Purses

Handbags, purses, pocketbooks, man bags…what comes to mind when you read those words?  Yesterday, a friend told me that handbags are her weakness.  Her husband groans whenever she gets a new pair of shoes because she wants a matching purse.

Another friend told me about shopping at a consignment shop and getting a Coach handbag for $175.00.  She was excited about it, telling me what a great deal it was.  (I bought my current purse at Goodwill for $1.50, so to be honest, I was a bit shocked.)  Being nosy, I googled Coach handbags to see what kind of deal they got.  The prices for a medium sized purse ranged from $350 - $995 on the page I searched.  So yes, they got a good deal.

We all have our favorite guilty pleasures that we are willing to spend good money to own.  This post is not about condemning those purchases.  I'm here to encourage decluttering.  So, if you are a pocketbook connoisseur,  do you still need all of them?  Are there any that have aged beyond your liking?  Were the matching shoes discarded long ago?  Consider decluttering that fashion slice of your life.

One of my former bags is going into the donation bin today.