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Designer
Handbags -- How Do You Know When You're
Addicted?
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by: Rufus
Steele
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You
love designer handbags. You collect them, lust
after them and treat them better than your nearest
and dearest.
Your credit cards twitch and flinch when the
latest fashion magazines arrive in the post, small
wimpering sounds carrying to you gently from your
purse.
You convince yourself that you can give them up
anytime, no problem.
"It's not a problem" you tell your
friends "I can control it".
Then you catch yourself signing your husband up
for an evening job without his knowledge, visions
of the latest Hyanuki creation shimmering in front
of your eyes as you fill out his application form.
Are you an addict? Is your habit becoming
dangerous? Will it all end in tears?
Well, if any of the following symptoms are
familiar to you -- maybe you should consider
cutting down for a while to a lesser brand!
1) You hear the phrases "huffing",
"shluffing" and "blopping" and
know what they mean. Even worse, you can remember
the last time you did any of them.
2) The UPS / FEDEX delivery men know you by your
first name and say "Hi" to you in the
street.
3) Your husband is convinced you're having an
affair with the delivery guy as he's always at
your house!
4) The "box" room has been renamed your
"dressing room" and you're trying to
work out which wall to knock down to make it
bigger so that you can fit in the new closets
you'll need for all your bags.
5) Your husband is telling you how badly damaged
the cards are and how you'll both have to
economise. All you hear is "Of course you can
get another handbag darling. You go choose what
you want and I'll arrange to sell a kidney!"
6) You have to find new places to hide your latest
purchases so that you don't have to answer any
difficult questions.
7) When you get asked about a new bag you lie
through your teeth, claiming you've had it for
years and have only just got it out of the
cupboard.
8) You start arguments on purpose with your
husband / boyfriend / whatever just so as to have
an excuse to buy yourself a new handbag - to cheer
yourself up as you felt so low!
9) You know exactly how much, as a percentage,
your weekly grocery bill is as money you can't
spend on a new handbag.
10) If anyone asks what you'd like as a birthday
or xmas pressie, you're able to hand out a list of
your desired bags that you'd like to be
"surprised" with. The list is
categorized by 17 different headings and is cross
indexed.
11) The manager of your local boutique phones you
to advise that they are holding a training session
for new staff and can they please borrow some of
your bags for the session.
12) They then phone back again and ask if you'd be
prepared to give the training session instead.
13) Fashion magazines phone you to ask what you
think the newest trend or design will be for the
new season.
14) Your collection is so big - you have to use a
card index to find the bag you need right now!
15) You walk past a field of cows and spend the
next thirty minutes working out in your head how
many bags and trim the herd would be good for.
If any of these strike you just a little too close
for comfort -- maybe you should consider cutting
down a bit?
Just don't try going cold turkey -- it hurts like
hell!
About the author:
Copyright:: Rufus Steele 2005
Rufus Steele is the author and creator of the
Louis Vuitton website, http://www.1st-4-louis-vuitton.com-
a site dedicated to all things Louis Vuitton
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