I've been lurking for a while, and just decided to get it over with and ask for assistance. You all seem really helpful and knowledgable, and I'm deeply conflicted. Here's the deal:
I don't presently own a Hermes bag, but I want one so bad that my DH? (darling husband, I assume) says I'm moaning about someone named Kelly in my sleep. (I prefer the look of the Kelly to the Birkin).
The first and biggest problem is that I don't think the DH will be amused by the price point. In fact, I'm pretty sure he'll look at me like I have 6 heads or something if I tell him I want to pay more than about $1000 for a handbag. (He's gotten used to - but not truly comforatble with - that number due to my previous LV and Burberry purchases). In the past I would have just lied to him, and told him it was only $1000, and slept just fine at night. I can't and won't do that now, though.
As an alternative to jumping in, damn the consequences, I'm thinking that an ok place to start would be a wallet or even a Garden Bag. I do think the garden bags are really cute. But maybe there's something else that I'm not familiar with that I could satisfy my Hermes craving with?
My birthday is next month and I ordered a cute pink twilly, and that adorable hippo lock from the Hermes site for my girls to gift me with. (I'm SOO sly:ninja I think I'm hoping to satisfy the beast in a small way with those items.
The second problem is my track record on these types of issues. It's worrisome to me that I have a seriously dangerous Kelly obsession brewing here, and I'm afraid - very afraid - that I'm going to get tired of waiting and do something crazy. I'm not at all good at restraint. ush:
So... bottom line:
Should I settle for something that I'd like, but not actually LOVE? Or should I hold out for a Kelly? It means waiting, possibly for a year or more, but the wait may end up being worth it. Character building, if you will.
What would you do in my situation?
:tpfrox:
I don't presently own a Hermes bag, but I want one so bad that my DH? (darling husband, I assume) says I'm moaning about someone named Kelly in my sleep. (I prefer the look of the Kelly to the Birkin).
The first and biggest problem is that I don't think the DH will be amused by the price point. In fact, I'm pretty sure he'll look at me like I have 6 heads or something if I tell him I want to pay more than about $1000 for a handbag. (He's gotten used to - but not truly comforatble with - that number due to my previous LV and Burberry purchases). In the past I would have just lied to him, and told him it was only $1000, and slept just fine at night. I can't and won't do that now, though.
As an alternative to jumping in, damn the consequences, I'm thinking that an ok place to start would be a wallet or even a Garden Bag. I do think the garden bags are really cute. But maybe there's something else that I'm not familiar with that I could satisfy my Hermes craving with?
My birthday is next month and I ordered a cute pink twilly, and that adorable hippo lock from the Hermes site for my girls to gift me with. (I'm SOO sly:ninja I think I'm hoping to satisfy the beast in a small way with those items.
The second problem is my track record on these types of issues. It's worrisome to me that I have a seriously dangerous Kelly obsession brewing here, and I'm afraid - very afraid - that I'm going to get tired of waiting and do something crazy. I'm not at all good at restraint. ush:
So... bottom line:
Should I settle for something that I'd like, but not actually LOVE? Or should I hold out for a Kelly? It means waiting, possibly for a year or more, but the wait may end up being worth it. Character building, if you will.
What would you do in my situation?
:tpfrox: