I like seeing a lady who knows what she wants and isn’t willing to compromise! Temptation especially in Hermèsland can be quite extreme. But, it also leads to not loving and/ or using the handbags, if you give into it. Stay strong and believe that your dream handbag/ bags WILL find its/ their way to you one day. I know it is a difficult journey with lots of downs but in the end it is well worth it.
I apply the following phrase mainly to when I am purchasing Art, but I have found that it easily applies to anything. If I love it at first sight, I will always love it. If I don't, I may learn to appreciate it, but it will never become part of my soul. (And yes, It is from Pretty Woman but I already had this mindset years before that came out. When I heard it on screen it re-enforced my belief and resonated with me. In the movie, it is the scene where Richard Gere’s (Edward) character takes Julia Robert’s (Vivian) character to see an opera for the first time).
I am living proof that patience does pay off at Hermès, eventually. As, I finally, after I cannot even count how many years, was offered my holy grail handbag (30cm Barenia Fauve (smooth not the newer version) with GHW) at FSH (I know I have been truly lucky to have been offered birkins there at every one of my visits but none where exactly what I wanted so I always politely declined them. In a very weak moment, I even purchased an excellent condition preowned B35 in chamonix with GHW, which was close but not THE ONE so after a year I sold her) in April of this year. I was so shocked I had to have a beverage before I could go to the cashier to checkout LOL