all the searching for branded bags

my craze with branded bags lately threw me into a frenzy state of bag search.

from massive googling of bag designs to extensive forum posting and enquiry on pre-owned bags, from combing almost all of town's branded bag flagship stores to scrounging around second-hand branded bag retail shops. for the past one week, every bit of efforts was driven towards one single purpose - to find that one perfect bag and owe it as my very first branded bag.

yes pls laugh your heart out if you feel like it. someone at the age of 25, labelled and seen as a yuppie professional, is not even remotely close to owning anything like coach, guess or kate spade. and so that explains so much heart and sweat into sourcing for THE branded bag now. thanks.

looking at the "shortlisted" bags posted in earlier entries, it is not hard to spot that they are pretty much alike. and so it dawned on me that my preference for bags is already subconsciously limited to a particular design and should make my find relatively easy, or so i thought.

and so i came across SALE during one of my hunt. a very good deal of down 30% where i can fetch a handsome gucci classic at the price of the latest coach at normal retailed price. why hesitate right? even if i dont want or dont like and decide to sell it later, profitting from it will be a breeze. a market is there, only waiting to be exploited, so why not?

yet it was a struggle - the whole process of repeatedly trying on and putting down the discounted item and the desired-but-no-discount one. 30% discount doesnt occur often especially for such gucci classics, or so the sales exec said. and plus the added details of limited 1-2 pieces left....gosh it was really killing me! all circumstances were propelling me to make a logical and valid choice and yet it would be a choice that subverts all my pre-established specifications. in all aspects, it would certainly be a wise choice to swap my master but the best choice? maybe not.

so i left, empty-handed but feeling not at all empty. and $700 richer of course. thank goodness, thank god.