i thought it would be a great idea to get a new cross body bag for my upcoming trip to new york, and so invested in this emerald beauty that i saw on offer at very.co.uk recently. you might not know this, but green is my new colour. i used to hate it. often with a vengeance, but lately i have fallen head over heels for all things green. i'm not talking like, lime. or forest green. or even teal - no, i'm talking good old fashioned gem-stone hued.
if it's emerald or jade or peridot or agate or jasmine or aquamarine - i want it. which is how this bag came about. on site, it looked great - cross body, but big enough to fit a stash of snacks, water, cameras, and all sorts of other junk inside, with a secret zip for extra security. it was only about twenty quid too, so a veritable bargain, so naturally - i bought it.
it turned up two days later in all its emerald glory, and it was instantly love. ish. as in, i sorta kinda almost really fell in love with it. i loved elements of it - like, the sum of the parts was not equal to the whole, type sitch, and i think there are two reasons for this. one: the strap is farrrrrr too long for me. i need a couple of extra holes punched into the strap to get it to the right length, and two: the strap crosses from one side of the zip to the other rather than alongside the zip. does that even make sense? i guess the best way to explain what i mean is that the bag has an unnatural bend to it when it's alongside my body, because of this. small issues, but annoying - no?
now tell me: is this the most inane blog post you've ever read? answers on a postcard.
