Ever since we travelled together to BC last summer, I’ve been nagging my partner to get a murse (for the uninitiated, murse = man purse). I have a great little rugged purse from Derek Alexander that is perfect for travel – it has all the right pockets to hold maps, camera, phone, passport, etc., and has ventured with me to Manhattan, South Korea, Montreal, BC, and Spain.
I don’t know how men get by without one of these wonderful contraptions. When G and I were in BC together this summer, he often asked me to stash his camera and various other things in my purse. Eventually it got so heavy that I said “dude, you’ve gotta get a murse!”
At first he resisted, but eventually he came around. We looked and looked, but even the most unisex designs didn’t have a long enough strap to fit a 6′2″ guy. Finally, we found a winner in a great little bag shop in our neighbourhood. We had to order it and have been waiting for a few weeks.
Well, yesterday the luggage shop called my partner to tell him his order was in. He said “Oh! I believe you have a murse for me!” The woman on the other end of the line paused, said “um yes!” gave him the details and then hung up laughing. Haha.
After two days of use, my partner is a full-on murse convert now. What man could resist something with so many cool pockets?
