We often try to avoid individually promoting Etsy shops on TGB because there are just so many of them that we’d end up doing nothing else. However, we’ve found one that moved us so much not only because the product was beautiful but also because the artist’s story emulated a journey that we think many TGBers could relate to and, as importantly, a portion of all of the profits from the sales of Many Chicks jewelry goes to benefit Mercy for Animals, whose work we admire and consider critical to the ongoing fight for animal rights.

We want to play! Well more specifically we want to play outside, Bright sunny skies have us raring to go but frigid temperatures are forcing us inside. So we were on the lookout for a layering piece that will help insulate us, as we head out for some outdoor fun but not have us walking around like The Abominable Snowman or is it the Michelin Man? Whoever he is, he can’t move and who wants to be outside if you can’t move.

Many of our product reviews are the result of us heading out into the world and looking for a product that will help solve a particular problem. Many of the products we review, also come from our readers, making suggestions to us or asking us to test something out for them. And naturally we do get samples from many companies sent into us for review.

Though we try to minimize all the products we “need” to get through a day, we still have ones that are key to keeping us in business and on the go. From a laptop to biodegradable pens, we have stuff to cart with us as we make our treks though city and country.

So that got us thinking about how we carry our stuff around. Many of us default to using a large reusable shopper. Honestly they just hold so much, though they have become a black hole for some of our staff, who swear these bags (though they only have one section) are able to hide any object from view.