Hey, You Wanna Buy a Tote Bag? UPDATE: Sold Out

This would sound less jocular if I hadn’t loaded it and gone to bed confident in the power of democracy. Things are terrible.

Hi gang! So, we have our three beautiful totes (Mermaid (SOLD OUT, GONE FOREVER MINUS POSSIBLY A FEW STRAGGLERS I WILL MAKE AVAILABLE AFTER INVENTORY), Ship (SOLD OUT BUT BEING RE-ORDERED, YOU CAN STOP EMAILING ME NOW), and Spear (SOLD OUT, GONE FOREVER MINUS POSSIBLY A FEW STRAGGLERS I WILL MAKE AVAILABLE AFTER INVENTORY), now available for sale via our Shopify page. I’ve put nice shiny resolution close-ups of the artwork at the bottom of this page.

READ THIS FIRST

(if you are one of the eager beavers who found the storefront AFTER we took the password off in the middle of the night but BEFORE I discovered you and put it back on, read it now!):

Shipping is about five bucks domestically, but to make things simpler, we are charging $25 for a tote INCLUDING domestic shipping, and if you buy, like, ten totes, I’ll ship them in one big thing and if it costs less than sending them each individually, I’ll refund you some money.

If you are International (how classy of you!), just buy your tote like everyone else, and then I will shoot you an email (make sure you include your email when you order, I think you have to anyway, and if you can’t, email ME at [email protected]) with what the additional costs will be for international shipping (since I will be doing international orders manually anyway, you can tell me if you prefer USPS or dogsled or if you want me to send fifty of them to one chick in London to distribute accordingly. I’m prepared to be very open-minded.) Some people are being charged $15 for international shipping, which is really $20, because the $25 tote cost INCLUDES five bucks worth of shipping credit, so we’ll refund or ask for more when we ship yours!

If you are Way Too Broke To Buy a Tote But Will Honestly Die Without One, we have a little Toast Totes Bursary cobbled together by the Editors and also Sweet Toasties who wanted to help, and you can email me your address and your preferred tote and I may be able to send you a freebie (we are on the honor system here, obviously.) If you want to contribute, please donate $25 or $50 to the usual place and I’ll know it’s what you meant, and you’ll be a true hero.

If you Woke Up and Didn’t Care About Totes But Where’s My Link Roundup? it is up half an hour later than usual today to give this post some space.

Yay! Go buy a tote! Domestic totes will be in the mail relatively soon, as I want them out of my entryway and the UPS Store is padded-envelope-stuffing them for me, but I AM cutting out shipping labels and taping them to said envelopes, so, you know, I want people to applaud my labours.

Here are some close-ups of the artwork:

MERMAID:
mermaid_final
SHIP:
take to the sea ship 8x9
SPEAR:
big_hair_no_heart_final

183 Comments

  1. ToastiewithCheese +2

    Hey Nicole!

    What if you were an International Eager Beaver and bought two totes + shipping? Will that work out or should I contact you about how to manage the shipping?

    1. NicoleCliffe +3

      Shoot me an email! You will probably get some money back, they squish down beautifully.

      1. ToastiewithCheese +9

        Already sent! Also, I feel like I already spent this money, so any refund may be put toward the shipping costs of Toasties in regions that are more expensive to ship to (I was order #1014)

  2. Dangerfield5 +12

    I bought my tote before I read this post, because I was always the person who failed the part of the exam that said “READ THE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE QUESTION” and it charged me $15 for international shipping – do I still need to email you to find out if I need to pay more?

    1. NicoleCliffe +5

      Still email me, and you will either get money back or be charged more when we decide how best to get it to you. I will merrily refund monies if we get it to you more cheaply. Basically, if you are International, email me. Because you\’ve REALLY paid twenty for shipping, bc the $25 tote cost includes like five dollars of shipping, so likely you\’d get money back!

      1. ballisticjaguar +1

        wait, I’m confused. Am I supposed to email you or wait for you to email me?

