Wet

Ugh. I came down with a bad case of "fuck-this-I'm-riding-home" a little early today, and ride home I did. Nice and wet the entire way, just in time to walk the dog once the rain stopped. Good times. Current beer-scale: 6.7

And that's why

Two tubs of formula

ziploc bags

Little Tummies gas relief

Ipad & case

bike pump & tools

two tupperware containers & a coffee creamer nalgeen

Plenty of room to spare.  As much as I loved the bag that had been through ten years of wear and tear with me, it never would have gotten all of that home in one trip.  Cool cool cool.

Current beer-scale: 7.1

And speaking of beer, I could have even fit some in the bag as packed too.  That is awesome.

holy crap that's a huge bag

I finally bit the bullet and upgraded my bag.  It was time.  The "duct tape and hope" approach to commuting with a bag full of crap had reached its conclusion.

I went with a personalized timbuk2 messenger, and decided to go with the large over the medium.  Holy crap that's big.  This morning I had a new towel, a pair of clean shirts, and a full lunch to bring to work, which with all my usual bike tools in the old bag would have barely fit.  It barely made a dent in this monster.

A Bears-orange-and-blue number looked pretty good too, but the Chicago flag motif just spoke to me.  Once I found the right star patches to put on that was it.  We're only one commute in, but it's a big thumbs up so far.

We'll see how it handles a few containers of baby formula in the next week or two.

Current beer-scale: 7.7