Bats In My Belfry

Well, last week I groused and grumbled about Jordana Paige’s Bella here and here

After conducting the experiment I find that I need to eat crow. Upon leaving Bella hanging…

…for 4 or 5 days, not only do the straps work a lot better (e.g. they actually pull through the tabs) but when they are pulled up tightly, the top closes up in a secure manner.

So, I was flat out wrong. Conclusions were leapt to and first impressions were wrong (despite the old adage). I have to say I had a lot of fun cramming the cans in Bella and conducting the experiment.

I figure it’s only fair after withering on about this bag that I set the record straight. It’s still on the smallish side but it would be excellent for those who are sock addicts and want to have a stylish bag that also is a good home for their WIP.

Jordana Paige? My apologies. Now, to figure out what seasoning goes well with…crow.

I’m experimenting. Recently I groused a bit about the Jordana Paige Bella I purchased. I received (surprised me!) a nice comment from Jordana Paige about my comments and decided to experiment with adding weight to Bella in order to stretch out, a bit, the straps and effect a more “drawn in” top closure via the stretch. I’m a bit odd in that I tend not to carry much weight at all in a handbag/purse so the stretching would not have occurred naturally. So I hied myself down to the pantry and found some cans, all weighing 300 grams each for a total of about 5.25 pounds (2400 grams).

Note that I have used imported goods! My Bachelor’s Mushy Peas and Campbell’s Cream of Celery soup. I have to import these from the U.K. There was no issue in fitting ‘em all into Bella…

Then I decided that since I was in test-mode, I’d close it up and swing it around and see what happened. As I mentioned, the bag is well made and survived my flinging it about without issue (not sure the neighbours did after seeing me flinging a handbag around my head like a bolo) and…I think the straps stretched just a bit in that test. I was happy to see how much fit into the small looking bag. I would not have expected I could get eight cans in it and they aren’t even particularly crowded. All fit in one layer. So that puts paid to my moaning about it being small. Although I doubt many folk would be toting around eight cans of mushy peas and/or soup. Heh.

Here’s Bella closed up and sitting on my work table…

Well, not quite closed which is my remaining grumble. But, I shall hang Bella from a hook in the front hall (after tossing aside the husband’s coat…I mean this is an important experiment!) for a day or three and see how this goes. Serves him right. He suggested putting The Neem in the bag. Silly man.

To add:

Straps are certainly longer.