erm
i might just accidentally have spent £750 on a mulberry handbag over lunchtime.

if ANYONE on london underground spits on/touches/steals/breathes on/looks at it, i WILL kill them.

also, the taxi journey there took 45 mins to travel about 2 miles. why are there so many people/lemming cross-breeds wandering around london? why aren't they at work? surely they can't all be going to the mulberry sale? what are they all doing?

also had to get the bus home the other night, which is usually more pleasant than the tube if i am stuck at work past about 8pm. i was the only person on the top deck, which was nice. i also like that seat right in front of the stairs so noone can sit behind you. nice and anti-social.

or so you'd think. next stop and this horrid old leper lurched up the stairs and sat next to me. why do nutters do that? quite literally an entire empty bus top and they always squish themselves on the seat next to you.

i'd love to be like hugh laurie in "friends" when he eyeballs rachel and pointedly jams his earphones into his ears. but i am too polite. i end up listening to some rambling shite and singing the contents of my ipod in my head. anyone got a better alternative??
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 30 May 2008, 16:28, 52 replies)

I'm a loony magnet as well
if I really can't be arsed I tell them I'm just out of prison. For poisoning my husband. If they think you're loopier than they are they tend to move seats.

Oh and *click* for the handbag. Swish!
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Fri 30 May 2008, 16:31, closed)

but... but...
you buy a lovely handbag and yet don't have a private car to your door? That's not right!
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 30 May 2008, 16:31, closed)

750 pounds
On a HANDBAG? Oh, all the electronic coolness I could buy with that. :(
( Kroney, Fri 30 May 2008, 16:34, closed)

admittedly it was reduced
but my beautiful electric guitar cost less than that....
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 30 May 2008, 16:35, closed)

That translates
to about $1500.

I can buy a fucking car for that. I can pay my mortgage for that. It's enough to feed my family for a month.

A BAG?!?

*brain asplodes*
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Fri 30 May 2008, 16:37, closed)

What Kroney said
I did reply earlier, but it sounded bilious, so I deleted it 'cos I'm nice really.

But £750 for a fucking handbag?
*splutters into biscuits*
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 30 May 2008, 16:37, closed)

huh
could have got five hundred Primark handbags for that, and fashioned a huge portable fortress to shield yourself from loonies...
(jennymnemonic, Fri 30 May 2008, 16:38, closed)

@ kroney
"a HANDBAG"? who are you, lady bracknell?!?!

to quote the lady in the shop: "it's not a bag. it's a lifestyle." sadly for her, i think she was entirely serious...

i do feel a bit guilty. but it is v hot! and it should have been £1,000. so really, i saved £250!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 30 May 2008, 16:38, closed)

Oh come on
If someone tried to shit on me, I would want the comfort of a ludicrously expensive handbag to fall back on. Obviously you shouldn't actually fall on it. That would be bad.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 30 May 2008, 16:39, closed)

@'Swipe
Serious she may have been... but you fell for it...
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 30 May 2008, 16:39, closed)

£750....
I could buy myself a titanium hardtail frame for that...

For £750 I'd expect hand luggage which comes with a year's supply of petrol, makes me irresistable to members of the opposite sex AND fellate me when required.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 30 May 2008, 16:40, closed)

A lifestyle?
What, does it have a fully fitted kitchen in it? Does it come with tickets to travel the world?

How is that price justified? Is it woven with unicorn hairs and bedecked with emeralds?

*splutter*

*apoplexies*
( Kroney, Fri 30 May 2008, 16:43, closed)

^
brilliance.
£750 is just over half my monthly salary.
Before tax.

Not bitter.
(jennymnemonic, Fri 30 May 2008, 16:44, closed)

"it's not a bag. it's a lifestyle."
God I love marketing megawank.

I was approached in the street outside the office the other day by a woman offering me gym membership.

"It's not a gym, it's a time-machine" she announced somewhat pretentiously

I couldn't stop myself from laughing, but I did manage to prevent myself from causing offence with "So can I use it to go back to January 1951 so I can deliver a condom to the home of a Mr and Mrs Brown?".

It's a handbag. You hold it and it carries stuff.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 30 May 2008, 16:44, closed)

made of goatskin.
they had sold out of unicorn ones.

i did/do feel a bit sick at the amount, but i work stupid hours to earn my salary/bonus after years of trainee shite "salaries", so i might as well spend it on handbags and makeup. that and hairdye to cover up the ever increasing grey hairs...........

and no, it still hasn't made up for the bedsh1tting, alt. what could?!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 30 May 2008, 16:45, closed)

@PJM
But if you become irresistible, wouldn't having luggage that fellates you be a bit over the top?