        1. NicoleCliffe +1

          It does not really matter! If you email me, I will see you right away, and otherwise if you included an email address, I will email YOU when I get to the international orders!

    1. GoatlessSon +74

      Welcome to the “it’s 2016 and we never thought people would /actually vote for this/” club

    2. Scared_Vagina +28

      Made this exact joke over on the Twitters and then just bought one anyway.

    3. Fluffernutter +47

      I feel like all UK Toasties should qualify for a free tote today. I’m so sorry for you all. 🙁

    1. NicoleCliffe +44

      It will periodically sputter like a candle flame in the hand of a poor dancer, then recover.

  3. NicoleCliffe +12

    If you are International and DIDN’T have space for an email address, just email me, nicole at the-toast dot net and I’ll pull up your order and we’ll figure it out. It’ll be fine.

  4. sigaloenta +58

    The surprise toast-tote early opening was a really necessary ray of not-awful for a lot of us this morning.

    EDIT: which is to say, thank you Nicole for proving that! (there is always hope for eventual human progress, even if just toward Taking to the Sea with a tote bag, I guess?)

    1. psinistra +17

      This has literally been the high point of my day and I am going to cling to it like a slippery mermaid on a rock.

  5. notreallysure12 +17

    Yay, happy birthday to me!! (OK it was Wednesday, but I have been waiting all week for this, it counts.)

  6. pretty_monster +36

    you post shit this early EVERY DAY? oh. my. god.

    (tote acquired. going back to bed.)

  7. bookwormV +27

    Woo, order for one mermaid tote placed! Thank you, Nicole.

    (Everything else today is terrible, obviously, and the fact that the value of the pound has dropped makes buying stuff from abroad feel idiotic. But I am trying to block this out with retail therapy.)

  8. katmarie13 +33

    Yay! Tote ordered! I was so keen to be up and ready to buy one right at 8 am local time that my body kept waking me up every two hours all night. I’m so excited!! This must be what people who get Hamilton tickets feel like.

    In other sadder news, Leave won?!?! UK toasties, I’m so sorry, that sounds like awful news. 🙁

    1. Scared_Vagina +37

      WE ARE FINE. EVERYTHING IS FINE AND NOTHING IS WRONG WHAT DO YOU MEAN EYE TWITCH?

  9. ppyajunebug +31

    goddammit nicole now i have “do you want to build a snowman” stuck in my head, but it’s just a line about tote bags repeating over and over

  10. annecara +19

    Take to the Sea tote = purchased. I almost wish I’d bought two, one to use and one to hang on my wall to inspire me.

  11. TLO +19

    Because I’m insane, I seriously had a dream last night that I was late to work, it was one minute to Toast tote launch, and I still had to climb up 12 flights of stairs to get to my office. But I guess my fretting paid off OK: ship tote acquired! Thanks, Nicole and Marco!

    1. sausagedog +18

      I also dreamed about Toast Totes! They sold out early, and so Nicole offered to sell me a biography of Ted Nugent in consolation. I politely declined.

  12. rallisaurus +21

    I donated to the tote fund but I did not see a memo option so just consider my $25 as going to the cause of totage!

    1. NicoleCliffe +17

      Any $25 donations I get in the next week or so I will assume are for totes, thanks!

  13. kayloulee +9

    Hello, it is I, one of the eager beavers!

    A bunch of us Australians are thinking of doing a bulk order, and I stuck my head over the parapet and volunteered to do the actual ordering and stuff. Would you be able to tell me the size of the totes, like what size envelope do you plan on putting them in? I’m trying to work out postage for when I send them onto people and it’s doing my head in. If I have the dimensions I can figure out what kind of mailing satchels to buy and how much it’ll cost to mail them.

    It’s 11pm here so I’m about to go sleep but THANK YOU for looking after us international readers!

    1. NicoleCliffe +3

      I am using 9.5 by 14.5 padded envelopes (those would be American numbers) and the totes weigh about 7.5oz and can be wadded and folded into a number of shapes.

