No that would be crazy! LOL. I've had the WG small for a few years as a gift. Thankfully I'm not having any regrets or buyers remorse yet. This thread def motivated me to make the purchase lol. Can't stop staring!
How did you afford your Cartier Love pieces?
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Yay congratulations! Looks amazing on you.
I will definitely pull the trigger this year as well, I wanted one for so long! Love this thread of everyone’s stories, definitely encourages me as well.
Ty!! I don’t know if that’s a good or bad thing for us
) but I say go for it. Life is too short, money will always come and go
My husband bought it as gifts in one go. 3 weeks after giving birth to our 3rd son my husband set an appointment with the SA at one of the store closest to our house. He then drop me off at the store and told me to choose what I like. He didn’t go in with me because of the pandemic and we have a newborn and 2 little ones too so they were just waiting for me at the parking lot. I chose 2 colors of the love cuff but my husband said choose 3 which will represent each of our boys. It’s like his late baby push gift. I like the full love bracelet but I don’t like wearing jewelries 24/7 and I’m a stay at home mom. I do stuff at home and do yard work. When I sent him pictures of the cuffs on my wrist he said it lacks something. Like the stack needs something to make it pop. So I chose the clash and JUC with diamonds with the 3 love cuffs. Used our savings and we also have investments. My husband is a type that doesn’t give me gifts on all occasions but when he gives me stuff he splurges. It sometimes takes a few years before I received a gift from him, LOL!
This made me smile! You deserve it being a SAHMommy of three boys! Enjoy in the best of health.
We were married at 18, had our first daughter when we were 21. We put each other thru college, then our three daughters thru college. We have no debt other than a small house payment. Yet, I still feel guilty spending this kind of money. I think it's just from the mindset we had for so long in our marriage. We are comfortable now, yet I still feel like I need to justify everything. I'm an RN and we own a successful business. My hubby is the opposite with the "just get it!" attitude. I ended up selling a lot of LV pieces I wasn't using (and hadn't in over 10 years) on Fashionphile and made about 3K. I'm putting it towards a Love Bracelet when we go to Hawaii in a couple weeks. I have a Trinity ring my husband got for me when we were in Vegas a few years ago and I've never taken it off. So when you think of "cost per wear" you really can't go wrong.
So true. I made a bunch of designer purchases before I got married and I'm so glad I did. I have friends who are older than me and after they got married, they couldn't justify buying designer things anymore, which is really too bad because they work really hard as a mother, wife, and they also make really good money at their day job. It's just harder to justify because it's joint money that could technically go towards something like a home upgrade or retirement savings.
Now that I'm married, I still try to buy 1 designer thing a year but it's way harder to justify compared to before. Even though I don't need to ask my husband for permission, I still try to get his input and buy-in because my income is technically joint money still and we're trying to save to renovate our kitchen.
I don't think its ridiculous at all to think that way. I was reading some of the responses here that tell you to prioritize XYZ, but I personally feel like you can put your money in different buckets. If you feel like having a love bracelet will give you a lot of joy, and you're still being financially responsible in other areas of your life, then go for the love bracelet. It doesn't have to be all or nothing.
My thin love bracelet was a gift from my mom. I've wanted one for years and so she bought me one as a gift. I'm very fortunate and obviously not everyone has parents who can afford to buy luxury or offer to buy them luxury.
In terms of how I afford other luxury items, I work a relatively well paying job, and I save money in other aspects of my life. For example, I don't own a car. I take public transit as my primary mode of transportation. My husband had a car from before we got married, and it's now our family car. It's a car from 2000 that he paid $3000 for five years ago. It is definitely due for a replacement but it still works so we're still driving it. My mom always jokes that my outfits cost more than the car we have, which is true but a car is a depreciating asset so we don't want to spend too much on it. We're working from home now because of COVID, but before that, I pack lunch to work pretty much every day. I work in a very expensive area so eating out is very very expensive.
I try to buy one luxury item a year if possible as a treat to myself. I definitely feel more guilty to treat myself after I've gotten married. My husband doesn't understand my luxury obsession but he respects it as long as it's within reason. My day job is crazy and I work a lot, so I need to be able to treat myself, and he understands that.
I bought mine at the Cartier Boutique inside Saks in Dadeland, FL in 2015, they closed in 2016 I think, anyway I had a Saks gift card worth $2200 from the Saks points for the previous year purchases.The rest I charged to my Saks card and paid it off immediately . Sucks that Saks ruined their relationship with Cartier. My JUC came from the Cartier inside saks in New york.
Congratulations! Is this a cuff?
I've been trying to decide on buying one myself for exactly 2 years now but I'm afraid that I'll get tired of it quickly.. as I tend to do with jewelry.
I got the regular love. It's only been two weeks but i definitley cannot imagine getting sick of it! I love staring at it everyday. i don't have any regrets