I know, right!?!i saw this and laughedi sometimes feel i work each day just to pay for my FF addiction. they have so many pretty Bals (and Chanels) i must have!
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Maybe it is just not broken in good yet? I am looking at a basche right now and I am hoping it will be soft. I saw one one time that a girl had and the leather looked super soft and silky. Do you like the style of the bag? I am on the fence about one
Hi there! Have been working myself up to the first Bal purchase, and seeing as I've gotten a lot of knowledge from reading these threads thought I would ask some advice. I've decided on the city but am wavering between a colour and a neutral. I'm a bit in love with Vert Trefle but am not sure if I should be going the safer route of a neutral like Anthracite. Everyone says Bal is about the colours though! Any thoughts? 
Hi there! Have been working myself up to the first Bal purchase, and seeing as I've gotten a lot of knowledge from reading these threads thought I would ask some advice. I've decided on the city but am wavering between a colour and a neutral. I'm a bit in love with Vert Trefle but am not sure if I should be going the safer route of a neutral like Anthracite. Everyone says Bal is about the colours though! Any thoughts?
Go with what you love but I would also see if it works with your wardrobe! Also keep in mind that some colors are seasonal and may be harder to find later on (compared to black and anthracite, which are produced every year if I'm not mistaken).
I bought a Bal from a distant neighbor who was posting it on the local e-list for the neighborhood. As I made the purchase it became clear that this was a young couple where the husband was forcing the wife to sell some designer items that she never used/wore. For a time I thought about not buying the bag due to the circumstances but I quickly realized that somebody else was just going to snatch it up- it wasn't like she would get to keep it if I didn't buy it.
I don't know about all you ladies here, but I am a bit of a hoarder of designer bags and clothes. I have many items that I bought and have either worn very little, worn only for special occasions and some I haven't worn. I even bought an Alaia pony skirt for ~$300 that retailed for almost $6K- in a size that I will probably never be able to fit into- but who knows maybe one day I will be able to wear it, or give it to somebody or even sell it for at least what I paid and probably more. In other words some of this stuff I buy is actually a kind of investment, in a way.
Anyway I'd hate to be in a relationship where I had to hide what I buy. Hopefully she wasn't really attached to this bag.
I don't know about all you ladies here, but I am a bit of a hoarder of designer bags and clothes. I have many items that I bought and have either worn very little, worn only for special occasions and some I haven't worn. I even bought an Alaia pony skirt for ~$300 that retailed for almost $6K- in a size that I will probably never be able to fit into- but who knows maybe one day I will be able to wear it, or give it to somebody or even sell it for at least what I paid and probably more. In other words some of this stuff I buy is actually a kind of investment, in a way.
Anyway I'd hate to be in a relationship where I had to hide what I buy. Hopefully she wasn't really attached to this bag.
Yes, I am like you. And my husband is not so happy about all my handbag purchases. We have separate economy so he really doesn't have anything to say about this but he still makes comments. Sometimes I think about hiding my bags to avoid the comments but then I realize that it wouldn't help me nor him. If I am ashamed of something I buy I probably shouldn't buy it. So I make a thing out of showing him everything I buy haha, which he hates haha. You got to love marriages
And honestly, if we were in some kind of economic crisis - my rarely used handbags (and jewellery) would probably be the first things we sell, so this might have been the case with your neighbour?
Glad it made you smile...I've never worried much about trends or what other people think about my style. I've never even really thought about "my style" I've always done what felt right for me. Tassels on a handbag just don't seem that important, If you like them, fine, why care about what other people think?
I'm supposed to be on a ban but I found a Bal I really want....it is so hard to keep myself from purchasing!! It doesn't help that I can't stop looking for bags even though I shouldn't buy them.
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still trying to pay off my last round of purchases but I spend all evening trolling for new treasures...but I'm absolutely :banned: unless, of course, I find that perfect bag and then I'll find some way of buying it...sigh...
It has been worse because I've been bored at work, so, all I do is browse shopping websites or TPF. And I know what you mean about finding a way to buy when it is the perfect bag. Sigh.+1
The only way I can stop spending is if I am 100% busy/occupied- which isn't the case right now.
I probably would have been better before the internet. The internet means I can feed my shopping addiction 24/7.
I probably would have been better before the internet. The internet means I can feed my shopping addiction 24/7.
So true, Michelle! I wouldn't spend nearly as much money without the internet!
The hard thing with Bals is that you never know when the older bags will show up again. So when I see an oldie that I want, I feel like I HAVE to get it because I may not be able to in the future.
The hard thing with Bals is that you never know when the older bags will show up again. So when I see an oldie that I want, I feel like I HAVE to get it because I may not be able to in the future.
It has been worse because I've been bored at work, so, all I do is browse shopping websites or TPF. And I know what you mean about finding a way to buy when it is the perfect bag. Sigh.
This is SO true!
Bored at work = a lot of browsing websites = expensive.
A lot to do in life/at work = no time for internet = very cheap.