Not Rational

I am a self-​professed bag whore.
I love me some squishy, soft leather on a beautiful new handbag. I like to fondle it, smell it, admire it, take photos of it. It sometimes can take me 2 – 3 months to actually start using a new bag because I just like looking at it.
So when I started looking at diaper bags for the eventual new arrival… I was excited by all the fabulous posibilities that new ‘bag world’ would hold. Kind of like luggage, all the great combos.
Well. Not so much. I can’t tell you how many floral quilted monstrosities I surfed through online… my spirits sinking deeper and deeper with every additional mouse click. Even a peek at Nordstroms website didn’t net anything TOO exciting…
It seemed I would be doomed to carry a regular tote with pockets and make up my own ‘diaper bag’ organization out of that. Experienced Moms told me to make sure to get wipeable insides. Lots of pockets. That black nylon is the most practical way to go. But I thought… surely you don’t have to TOTALLY sacrifice fashion for function right???
Thank goodness I asked one of my friends in LA what she carried. A few of her Mom friends chimed in… and thus I found Not Rational. How I didn’t see them before, I don’t know… a fair amt of online websites carry them and Barneys does too. OH wait, it might be the $ 600+ price tag, that would scare anyone.
But they are real diaper bags. With paci clips, just the right amount of pockets, soft wipeable lining that doesn’t look cheap, and squishy leather that makes you want to just… smell it. I hear that a lot of Moms use it for a work bag or a laptop bag after the baby-​diapering is done.
Fabiana at Not Rational is amazing. She patiently emailed back and forth with me when I asked about their sample sale (email her to be added onto the list) and helped me narrow down my selection. Ordering was easy and shipping was fast.
Within 2 days the bag was in my hot, little hands and having it’s own mini photo shoot. Best part was that since I snagged a sample sale bag, I paid ½ of retail… because while I am kind of crazy, I wasn’t ‘paying $ 600 for a diaper bag crazy’.
Oh… in case you are wondering, they have non diaper bags too. I’ve got my eye on you…
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