I loved my purse. It was my little pride and joy for many years growing up.
Out shopping with my gorgeous auntie one day and we came across a sale on purses & wallets at a handbag store, unfortunately I can’t remember which one because I was only a fresh teenager.
We bought matching wallets which were black, compact and had a fabric to them. I used this wallet for many years and loved it to death.
One afternoon at work I went to the toilet and placed my purse on top of the system, I’d rather that then the floor, and I somehow managed to knock it into the toliet as I was flushing it. My goodness did I panic….
Can you imagine sticking your hand in to the toilet to retrieve a soaked fabric purse. YUCK.
I took it to the sink, pulled out all my cards, washed them vigorously with soap and just couldn’t keep the purse and I had to ditch it. The thought of carrying it around after knowing where it had fallen just icked me out too much. Some of my photos of my little cousins were also sadly damaged 😦
So anyway after that I thought well it’s about time for a new purse!
I picked up this one from a handbag store at the Broadway Shopping Centre in Sydney.
It’s definitely one of my favourite purchases ever. It’s lasted so well and I adore it so much, but I was thinking of getting a new one just because I like to spend my money! (look away Mum if you’re reading :))
I’ve been sitting here for the last 40mins browsing the internet for purses but for once I’m actually stuck! I can’t find anything I like, so I’m handing the ideas over to you boys and girls.
Do you have a favourite purse or wallet? Are you a quality kind of person or just go on looks and price?
I’m also thinking of a little coin purse too!
Cait xo
ABCs of Style. 
My current purse came back with the man from a work trip to China, about 4 years ago (sshhh, we weren’t even supposed to be ‘together’ then!). I love it, because not only is it simple and stylish black with an embossed pattern on it, it has loads of room inside for all my cards and cash and tickets and bits and pieces. It’s the perfect size for me to either carry without a handbag, slip into any of the handbags I have (all 15 of them), or if I am trying to look at stuff in stores I can simply pop it under my arm and it isn’t awkward or uncomfortable.
Sadly, it’s starting to look a little worse for wear these days, and as there are no immediate plans for another work trip to China, I might have to actually buy one myself! I look when we wander the stores, but so far nothing has had the right combination of all things awesome like my current purse, so no purchase has been made. Then again, we are off to Melbourne this weekend, so I might find a bargain at the Vic Markets….
15 handbags! woo hoo.
I recently had to do a massive cull as part of my move I am down to 25. To be honest some of them had well and truly seen better days, it was probably for the best.
I want a new brown handbag, but that’s just because my brown one is nearly dead, and I love it for travelling. Maybe that will go on the list for this weekend as well!
I never gave a rats backside abotu purses until my dear sweet friend bought me a super amazing GREEN purrse for my 21st… I adore it so much!!!
I have a bright green one that I love but it is too small for everyday use. I keep it for if I am using my special going out for fancy dinner handbag and only need the bare essentials.
I have major purse issues at the moment.
Issue one – I bought an amazing suede multicoloured purse form fossil that was filthy looking within in 3 months of ownership, even after I scotch-guarded it. I cost me about $100 and it broke my heart that it ended up looking crappy so quickly. Lesson learnt – don’t buy lighter colours in absorbent fabric.
Issue two – in an effort to replace my Fossil purse I went out and got a cute (faux) leather one in a peach colour palette and the card slots are horrible. Two of them require a massive effort to slip ordinary sized cards in and out of them and one of them is so long that cards slip down out of sight and reach if you aren’t careful. Lesson learnt – don’t buy cheap purses without doing some serious quality control checking.
Issue three – I have a few handbags that are really small, they are great for festivals, shopping trips or music gigs because i can wear them across body and basically just forget them. I bought a small candy red purse to slip into one of these handbags and once you have put all of your cards in the allocated card slots (I didn’t put in any more than what was supposedly catered for) it WILL NOT close. Lesson learnt – road test whether you can fit your stuff in a purse before you buy it.
The upshot is that I have two purses that I’m not really happy with to replace one I loved that looks a bit dirty, I think I’m going to have to keep going and find something else. *sigh*
For me, a purse MUST be green or red. Call me superstitious but they are the colours which are meant to be for fortune and money coming in.
My current purse was a splurge for me – it’s a red one from Guess. It’s big and chunky and I adore it. It does have a coin pocket, but as it’s already quite heavy, I don’t like to keep much coinage in there. Instead I have a small green Oroton coin purse.
Oh nice!
What colour green? I saw a kelly green Oroton one I really liked and was wondering if it was the same one.