Indecisive Author is Indecisive

My beloved purple Baggallini Messenger Bag, which has traveled cross-country, up and down the East Coast, into and out of Canada, attended several WorldCons, been Bag Guest of Honor at several more conventions all over the map, and gone to the day-job every dern day for almost five years. . .is starting to show its miles. In fact, it should probably not be asked to attend this year's festivities in Reno. The trouble? Purple is not a possible color at this time. Of the colors available, I am torn between black (because it goes with everything in exactly the same way the purple bag goes with nothing) or tomato red (because it is a traveling bag and ought to be easy to keep in the eye).

Unfortunately, all I can think is that black and red are the aijii's colors, which is no help at all.

So! Help me decide.

What color should Rolanni's replacement world-traveling bag be?

[Poll #1753366]

The Reds Have It

Thanks to everyone who weighed in on this important fashion question! With your encouragement and support, I'll have me a red replacement bag -- which will match the cover of my cellphone, so it's all good.

Answering a couple questions down in comments.

This is the bag under discussion, which is ripstop nylon as opposed to crinkle. Steve's similar world-traveling bag is crinkle nylon, and I don't like that fabric as well.

I didn't know Amazon had Baggallini bags! And I never thought to look for the company website (duh), but! eBags is having a heckuva sale, so -- ebags for the win.

The reasons I love this bag are many: (1) It doesn't drag on my bad shoulder, which is HUGE, especially given that (2) This bag carries not only the aforementioned cellphone, but The Leewit netbook, Paladin the Nook, my wallet, various necessary wires, medications, keys, business cards, pens, at least one pad of paper, cereal bar(s), a bottle of water, brushes, lightsaber, and the ever-popular etcetera.

Really, it's the Perfect Bag, and you should all rush off and buy one.