      1. kayloulee +4

        Oh excellent, I can buy the cheapest prepaid postal satchels if the Aussie bulk order happens. Thanks!

  14. Frumiosa +53

    Bought a tote and it’s finally starting to sink in how much things will suck after July 1, without a place to freak out and virtually hug one another. Reddit and Slack are great but just not the saaaaaame.

    1. Alluvial_Fan +11

      Yes, to all of the above. On the upside/pro-capitalist side, I had to buy two totes, cause life with out a misandrist mermaid AND the the option to take to the sea was just not on.

  15. foxinthe_snow +44

    Awwww I am too poor for this, but happy that I will now be able to identify the Toasties striding purposefully on the streets of London! They’ll identify me by the knowing glint in my eye.

    1. Smoomin +11

      I’m getting some for a couple of Toasties and I got one of each for me since I can’t decide, so I’ll have a spare one, if you like?

      Or if Nicole can fix you up, it’s there for another London Toastie.

      1. Smoomin +12

        I should add, it sounds like I’ve got all the totes. They are not all for me. I only have a couple of totes. I’m only keeping one.

  16. sourwatermelons +38

    I bought my take to the sea tote!! I will only use it to carry the most worthy of goods and it will always be free from purse sand, amen.

  17. muttershanks +30

    I can’t afford a tote so I totally bought myself the Take To The Sea tote because it’s all I want to do now.

  18. aravisthequeen +31

    I am very proud to say that I made my husband stand there and wait for me in the hotel while I ordered my Take to the Sea tote. I was not going to let this opportunity pass me by. TAKE TO THE SEA. If anyone in my new tiny town spots it I can make friends.

    1. fenixdawn +35

      My dream now is to run across another person with a tote and then we would become friends forever. I told my husband this who said–“You would stop a strange person in the street because they had a Toast tote?” YES YES I WOULD, IT IS OUR SECRET PASSWORD OF AWESOMENESS.

      1. Lynn +12

        I pretty much bought mine for the express purpose of carrying on the subway for this very reason. Subway commutes will suck less if they hold the promise of potentially someday identifying a fellow Toastie.

      2. ofTrebond +17

        I never talk to strangers, and have no doubt I would talk to a strange person in the street if they had a Toast tote. Or welcome a Toastie talking to me about mine.

          1. tppnceberesford +10

            I am specifically HOPING to be approached by fellow Toasties while proudly displaying my tote, so everyone please do!

      3. Period_eye +13

        I am totally in agreement with this. My tote will serve me whenever I travel out of town, to conferences, on vacation, as a quick way to identify future friends!

      4. avicennaipswich +3

        I might just scream incoherently, but sure. Post-verbal attempts would be made.

    2. happysadcat +11

      I am thinking of changing my online dating profile to read, “Be Toast-adjacent or GTFO.” Nothing else. Pretty sure there’ll be a tsunami of likes and messages.

  19. dupreema +28

    I am never on top of acquiring highly sought after things but I got a tote, HOORAY. i put down my nursing infant daughter for a sec to go find my wallet and complete the purchase…either I’m horrible or she’ll appreciate this when she’s older.

      1. sagerenee +17

        She will stride into her first college classes carrying it proudly with a Toastie Gleam in her eye.

      2. Period_eye +13

        Absolutely. You have just ACQUIRED her pass to a glorious Misandrist future utopia.

    1. dreamingintrees +10

      I did the same. Our babies can be friends and identify each other by their vintage misandrist totes

  20. Period_eye +45

    I literally snuck out of my house like a felon, left my screaming children with their father, so I could cycle to work early and SECURE A SHIP TOTE. mission accomplished.
    Though my English husband is the one who really needs to take to the sea this am.
    Commiserations, UK Toasties.. May tote bags succor you.

