I got outbid on my first choice, and then fell in love withthis one and got a great deal. I think I actually like it more than my first choice. Also it is preferable since it can be a shoulder bag or back-pack and back-pack is much better for baby-wearing or going somewhere without the stroller. I do tend to baby-wear a lot, and also don’t use a stroller much once my kids are walking (with the the girl I didn’t anyways). With her I had a shoulder bag and a back-pack I switched to when it was more reasonable to use a back-pack (and ended up switching to permanently by the time she was 18 months), but this convertible one is so pretty and seems much more functional:
I think is it still pretty gender neutral? The flowers and pink are a bit girly, but it is green enough that it doesn’t scream “girl”…and anyways…whatever gender this baby is I am still a (very girly) girl!!
I feel a bit…odd…buying stuff for bebe already. This the is first thing I have bought, though I have been eyeing cloth diapers forever. Jews traditionally don’t until our babies come (it is not a religious rule, but rather tradition/superstition). I am not very traditional or superstitious though, and with an Christmas due date that seems like a pretty unrealistic plan anyways!!
I did not wait until after the girl came either…but I did wait until after the big U/S (I have mine on July 25th). Oh well…it is a great bag and if G-d forbid I cannot use it, I am sure I’ll be able to sell it very easily when I am ready, or find someone to gift it to.
cori said,
July 14, 2008 @ 12:43 am
Yay! I’m glad you found it on Ebay! Such a cute bag :)
Dina said,
July 14, 2008 @ 2:36 pm
what a great bag!! PP bags are SOOO popular these days i’m glad you found one at a better than retail price!! I ended up getting a DB at Winners and so far i like it but have never used the backpack function altough it does have that option :)
The green is really pretty on yours :)
The Blogger said,
July 14, 2008 @ 11:07 pm
Thanx!
Ya know, I am so out of the Baby Scene I didn’t even know Petunia Picklebottom bags were popular-back when I had the girl everyone had Roots, Eddie Bauer or Graco ones, and a few people had Kate Spade or Coach.
I just kept seeing them when I googled and Ebayed “diaper bags”…and liked them. I have seen your bag from Winner’s Dina and really liked it. I actually saw some nice ones there in the winter when I was still TTCing, and planned to get one from there—then when I started looking in the last month or so…there were none (at any Winners, and I go to them all over the place because of my work). That brought me to the internet, and my discovery of PP. I actually just saw the first PPI have seen in person (that I have noticed) today when I was leaving a meeting at HSC. It was actually the all green one I first posted about, and is very nice!
Of course, now after my extensive research I know all about the hip diaper bags (though I still have no clue what is actually popular here-I need to start looking at strollers more) and it seems PP, OiOi and JuJuBe are the top contenders!