Six months to a year is not a bad duration to carry a purse around for. Try to buy high end retail ones, this told takes the edge off buying cheaper ones. Outlet ones.I have at least 5 Coaches, for Christmas I went to the outlets and spent a fortune on handbags. Don't feel so bad. One trick, I'm trying to do is buy one very high priced handbag retail markup use it for at least a year. Maybe it will curve the edge off buying so many outlet bags.