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Original poster

I couldn't help myself. I bought 2 Mulberry bags yesterday in the factory shop and am scared to tell DH.

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MrsSeanBean · 12/03/2009 09:19

In my defence, they were priced at 50% off the already lowered price as they were 'damaged' but had been fully repaired by the factory!

I got a black Bayswater and a brown Roxy. (Normal colours are like gold dust in the factory outlets.) I only went in to get some diary inserts (belatedly).

Feel slightly guilty, but it would have been crazy not to - wouldn't it??
Please come and reasuure me I have in fact been very sensible.

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Lizzylou · 12/03/2009 09:21

If you can afford it, then they were prob an essential purchase.
Where is this amazing factory shop?
Am v

HeadFairy · 12/03/2009 09:21

I'm very and therefore you get no sympathy from me

I'd have done the same in your shoes. Can always ebay them if your dh goes ballistic.

muffle · 12/03/2009 09:22

Well, I think you are mad of course to buy super-expensive bags - BUT I have just checked them out online and they are both beautiful. If they will last a lifetime, you will use them, you love them and you have the money - pardoned!

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MrsSeanBean · 12/03/2009 09:23

Shepton Mallet - get yourselves there pronto, there were several Mabels left and a black Roxy yesterday at 5pm. Can call and reserve if you don;t live nearby, will get phone number. They restrict to 3 per customer.

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muffle · 12/03/2009 09:24

Do you have to tell DH? Is it your own money? I never tell DP what I spend on clothes/face cream etc and he never tells me what he spends on technology, it's a deal (as long as we are within what we can afford)

squeaver · 12/03/2009 09:24

Oh stop feeling guilty! Think of hem on a cost per use basis (for the rest of your life).

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MrsSeanBean · 12/03/2009 09:24

Tel. 01749 340 583

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HeadFairy · 12/03/2009 09:25

We bought a lovely weekend bag from there when we went to a friend's wedding in Shepton, if I lived nearby I'd be very very poor indeed having spent every penny in there.

Hassled · 12/03/2009 09:29

Those bags are bloody gorgeous - am miles away from Sheptton Mallet so . But if you can afford them, they are so worth it.

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MrsSeanBean · 12/03/2009 09:29

Muffle, DH will probably find out eventually. I have just started work so can always justify it on the basis that I paid for them myself! Also, I 'found' £450 yesterday in an online savings a/c I had forgotten how to access for ages, and when I eventually got myself organised with password etc, there was a nice little nest egg there.

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LetThemEatCake · 12/03/2009 09:38

you enjoy them my love. I have had a chocolate Bayswater for centuries now and it just keeps getting more gorgeous with age (shame same can't be said about me). Bags are not a waste of money because of amount if use. Think about the fact that we think nothing of sending £200 on an outfit to wear to a wedding (or £1000 plus on our own wedding dresses.....)
I am going to this factory outlet forthwith!!!!!!!!

LetThemEatCake · 12/03/2009 09:38

spending, not sending. Doh

Lizzylou · 12/03/2009 09:44

I live in Lancashire, d'you think they'd post one to me???
Oh, am also skint, but it is nearly my birthday

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MrsSeanBean · 12/03/2009 09:48

It's worth phoning to ask Lizzylou, they are normally very obliging.

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Galava · 12/03/2009 09:48

Lucky you !

I have a Mulberry bag (just one though }

It is lovely and I've used it almost every day for a couple of years now, so on a price per day ...... its nothing !

and then I boughht a matching purse and then a keyring

all essential of course.

If you find you dont use it you could always ebay too.

nailpolish · 12/03/2009 09:54

WHAT FACTORY SHOP IS THIS?

Lizzylou · 12/03/2009 09:54

I was only talking to a friend at he weekend and saying that if I could buy a bag, it would be Mulberry, could this be fate??

nailpolish · 12/03/2009 09:55

IS THERE A WEBSITE?

mascaraohara · 12/03/2009 09:57

Please someone tell me exac tly where in shepton mallet and where shepton mallet is... PLEASE. I. need. to. know.

Lizzylou · 12/03/2009 09:58

I think it's in Somerset/Avon?
Miles from me though, I know that much!

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MrsSeanBean · 12/03/2009 09:59

Er... will try to find a postcode so you can all google map it.

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nailpolish · 12/03/2009 10:00

gosh its v handy for me

in somerset

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MrsSeanBean · 12/03/2009 10:00

MULBERRY FACTORY SHOP
The Old School House - Shepton Mallet- BA4 5NF

01749 340 583

Tucked away in the heart of the beautiful Somerset countryside, the Mulberry Factory shop presides in an old school building located on the main A37 Bristol to Yeovil Road. It carries a wide selection of Mulberry accessories and ready to wear, styles varying from classical vintage to trendy, contemporary pieces and all at substantially discounted prices. So, whether it is an idea for a gift, or simply self-indulgence, you are sure to find something suitable at the Mulberry Factory Shop.

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nailpolish · 12/03/2009 10:01

mascara over here

Trinityrhino · 12/03/2009 10:01

wow
I find them ugly and the price !!!
even half price it is ridiculous

but if you like them and can afford it

then YAY, enjoy them

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