New Bike = New Bag

I had the great fortune of finding a bicycle at Working Bikes Coop (and will be taking a bicycle maintenance class at West Town Bikes later this month) and the weather was nice enough (i.e. not crazy windy/rainy/cold) to go for a ride today. Needless to say, you never forget the mechanics of riding a bicycle, but your bum and thighs sure do. But I have every hope of getting back out there in the coming months.

The occasion for riding today was half-price day at the local thrift store. I had every intention of buying a backpack and walked out with two shirts and a scarf, go figure. It is not that I don't have a usable backpack, I have two actually (sort of).  One is a hemp bag with a pull string that doesn't work and a hole in the bottom, not to mention a questionable graphic. The second is a prop bag from one of Aaron's films, which was drawn on with Sharpie to reflect the character's moodiness and is missing a buckle. The latter worked just fine this afternoon.

But I would totally buy one of these if I had the $$:

The Organic Natural Canvas Rucksack from Infusion is lovely. It begs to be taken on a picnic. It doesn't come with the shoulder strap, but I don't think I would get it anyway. This bag is huge though and kind of pricey.

Yes, this is a child's backpack, but it is just the size I am looking for. The Kids' Panda backpack by EcoGear would be great if it came with out all that pink.

There are two backpacks from Hempmania that I think are really simple, compact, and affordable. On the left is the Hemp Mini Backpack and on the right is the Hemp Super Mini Backpack which is just slightly larger than its companion. Both bags come in a variety of colors, although I lean towards the black, moss green, and natural. 

The bags made by Ecolution are nice and simple but also really hard to find. The bag on the left is The School Backpack and can be found in a variety of online stores for fairly cheap and in a few different colors, but the bag on the right, The College Backpack, is impossible to find. And if you do find it, it is in the worst color. 

I will probably just end up dyeing the drawn-on bag that I have right now. We will see how that goes...