the post about purses

Purses make me happy. I collect them {along with a million other things... we've been over this: I'm a hoarder}.  I have a purse for every occasion - elegant dinner, long day at school, weekend trip to the beach, travel on a plane, quick trip to the store, you get the idea. Before we moved to Texas, when I really had a purse addiction, I had over 100 purses. I would go to the fashion district in LA with $500 and buy 20 knock off LV, Prada, Gucci, and Dior bags on a Saturday. Light bulb moment: THAT'S where all my money went! I sold most of them on Craigslist for $5. Guess that minor in Business didn't amount to much. Anyway, today I only have somewhere around 50 purses. (Not including wallets, clutches, vintage purses, or beach bags.) I was actually kind of bummed there weren't more purses, that means I got rid of A LOT. That also gives me incentive to go buy more. Ok maybe not.

Today (as I made it my 30|30 goal to do 30 posts in 30 days and am already running out of material) I thought I would share my favorite purses. The ones that survived the move across the country and get regular use.

First, everyone needs a basic black purse. Here are some of mine...

Upper: Coach (this is one of my favorite purses, I have it in white too! It holds SO much stuff!)  Lower: Steve Madden, Juicy Couture

Upper: Louis Vuitton, Chanel

Lower: Tory Burch, D&G

(None of these are authentic, but they're super fun)

 

Then You need a good metallic purse. All of these are from the Coach outlet.

The lower left one is my favorite purse right now, it was a Birthday gift from my mom.

She knows me best, we love all the same things! 

 

Then you need a good neutral bag

and some small wallet size purses for running errands.

Upper: Coach

Lower: Tory Burch, LV, Jessica Simpson, Gucci, Nine West, Hilfiger

I keep these little guys in my larger purses for when I just need

a cell phone, a charge card, and a lip gloss.

 

Then you need a classic brown bag... never goes out of style

Upper: Fendi, Louis Vuitton

Lower: Gucci, Louis Vuitton

(all faux designer, but even combined they cost less than one real LV purse)

 

If you were going shopping today for a new purse, I would tell you to get a Coach one.

They are the best quality and get better with age.

Here's a few more...

 

 

Those are the purses I use the most often, but I have 20 more that fit in this crate and get used occasionally too.

I didn't take the time to photograph each of those. I feel silly enough already.

 

 

This is how I store my purses...

In a little closet on 2 hanging racks and on the shelf above.

Not too glamorous, but effective nonetheless.