The bag you desire vs the good deal
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I will admitt that I am a sucker for a good deal! I frequent the Coach outlet around holidays for the outlet sale, now mind you I don't freak out over everything in the store but usually there is something to be found there. Now what I desire *sigh* is a LV Manhattan PM...I have the $ but I'm having such a hard time parting with SO MUCH $$$ for a purse! Quite the dilema, anyways, I'm sure I will ponder it for a long time, or I'll just keep going for the good deals! 
I have to admit, I'm all about the deal. I would love to have a Popincourt Haute, but I just can't spend $900 for a bag. I haunt the Coach outlets, TJ Maxx, etc. and snap up good deals. I found a Marc Jacobs buckle satchel (retail 1195) for 190 at a TJ Maxx. Definitely not what I was looking for, but it came home with me, I just couldn't resist. I get more of a charge out of getting a steal -- like the Cole Haan satchel in white I found for $70 at TJM. The way I shop, I could end up with anywhere from 5-9 bags for what the Popincourt would run. And I probably would be afraid to use it! LOL Oh, my latest thing is sunglasses -- Ray Ban Wayfarers for $20, YSL for $25, stuff like that.
i find that if i am patient enough, after a few seasons, my dream bag actually goes on sale! this just happened with a chloe edith. i really loved this bag when it debuted, but it was way out of my league considering i was a full time student, and not making much $$...i just started cleaning out my closet and downsized my bag collection...and now with the help of several lovely ladies from TPF, i scored one!
LOL!
Isn't that the truth! I'm sitting on that train with ya, though my stop is Bottega Veneta!
Save for your dream bag. The good deal bag that you don't love 100% will still leave you lusting over your dream bag.
i will get my dream bag...i rather get the bag i really wanted then settle for the good deal b/c i would always think about the dream bag and in the long run be unhappy with the bag i settled for
I don't really have a dream bag. There are plenty I would love if money were no object but I don't generally allow myself to dream about things I don't stand a chance of one day getting! Instead I look for bags I like, if I find them at a good price or on sale then I get them where possible.
I find it literally impossible to justify spending the amount equal to a 'payment' on a bag, so I'm not about to spend an amount as high a mortgage payment or even a car payment on one thing. I have a husband and a child, and responsibilities. I'd rather put $1,000 in a college fund than into LV's hands.
Because it's not as if I'd stop looking at other bags once I got a 'dream bag', I'd still want more. So this way I can have all the bags I want without sacrificing elsewhere. And I do only buy bags I really love, even if they are on sale. I see bargains all the time on bags I don't love, but if I don't gotta have it then I don't get it.
I find it literally impossible to justify spending the amount equal to a 'payment' on a bag, so I'm not about to spend an amount as high a mortgage payment or even a car payment on one thing. I have a husband and a child, and responsibilities. I'd rather put $1,000 in a college fund than into LV's hands.
Because it's not as if I'd stop looking at other bags once I got a 'dream bag', I'd still want more. So this way I can have all the bags I want without sacrificing elsewhere. And I do only buy bags I really love, even if they are on sale. I see bargains all the time on bags I don't love, but if I don't gotta have it then I don't get it.
For me it jsut depends on what the good deal is. If it is just to good to pass up (like the last 2 bags I just bought) then it doesn't make sense not to. I just have to remind myself that if I keep saving, I can have something that makes me feel just as good. But sometimes it is fun to have a few distractions on your way to your goal! 