Thursday, March 26, 2009

Shopaholic

I expressed before that I love shopping. I'm not as bad as some people, especially by New York standards. But I do an awful lot of online browsing. Along with being a frequent shopper, I am also an indecisive one. I can seldom buy anything without someone else's opinion. So I've decided to start a new little something on my bloggy blog: Take it or Leave it. I'll post something I'm eyeing on a weekly basis and you tell me if I should run to the store or run away. This week, take a peek at this beauty. I saw it last week at Brooklyn Industries and yay, they're having a 30% off bags sale. I liked it before I looked closer and noticed the nifty sewing machine and button print. That adds to the sweetness of it, but also maybe to the dorky over-the-top-ness of it. I do need a more casual bag, as I worry about taking my designer ones on the crowded dirty subway all the time. I also need something I can fit my gym shoes and clothes in. Brooklyn Industries also offers a lifetime bag guarantee and it appears easy to clean. However, this may be the type of thing I get over real quick, and the cuteness might be too overwhelming. At 25, am I too old for so much...um...whimsy? Further, it's not too expensive but money isn't ever really flowing on my end. Last, and perhaps most important, on the website's description, it says, " The Large H-Bag series has been a great hit with stylish moms, who use H Bags as a diaper bag/handbag". Whoa whoa whoa hold the phone. Do I really want a hip mommy diaper bag? Good God. This seems like a very alienating selling tactic but who am I to judge. If I get the smaller version does it make me less of a Park Slope stroller mafia wannabe member? Clearly, I need your opinion. Comment away!

7 comments:

  1. I like the idea of this kind of check in posting. Maybe I need to implement it as I am always sending links to my other 'shopaholic' friends....not so useful for discouraging but helpful for ensuring amazing things. Friends of mine that have the BK Industry bags love them - totally useful and a great size. I don't think the whimsy is too much in an everyday bag if you love it -- I am more of a solid color person. At 30% if it makes you happy I say take it. I am sending you a link to the most wonderfully evil online sample sale ever!

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  2. First, I just want to say that this is a really good idea for a feature on your blog! As far as the bag goes, I'd say leave it. It's cute, I guess, but I don't know if it is worth buying. And you'd have to use it a lot for it to be worth it, and I feel like you could easily get tired of it.

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  3. did i tell you i got a bag from loyal army? i love it. it has stars and moons and coulds and spaceships on it. i'm betting you'll be whimsical for a long time.

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  4. the bag is cute, sasha, but i do see your point on the overly-whimsical. might get tired of it quickly. could you go double duty and use it as a sewing/knitting bag, AND as a casual purse? that's the only condition i would "take it." otherwise, keep on browsing!
    -taylor

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  5. if the description says it can be used as a diaper bag...bag it. keep on lookin! i'm sure you can find something more age-appropriate haha

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  6. Ahhh so conflicted! I ended up buying it. Gah...I got the smaller non-diaper bag one and have been test-running it to and from the gym. It can hold my gym stuff in the middle and keys and wallet and stuff on the sides. AND I can use at this summer at the pool and as a more casual bag in general. I like the idea of eventually converting it to a sewing or knitting bag, perhaps off and on. And I do feel obligated to pay homage to my soon-to-be favorite lived-in city. More on that to come. Thanks for the opinions guys! Here's hoping that I'll actually come across something one day that I WON'T buy.

    -A/S

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  7. I love it! you totally deserved it.

    -Greathouse

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