Stepping out of my box a bit and talking about looks today. To a certain extent, looks are important! But only to a certain extent, right? So if you haven’t noticed yet, I went live with a new look for the website over the weekend. If you’re reading on Facebook or in a reader, click over and check it out! But this time I didn’t change it because I got bored with it. Well, maybe a little. This time I mostly changed it because I never could reconcile a few things on the back end and get threaded comments to work. Threaded comments allow me to use the ReplyMe plugin – which in turn saves me a lot of time because YOU automatically get my replies to your comments! It’s a good thing.
Also over the weekend I traveled to Austin with a friend to have lunch with the team from Apologia Live. OH MY GOSH that was so much fun! The discussion was amazing, I’m stoked about the retreat coming up in October and I have so much to tell you. LATER.
As I was getting ready to go to Austin I began loading things into Hubby’s laptop bag. I wasn’t sure what I needed or how much time I’d have on my hands, and hubby’s laptop bag is old school and huge so consequently I ended up packing up WAY TOO MUCH stuff to take with me (and used very little of it.) Did I mention that it’s very manly and big? And it was heavy.
As I was packing up I told James, “I think I need my own laptop bag.” And I do. A smaller one. I think I want to try to get one before I go to the retreat in October. It will keep me from packing it full of too much stuff, it won’t be so heavy (and it will be more attractive but that’s a lousy reason to spend money – right? Does it make it better if I say “more professional?” Probably not, huh?) At any rate, as far as laptop bags go, I need a new look. And I do have an anniversary and a birthday coming up. ;0)
Check these out. Are they not TOO CUTE? And in my price range to boot (click the pics to go to their site):
I think the last one may be my favorite, or maybe the green one – I don’t know! Too many options! Well, I have plenty of time to decide and pick one. Which do YOU like best??
love the new look! I need a nice laptop bag, too- mine is a cheapy plain black one, it does it’s job, but is not stylish.
Yeah, mine’s a basic black bulky one. Or should I say, HUBS’ is. It has two halves (I fit mine and the school laptop in it when we travel) and there’s tons of pockets and zippers. It’s like Mary Poppins’ purse for laptops except plain black. =p
Love the new look on the blog. And I love the laptop bags! The one I kinda like the best is the pink one, but I’d never carry it in public just because–not sure why. But I like the black one with the white swirls. They’re all cute.
It was a fun lunch, wasn’t it? *sigh* This Saturday will be yard work!
Yeah, I agree about the pink one. It’s so BOLD. I think I like the green and white one, but I’m not sure about the flap as opposed to a zipper. The brown one is clean and petite and safe. Probably the one I’ll end up choosing. ๐
Love both the brown and green. I need a new bag. I have a nice one. But the handles dig into my shoulder making it quite painful to carry. It has a lot of pockets, but it’s so stiff that I can barely get the laptop and the power cord in. Once I get those in, I can’t use the other pockets. So it’s not really as nice as it seems.
Yes, pockets was a big thing I was looking at while browsing the bags — I need one with lots! I want to be able to fit my cords, mouse, Kindle, camera, pens and notebook in it. =)
I like the last one because it’s more purse-like… BUT my laptop will never fit in something like that. I have a pink & black messenger-style laptop bag that holds my 10# monster Gateway Fx just fine, with organizer pockets and room for other stuff too. It’s not big or manly… okay yes it is big but only because my laptop is. Eventually I see a smaller laptop in my future. ๐
Yeah, that’s part of my problem with Hubby’s bag – his was built for a bigger laptop. And the school laptop (a thicker, wider laptop) fits in it just fine. Mine is a 13inch, inch thick Macbook. I need something it doesn’t rattle around in. =p
Oh wait! And what is this about a retreat with Apologia? I think I missed something! I think it deserves a post. ๐
Retreat info post DEFINITELY coming soon to a blog near you! ;0)