EKA, You have landed on a great idea! We need to buy a wow canvas tote for groceries or something. In fact, we need a whole line of WOW bags in great colors!

Barnes & Noble have their great ‘shopping bags’ on sale right now. I have 5 of them that were $1.50 each. I use them whenever I shop and have been amazed at how much they hold. On the subject of “purses,” I gave them up when I was working by having my tailor put an inside pocket in all of my jackets and blazers (yes, like men’s), which enabled me to slip in a DL, credit card, and a few bills. My cell was on speaker/mic in my car, and in a pant or skirt, dress pocket ( also ‘added’ if needed to be by tailor. Having his menswear expertise made a whale of a difference in the “pocket” design so it didn’t bulge, etc. My brief case/or brief-envelope held what I couldn’t - and yet I hated putting personal items in that, since it was once the reason my car windows were smashed…and my briefcase stolen, in a “secure” parking garage. I merely forgot that it was on the back seat.

From a man’s perspective…I’ve always had a wallet in my back pants pocket, keys in the left-front pocket, and a comb and loose change in the right-front pocket. If I’m on a business call, I put one of those tiny notepads in the upper shirt pocket, along with a pen. On those rare occasions where I wear a sportscoat, I’ll keep that stuff in the jacket, along with business cards and kleenex, perhaps a mint.