LTEC - reckon I was about mid-30s, started with a silk scarf, some small leather goods, very slowly and over the years. I am a SAHM but I do bits of work from home - website admin mostly on an ad hoc basis, also in temping agency.
I wear a cashmere/silk Gm shawl most days to keep warm - I get really cold playing working on the laptop and it saves putting the heating on. Also, I am a boring and casual dresser, nothing to dress up for most days, housework, garden, allotment, school run, Tesco-type shopping as opposed to proper shopping Wearing a beautiful shawl lifts me up a bit and is a quick fix when nipping out, I can hide grotty garden clothes under a coat/boots and shawl.
I can't link to the LV stole - but it's there on the site, the pic doesn't do it justice - some of my internet mates have it - the photos are on the purse forum.
Are you near an Hermes store? The website is very limited - there's a lot more cashmere bits and bobs instore - there's a new 'Infini' scarf - a closed loop of Scottish cashmere 20 x 180 cm that can be worn many ways - looped up to 3 times around your neck - comes in many colours including pink. It's not a snood! (it's a good price too - for H)
Hermes have a sale in Paris twice a year and the cashmere shawls come up quite often plus lots of silk scarves, sales are up to 70% off. Not like the London Hermes sale which is mostly rtw and a few shoes. I've done a day trip to Paris for the sale a couple of times and done very well. Not for the faint-hearted though.