Hello! I've been a long-time lurker of TPF -- never posted, but this occasion was momentous enough for me to change that 
Background: I'm relatively young and don't own many luxury bags; I generally opt for contemporary designer bags as it's more in line with my age/"background". I recently started using a Mulberry bag relatively infrequently and even that was a big deal for me; my mom got a WOC almost a year back and it's just been sitting in my closet because I haven't "dared" to carry it out.
So today was Good Friday and everyone was off work so my family headed for a nice lunch. Knowing that the Spring/Summer collection launched in my country some time this week, we decided to head to the Chanel boutique just to have a peek -- I'd seen a S/S seasonal flap bag in the in-store catalogue a week ago and they told me to come back this week as they were launching the collection this week (I later found out they brought in 2 pieces of that bag, it was launched THIS morning and when I was in the store at 2pm it was sold out! Insane!)
There was a long line to enter the store as always (and the fact the S/S collection launched this morning made it more crowded than usual) and while waiting in line this beauty of a bag which I'd seen on TPF a few days back kept staring at me straight in the face... and once I entered the store you know where I went straight to
It was in a style and 'print' that I'd always loved (hence the perfect combination), in an absolutely gorgeous shade of red. But I'd always known I wanted to own a black classic bag at some point in my life (not right now though), so out of curiosity I asked if they had it in black. And that was the point of no return...
Background: I'm relatively young and don't own many luxury bags; I generally opt for contemporary designer bags as it's more in line with my age/"background". I recently started using a Mulberry bag relatively infrequently and even that was a big deal for me; my mom got a WOC almost a year back and it's just been sitting in my closet because I haven't "dared" to carry it out.
So today was Good Friday and everyone was off work so my family headed for a nice lunch. Knowing that the Spring/Summer collection launched in my country some time this week, we decided to head to the Chanel boutique just to have a peek -- I'd seen a S/S seasonal flap bag in the in-store catalogue a week ago and they told me to come back this week as they were launching the collection this week (I later found out they brought in 2 pieces of that bag, it was launched THIS morning and when I was in the store at 2pm it was sold out! Insane!)
There was a long line to enter the store as always (and the fact the S/S collection launched this morning made it more crowded than usual) and while waiting in line this beauty of a bag which I'd seen on TPF a few days back kept staring at me straight in the face... and once I entered the store you know where I went straight to
It was in a style and 'print' that I'd always loved (hence the perfect combination), in an absolutely gorgeous shade of red. But I'd always known I wanted to own a black classic bag at some point in my life (not right now though), so out of curiosity I asked if they had it in black. And that was the point of no return...
