I am currently in the market for a silver/pewter leather shoulder (er, er, er) bag right now. A good roomy one that can hold all my junk but also look nice when I’m going for fancy.

I recently saw this market tote from Rennes on A Cup of Jo:

It was in a giveaway actually – and winning it would have solved all of my problems (all of them I tell you!). But that didn’t work out. The good news is that I COULD always buy it… But when you start thinking about buying – you want to make sure that you choose well.

And I’m not 100% in love with this bag. While I do prefer “simple” (too many zippers and buckles make me dizzy), I’m not sure that a “market tote” is exactly what I was going for in a shoulder bag.

Then while perusing the shop, I saw this:

And I think a bucket bag (ah – I miss you good ol’ black Coach bucket bag circa 1984…) may be a little closer to what I had in mind. BUT it doesn’t come in pewter/silver, and while pastels are big right now and if there is any color I love as much as pale yellow, it’s powder blue… I’m wondering if I can pull it off as an every day neutral. Granted – the store listing says it’s “ice blue,” I say same-same, tomato-tomahto (hey…what about tomato?…no too bright for me).

So what do you think? Could a powder blue bucket bag be exactly what I didn’t know I wanted? Or should I keep looking? Any suggestions for great slouchy, pewter shoulder bag?