Call me crazy, but my one guilty pleasure in life is my obsession with my infamous Coach bags. It has been a lost tradition of mine, due to my own personal recession, to treat myself to a brand new Coach Bag annually. Although, I have always been money concious about this splurge of mine by selling the old one to put money towards the new shiny replacement, as well as shopping the Outlets only for a discounted purse, I am well aware that $300 plus purses are ridiculous. But guess what? I DON’T CARE!! I WANTED IT AND I GOT IT!!
Don’t get me wrong, I had much anxiety along with excitement behind this purchase. I know my partner in crime is going to speak her mine big time about this one. I also know that I cry broke every other day and this purse is definitely going to hit me hard. I have visited the Outlets on numerous occassions this year and passed up the temptation to spend. This time around, I had it all planned out the moment I knew I was headed to Gaffney, GA. I was so excited that I practically dragged my 3 year old from the car through the outlets, to (music in my head) the COACH store. $200.00 later and a savings of $377.00, I left the store with my bag. YES!!! I know I preach overspending and never ending overconsumption in this blog, but this is IT for me and I am going to be so happy going to work tomorrow with my brand new bag and my year of “No New Things” has officially begun.
This is my magical bag that is going to get me through a year of frugal living and no new things. Some of us need a coach, some therapy and there are those of us that turn to numerous of ther people and things for support. I turn to my bag that is large enough to store all of the money that I will be saving in 2010. So the journey begins.
