Bum bags!!!!

Bum bags are perfect and you can get some lovely styles now !!

I believe bum bags are back in fashion. They’ve been on a lot of style pages so go for it

my daughter uses a bum bag when she goes to music festivals and it looks very stylish - it is black leather with tassels. But, as above, who cares what it looks like as long as it is practical.

Thanks all for your advice!! I've bitten the bullet and bought 3 bum/fanny bags!!! All the comments about health over style made me feel like a stroppy teen again!! Oh mummmmm!!

I was just going to post about the 'fanny bag' when I read annsixtys post. My DD spent a year at college in America and always found it very amusing

I use one when I am out walking (I prefer to call it a waist pouch! ). It has a first aid kit in one half and my phone, glasses, money and other essentials in the other. I don’t care what it looks like - it’s invaluable. I use a slightly different version to carry everything I need when I am fishing on the move, leaving hands free.

My daughter brought her American boyfriend home in the early 90s and he mentioned a fanny pack, there was a stunned silence for a few moments then hasty explanations.

I bought a bum bag for my holidays. I find it so useful to have both hands free sometimes and I like small bags. I have 3 by Tula that either go on my belt or I use the strap.
The photo shows my very colourful B.B. and 2 of the others.
The blue and red one is open so you can see the card section. There’s room for a phone too.

ann. different country, different meanings.

jools I don't know how big your bag needs to be but I have been having trouble with my shoulders for some time and rucksacks and cross body bags dragged on my shoulders too much. I have recently bought a Kipling cross body/waist (bum) bag which has detachable straps for crossbody and concealed in a zipper at the back, straps for converting to a waist bag. If you think you might look daft in a bum bag, consider me when I wear mine with both the cross body strap AND the waist strap at the same time. I have found this distributes the weight better than either one alone and works well for me. I might look an idiot but at least my back doesn't hurt so much!

I am sure I have posted this before,but just in case..
My friend who likes a bit of bling was holidaying in California, she saw this gold bum bag in a shop window and went in to look at it.
She decided she couldn't ask for a bum bag as she didn't know what the reaction would be.
When she pointed to it the assistant shrieked in a loud voice for all to hear "Do you mean the fanny sack?"
My friend was mortified.

I've used one for years, since I was robbed. Mine's more of a purse but I can get quite a lot in it, specs, even passport as well as cards and cash. And if you wear a coat or a jacket that will cover it.
I had an accident to my shoulder too.

It's your health which is important jools go for the bum bag. I use one all the time when walking my dogs. It holds poo bags, tissues, treats etc. Life is too short to worry about what other people think.

We frequently go to Rome on holiday. I wear a Kipling bum bag when I'm there there to keep everything safe, as wearing a rucksack is painful. I don't think I look ridiculous. Many people wear them.
I'm usually quite particular (vain ) about what I wear, but what's more important, being comfortable or thinking you looking ridiculous?
No choice!

Gap has a very nice bag that you wear as a belt for about £15. They have two colours...Champagne or Cognac.
It looks fasionable and probably more stylish than the traditional happy hiker bum bag.

I think there comes a time in your life when you have to stop caring what people think, people over 50 are invisible to everyone else anyway.

I have the same problem caused by problems with my spine and I bought this one

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00W3JPU4W/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?psc=1&tag=gransnetforum-21&ie=UTF8

It is remarkably roomy and no one has dared say that I look a div!

Probably! But as the alternative is a lot of pain the only alternative is a rucksack, which won’t be much better for you. TBH I use one if I’m going for a long walk with the dog as I don’t want to carry a bag, would I use one for every day? Tough one.

Hi all - I had an accident which injured my right shoulder consequently I found it really hard to carry a shoulder bag or even a shopping bag on my right side and as I get older it's getting worse. Have tried using left side but aches seem to spread over to right side - cross body bag still painful. I'm now considering a bum bag!!!! Any thoughts? Will I look like a complete div?