My floor is a graveyard of murdered handbags, filled with receipts, half empty tins of mints, and lip glosses.

You've obviously seen the inside of my walk-in closet.

That's great, Deb. Not the exhausted part but the new hair and bag part.

I'm not very ornamentation-oriented, but I have one of the Fellowship cloak-clasp type pins

Ooh, I'm jealous. I want. I also want an Arwen pendant. (also a geek)

PMM, if you check in later, what was the hair dye you recommended? I found a color on there that I really liked and wanted to try it. But, I forget what it's called.

Naturtint! Whole Foods usually has it.

Slept through Deb, drat it! Want to see peektures!

Cannot understand $500 for a bag, but can understand slightly over $100, as that's the mark where you start to get really well made purses that last more than a year when abused used by me.

(I paid $10 for my purse, but I was buying it off a friend, and it cost her $160 new about 7/8 years ago, as my One True Purse style--basically Wallet on String with Pouch--isn't in stores at the moment.)

Why must you stay awake, Deb?

I wouldn't carry a bag bought with $500 of someone else money because--well, then people might think I was the kind of person who would spend $500 on a bag. And all my Puritan ancestors are screaming in outrage at the concept.

Unless it was something I had to carry for work or something and everyone knew it.

I want the kind of job that requires me to carry a $500 fabulous pink bag.

Not if it involves Mary Kay, though.

I want the kind of job that requires me to carry a $500 fabulous pink bag.

Suspect Jilli does, too.

can understand slightly over $100, as that's the mark where you start to get really well made purses that last more than a year

This I can understand. Something that looks pretty cool, can carry a lot of junk, and lasts.

Naturtint! Whole Foods usually has it.

Thanks!

Hmmm...wondering if I can fit a trip to Whole Foods into my day. I suspect I can't, but I sure might try!

This I can understand. Something that looks pretty cool, can carry a lot of junk, and lasts.

Well, I go for small purses so as to break myself of the "EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD SHALL BE IN THIS PURSE!!!1!" habit I used to have. I think for purses that actually hold a lot of stuff, the price point winds up about $50-75 higher new. They're totally worth it for the sake of materials and construction alone, mind.

I am, as I said, hell on purses. Their little bottoms get scuffed, and their straps get twisted. Cheap bags will fall apart on me in a heartbeat. I'm the reason I'm not allowed to have nice bags.