I think you know the answer to this question but it's not the one you're hoping tpf enablers may give you (one already has!). Obviously, you're young - you have a baby so you're not a middle-aged woman.
Will you have to sell this bag in order to pay for pre-school for your daughter, or for private school tuition sometime in the future? Hermes handbags are NOT good investments if one must resell them in a shorter period of time - could be in 10-15 years, but even then, it's not a sure thing (bag could be damaged, economy could tank again - you name it).
This is a HUGE luxury purchase. You say you already have a Chanel handbag. How many other designer handbags do you have? You say yourself that you have an "obsession with handbags". This is not necessarily a good thing - obsessions rarely are.
Frankly, a baby and Hermes don't go terribly well together. I know - there are many tpf members who use their Birkins as diaper bags. I don't care how wealthy one is, that seems a travesty to me - this is an exquisite handmade bag - a work of art - and should not end up with sippy cups that leak, diapers and cracker crumbs in it. Use a Vera Bradley bag for that and put it in the washing machine when it gets disgusting. Babies are messy - they spit up, diapers leak, one needs both hands with a baby - none of these things go with a Kelly bag.
I fell in love with the Kelly when I was 21 yrs old and in retailing school in NYC. I bought my first bag when I was 64. I'm not suggesting that you must wait that long - I just had to as my late husband was a teacher, we had two children to educate and we certainly did not have money for Hermes handbags. I bought it two years after he died. If he were still alive, I would have limited my Hermes to scarves and perhaps a shawl. We would have used that money to travel together - I would never have felt right spending that on myself. Even now, I own two Kelly bags - one purchased new 8 years ago, one used (vintage 1973 and a steal!), and a Picotin I bought in Paris nearly 7 years ago. I will not be buying anymore - if I have that kind of discretionary income available, it will go into my two oldest grandsons' college funds.
Luxury items such as Hermes handbags are really not for regular married women with babies - they simply are far too expensive. It's an enormous purchase that requires a significant discretionary income - an income that is left after all bills (and ALL credit cards are fully paid off), savings, education funds for a child and retirement accounts are fully funded. THEN it is discretionary to spend as one wants. It doesn't sound as if you fall into that category - few do.
it was just two days after I got my K, and luckily I did not lose THAT money, so I was partially relieved.
