When I was growing up, the silver lining of going back to school was the fact that new supplies would be required and procured. My passion in life–until the age of eleven or so–was office supplies. The annual trip to Office Depot was a scintillating expedition. The choosing of binders and folders and corresponding pens and pencils, a pleasure almost too great to bare.

Back to school meant new penguin-adorned underwear and tragic tracksuitty bottoms from Limited Too. It meant, if you were lucky, a new backpack, so full of opportunity, new shoes, and, cross your fingers and stick a needle in that crusty old icepack while it was defrosted, a fresh lunch box.

Chalk it up to my lingering longing for the seasonal-shift, my romanticized version of the back to school cycle, I can’t help but to get excited (still!) about new-school-goods. Which is why, it appears, I spent all that spare time I don’t have on my hands sourcing lunch boxes like some midday-meal-vessel fiend.

I literally have no other explanation. That’s it. I found you a whole boat-load of lunch boxes ’cause I couldn’t seem to restrain myself from not doing so.

Have at ’em.

Streamlined & Sporty:

1. Swoosh Insulated Lunch Bag // 2. Midnight Blue Lunch Bag // 3. Freddie and Sebbie Lunch Bag 

4. Meal prep in a bag  [This set includes six leak-proof containers, two 1 cup containers, four 2 cup containers, a shaker cup, a vitamin holder, an ice pack, an insulated lunch bag, and a partridge and a pear tree.]

5. The lunch Bag  [Don’t underestimate the streamlined look of this lunch bag; it has an insulated thermal lining for intended-food-temperature-retention, and its made of a nylon fabric that is–ta-dah!–machine washable.]

6. Leak-proof Bento Box [Microwavable, dishwasher safe, freezer-friendly, airtight, leak-proof, 1o0% chemical-free, stain-resistant, and with a money-back guarantee, this reusable, 3-section food container is everything you could possibly want, minus the chef to cook the food to put inside it. One reviewer says of it: “You can literally put water in one of the compartments and the other two will remain dry…I threw this thing across the room and they didn’t pop open.”]

7. Insulated Zippered Tote

Pretty & Practical:

1. Dual-set Lunch Bag

2. Bento-Heaven [The most sophisticated bento box I’ve ever seen, this set includes two food containers, both with ventilated lids, and a set of silverware and chopsticks. Reviewers say it cleans like a dream.]

3. Leopard Lunch bag 

4. Insulated Lunch Bag For Stylish Professionals [Question: why can’t all lunch bags be this stylish? If I worked in an office everyday, this would be the lunchbag I carried. Just saying.]

5. Slim, white Bento Lunch Box // 6. Grey dual Section Insulated Lunch Box

Punchy, Patterned & Perfect For Kids:

1. Beast Lunch bag

2. colors lunch box [These hard shell lunch boxes not only protect against smashed cheddar bunnies and smushed PB & Js, they’re also insulated and machine washable.]

3. Neoprene Bag by ART OF LUNCH  [a partnership with artists around the world]

4. Kitty Lunch Bag   //    5. Under Construction Lunch Box

6. Freezable Upright Lunch Box [Still an ingenious lunch box design in my opinion, this has gel-lined, freezable walls that stay cold for ten hours. Pop it in the freezer the night before, and it will keep contents cool to lunchtime and beyond. (It collapses flat, so not to fret about limited freezer space, by the way.)]

7. Ocean lunch bag // Foxes lunch bag

8. Leopard Insulated Water Resistant Lunch Bag //  9. Mod Chevron Neoprene Bag