Not Your Average Bridesmaid Tote

As part of their "bridesmaid gifts", a current trend for brides right now is to purchase cute little totes in which to package the rest of the gifts (or as gifts on their own).

Now, I love totes as much as the next person, but there are only so many a gal can have before it starts getting ridiculous. Right? Right?? Be honest!

So what to do?

Whilst out stretching my legs at a local indoor walking location (ok, ok ... I was power shopping at Southcentre Mall), I stumbled across these little beauties (pictured above, to the left, and bottom right) at Storageworks. Ta-dah!

"But Andra," you say "whats the big deal? Sure, they're funky little purses, but they're still just purses. Nothing too crazy there".

Au contraire, mes amis. To the casual observer, these are merely purses, but to those-in-the-know, they are actually amazingly fabulous lunch bags. Thats right, I said lunch bags. These little beauties are thermal, 100% spill-proof & wipeable LUNCH BAGS!

Can you tell I'm excited about these? What a unique-yet-totally-useable gift to give your girls! Who isn't sick of digging through countless plastic grocery bags in the office fridge, desperately trying to find their lunch? Who isn't sick of their old plain-jane reusable lunch bag? You can still fill them with other gifts like you would a tote, but at the end of the day these will definetely get used.

The best part? They're only going to put you out $15 - $20/bag. Can you say "what a deal?".

Available at Storageworks, at both their Southcentre and Crowfoot Village locations.