It’s amazing what a small monkey can acheive with gaffa tape, scissors and some garish purple waterproof weird stuff.

Santa brought me a new bag for Crimbo, but it’s one of them there ones with a zip along the top and gappy bits at the ends and it’s rained and snowed and sleeted and rained ever since.   I took some inspiration from Craft magazine and fashioned (and I really do think fashion is the appropriate word to use for something so incredibly styling) a poncho for my bag.

BEHOLD!

There were some who said it couldn’t be done.  There were some who said it shouldn’t.  But they’re all dead now and I have a lovely dry bag.

The best bit is I can still get to the innards when the bagcho is attached.

I didn’t have any sort of a pattern, and I usually don’t get on terribly well with sticky things, so I’m jolly pleased with myself.  The whole thing took under an hour and I didn’t need rescuing and it went right the first time.

I have loads of fabric lef.  Probably enough to make another three bagchos, but I have no other bags that need them so I might start randomly wrapping things in the house, and it only cost £3.25.  My mum would be so proud.  Maybe I should phone her, but I’m not sure I could convey the magnitude of my AWESOME ABILITIES over the phone.

Don’t let that last photo fool you.  It’s definitely purple.