is a welcome load to haul home.

Despite the flack I got from family and the gentler teasing from friends about my backpack, it took getting a job in retail before I became self-conscious about my ugly poo bag. A great employee discount helped, too, and so I upgraded to a couple of oversized shoulder bags.

While I do like my grown gal bags I still I haven't been able to shake my desire for a stylish bag I can strap to my back.Thanks to Lisa (at Privilege), I can have my

pack and be stylish, too.

Check out the Duluth bag.  This is no K-Mart blue light special. The price does make me dizzy, but I now know there are options. I'm on the hunt. I will have my bag and not at full price. If you have recommendations, please let me know.

In the meantime, any confessions of your own? Do you have any fashion quirks or own odd personal articles that have your family and friends threatening to submit your name to “What Not to Wear”?

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