Bag mania
There is an odd inherited trait in our family to put things in plastic bags. Not just things that might escape in your kitchen cupboard like a split bad of rice or what have you but anything at all. My Nan's handbag rustled with her purse in one little bag, her brolly in another. Nothing went in naked - each had its own little plastic wrapping.

Mum started doing the same thing about ten years ago with the added refinement of using the little wire ties to keep things secure. Oh how we laughed at her.

Now it's got me. Recently I was struck with the idea that a packet of pain-killers wouldn't disintergrate in the bottom of my bag if I slipped it into its own little bag. Then my diary was getting a bit scrappy looking and I thought a bag might reduce the wear. I haven't reached the full-on purse in a bag stage yet but it's only a matter of time. Does stop your stuff getting wet in the rain though...
(Innogen, Mon 4 May 2009, 18:28, Reply)