You Know You're Addicted to Hermes When

[MYH]

Thanks DrTr and GenieBottle26, I really do hope this is just a phase. No other brand has this effect on me. How can I resist to such beautiful work of art.

GB26, 6 bags in 6 months is quite up there .

I don't wear scarf ever b4 discovering H. Now, All of a sudden I've got 5.

I thought if I managed to get a B, that's it I will not buy anymore bags. But 1 B later, I got 1 GP, 1 Herbag and now eyeing for a bolide.

Oh Hermes why art thou so wonderful?

I'll might try that GB26, weening my addiction off by tapering my H intake.

Love to be around peeps who understands. Cheers ladies.

I don't think any of us have any really good solutions to your problem TenaciousB or else we would have used it on ourselves!

I do know that when I'm on a ban, I WILL NOT step foot in a store. That's usually when I get in trouble. There is going to be something there, however small, that you are going to see. A twilly, clic clac, new scarf, etc... So unless you know you want to buy something, don't go!!!

I think this forum is fun, but if it causes you to want to buy more H things, then you have to be on tPF ban too. I know, sounds harsh.

My suggestion would be to find a good list of blogs that show various ways to use the bags, scarves, bracelets you already have so you can make the purchases you've already made go farther. Check these blogs regularly because they get updated every couple of days and show new ways of using the same things. There are really quite a few blogs and you can spend hours playing in your own closet and experimenting with scarf knots, scarves on bags, bracelet stacking, etc. which would be time you are not spending at the store or on the internet cruising for new items. You also might realize while playing with the H items you already have, that you don't need any more new things.

And if you really want to stop yourself, take stock of how many H things you have bought and mentally add up how much they have all cost. It's pretty sobering and almost always stops me in my tracks when I want something new. If you want to go hard core, write this dollar figure down on a big piece of paper and tape it up on the wall in your closet as a sobering reminder.

Ouch! Hope this helps.

 

[loves]

What a great way to use a twilly! Love it. I think it SHOULD go to the hospital with you. I don't think most people will know the silk is Hermes. They'll just think it's some ribbon you tied on your crutch to decorate it.

i'll find a pair that doesn't look to Hermes-y

 

[das_beste]

1. You start naming every color you see in Hermes terms
2. When you lay awake at night contemplating which bag you want to get
3. When you lay awake at night lamenting that you cannot get your bag
4. When you dream of orange boxes just about every other night
5. When you find yourself thinking Hermes even as you're driving ...
6. When you start naming your bags
7. When you contemplate naming your kids after the bags
8. When you have a specific account that's used for Hermes spending only


I'm sure you ladies got more. Share!!!

1,2,3,4,5 & 8 omg

 

[Onthego]

I don't think any of us have any really good solutions to your problem TenaciousB or else we would have used it on ourselves!

I do know that when I'm on a ban, I WILL NOT step foot in a store. That's usually when I get in trouble. There is going to be something there, however small, that you are going to see. A twilly, clic clac, new scarf, etc... So unless you know you want to buy something, don't go!!!

I think this forum is fun, but if it causes you to want to buy more H things, then you have to be on tPF ban too. I know, sounds harsh.

My suggestion would be to find a good list of blogs that show various ways to use the bags, scarves, bracelets you already have so you can make the purchases you've already made go farther. Check these blogs regularly because they get updated every couple of days and show new ways of using the same things. There are really quite a few blogs and you can spend hours playing in your own closet and experimenting with scarf knots, scarves on bags, bracelet stacking, etc. which would be time you are not spending at the store or on the internet cruising for new items. You also might realize while playing with the H items you already have, that you don't need any more new things.

And if you really want to stop yourself, take stock of how many H things you have bought and mentally add up how much they have all cost. It's pretty sobering and almost always stops me in my tracks when I want something new. If you want to go hard core, write this dollar figure down on a big piece of paper and tape it up on the wall in your closet as a sobering reminder.

Ouch! Hope this helps.

Love the advice about adding up all the H we have this in my case is sad. Well of course it is all relative. Some can spend more than others. But for me, this past year has been crazy. Like I mentioned before, I kinda tricked my husband to take me to Paris. I told him I desperately wanted to go see the Louvre, He he ya right.

 

[VigeeLeBrun]

Love the advice about adding up all the H we have this in my case is sad. Well of course it is all relative. Some can spend more than others. But for me, this past year has been crazy. Like I mentioned before, I kinda tricked my husband to take me to Paris. I told him I desperately wanted to go see the Louvre, He he ya right.

Please update me, Onthego! Did you go to Paris with DH? Did he know that you actually wanted to secretly visit FSH and not the Louvre?

 

[Onthego]

Please update me, Onthego! Did you go to Paris with DH? Did he know that you actually wanted to secretly visit FSH and not the Louvre?

Vigee,
Since March of last year I have gotten 5 GM shawles, 8 clics, I evelyne, I bearn, 4 CDC,
4 90cm scarves, 3 rival,, 1 double tour, 1 CDC ring, 1 hapi, 2 ties, 4 twillies, and last but not least 2 B 35. I have slowed down in the last 4 months because our trip is in September and plan to do some damage in Paris. So I haven't gone yet, but I will update after my trip. But seriously I love Paris with or without FSH. I have promised my husband that I will buy him an H belt for his birthday, just so I can get to the store. I had to bribe my 18 and 20 year old sons by buying them H ties just so they would not give me grief about going to the H store in Berlin 2 months ago. Yes I am addicted.

