Sunday, March 7, 2010

The curse of the cheap clothes and the missing Balenciaga

(Photo by Balenciaga)

Ever since Monsieur Ghesquiere created the Motorcycle bag I've been drooling at the thought of owning one. Never mind the Birkin, the Paddington, the Spy, the Roxanne, the 2.55, the Hysteria, the Speedy and the rest of them - of all the iconic it bags, this is the one arm candy that makes my heart go faster and my head spin every time I see someone parading one around. While I dream of making it mine, so far it hasn't happened. The really offensive dent in my savings such a purchase would make has been the single deterrent responsible for this beauty missing from my wardrobe.

I like to think of my self as a reasonably smart girl. I mean, while not exactly a rocket scientist, there's usually sense enough to avoid situations that would have me as a potential contender for the Darwin Awards. However, every once in a while I'm just plain dumb. There really is no better way of describing it. I've come to realize that this happens regularly when one of these have been lying around in my home long enough for me to still have them when I get a mail in my inbox screaming SALE!!!:


And I think: Wow! 40% off? 50% off? 70% off? That's fantastic! Let's see if there's something I could use....Over and over again, I'm doing this - sitting in the comfort of my own home, being able to spend plenty of time in peace and quiet to peruse all the offers while going back to the catalogues to get a closer look at the items displayed on my screen. Most of the time I end up buying something, even if I really had no plans of doing so, or even no need for the item. With each purchase, there's a certain feeling of victory that has me grinning like the proverbial cat that ate the canary when I think about how much I've saved by getting the stuff for less than it used to be. The queen of the impulsive mail order sales shopping - yeah, that would be yours truly.

Then, every now and then, my closets gets so full that it takes a combination of sheer willpower and brute force to get something in and out of there. Occasionally, I also find garments I didn't even know I owned.


And so I decide I need to to some spring cleaning. Like I've done for the last few days.


As the mountain of no longer wanted clothes, shoes and accessories - some of it unused - grew on my living room floor, a realization gradually dawned on me:

THIS STUFF WOULD HAVE BEEN HALF A BALENCIAGA!

Maybe even half the bag and all of the shoulder strap! I almost blush when I think of how I snickered at the hopeless main character in Confessions of a Shopaholic.

But it's never too late to wisen up. The catalogues are going in the bin pronto. All alluring sale mails will be dealt with swift and merciless. To remind me if I ever falter, I'll print out the image of the bag of my dreams, attach a necklace to it and hang it around the neck of Miss Piggy.


Eventually that bag will be mine. Oh yes, it will!

12 comments:

  1. It is amazing how much we spend on stuff when you look at it like that! Good luck with the saving!

    ReplyDelete
  2. lykke til med sparinga ;)

    http://pillowy.blogspot.com/

    ReplyDelete
  3. oh... I love the pink bag!!!

    ReplyDelete
  4. That bag is gorgeous! And I need to spring clean my closets as well.

    ReplyDelete
  5. that's so true!! but it's really hard to resist great deals :( i'm the same though, every once in a while i clean out my closet and realize how much unwanted junk there is. i try to donate it :)

    ReplyDelete
  6. How funny :) I am not far from being excactly where you are at. I clearly go under the 'impulsive shopper' category and summing up my closet I could probably also have a Balenciaga and more than likely I could have added the new Alexa Chung inspired bag from Mulberry!!

    ReplyDelete
  7. haha I'm so jealous of the Blonde Salad's balenciaga bags.. she has so many in cute colors! keep purging your closet & saving up! xx

    ReplyDelete
  8. Jeg måååå virkelig ta meg en sånn dag selv snart! takker for påminnelsen og lykke til med sparingen:D

    ReplyDelete
  9. Haha! We all love sales, don't we? Not a sin?
    But seriously would like to get my hands on the Balenciagas, especially in black!

    ReplyDelete
  10. Lovely bag, I die for all the bags you menthioned too. Love your blog, I follow you from now!!!

    http://coralprada.blogspot.com

    ReplyDelete
  11. Well said! Love the Balenciaga bag!Good luck on saveing up for it, you can do it:)!

    Sv: Å, så koselig og herlig med lille Oscar. Du er heldig du! :)

    ReplyDelete
  12. Best of luck on your quest! My poison is the 2.55. Someday...

    ReplyDelete