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To be annoyed I didn't get an Anya Hindmarsh bag?

114 replies

percypig · 25/04/2007 09:03

Or more specifically to be annoyed at the people who did?

I always do my weekly Sainsburys shop on a Tuesday or Wednesday morning, shop is always pretty empty. I live on North Coast of N Ireland, not exactly fashion/latest trends hotspot, so I assumed very few people up here would know about it, and arrived at the shop at 8.

I didn't get one, because some people had been outside the shop since 1 this morning! Most arrived around 6, and had I been there 10/15 minutes earlier I probably would have been one of the last to get one, as only a couple of people in front of me didn't get one.

What made me really annoyed was the women who had got them talking openly about selling them on ebay, and the fact that some of them don't even normally shop in Sainsburys (according to staff, who said they recognised about half of the people who got them).

Sorry for the rant, I think I probably am being unreasonable to be annoyed, but it doesn't seem fair! I wanted one to use it, I always shop there!

OP posts:
LazyLineJobsworth · 25/04/2007 12:03

I think I might have to get a turtle bag.

thehairybabysmum · 25/04/2007 11:59

what about this one
ebay

made me smile

Budababe · 25/04/2007 11:58

Hey littlelabpin - love that site! Just ordered a LDC tote!!

Chocolateface · 25/04/2007 11:40

DS's school is next to Sinsburys, so I thought it wuld be so easy to get one. ( I don't think anyone's heard of Anya Hindmarsh 'round here) then DS played up and wouldn't go into shcool and I had a long chat with the head and his teacher. KIDS!

powder28 · 25/04/2007 11:39

Yes, but will i get £200 for it on ebay LL?

littlelapin · 25/04/2007 11:36

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GrumpyOldHorsewoman · 25/04/2007 11:11

I admit I had wanted one of these bags......before I realised I was just buying into that 'Must...have...this...now' mentality.

Budababe, I agree, those big floppy French-style baskets are lovely and much more beautiful. I like Littlelapin's link to the Mumsnet bags, too. Honestly, there are bags-a-plenty all over the place. Why would you want one so instantly recognisable, anyway. What does it say? "Oooh. I bought a lovely bag at the supermarket for a fiver." It's only because it's a 'designer' that people are clamouring. Emperor's new clothes, I agree.

BTW, must have taken her ages to 'design'

goingfor3 · 25/04/2007 11:09

I like my turtle_bag they are strong and fit alot in them.

chocolattegirl · 25/04/2007 11:08

Get a magazine that is giving away a fashion shopper. Or Claire's accessories are selling those plastic pop-together shoppers that were trendy 20 years ago .

LazyLineJobsworth · 25/04/2007 11:06

Right, I want a reusable bag that is not made of plastic that is about the same size as a bag for life. I have looked at the recommendations on the other pages but a lot of them seem too small for my shopping. anyone?

powder28 · 25/04/2007 10:58

Yes that too!

chocolattegirl · 25/04/2007 10:57

I still use the cloth 'Bookstart' bag my dd got. Six years later and it's still going strong . I can't believe people actually get up early to get these things specially. But then I hate getting up early .

goingfor3 · 25/04/2007 10:57

I think it's so they don't get damaged before they put them on ebay!

powder28 · 25/04/2007 10:56

Goingfor3, thats probably to disguise them so nobody tries to steal it!

goingfor3 · 25/04/2007 10:51

The lady in my local sainsbuires saod that people ask her to put them in a carrier bag! Really defies the point!!!

littlelapin · 25/04/2007 10:47

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Aloveheart · 25/04/2007 10:43

It's a bloody bag?>>> the world h as gone nuts.

gscrym · 25/04/2007 10:40

I meant plain, seriously I'm rubbish at this!

gscrym · 25/04/2007 10:40

By the palin bags in bulk and design to your hearts content.

Bags

Beetrootccio · 25/04/2007 10:39

Enid,I love that jacket too

rantinghousewife · 25/04/2007 10:36

Luuurve those granny baskets, where else can you get them?

kittylette · 25/04/2007 10:35

what are those bright coloured ones that were on another thread a feww weeks back??

ScottishThistle · 25/04/2007 10:34

I've never came across another Woman with my fave handbag!

My advice: Save up & buy a bag with real character & style!

themoon66 · 25/04/2007 10:32

Megglevache - the lovely granny baskets I use come from our local market. You can get pretty cotton covers for the tops too.

rantinghousewife · 25/04/2007 10:30

If you pay £150.00 for the Anya H bag, you're nuts, it's tiny and everyone else will have one. Go knit yourself a nice bag, no one else will have one the same, guaranteed, think I'm gonna embroider 'fashion victim' on mine, just to make a statement. And that kate moss clothing line is soooo boring!!