      1. Period_eye +12

        Especially as we just coughed up hundreds of pounds to get our kids their British passports. My husband said at one point last night “Why did we even bother? My kids don’t need to be citizens of Little England. I wanted them to be citizens of Europe.”
        I made him some tea and left him to seethe. His mother voted Leave and I seriously think he may take her to task over it. Or at least complain politely. He is English after all.

  21. rachelthistle +30

    My bestie totally already bought me the Take to the Sea tote ALREADY (am I super lucky?! YES I AM.) So I have sent a 25$ into the bursary. TOTES FOR ALL!

  22. heyheyemkay +19

    I’m just as bad a lawyer as Barry Zuckercorn, so I feel like having a tote that advertises the option of TAKING TO THE SEA to solve all your problems is as good as any legal advice I could give.

  23. sausagedog +26

    Thanks Nicole, Marco, and Sansa, the Toast Tote Triumvirate! Now I can take to the sea with a convenient carrying device to caption me.

    (Hugs to UK Toasts and those affected, one day maybe we can all take to the sea together.)

  24. friendofdaja +23

    I got the Misandry Mermaid and the Take to the Sea! They’ll make good beach bags this summer.

    Any UK Toasties taking to the sea, feel free to cross the pond, and we will welcome you with open arms.

  25. Fluffernutter +21

    Woke up to the shitty Brexit news, came to The Toast to commiserate, got reminded that I could purchase a tote – which will be my birthday gift to myself since The Toast is closing on my birthday – and now feel much better about the world. Thanks for making the totes a reality, Nicole and Marco. <3

  26. VioletandIrises +34

    I don’t really use totes but I ordered one anyway. I will take to the sea, by golly.

    Although I may start carrying the empty tote around as a way of detecting kindred spirits in any given area.
    Or I’ll just use it for groceries. Whichever.

    I would like to add that I got extra joy from the fact that the official company name for the tote operation is Manderley, LLC.

  27. Dangerfield5 +15

    Toasties, you are all so kind it makes me want to cry a little bit. This is probably a surefire sign that I am overtired!

  28. espriterrant +16

    I’ve purchased a Take To The Sea tote and sent it back home even though I’ll be abroad for a while yet. This has been a bright light at the end of a long day of following the Brexit vote and having an upsetting conversation with a (white) coworker who kept trying to tell another POC coworker and me what kinds of interactions we should consider racist. This began with her responding to our despondency about Brexit with an “isn’t it interesting” anecdote about people who vote for racist policies but allegedly treat everyone with equal kindness.

  29. _SazeracAttack_ +20

    As I live in the UK (but could not vote in the referendum), today seems an appropriate day for me to order a ‘Take to the Sea’ tote bag with my increasingly worthless money.

  30. Thea +4

    Oh wow, I want the Mermaid and Spear totes so much but don’t get paid until monday. 🙁

  31. kayloulee +9

    AUSTRALIANS WHO WISH TO GO IN ON A BULK ORDER:

    I am organising a bulk order of totes! I have made a Google Form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1j8ZyCrPGXR5v8vPu… and you can pay about $7.20 AUD shipping (I’m gonna buy flat rate prepaid post satchels) plus the cost of the tote. I will leave the form up until 8pm Sydney time on Sunday 26 June, after which I will order whatever totes you lovely folk have asked for. It’s 11.30pm here so I’m going to bed but I’ll be home all weekend and keeping an eye on it.

  32. sagerenee +7

    Tote acquired, my darling sister gets a very Toasty Misandrist Mermaid for her birthday this year. <3 Love and commiseration to all the UK Toasties.

    1. Katiezog +1

      I wanted the Mermaid before I saw her “Misandrist” tattoo AND NOW I LOVE IT!!!!

  33. moxycrimefighter +51

    “How many totes does a person need” is the question, and I suspect the answer is, as in every fairy tale, 3.

  34. outoftheatlas +36

    How can they be sold out already?! Please order more ship totes, I want one so badly!

