(For my current lifestyle, I almost never see the vast majority of my collection - I keep pictures of them all so I can easily remember what I have and want without having to rifle through the bags on the tippy top shelf of my closet, mostly covered in dustbags.) When I was working I tried to switch purses once every few weeks or so, to keep them in rotation. It always makes me smile because I think of the bag as a gift from them. After three or four years it added up to a lot of money… so I used it to buy the LV, guilt-free. When I started working as a lawyer, I decided to use the cash mostly for cab money/random expenses, but to keep track in my Palm Pilot of who gave me what, and when, and save it for some “splurge” purchase. See, every holiday in my family, all the kids get money from all the aunts. – When I bought my most expensive bag (my LV), I used money from my aunts/grandmother. Many were purchased for below $200, though, either at sample sales, online sales, or through flash sales (some of where I had “referral points” from recommending different flash sale sites on the blog). – The vast majority of my bags are in the $300-$600 price range. This is a great question, and we haven’t discussed this since the big discussion on how much people generally spend on clothes a few years ago.* ( Pictured.) I’m curious to hear what readers say here, but for my own $.02, this is how I look at it: So my question is, who pays $2100 for a purse? Are these people who have no loans? Who have married money? Or am I just not investing enough in my wardrobe? I am interested in getting your (and other readers) opinion(s). However, I don’t save that much money (though I do pay extra on my loans). I would buy a $350 purse, but that is a far cry from $2100! Like most lawyers I know, I have student loans and a mortgage.

While I realize I may be somewhat conservative when it comes to clothes (I tend to buy designer clothes on sale or through Gilt or Ideeli), I am definitely not cheap. My firm pays the standard scale - I currently make $185,000 and will soon get a raise to $210,000.

How much do you spend on bags? After our discussion on Tuesday regarding whether a reader should spend $2100 on a bag that she was different from what she normally carried, reader E wrote in with this comment:Īfter reading your post yesterday regarding expensive, professional bags, I wonder who out there can afford such a bag? I am a lawyer at a big firm and live in DC.

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