I don’t know how or why, but it seems that every time I turn around, someone is giving me a canvas tote bag! Don’t get me wrong, I LIKE canvas tote bags, but honestly, just how many canvas tote bags does one person need?

I have about four different sized LL Bean canvas tote bags with zippers (I love the ones with zippers) and I DO use them from time to time. I have about five canvas tote bags I bought years ago to use to haul my groceries in. I have a closet that has about 20 unused tote bags, all brand new and plain, that someone gave me a few years ago, thinking I would paint them with a pretty design and either give them away or sell them.

And just about every time I go to some kind of “function” I am given a new tote bag with some company’s logo and slogan on it. For gift giving occassions, people give me assorted goodies in a canvas tote bag. I like them all, but I think I have a lifetime supply of tote bags! So if you are reading this and are wondering what to give me for my approaching birthday, let me give you a hint – NOT a tote bag!