 

[VigeeLeBrun]

Vigee,
Since March of last year I have gotten 5 GM shawles, 8 clics, I evelyne, I bearn, 4 CDC,
4 90cm scarves, 3 rival,, 1 double tour, 1 CDC ring, 1 hapi, 2 ties, 4 twillies, and last but not least 2 B 35. I have slowed down in the last 4 months because our trip is in September and plan to do some damage in Paris. So I haven't gone yet, but I will update after my trip. But seriously I love Paris with or without FSH. I have promised my husband that I will buy him an H belt for his birthday, just so I can get to the store. I had to bribe my 18 and 20 year old sons by buying them H ties just so they would not give me grief about going to the H store in Berlin 2 months ago. Yes I am addicted.

Love this! We are dong about the same amount of damage, so don't feel badly.
I am on ban island until my next B35 arrives in September, lol.

 

[MYH]

Time to bump this thread cause so many of us are in frenzy over the new F/W 2013 stuff!

1) you see a new scarf and breathe a sigh if relief if it doesn't sing to you
2) you wish Hermes issued a credit card that paid double/triple/quadruple points on H purchases
3) you congratulate yourself if you haven't bought anything at H in two weeks

 

[Love Of My Life]

When you see "Blondie Luxe" and you think it says "Bolide Luxe".

That's the addiction .. Calling all members.... LOL....

 

[chkpfbeliever]

This may not be the right forum, but I was wondering if any of you ladies has done anything to take the edge off Hermes addiction. Ever since I discovered the wonderful world of Hermes, I've been buying stuff every week without fail. If I can't get anything new from the store, I'll buy sth from the net. It's bad isn't it. I really don't know how to stop. Any advice?

What about me ? I was going to the local H store every week too when they first opened and the SAs almost think that I work there !! I was buying scarves and little things too so that I've an orange shopping bag to go home to. I'm a big fan of leather and luckily had not been spending anything big on other brands (except SLGs on Chanel and LV) until I met H so I feel a bit 'entitled' to myself to splurge. The H leather smells heavenly and who can resists the rainbow of colors that they offer. I never even know that any brands offer such an array of colors and that you can SO a bag.

One thing that changed this past year for me is the demand at work. I was working more hours and sometimes weekends so thanks to the H store hours, I can never get there before 6:00 so it helps to eliminate my visits for several months. Ebay also helps because the reseller prices are now so high that I cannot afford to buy from them. Either way, get yourself distracted with something else and be very selective with what you buy. 6 months from now, you're going to check your inventory and hate yourself for making those impulse buys.

 

[chkpfbeliever]

Love this! We are dong about the same amount of damage, so don't feel badly.
I am on ban island until my next B35 arrives in September, lol.

Vigee', sorry to be off topic but can I ask how you find out about the arrival time of your B35 ? I'm waiting for a couple of orders but the store said they had no idea when they will arrive. Sometimes, I wonder if they are just too lazy to check their computer. TIA.

 

[VigeeLeBrun]

Vigee', sorry to be off topic but can I ask how you find out about the arrival time of your B35 ? I'm waiting for a couple of orders but the store said they had no idea when they will arrive. Sometimes, I wonder if they are just too lazy to check their computer. TIA.

chkpfbeliever, my lovely SA will never quote an exact arrival time, just the season and she opens her notebook and tells me what she has on order for which season and how many people are on the wait-list. Based on this, I ask to be be put first on the list for the B/K that I prefer.

That being said, my SO for an etain K35 GHW took about a year and that's what my SA said to me when we placed the order.

I think that buying from H takes an enormous amount of patience, which luckily I have!
They really do not have arrival dates in their computer, I am pretty sure of that.

 

[yeeuns]

chkpfbeliever, my lovely SA will never quote an exact arrival time, just the season and she opens her notebook and tells me what she has on order for which season and how many people are on the wait-list. Based on this, I ask to be be put first on the list for the B/K that I prefer.

That being said, my SO for an etain K35 GHW took about a year and that's what my SA said to me when we placed the order.

I think that buying from H takes an enormous amount of patience, which luckily I have!
They really do not have arrival dates in their computer, I am pretty sure of that.

So would you suggest I put my name down for lindy 30 in red now since they don't know when they're getting them in? I budgeted for a year to save up and buy.. But if takes less than a year idk if I can buy it when they offer it..

 

[chkpfbeliever]

chkpfbeliever, my lovely SA will never quote an exact arrival time, just the season and she opens her notebook and tells me what she has on order for which season and how many people are on the wait-list. Based on this, I ask to be be put first on the list for the B/K that I prefer.

That being said, my SO for an etain K35 GHW took about a year and that's what my SA said to me when we placed the order.

I think that buying from H takes an enormous amount of patience, which luckily I have!
They really do not have arrival dates in their computer, I am pretty sure of that.

Thanks Vigee. You've a lovely SA and I agree strongly that patience is the key to owning H. My SA once joked that H is still raising the lamb for my Chevre SO Kelly !!! I don't even want to think of it in that perspective !!

 

[VigeeLeBrun]

Thanks Vigee. You've a lovely SA and I agree strongly that patience is the key to owning H. My SA once joked that H is still raising the lamb for my Chevre SO Kelly !!! I don't even want to think of it in that perspective !!

This made me laugh!! No, I don't want to think of it like THAT.