  35. Notreallydorine +6

    This is the only reason I am okay with having a 6:00 a.m. teleconference today, because I managed to secure a tote.

    My thoughts are with those of you in the U.K.

  36. ProfPumps +18

    I’m so confused – am I just the first in line after the Take To The Sea tote sold out, or…? It says they’re unavailable, though as of 6 minutes ago y’all were buying them fine. DAMN THIS OVERSLEEPING. If I’d just gotten up 10 minutes earlier….

    [ETA: Looks like I was, indeed, just four minutes too late, as now everyone else is reporting it’s sold out. WHY GOD WHY]

    1. Canard +6

      Oh man, that means I was 7 minutes too late.

      Big Hair No Heart will do nicely as a second choice though.

  37. eleanorstrousers +38

    I wish I could buy another tote just to screencap PayPal asking if I want to return to Manderley.

  38. happysadcat +18

    Now I understand the utility of giant phones. My internet went out last night and I am using my Moto G. It’s one of the modern Labors of Hercules to surf and shop with a smallish screen.
    I’m sleepy and my thumbs ache, but I acquired a tote! I can hardly wait for it to arrive, accompanied by a giant dog. She is a gift-with-purchase, right?

  39. effableobject +33

    Just tried to buy a Take To The Sea tote, but it sold out super fast! Will definitely buy if there’s a second printing, assuming that doesn’t also sell out in LESS THAN THIRTY MINUTES, damn.

  40. SemperLegens +22

    NICOLE (AND MARCO AND MALLORY) THANK YOU FOR YOUR LABOR!!

    Just donated $50 for totes. Love you all (and especially UK Toasties).

  41. SarahHelenaCosima +7

    Too late for the Take to the Sea, but I got the mermaid one instead! Woot! Happy one-day-after-my birthday to me!

    1. TimTamGirl +2

      I would have preferred a mermaid and missed it. If you would be interested in swapping with me, I will cheerfully order a ship from the new batch when they come out and do an exchange with you. Also, happy birthday!

  42. arachnidette +19

    Take to the Sea totes sold out :”'( I’m happy with Misandrist Mermaid but if Take to the Sea totes come back I will totally double-tote.

      1. tppnceberesford +3

        I am willing to triple-tote if the Take to Seas return. When I commit to something, I really commit.

  43. MunchletteBelle +15

    I am devastated to have somehow already missed the Take to the Sea tote! Damn those five minutes I spent deliberating/asking my friend if she had a preference so that I could go ahead and just buy us two. Damn those five minutes to hell!!

  44. thebitsmom +12

    I don’t know how to email you, but I would have totally bought a ship tote! Possibly two! Please order more!

  45. hlmorris85 +3

    Dang it, I’m at work and I suspect everything will be gone by the time I get home 🙁

  46. forgotmyusername +6

    This is a dumb question, but is the “take to the sea” a reference to something (an old Toast article I missed)? I love it, but want to make sure I fully get it.

      1. Tarragoner +8

        thank you, that was great!

        “Mallory: With every passing week I become more and more convinced that I am the least qualified person in the world to participate in an advice column. Your problem sounds to me like the most delicious and wonderful excuse to ignore your Gentleman Caller and be gloriously, perfectly alone. You could just drop him, you know. Stop taking his calls and fade slowly off of his Contacts list in gchat and wrap yourself in a splendid cocoon of solitude and grew stronger and more vibrant by the day and buy yourself elaborate headwraps and conquer the world of business and laugh a throaty laugh to yourself every night in your cool, dark room. You could wake violently every morning and thrust a sword into the air, just to remind the air who’s in charge, before taking your toast and tea.”

  47. StarFootSneech +8

    Should I be spending money after having to call out sick from work twice this week? No. I still bought that Big Hair No Heart spear lady in a heartbeat. I need her in my life.

  48. steampunk sparrow +8

    Noooooo, the ship tote is already gone! :'( I’ll comfort myself with the badass misandrist mermaid, and cross my fingers that the big hair no heart warrior woman is still available in a week, because I just can’t swing $50 in totes I technically don’t need this week with rent due.

