Mental Sampler 40
Many museums limit the size of the bag you can bring into exhibits to an A4 sheet of paper, or approximately 21 x 30 cm (8 inches x 11.5 inches… ish). My daily bag comes from Tom Binn, and I love it, but it’s 26.5 cm x 30 cm. It’s a small difference, but I get stopped and told the bag cannot come inside.
My other option is a 20 cm x 26 cm bag, which is always allowed in, but is a bit cramped. I carry a 12 cm x 21 cm notebook with me, and while it fits, the padding inside the bag means it often gets wedged in there, and I have to take everything out to slip it out.
Do you have an A4-sized bag that you love? Extra points if it has anti-theft protection and a cross-body strap. And is fabric and not leather.
This one is a little small, but I like it. This one is also a little bit small but getting closer. This one may be slightly too big.
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Those bag sizes are too small! I’m annoyed at the museums that decided that women don’t need a decent size handbag! lol I went and measured mine – my smallest is too big. Another one I take when I’m travelling would fit, I think – and I’ve never had issues with it. It is a layered bag – two different sized pouches that layer on top of each other, and are detachable (well, three actually, but I usually only add the third on flights).
My regular handbags would be too big. I don’t carry a lot these days – now that my phone is my notebook, my book, and my calendar. But I still have tissues and lipstick and sunglasses and keys and pills and glasses wipes, etc etc.
I have never encountered this problem…probably because I try to carry the least amount of stuff necessary when I’m visiting sites for a day trip. I get tired.
Are aesthetics a consideration? My husband got a bag that would hold a notebook (and a few things beyond) from Carhartt. But it doesn’t yell “purse”; it’s more “small bag”, Cross body too.