it's gorgeous, bake!!
congrats on finding it and enjoy in good health!! 
oh, this oxblood....
2017 resolution - shopping my own bag and wallet collection. Any one else?
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it's gorgeous, bake!!
congrats on finding it and enjoy in good health!! 
Ok. So....For some reason today, it struck me how crazy it is to spend hundreds and thousands of dollars on a handbag. 
Like really..
They're pretty sacks.
I'm not saying I won't spend it again because I most definitely will.
But, whew! A few random brain cells of normalcy (meaning not being a handbag addict) surfaced for just a few moments.
Anyone else, have a moment of "clarity" / "sanity"?? LOL!
Like really..
They're pretty sacks.
I'm not saying I won't spend it again because I most definitely will.
But, whew! A few random brain cells of normalcy (meaning not being a handbag addict) surfaced for just a few moments.
Anyone else, have a moment of "clarity" / "sanity"?? LOL!
me. pretty often.Ok. So....For some reason today, it struck me how crazy it is to spend hundreds and thousands of dollars on a handbag.
Like really..
They're pretty sacks.
I'm not saying I won't spend it again because I most definitely will.
But, whew! A few random brain cells of normalcy (meaning not being a handbag addict) surfaced for just a few moments.
Anyone else, have a moment of "clarity" / "sanity"?? LOL!
even more often since i stopped buying insanely (4 months now)
and i have the same 'clarity' moments with scarves as well.
and it really helps to avoid the swirl of mad purchasing, i know every one has own limits and budgets, but seriously, thinking of those collections i've seen, like hundreds of scarves, or bags, i am asking myself - how many do i really need and use, and how many years/lives i will need to live to justify another addition????
I thought about this lately too. I thought more about the quantity I have. Though I have to say I truly enjoy them all.Ok. So....For some reason today, it struck me how crazy it is to spend hundreds and thousands of dollars on a handbag.
Like really..
They're pretty sacks.
I'm not saying I won't spend it again because I most definitely will.
But, whew! A few random brain cells of normalcy (meaning not being a handbag addict) surfaced for just a few moments.
Anyone else, have a moment of "clarity" / "sanity"?? LOL!
further to above...
i have passed on a few bags, and a few scarves recently, just because this thought keeps coming back more and more often and feels like my sanity is taking over my 'hunger'
i will most probably buy more in the future, but this will be a VERY WELL WEIGHED decision and ref to the scarves, i have figured out i have most of colours covered, i may only need 1 or 2 more, and it will be a slow process
i have passed on a few bags, and a few scarves recently, just because this thought keeps coming back more and more often and feels like my sanity is taking over my 'hunger'
i will most probably buy more in the future, but this will be a VERY WELL WEIGHED decision and ref to the scarves, i have figured out i have most of colours covered, i may only need 1 or 2 more, and it will be a slow process
Lately there have been so many great deals on bags I truly like but then I think I have to store them and don’t hit the buy button. I have quite a few bags at the consignment shop but only one has sold . So I have to remember that those empty spots will fill back up if they don’t sell.
Yeah.
I have said it before but that moment of clarity/sanity she described is the one that drove away my thrill over premier handbags. It just got louder and louder in my head until I snapped out of the spell I had been under for several years and that was that. I no longer feel any bag, no matter how lovely and great it is, holds/sparks more than $500 of joy. Like that's the max pleasure I get. I used to get thousands of pleasure for my bags costing thousands of dollars, and it was in line. But then the spell wore off and I no longer could muster up four digits worth
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I have said it before but that moment of clarity/sanity she described is the one that drove away my thrill over premier handbags. It just got louder and louder in my head until I snapped out of the spell I had been under for several years and that was that. I no longer feel any bag, no matter how lovely and great it is, holds/sparks more than $500 of joy. Like that's the max pleasure I get. I used to get thousands of pleasure for my bags costing thousands of dollars, and it was in line. But then the spell wore off and I no longer could muster up four digits worth
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I was saying I can't muster up that level of thrill anymore so it's not worth it. For awhile I was just off bags but gradually came back by accident getting influenced on TPF with mzw and Massaccesi and then Etsy indie makers being a source of truly luxe feeling/looking bags for 10-20% of the price. I got into bags again because the joy I got from each bag was more than worth the few hundred I was paying. Things were back in alignment! My sweet spot, I guess!
If I could 'drink the koolaid' again and get the high price thrill from premier bags, would I?
I'm really not sure. The thrill was awesome. But maybe not, as there are lovely bags to be had at 3-digit price levels.
I'm really not sure. The thrill was awesome. But maybe not, as there are lovely bags to be had at 3-digit price levels.
One last comment: I totally empathize with all you strictly-premier purse lovers. BTDT so it's easy to 'get it' even though I'm not in that mode anymore. I don't feel superior because I can't feel the haute couture thrill anymore.
I think as long as you are getting the correct amount of joy from your bag purchases, whether it's a $29 fashion sequin clutch from the mall that is so perfect for that one event/one dress and just adorable so why not, you'll get way more than 29 bucks of fun out of it, or its a thousand times that price special Birkin. As long as the personal value is equal to what you pay then great! Assuming your purse addiction is not overrunning the available space you have for your trinkets or bleeding your retirement fund dry that is!!!
I think as long as you are getting the correct amount of joy from your bag purchases, whether it's a $29 fashion sequin clutch from the mall that is so perfect for that one event/one dress and just adorable so why not, you'll get way more than 29 bucks of fun out of it, or its a thousand times that price special Birkin. As long as the personal value is equal to what you pay then great! Assuming your purse addiction is not overrunning the available space you have for your trinkets or bleeding your retirement fund dry that is!!!
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