I confess to having somewhat of a luggage fetish. My local luggage center knows me by sight. Clearly she can see the dollar signs racking up. She gives me a 10% discount every time. I have been known to get uncontrollable urges to drive to REI to look at their luggage and tags and carryons. This suitcase mania is all out of proportion to the actually traveling I do, which is minimal. And I don't think it's about imagining far away cultures and climes. I like the packing thing, the organizational sleeves, the sleep masks, pillows, travel clocks and other completely unnecessary accoutrements of travel. So yesterday, saying I would just look, I snuck out to the luggage center and perused the carryons. There was a gorgeous lime green bag like thing with a metal frame you could pull it with, then take it out of when you arrived and cart the bag like a tote bag. Light as a feather. There were Timbuktu bags with the cross strap and a look of importance. A mint green small bag caught my eye. Such a lovely color, almost the color of the walls in my bedroom. There was a turquoise bag that was small and flat but with many compartments, and it was a cross body bag, which I need when traveling, except I already have a few of those. Then I saw a perfect small roll on, the same brand and colors of a larger bag I use all the time. Only this one was REALLY a carryon, and it had a zippered shoe compartment inside and other zipped off parts. It was lime green and gray, and light as a feather. I always ignore the fact that when I pack nothing stays light as a feather. And then, of course, it would be 10% off.
Dear reader, I bought it, of course. AND the turquoise bag which was already on sale but with 10% off, well who could resist? I am taking a four day trip in a couple of weeks. It will be really, really handy. Now all I have to do is figure out what to wear in matching colors. And do I go with lime green or turquoise?
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