    ILU, the-toast! I can’t believe this is our last week together.

  49. threatqualitypress +54

    Oh here is a coincidental update I am now selling totes that happen to be identical to the Toast “Take to the Sea” tote for FIFTY dollars in case anyone is interested.

  50. Pegasus Olson +7

    I bought two! Thank you Nicole and Marco!

    Also, <3 to all the UK toasties today.

  51. extrayarn +6

    This is what I get for sleeping in,I guess 🙁 Big Hair No Heart or wait for a reprint?

  52. NicoleCliffe +150

    I have emailed the manufacturer to produce 1000 more Take to The Sea totes, and will release them to the storefront next week and alert you. They will take longer to come to you, as they are not yet made, but they will come.

    1. NicoleCliffe +80

      I mean, I don’t have a job anymore, I might as well cut shipping labels out for a few weeks.

      1. Period_eye +26

        Really it is the least you can do.
        *I was feeling rather smug about securing my ship tote, then realized I really need to buy a couple as gifts, so I don’t feel like such a monster when I sport my Ship tote around West Coast toasties, who are blissfully still asleep*

    2. mariahnotmaria +19

      Oh yes, yes, I will feel much better about ordering two totes if I purchase them one week apart!

    3. Merripat +11

      Should we still e-mail you or will you post the alert here on the site?

      In any case, THANK YOU. I was stuck on a train and couldn’t order.

    4. keristars +5

      THANK YOU! I was really lookingforward to pulling out my acrylic paints and coloring the ship in!

    5. OncoMouse +9

      Yessssssssss. (Also probably I should have read all the comments before I sent you a panicked email asking for a reorder.)

    6. redheadedwolf +5

      WOOHOO! This is great news! (Sorry for the unnecessary email in your very busy inbox this morning.)

    7. rawrbook +9

      I am totes excited about this! (that pun was just too much of a low hanging fruit to ignore)

    8. Harriet_Wimsey +6

      Hooray! The Toast closes on July 1, and my best friend is getting married and moving to Canada on July 2. Awesome for her, but a very bleak existence for me. At least I will have a tote to console me.

    9. lemonack +4

      Thank you, Nicole! I appreciate you reordering for us–I really want a Take to the Sea!

    10. DishKit +1

      Ah, I sent you an unnecessary email too just now because I panicked and didn’t read through the comments first. But not unnecessary, I guess, because it gave me another opportunity to say thank you for the Toast.

  53. goonerkate +9

    Got my mermaid tote (and will totally get a ship tote if there’s a reorder)!!! Can’t wait. Great way to soothe my existential dread re: Brexit and Trump.

  54. Elizabeth A +7

    I got to this late, but I would buy like 4-5 ship totes. I have people who need presents.

  55. notyourdamsel +10

    SPEAR TOTE PURCHASED. At first I was sad the Ship one sold out, but a picture of a woman in badass sandals stepping on a heart will suit me just fine.

    1. SemperLegens +9

      PLUS she’s wearing the color dress of Beyonce! My headcanon is that the spear is named Hot Sauce.

  56. practical cat +14

    Definitely just bought a spear tote and immediately emailing about take to the sea because TOTES.

    Edit: Also wondering how much librarianing across the world totally halted at the same time. Mine was!

    1. HotDoom +2

      10/10 ordered mine while manning the enquiry desk. It made me a happier, and therefore better, librarian.

  57. larocquen +6

    Bought a Mermaid. Can’t wait until the Ship is back in stock too! I’m so glad Toast Totes is finally happening!

  58. NicoleCliffe +37

    If you were on the fence about whether you are Broke Enough to ask for a freebie, I have lots of donations to the bursary and you should get off the fence and email me to ask for a freebie.

  59. maggieandthebean +8

    Sigh. I can’t afford a $50 tote, but there it is. Always glad to be Canadian up until $25 turns into twice the price.

