[centralnewyorki]

I just got my first Coach and I love it! Everyone calls it my "luggage" because they think it's big, but I couldn't be happier with it! I think my bf got so sick of going into Coach store after Coach store that he got me one! He said that now we can't look at purses for at least a year when we're shopping together. (Yeah right!) I had an fairly expensive purse that I bought at a department store and couldn't believe how soon it looked old and worn. Designer bags are just better-made and a good investment. I have been obsessed with LV for years, but the excitement is really wearing down for me. I personally hate to see girls barely into puberty carrying a bag that cost thousands- for me, a lot of the attraction is gone because of that. (I will admit that I do still check the LV website all the time, though!)

I had a friend in college that lived in Manhattan and interned with Coach one summer doing PR. She got a sick discount and (if I remember correctly) could buy more than one bag a month. I am normally a pretty smart spender, but I don't know that I would have had any willpower working there!

I can understand how some people can't understand spending hundreds on a purse. However, personally, I can't understand spending sometimes upwards of $7 on a pack of cigarettes, or spending thousands to pimp out a car... A lot of people also wouldn't understand spending $500 or more on a dog (especially yorkies- many of which cost $100 or more per pound!) I say- to each his own- do what makes you happy.