Back to my Old Tricks


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
Furla
Nanette Lepore
Louise Et Cie (I have shoes but not a bag...yet)
Stuart Weitzman
Botkier
Cynthia Rowley
Frye (So nice)
Patricia Nash
Lucky Brand
Vera Bradley
Ugg (They make purses!)
Cole Haan (So nice!!!)
Laundry
LAMB
That's a few.  The really fancy ones, well, that's something I'll save for the next post.

The stunning bag that you see above is a beautiful top grain Alexander Wang.  Isn't it beautiful!!!  I asked my colleague if I could feature her bag on my blog.  She told me that she got it on sale.  She is definitely my type of lady.  Special thanks to Ms. B for letting me feature her bag!!!

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