Goldilocks Goes Shopping for a Handbag

I have written before about how I am like Goldilocks when it comes to handbags: I want certain things a certain way, or a certain size, and waaaayyyyy more bags do not fit my requirements than do fit them. Thanks to that blog post, I can say I have been using this bag for almost two years, and while it is Just Right in many ways, there are a few things that are Just All Wrong, and that boiled over recently and put me into "must find new bag now" time.

I mostly have liked carrying the bag I have. It has pretty good functionality for what I want, it's only slightly too big and thus prone to overfilling, and it's only a little too soft, making it want to slump over. I do love the pockets, and of course the rainbow.

But. The main problem with it is that the places where the handle clips onto the bag, both ends are metal, so they go clink-clink all the time. And sometimes, when I put it down in the car just wrong, it goes clink-clink-clink-clink-clink-clink-clink-clink until I move it. Or until I lose my mind. Which point apparently was closer than I thought.

So on Saturday, I went into Marshall's, and had a full-on Goldilocks run through the handbags. Too big, clinks, too big, too small, clinks, too big, too small, too small, too stiff, too floppy, and so many weird or ugly-to-me ones that I thought about taking pictures for a photo essay, before deciding that I was already going to be there long enough.

In the end, this was the winner:

It looks big, too big, but it fits over my shoulder perfectly, and the top part really isn't going to hold things in, so I won't be as prone to carrying too much. There's a small zip pocket on the outside, which should take my sunglasses.

The inside is mostly open, which means I have room for (from the top):

• the small bag holding a shawl to wear
• the small bag holding a sock knitting project
• the small bag holding tissues, pills, and other small items
• the crossbody bag that I use in place of a wallet, which holds all the usual wallet items, and also my phone and car key, if I just want to run into a store quickly

There is a pocket to the right that has a packet of tissues and a pen, and there's a small zip pocket to the left, which I'm not sure what wants to be in. Then under all the other bags is a small pouch that holds a few things I don't often need but may want, like a band-aid or sanitizing wipe.

Finally, each end has a zip pocket that reaches in along the side of the bag. I guess it would hold a few pieces of paper? Not sure what else.

Suggestions?

No clinking!