    1. NicoleCliffe +11

      Do not worry, the Shopify markup will definitely be partly refunded for Canadians! I will be only charging internationals what it costs to get it to them the cheapest way possible. Email me and we will make it work.

  60. lightninging +4

    //flailing

    please reorder the ship tote bags (I emailed you but it is worth reiterating I think)

  61. danceintrees +7

    HALP I MUST HAVE A MISANDRIST MERMAID TOTE. I am working on a burlesque mermaid duo act about drowning dudes. I have long hair currently exactly the color of her tail. I get called a mermaid (I kid you not, this is 100% truly not exaggerated) at least twice daily. I was so so excited last week about the MERMAIDSSSS AND TOASTTTTTT to carry all of my things in and I am surprised at how genuinely sad I am that they are sold out. Emailing right this second. (other mermaid people, if you want one please please email so we can do a second run???)

    I leave you with information regarding this spectacularly bizarre and amazing mermaid movie to track down and watch wherever you can find it in your corner of the world: http://variety.com/2016/film/festivals/the-lure-r…

    Mermaid sisters come ashore to be burlesque-y singers and one falls in love and then they eat people, everything is covered in glitter, and it’s in Polish, and it’s a MUSICAL.

    1. dreamingintrees +3

      New friend, I ordered a mermaid, but would trade you for a ship if you acquire one in the reprint if a mermaid reorder does not occur.

      1. danceintrees +2

        Oh my lord, this is why I love The Toast. I will be so sad to see this little corner of the internet go. Our fair Nicole has stated there will not be a mermaid reorder, so yes, absolutely let’s swap! What a lovely offer. I will gladly ship you a ship. I just set up an IFTT recipe so I won’t miss the shop update. 🙂

        My email address is unfortunately my first and last name with middle initial, so I don’t want to post it attached to a username, but you can message me on tumblr at dancinginthesetrees.tumblr.com/ask with yours and I will email you right away to make arrangements!

        1. dreamingintrees +1

          Glad to help! I will send you a message tomorrow because Tumblr is blocked on my work computer, which is all I have right now. I won’t forget!

        2. dreamingintrees +1

          Did you get my message? I am very new to the world of tumblr and am hoping I did the right thing to actually communicate!

  62. Kate +6

    I’ve only ever been a lurker here but I’m so sad the Toast will soon be no more. Also, I’ve cried twice today about Brexit so far.

    But I shall use my tote for my craft things to remind me there are better people out there than the racist little Englanders I feel like I’m surrounded by at the moment. Thank you for everything.

  63. Briarheart +2

    For once I am thankful for the insomnia that woke me up at 5:50 am. So happy to get a misandrist mermaid. Maybe now I can stop kicking myself for not getting the shirts when I could.

  64. TimTamGirl +1

    Why are the mermaids never to return? I would have LOVED one of those. If one of the Toasties who got a mermaid instead of a ship would be interested in swapping with me, I will cheerfully order a ship from the new batch when they come out and do an exchange with you. Please reply and let me know.

    1. dreamingintrees +2

      Oh I’m sorry! I just replied to danceintrees about that. If they don’t want to switch then I will with you. I will let you know. But hopefully someone else wants to too. Or we get a mermaid reprint. Emailing about that now

    2. daisicles +2

      I would definitely swap with you! If you don’t get any other offers, let me know.

      1. TimTamGirl +1

        You’re first in, so if you’d like a trade I’d be thrilled! All of my email addresses are name-based; do you have a safer one that you could share here, and I’ll contact you that way?

  65. best_frith

    my thoughts exactly. i might be loosing my job soon and need to save my money. but since i wont have the toast to sooth me ill have a gd tote!

  66. jwhittz

    That sounds like a plan! I'll just donate the extra $25 I'd earmarked for the ship tote to the totes fund, then. Totes for everyone!Email me (jenwhttn AT gmail) and we'll work out the details.