Bad Bag Tuesday

Today we focus on the ultimate Bad Bag... the diaper bag. When I was having babies diaper bags were really ugly. So ugly that I refused to buy one and ended up carrying a mint green vinyl bag with bunnies on it that the hospital gave me as a baby gift after my first baby. After that I didn't have an official diaper bag. I had a permanent diaper box in the back of my van with all the important, non-perishable, baby items in it. I'm really too practical to be fun.

Nowadays there are better choices for your diaper bag needs but they are still bad bags simply because of what they are. After a few weeks even the nicest bags will have spots of milk and baby barf on the outside and the unmistakable odor of forgotten dirty diaper on the inside. However, new parents want to provide the best and apparently there are many designers willing to help them give junior's diapers an appropriate bag.

There is the basic model. They have improved a lot in nineteen years. $36 at Target.

There is the model designed just for Dad. $65 at Psychobabyonline.com.

After that we get a bit more extravagant with a woven seat belt bag. $204 at Seatbeltbags.com.

And, for the Banking Executive's progeny there is this little number.

$4650 at Neiman Marcus. It's made of Python hide so you can't buy it in California but I'm sure you could have it shipped to your summer home in the Hampton's, or the chalet in Vail...

Oh, by the way, the mortgage check is in the mail.