Impulse purchases!

[finer_woman]

Hi finer-woman, how did the plum bag work out? I loved it on the FP site but wasn't paying attention on the factory site. Hope it's amazing!

I saw this bag at the outlet (40% off) yesterday, it's stunning!

It didn't work out. While I love the color, leather and haircalf. The design is awkward and not well thought out in my opinion. The bag is too big, handles to short and the long strap is too thin for that size bag and would be better if it connected at the sides instead of at the handles.

I would love it in a different style.

 

[bunnycat]

A recent impulse purchase for me was the Madison Convertible Crossbody. It's like a slightly smaller version of the Bleeker Daily Shoulder bag. I got it in red on impulse and use it a lot and its one of my favorite bags. SO much so that I went back to get the zebra patterned version of it too!

 

[katev]

It didn't work out. While I love the color, leather and haircalf. The design is awkward and not well thought out in my opinion. The bag is too big, handles to short and the long strap is too thin for that size bag and would be better if it connected at the sides instead of at the handles.

I would love it in a different style.

I'm glad that I resisted, thanks for the info. I noticed the odd connectors for the long strap and I have seen several bags recently with thin straps. While they look nice I prefer a thick strap for comfort.

Sorry that it didn't work out for you, but at that price a bag has to be perfect, not just pretty!

 

[ClassicShopper]

Usually I'll stalk a bag for months or at least weeks, but tell me about the bags you bought 24 hours or less after first seeing them. Success and horror stories welcome!

I ask because I just bought this beauty -

Bleecker Daily Shoulder Bag in leather. I had NO IDEA this existed before last night. But it's perfect for what I need - a pretty, but flat purse I can carry when I go on that cross-country trip next week. I needed something to carry my essentials in that was bigger than a swingpack or the tiny-wallets-with-straps that some of the smaller purses are. Usually I am fine with Mini Tanners, but packing one in a suitcase is a bit of a pain, since I don't want it to lose its shape. But this will hold my wallet and phone and medicines and ipod and basically everything I keep on my person because I am paranoid about people breaking into cars and hotel rooms. (Paranoia has worked really well for me in the past.)

And it's FLAT. Going right on top, simple as pie! Because we'll be in different hotels each night and I'll have to repack and repack and ugh I am tired already.

I probably should have gone over to the store and tried it out first, but it's a holiday weekend and it's snowing and they didn't have black in stock and if I ordered online I could use PayPal and now it seems e bates is a bad word and man I hope it gets here before I leave on Saturday.

I hope it works for me, I'm a tad worried about how thin that strap is and how it will look with things actually in it.

But! The only other bag I remember buying on impulse was this beauty on the right -

Legacy Haley in Bright Coral. Saw her on FOS last summer and just went for it. When she came in I LOVED her - something about that bright coral. I usually hate orange, but this was so vivid and seemed to have some kind of hot pink tone? Of course, once you put it next to other bags it looks orange but on its own she was such a gorgeous color. I loved wearing her with a dress and sandals - such a great summer bag!

But alas, once I got a Bright Coral Mini Tanner I stopped carrying Haley, and now she is going to live with my aunt as a present. (A fake orange MK with studs was pressed upon her by another relative and fell apart soon after, so I'm replacing it. It will be a fun work bag for her.)

So! Tell me about your impulse purchases. Did you live happily ever after with them, or did they go back?

I LOVE the Daily! My favorite way to wear it is on the shoulder with straps doubled. I bought one and loved it so much that I went back and bought multiple colors. It is the perfect small bag, lovely slouch with stuff in it, easy for travel. LOVE the Daily!!! On impulse purchases, I am the queen of impulse buys....most work out, a few go back. It has gotten worse since I joined this forum! I have a good sense now of which bags will stick in my head if I don't get them, and I am getting better at knowing when it is just impulse and not really love.

 

[greenpixie]

The Daily must be the impulse bag, because I just got one too! I had no idea I needed it, but it surprised me with how cute it is with stuff in it, and I love the versatility. It hadn't been on my radar at all, yet I walked out of the boutique with one yesterday.

 

[KricketCollects]

Anyone worry about denim transfer on the lighter colors of the daily when worn crossbody?