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OK ladies, own up! How much did your handbag cost?

217 replies

kando · 02/12/2003 22:28

Rather a daft query, I know, but I have spotted a rather lovely leather "Radley" handbag. Trouble is it costs £90. (Even though DH has said he'd get it for me for Xmas/birthday present, I'm still not sure I can justify £90 on a handbag!)

How much would you spend on a handbag - do you think £90 is too much?

OP posts:
CountessDracula · 03/12/2003 12:19

scoobysnax see comment further down from Jarvis

CountessDracula · 03/12/2003 12:19

Oooh I am being naughty today hee hee

princesspeahead · 03/12/2003 12:22

nope, no priority placed on bag over anything that really matters I assure you!
just liked it, and could easily afford it, so bought it. simple as that.

ThomCat · 03/12/2003 12:26

Why would you think you would be unwelcome on this thread Twinkie?

tigermoth · 03/12/2003 12:30

janh, re the pockets - do you wear full combat gaer then?

Twinkie · 03/12/2003 12:36

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ThomCat · 03/12/2003 12:50

Twinkie - after PPH £700 bag tou're safe here! xx

CountessDracula · 03/12/2003 12:52

Right I'm off to buy a new handbag to cheer myself up as am bored of being at home with Glandular fever and shingles. Will let you all know how much it cost later...

ThomCat · 03/12/2003 12:55

Mate - didn't know you had shingles. oh bloody hell. I had that about 10 years ago, It's horrible isn't it. You poor thing. That offer for rubbish videso / DVDs is still there! xx

CountessDracula · 03/12/2003 12:55

Thanks TC! Am still reading.... and about to do xmas cards and put dd's photos in album. Will mail you if I get fed up!

CountessDracula · 03/12/2003 12:56

Oh and yes shingles vile, my whole right arm and hand are killing me.

dadslib · 03/12/2003 13:00

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CountessDracula · 03/12/2003 13:03

Waitrose do a good re-usable bag for 10p.

M2T · 03/12/2003 13:05

This is all relative. If you have the money then why not???
I don't so I don't..... IYKWIM.

I could NEVER justify spending more than about £30 on a bag that I will probably leave on a train anyway.

I hate these threads. Always make me feel inadequate and less feminine.
I know I know I shouldn't have read it.

CountessDracula · 03/12/2003 13:07

What is feminine about blowing stupid amounts of cash on a bag? Nowt in my book.

M2T · 03/12/2003 13:08

I just don't have an obsession with shoes, or bags, or expensive make-up.... or leather coats.... or anything like that.

Am I a freak???????

CountessDracula · 03/12/2003 13:08

No you are not. (well apart from the towel thing )

codswallop · 03/12/2003 13:10

I find I look fetching with a Kwik save carrier.

Hate these threads.

M2T · 03/12/2003 13:14

lol

I do think that to spend that much on a bag you have to have little financial worries!!

For instance, we can't afford a holiday abroad... so to spend that much on a cosmetic item would be ludicrous!

I must say I think alot of this is:
"OOOOH I JUST GOTTA HAVE A BAG WITH THAT DESIGERS NAME ON IT"

I have friends like that about clothes. They get themselves into major debt all the time to keep up with the designer names!

Purrrrlease..... talk about life being to short!

M2T · 03/12/2003 13:15

lol Coddy - WELL SAID!

Kando - What exactly was your point in posting this?

Northerner · 03/12/2003 13:23

If you can afford £700 for a handbag then why not? Personally I can't afford that much (most I would spend is about £50, so because that's what I'm used to I can never imagine that I would spend £700, in my mind it is too expensive and that money could be far better spent. However, some people do have copious amounts of spare cash available and if that's how they choose to spend it then so what? If we criticise them for it then it's reverse snobbery IMO.

BTW we're lucky if we have £70 a month for treats let alone £700!

CountessDracula · 03/12/2003 13:26

Northerner not being snobbish, just feel that £700 could be spent better than just being put into the pocket of some fashion designer who has far too much already.

M2T · 03/12/2003 13:27

Northerner - But why start a whole thread about it??? I don't think she was really looking for justification from mumsnetters, do you?

Metrobaby · 03/12/2003 14:06

M2T - if it makes you feel any better I am not a handbag person either. In fact I don't possess one. I have a rucksack instead - I think it cost about £20. I work in IT and nearly everyone has them so I don't feel out of place. But then again if they did have a handbag it would be strange as they are mostly blokes I've always had a rucksack - never could give them up from my student days. I don't even notice other peoples handbags either.

Demented · 03/12/2003 14:48

Everyday bag (changing bag) £35, a good quality Mamas & Papas one and has lasted almost five years, a good buy IMO.

I treated myself to a new handbag in the last Next sale, I think it was £10 but I hardly use it as I am very rarely out without children, but one day....