I have been a purse buying tear over the last year and a half. I went from not buying any for years to suddenly racking up a total of seven. It started somewhere around the time that I made this purchase.
After I bought that bag, Coach kept sending me coupons. So I bought a couple more purses – they do come in so many different and pleasing colors and styles – and a wallet. And then I picked up this out of season Kate Spade bag I’d always liked on eBay. This spring I made my slightly tipsy assertion in Vegas that I was going to go gamble and win money so I could buy a Louis Vuitton purse. Well, I never did win any money. Gambling is just not fun for me. At one point, bored and bitter after my flight got delayed I was actually up about $17 on the slots at the airport, but $17 isn’t getting me any purses. Actually eBay came through again there, and I acquired a Cabas Piano bag that I absolutely love. It is the perfect size, shape and weight purse. Seriously, if that thing ever wears out, I’m buying another one. That’s how much I love it.
Lately I’ve been eyeing an absolutely adorable red patent leather LAMB bag. I’ve wanted something red patent leather for a while. I could never quite justify spending money on shoes though, because really, how much use am I going to get out of red patent leather shoes? A bag, however...
So I watched it for a while. Then I found out my friend Laila had bought the exact bag I wanted, but in green. She loved hers. Still, I waited. I was very disappointed in Nordstrom for not including it in their Half-Yearly sale. I even dragged poor Becky in to my obsession with this bag. Which is why, when she got a coupon from Bloomingdales today for a 15% discount and free shipping, she immediately sent it my way. And I pounced. My new bag arrives on Monday!
But that is it. I am done with buying purses for a good long while. I have enough. I have more than enough! In fact, I just remembered I bought a clutch to take to England with me, which brings my total up to eight.
There are two exceptions to this rule, which I will lay out ahead of time.
1) Should I actually ever get knocked up, I reserve the right to spend a ridiculous amount of money (ridiculous to be defined by me) on a diaper bag
2) In the extremely unlikely event that I get invited to a fancy shindig, I may need to buy an evening bag
Aside from that though, I am publicly declaring a purse moratorium. You all heard me. I'll just have to find something else to blow money on. Or perhaps I'll try this newfangled thing I've heard about called "not spending money on fripperies."
ha ha ha You know I did finally dig my LV bucket bag out of storage and have been carrying it for a week.
I have red patent leather shoes AND boots. I wear the shoes A LOT. :)
I had a Louis Vitton purse once. It was a long time ago and I bought it for myself for Christmas. Other than that, i buy $10 walmart purses because I like to buy them often and well, you know at $10 you can do that. They don't last much longer than that anyway. Anyway, back to my LV that I had. I carried it every where and I would still be carrying that damned bag if someone hadn't stuck a baseball bat through the back window of my automobile and stolen it. Now, I was pissed about the purse, I was even more pissed about the $500 in cash that was in it that the insurance wouldn't replace, but the photos of me in a bikini posing on the beach that were in that purse.........OMG, I almost died a slow death.
Fast forward 17 years and about 300 $10 purses later and I had some Amazon money just burning a whole in my pocket. And, I went in search of that same LV bag. Now, do you really think that I will ever find THAT bag again? Nope, never, I'm sure of it. But......I did find this which looks nothing like the LV bag I had and is no where near as handy but man, folks have been knocking me down to ask about the damned thing. That's because in our town, purses come from Walmart, Kmart, JC Penny or Claire's.
This purse is killer, and I love it but apparently so does everyone I meet. Here's the thing, the reason I left the purse in the car the night it was stolen was because I happened to be playing softball and well, you know, I didn't want to leave it in the dugout...duh...
So, since I don't play sports anymore, I can safely say that all these people who have been drooling over my purse for the last 2 days (no lie, I've had 2 days and I bet at least 30 strangers have accosted me)....will not get my purse b/c it will not be left in the car for someone to see and be amused by. And, just for the record, there will never be anymore bikini pictures of me posing like some Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model even made ever again so that one is out too.
Anyway, here's the link, whadda think?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0013ATCB4