Yes, I just posted another photo of Earth Mother Angelina, and I don’t care what any of you has to say about it! At least her busom is covered this time…
There is a legitimate reason for that photo being posted today. I have to speak on a pet peeve that I’ve discovered over the course of this past year. I’m all for ladies being fashionable and doing the accessory thing, but the pet peeve that I’ve developed is dealing with women who carry oversized handbags in crowded places.
I decided that this is a topic worth writing about on Tuesday night, while attending a media event at the Park at 14th. It was very crowded, and navigating your way to the bar, food and stairs was impossible without someone’s knapsack-sized bag hitting you in the torso. What’s worse is that it was one of those particular events where I was one of very few black people…You know, the fly in the buttermilk.
As a result, I noticed that on a couple of occasions, ladies accidentally hit me with their bags, then looked at them as if to make sure I wasn’t trying to pickpocket them or something. I wanted to say “get a smaller bag, you ignorant jackass!” but that wouldn’t have been a good look. I just kind of looked at both ladies who did that with a “what the Hell is your problem” expression and kept it moving.
I wonder what most women keep in those ginormous bags. I would imagine that all that space has to be getting put to good use, so what could possibly be in there? Extra makeup? A spare toothbrush and panties in case the night goes extra well? A grappling hook and 200 feet of rope? Anthrax? Security should really take a good look through big-ass handbags. You can sneak John Rambo’s gun collection into the club inside one of those things. Or if you’re friends with a little person and only want to pay one cover charge, that oversized handbag might come in quite handy.
All I’m saying is, please stop pretending like you and that super-sized bag are the only people on Earth. If you bump into someone with it, say “excuse me” or “I’m sorry” because it’s totally your fault.
With your big-ass bag.
As a recovering bag-o-holic I want to say AMEN to this post because really… there’s no need to bring your entire medicine cabinet to work each day.
In NYC, women take it a step further: they carry the ginormous bag AND THEN carry a second, smaller handbag. I’ve even seen them with TWO ginormous bags… it’s like a sickness.
we should organize a walk-a-thon for their cause…
I always wondered about those too…I could understand if you’re a student of some sort as you need notebooks and pencils and thangs, but otherwise…what’s the point?
What do you really need other than your wallet, your phone, and MAYBE some makeup for touch ups or something?
i travel a lot..soo..its nice for me cause my “overnight bag” options exploded with this trend (ican get a long weekend in some of those things!!) …but…seriously i think karl lagerfeld said…”dont they realize the real luxury is when you can carry NO bag at all”
so on the town ..if i cant get it in my pocket..i leave it at home
xoxo
LMAO.. when we going to lunch so I can hit u with my big ass bag??? LOL
@ BK, we ca go sometime next week.
@ Suicide-Blond, that quote makes sense!
@ Kanisa & The Jaded NYer, I was hoping that I’d get an answer to that question, but I see that the rest of the world is wondering the same thing, too!
LOL @ the fly in the buttermilk..I have been telling my friends this reference ever since I heard it from you back in the day.
Well at least Zahara’ s hair is “done”.
By the way, this has nothing to do with anything but…you mentioned before how the condoms in Target where way less than in CVS. Check this out bro, http://www.condomdepot.com you get 100 condoms for $25. THe only thing I’m worried about is that when you buy a LOT of condoms you jinx yourself and end up single for a while. like G-d sayin’ “don’t count your poon before it’s hatched.”
Has anyone tried grocery brand condoms? I don’t know how I feel about Publix/Safeway/or Win-Dixie ones…
Times are hard, but still…
I agree completely about the bags. I don’t carry such monstrousities and I hate when I bump into them or they are hanging off the back of a chair in a restuarant.
I’m a clutch girl myself.
big bags on women is the equivalent of big dicks on men. i want to know why there aren’t more big dicks on men.
Women carry the kitchen and bathroom sink in their big ass bags. I now carry smaller bags. Those big bags get in the way and I feel like I’m about to go away for the weekend with huge bags.
Damn those Bags!!!!! They might as well carry a suite case!
I too hate the ginormous bag, I almost lost a hip to one with buckles. The only thing a woman can pull out of a bag like that to make me happy is a six-pack, now that would be worth it.
There are just so many cute bags being designed that its hard to just have one, so women have different colors, styles, fabrics etc.
But I realized with myself that the bigger the bag is the more shit you seem to find to put in it. One time I had to stop and rethink carrying a big bag when I looked in and saw that I had a camera, a small pack of Kleenex, a photo album and a pack of highlighers and notepad…I was like wth. This is outrageous, no one needs all that ish in their purse!
@ Blackgirlthinking, that’s hilarious!
@ J. McFly, that would be like a dream come true!
@ E2Deep, that’s funny
@ MissJay, cool.
@ Nikki Indigo, I don’t know what the logic is behind your comparison, but I will answer your question for you. God wanted people like me to be special. Therefore, it’s a limited number of human beings privileged enough to be swinging and dangling in the britches Leon style. So next, blame God.
@ Babs, Glad to hear that you’re a clutch girl
@ KaNisa, I can’t gamble on my d*ck with off-brand condoms!
@ The Home Improvement Ninja, that’s hilarious! “Don’t count your poon before it’s hatched”
@ Wonderlove, leave the young’un out of this! LOL
@ Leigh, I got that saying from Sidney Hankerson back in high school.
I’m all for carrying a clutch when appropriate, LOL…but I have to say, I do have some really large handbags and LOVE them and have become extremely prone to them…and I must admit…I have a gala to attend tonight and am VERY annoyed that I have to carry a clutch. Being that I have a no-ash policy, I always carry a small bottle of lotion with me. How are you supposed to fit that in a small clutch!! LOL…and a hairbrush? Forget it!
@ Diva Style, you’re pretty, so you can make it a few hours without a brush and a bottle of lotion on your person!
Sooo I have to admit I LOVE big bags. The idea of them, to own them. But when I actually buy them, I end up carrying in these big bags only my keys, wallet, Blackberry, camera, and maybe a book, because the bag itself already weighs so much I can’t take much more. Silly, I know. Also, putting too much in a bag stretches it out but that’s a whole other subject.
I guess what I’m saying is, I pre-emptively apologize for knocking you and your loved ones over with my ginormous baggage.
P.S. Leon – that picture, totally precious. See http://thebaggageclaim.blogspot.com/search/label/Valentino
Everyone has a problem with the big bag until they need something. A band-aid, aspirin, a couple of shots of Kahlua in their latte.
Sneak mcdonalds into the movies that is all!!!!