My old purse - a cloth one (OK, a Vera Bradley) is wearing out. I have washed it as necessary, and the colors are still bright and spot free. But the fabric is beginning to show its wear. Bits of the white lining are showing in the threadbare spots and the straps are half worn through. I guess its time for another purse. Used to be, back in the day, I had several purses. At least one for winter (black) and one for summer (white) and one for special occasions (sparkly). They I had a few in various colors to go with outfits (navy or red). How ridiculous to own so many purses when I barely like carrying them at all.
A few years ago, I decided I would get one purse and that would be that. I got my first Vera Bradley - a navy print with white diamond shapes on it called Nantucket Navy which came out in 2005. How practical. It could be washed and kept nice looking for more than just a season or two. I bought some of the accessories - wallet, makeup case, glasses case. Then I realized that you could spend a thousand dollars without blinking on all that stuff.
So when I replaced my first pattern with the one I have now - called Blue Rhapsody which came out in 2009 - I only got the wallet to go with the purse. Right away I realized the purse itself was a bit on the small side, but I had selected it so I made do. In actuality, it helped me simplify my life. Who needs to cart around all that "just in case you might need it" stuff? I learned to haul just the basics and I have been fine (in fact, if I need something I no longer carry, I just ask the women around me and without exception, someone has what I need).
I watch women coming in and out of the library. Most of the students carry backpacks, but the older women (what they call adult learners - a ridiculous term if ever I heard one) carry HUGE purses. You could almost call them suitcases. I don't know how they manage. They must have muscles of iron hauling all that weight around. Its not like they can ever find anything in there either. I can't even begin to count how many times one of them has wasted a good half hour trying to find a pen! They dig and paw and poke and set stuff out and peer into the depths until they finally find what they are looking for.
No thanks. Life is too short to live by the "what-ifs". If I need something I am not carrying around, it will not be difficult to connect with it fairly nearby. All that to say, I select my new purse just a tad bigger than my current one, and with sturdier handles and more internal pockets so I can be better organized. Maybe it will wear better. I think the pattern is probably already going out of production as the various accessories are on the sale tables, but that's OK. These patterns come and go so fast now you can hardly keep up. Check it out: http://www.verabradley.com/
Camellia is the name of my new pattern. Not my usual flamboyant splash of color (I am getting tame in my old age), it is a combination of understated "soft whites, graphite grays, and dusty taupe" all mixed together in the design of the flower after which it is created. I continue to use the accessories from my other patterns and don't mind the mishmosh at all. (Isn't it silly to carry on so about a purse?)
A few years ago, I decided I would get one purse and that would be that. I got my first Vera Bradley - a navy print with white diamond shapes on it called Nantucket Navy which came out in 2005. How practical. It could be washed and kept nice looking for more than just a season or two. I bought some of the accessories - wallet, makeup case, glasses case. Then I realized that you could spend a thousand dollars without blinking on all that stuff.
So when I replaced my first pattern with the one I have now - called Blue Rhapsody which came out in 2009 - I only got the wallet to go with the purse. Right away I realized the purse itself was a bit on the small side, but I had selected it so I made do. In actuality, it helped me simplify my life. Who needs to cart around all that "just in case you might need it" stuff? I learned to haul just the basics and I have been fine (in fact, if I need something I no longer carry, I just ask the women around me and without exception, someone has what I need).
I watch women coming in and out of the library. Most of the students carry backpacks, but the older women (what they call adult learners - a ridiculous term if ever I heard one) carry HUGE purses. You could almost call them suitcases. I don't know how they manage. They must have muscles of iron hauling all that weight around. Its not like they can ever find anything in there either. I can't even begin to count how many times one of them has wasted a good half hour trying to find a pen! They dig and paw and poke and set stuff out and peer into the depths until they finally find what they are looking for.
No thanks. Life is too short to live by the "what-ifs". If I need something I am not carrying around, it will not be difficult to connect with it fairly nearby. All that to say, I select my new purse just a tad bigger than my current one, and with sturdier handles and more internal pockets so I can be better organized. Maybe it will wear better. I think the pattern is probably already going out of production as the various accessories are on the sale tables, but that's OK. These patterns come and go so fast now you can hardly keep up. Check it out: http://www.verabradley.com/
Camellia is the name of my new pattern. Not my usual flamboyant splash of color (I am getting tame in my old age), it is a combination of understated "soft whites, graphite grays, and dusty taupe" all mixed together in the design of the flower after which it is created. I continue to use the accessories from my other patterns and don't mind the mishmosh at all. (Isn't it silly to carry on so about a purse?)
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