Messenger Bags

I didn't know that Messenger bags were all the rage until my four kids started mentioning that they would like one for college this fall.  My first question, "what is a Messenger bag?" was of course met with four incredulous exclamations from my kids.  I guess their Mom is too old since she isn't up on all the new styles.

There are some really funny money exchanges that happen in our house and they have (I found out just recently) been going on for a very long time.  They involve making money off your siblings or soliciting money from your siblings.  The best money making strategy until recently has been gum or candy.  I fear that I have contributed to this since I have tried to limit sugar in our house, albeit unsuccessfully especially now that the kids are teenagers.  So, getting back to making money, one child will purchase a popular candy or gum and come home to sell it off piece by piece to their siblings.  The amount of money to be had is directly proportional to how long the kids have been starved from sweets.  They know instinctively which sweets are the most popular and load up when they get the chance.  Recently though we have moved up to of all things Messenger bags.  My daughter went to the Good Will store with her father, picked up a really nice Messenger bag for five dollars, came home and proceeded with a bidding war between her two brothers.  She ended up selling it to the happy winner for twenty dollars.  Quite a margin if you ask me.  Now if only I could find some Messenger bags of my own to auction off...........................................