Grey tote bag with pink lining
Description
I lost my grey tote bag yesterday around 3pm near the Gadsden Mall on Rainbow Drive. It's a medium-sized canvas tote with a hot pink interior and a small zip pocket inside. The exterior shows a faint coffee stain near the bottom and a tiny frayed corner along the bottom edge. Inside there's a notebook with my initials 'AR' stitched on a little patch, plus a charger cable and a few sticky notes. It’s a small miscellaneous bag, not something high-end, but it has sentimental value because it contains my late grandmother's note and some travel photos from last summer. If anyone found it, I'd really appreciate getting it back—it's more than just stuff.
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