Bag Crazy

Anyone who knows my shopping habits will have figured that bags rank high in my shopping priority and is the one item which I lose all rationality over. (Well, stationery is the other, but the impact to the wallet is immaterial). Having said that, it’s a wonder that I have never received a bag as my birthday present. (Hint!)

I have sort of lost count on the number of bags that I actually own, but I am pretty sure we are still counting by the tens rather than by the hundreds. J I tend to see “beauty” in most bags, and can find a myriad of supposed “uses”. It never fails to amaze when I declare “But I don’t have a bag that can fit xxx purpose!!!.

Till late last year, no one has made a fuss on my bag spree. That’s mostly coz I’ve restricted purchases to the affordable category (i.e. SGD 100 is an expensive bag), living by the motto of quantity rather than brand. But since my expedition to Hawaii last year… oh my… I seem to have “upped” my standards. I count at least 12 bags in the last 12 months (1 bag per mth!), of which at least half have exceeded my so defined “affordable” category. As a result, I daren’t bring my new bags home least my mother starts fussing! And it appears as though once the bug bites… it doesn’t really stop…

Found myself surfing the web (when I am supposed to be working! Sighs!) for bags to buy on my upcoming New York trip. It all started when the itchy feet of mine stepped into Coach at the airport… and I spotted a very pretty bag from their Zoe collection. Next thing I knew, spent at least half an hour with the BEB via MSN looking at Coach and LV bags… haha… two shopaholics. Obviously he was very “encouraging” on my proposed spends.

To buy or not to buy… that’s the question on my mind. Figure that if I leave it well alone, the urge to buy will subside (or at least I hope so). After all, I am still recovering from my Hong Kong extravagance. Guess we’ll just have to play by ear when I reach New York.