Can I say I have finally found the perfect bag?? 
I had been looking for a less expensive black bag with gold hardware as an alternative to my Part Time bag for work (my poor PT took a lot of hardship when I took it with me to my trip in July, it got rained on.. was under the sun a lot.. it has been resting in its dust bag since).
I bought a lil Ukita earlier this year but sold it soon later as it was just too small. Then I got a large Minka, with soft beautiful leather but it only has a not so strong magnetic flap to the main compartment and that drives me crazy. The flap will not close or even stay in place properly, I feel like my stuff can just spill out anytime. Then I saw Erika Brechtel's blog, she had this beautiful MJ bag~ Did a quick search and found that this bag is called Baby Aidan and it's been discontinued - I'm so late in the game.
I wasn't sure about the size (I have bought many bags that are too small for my use), I couldn't find many mod pic online, there was not even one reveal / review vid on youtube, I even went to the boutique to look at it (I wasn't impress then) but I couldn't get it out of my head and I like the fact that it has short handles and a long cross-body strap that means I can use it for traveling; so I bought one from eBay.
And oh boy, isn't it perfect?! I have been using it for a week straight. It's a little heavy but love the size. It can really hold a lot and looks good when stuff or when has very little in it. I can't wear it on my shoulder but I hope I could when the bag got broken in more.
So here it is ... (excuse the background, I was staying at relative's house)
I had been looking for a less expensive black bag with gold hardware as an alternative to my Part Time bag for work (my poor PT took a lot of hardship when I took it with me to my trip in July, it got rained on.. was under the sun a lot.. it has been resting in its dust bag since).
I bought a lil Ukita earlier this year but sold it soon later as it was just too small. Then I got a large Minka, with soft beautiful leather but it only has a not so strong magnetic flap to the main compartment and that drives me crazy. The flap will not close or even stay in place properly, I feel like my stuff can just spill out anytime. Then I saw Erika Brechtel's blog, she had this beautiful MJ bag~ Did a quick search and found that this bag is called Baby Aidan and it's been discontinued - I'm so late in the game.
I wasn't sure about the size (I have bought many bags that are too small for my use), I couldn't find many mod pic online, there was not even one reveal / review vid on youtube, I even went to the boutique to look at it (I wasn't impress then) but I couldn't get it out of my head and I like the fact that it has short handles and a long cross-body strap that means I can use it for traveling; so I bought one from eBay.
And oh boy, isn't it perfect?! I have been using it for a week straight. It's a little heavy but love the size. It can really hold a lot and looks good when stuff or when has very little in it. I can't wear it on my shoulder but I hope I could when the bag got broken in more.
So here it is ... (excuse the background, I was staying at relative's house)
I've been wanting to get baby aidan too but couldn't decide on the colour. I like black but I saw a Cardamom brown one on ebay which also looks beautiful!
