"Jeni! It's Michelle - ok... the bucket bag post had me going "YES! I AGREE! GAH! WANT!" and I just found one that seems to meet your criteria (if you are still in the market) so I figured I'd pass it your way!"
Link here.
That wasn't all. She then includes: "Also this is the post I found it from, so you can get an idea of the look"
Not only did she send me a suggestion, she also gave me a point of reference to see how the bag fared in the real world. I recently checked the link. BLAST! DRAT! SOLD OUT! I seem to be one of many individuals looking for a black bucket bag...
Reader Jennifer S. provided me with this gorgeous dupe. But by the time I finally had somewhat of a financial cushion IT WAS GONE!
Jesse E. posted links in the facebook comments for to two viable options:
This bag:
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| 100% of the proceeds will definitely not not fund ISIS. |
Or this one:
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| Seriously thinking about it. |
And reader Shelby F. gchatted me:
Shelby: because whenever I see bucket bags, I think of you.
Shelby: because whenever I see bucket bags, I think of you.
She so kindly provided me with a link to a Kate Spade Saturday bucket bag which is... wait for it... sold out.
It seemed like all hope was lost and there wasn't a black bucket bag in sight.
But! Then! Reader Blair S. came up with a simple and genius answer -- why don't you just ask the company for one? She told me that she knew someone who received swag for copywriting. I can write copy! Technically I'm doing that right now. And thus the Bag 4 Copy mission began.
It started with this tweet:
They hadn't tweeted me back instantly, so I lost patience and reached out to them via email with the subject line: "Just Tweeted You."
Lo and behold, 3 days later!
It seemed like all hope was lost and there wasn't a black bucket bag in sight.
But! Then! Reader Blair S. came up with a simple and genius answer -- why don't you just ask the company for one? She told me that she knew someone who received swag for copywriting. I can write copy! Technically I'm doing that right now. And thus the Bag 4 Copy mission began.
It started with this tweet:
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| Check out that 1 re-tweet! (Thanks, Blair!) |
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| I am not kidding. |
I see. So Christian's gonna play me like that, huh. (I can appreciate the used car salesman pitch to increase social media followers and email contacts.)
Well. Christian. The color combination I'm interested in would be "Really?" and "REALLY?" Please don't think the irony was lost on me regarding the date on which you decided to deliver this horrible news.
But, I do have to give them a +1 for responding to a (potential) customer email.
I guess long story that you've already read short, I'm still Mansur Gavriel-less. Since this will be my first year celebrating Christmas, I think I'm allowed to cash in one of those Lifetime Channel miracles. That's how Christmas works, right? You say something you want out loud and then some graphics like stardust appear and there's a fairy, or an elf, or Vanessa Williams who does all the dirty work for you and VOILA you get a new bag!
And then everyone's happy and I forgive Christian for his trespasses and end the 2-part made for TV special event by walking up to him, snow flurries falling, and whisper "Merry Christian Christmas, Christian" in his ear, and give him a chaste kiss on the cheek.
Well. Christian. The color combination I'm interested in would be "Really?" and "REALLY?" Please don't think the irony was lost on me regarding the date on which you decided to deliver this horrible news.
But, I do have to give them a +1 for responding to a (potential) customer email.
I guess long story that you've already read short, I'm still Mansur Gavriel-less. Since this will be my first year celebrating Christmas, I think I'm allowed to cash in one of those Lifetime Channel miracles. That's how Christmas works, right? You say something you want out loud and then some graphics like stardust appear and there's a fairy, or an elf, or Vanessa Williams who does all the dirty work for you and VOILA you get a new bag!
And then everyone's happy and I forgive Christian for his trespasses and end the 2-part made for TV special event by walking up to him, snow flurries falling, and whisper "Merry Christian Christmas, Christian" in his ear, and give him a chaste kiss on the cheek.
