My Big Purse Problem

Dear Readers, I am back to my old tricks again.  I had to take a little bit of a break and I have to take a break even now from shopping because life has gotten in the way.  Now I'm back to my old tricks and I can't wait to show you what I have in store for you.  I have found some amazing bags.  I am looking for the impossible.  I want really fancy purses but I don't want to pay anything for them.  I want to find them out in the wild grazing.  This requires a lot of dreaming and a lot of luck.  It doesn't stop me from hoping.  Hope is a crazy thing.  Now, there are a lot of places where you can find the real thing if you are willing to pay for it a little.  Let me tell you some of my favorite brands: Kate Spade Coach Dooney and Bourke Vince Camuto Rebecca Minkoff (I don't have any of those, so sad!) Marc Jacobs MCM (They are elusive) Tory Burch ( I only have one, a clutch, also so very sad!) Brahman Kooba Fossil Fu...

There is a dilemma when you go out with fancy purses.  I love fancy purses but I also admit that there is an image when you wear a fancy purse.  I've alluded to this in prior posts but this week I really want to talk about it.  Today I was eating lunch with my family today and I saw the worst Coach knock off I have seen, maybe ever.  Why not wear just a regular bag?  Why resort to this terrible thing?  I know this other lady that I have an association with and she has a really fancy purse. The kind of purse that has more place holders than I could ever afford.  I'm a little envious, if I'm confessing.  So my next question is, "What does she do?"  This question leads to other questions that maybe I shouldn't be thinking but I'll confess them to you.  "How can she afford this fancy purse?"  "Is it a gift?" "Is it real?"  Most people buy their purses because it is in their style and their price point.  They like it and ...