How do you afford your bags and how many per year? Credit debt or millionare lover?

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#1,352
haha, love how you said "millionaire lover", because im my own "millionaire lover" =)
im no millionaire but i dun believe that we should rely on other ppl for anything it's just not good in any way i can think of.
i operate my own business, hard work pays off
 
#1,355
I'm a DINK*, so there's money, but I still use my credit card and try to keep the balance paid off. And since I recently became self-employed (yay, but scary!), I've purged the OMG Closet. Now purchases are "thought about" rather than spur-of-the-moment, since I don't have as much control over my income.

I was averaging two or three bags per month, but now - no. I've got the five I want, and that's it. Now I'm focused on small leathers (more affordable, and still makes me happy.)

*Double Income No Kids
 
#1,356
I'm very young, with an addiction to purses that I cannot support on my own!! I work very hard in school (A's and B's) so I dont have time for a job. Also I get money during the week for food, so sometimes I stay in, and save,save, save for a bag!! I'm waiting for the day that I finally have a career and I can walk into Chanel and and say "I'll take the white AND black one!!"
 
#1,357
I grew up in a middle class family - so my first two bag purchase was on my own - through work. This was all during my high school senior year. Then for graduation, my boyfriend bought me a gucci tote. After that, I purchased 2 more coaches for myself and I bought 1 for my mom. $500- bags & shoes are easy for my to afford. But for my more expensive bags, that are 1k+, my boyfriend has gifted them to me for my graduations from high school, college (Chanel).
 
#1,361
I'll chime in with those who say hard work! I'm 37 and an RN in the Air Force so I (finally!) make pretty good money (and you'd be amazed if you saw what you can buy at about 20% below retail AND tax-free in the military exchanges, though I'm still waiting for those elusive Burberrys to show up on my watch). I too am a DINK like indiaink above, and while we're not bathing in cash, we're cozy. When I came back on active duty we rented out our house in NC, so we have good income from that as well.

Plus, I must confess I married a financial genius.

I've had a slew of Coaches and Dooneys (and I have a huge leather Fossil that I practically stole from the sale table at Fort Belvoir's exchange a couple of years ago - $400 for $92!) but am now entering the "big time"...lol. Getting my first Burberry soon.
 
#1,362
I'm still relatively young (early 20s), have a full time job and still live at home to try to save money. I have received one of my more expensive bags as a birthday gift, but the rest come directly from my account/credit card, with it paid off each month regardless of it being a purse that was charged or something much less costly.
 
#1,363
I always worked for what I wanted, but at the same time, I had my parents paying for the more important things like car insurance... and a roof over my head... But my job paid relatively well, if not for my shopping disease, I could have bought two new cars instead AND for what my parents kindly paid to support me instead, I put those to handbags...

Now that I'm married, I'm learning to prioritize because do I eventually want my dream home and car and ultimately a comfortable life as opposed to just surrounding myself with "things"? Most definitely, but it's a hard addiction to break once you've been bitten.
 
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