PS. My recent 3-week backpacking/hiking trip cost just a bit over £750
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Fri 30 May 2008, 16:46, closed)

So, you've just spent 750 pounds
on a bag made out of goat.

Girls mystify me.
( Kroney, Fri 30 May 2008, 16:46, closed)

irresistable?
Well, it's always good to have a backup plan in the absence of ladieschickenlady
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 30 May 2008, 16:46, closed)

you could
get one that makes you irresistible to men too. But only take it when there aren't any women and you want a blow job.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 30 May 2008, 16:48, closed)

no no no
not made out of goat. men! it's goatskin and fine stitching and - stuff.

it's not some hairy piece of shit like joseph might have worn with his dreamcoat in the bible!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 30 May 2008, 16:48, closed)

I once splashed out
on £750 worth of Goat too...

Best orgy ever.
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 30 May 2008, 16:50, closed)

Rachelswipe...
I bet you're one of those ladies who puts their makeup in a proper makeup box, not a tool box...

I already know the answer to that one.

*edit* If only I could click repies, Bert has made me spit my coffee.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 30 May 2008, 16:50, closed)

I think you'll find
That goatskin is made out of goat. Dead goat, at that. If they had made a handbag out of a living goat that followed you around and protected your wallet with sharp teeth and a nasty kick, well that I could understand.

Ancrenne: I'm bloody glad to hear it.

Rachelswipe has made my fiscal gland gibber and shake.
( Kroney, Fri 30 May 2008, 16:52, closed)

Personally
If I had a spare £750 I wouldn't buy a handbag, because it would be no use to me. I would buy a guitar. But I wouldn't expect other people to criticise me just because they didn't like guitars, or couldn't play one, or felt that because you can buy a guitar for under £100 that I was wasting my money. It is my money, I can spend it how I wish.

Sorry if that comes across a bit ranty, I'm not trying to have a pop at anyone here, but if la swipe wants to buy a handbag it's entirely her choice.

Edit - I was waiting for Bert to make that sort of comment. Brilliant!
(Bazongaloid, Fri 30 May 2008, 16:52, closed)

pjm
don't spill all my secrets!!

actually right now most of it is spread all over my flatmate's bedroom floor. i was in a huge hungover hurry this morning and it was the nearest available space.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 30 May 2008, 16:53, closed)

@PJM
:D

Also, your sig, is that Latin for My Vauxhall is covered in excrement?

EDIT and I agree with al, if somebody has money it's up to them what they spend it on. I have none, and therefore all my goat handbags are homemade.
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 30 May 2008, 16:54, closed)

what on earth
is a fiscal gland?

and is this the right forum for letting it explode so publicly?!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 30 May 2008, 16:54, closed)

My fiscal gland
Is where I keep my spending hormones. Unfortunately I can't always control where and when they spurt out over other people.

I seem to have got some on your handbag. Here, I have a hanky.
( Kroney, Fri 30 May 2008, 16:57, closed)

REDUCED!
The reason it was reduced was they couldn't find anyone gullable enough to pay £1000 for it. The fact you've paid £750 only saves them the hassle of reducing it to £500 next week.

But still...

£750 to me is:
1 months mortgage AND 1 months food/groceries for our family of 3 and probably even a trip to the cinema and some popcorn.

But still, if you can afford it then well done you.... but may I suggest you ensure your home insurance includes personal posessions cover? Be a shame if some weirdo on the bus was sick on it, or worse still an ex-boyfriend did a poo in it.
(golddust QOTW now revolves around being a cunt, Fri 30 May 2008, 16:57, closed)

The fiscal gland
is located just above the anus. It's size is directly proportional to the amount of fat collected around the Gluteus Maximus. The larger glands are highly valued as aphrodisiacs in certain parts of China. Consequently people with large bottoms (or juicy doubles as Sir Mix-a-lot refers to them) are highly respected and can earn lots of money.

Hence the phrase "Shake that Moneymaker"
(Bazongaloid, Fri 30 May 2008, 16:58, closed)

*gets up offa that thing*
al, thank you, b3ta is a more informative place with you around.
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Fri 30 May 2008, 16:59, closed)

now
i am perfectly happy for people to think i wasted my money. i don't have rent/mortgage/car loan and i don't have any dependents, but i can still see how to lots of people it's a waste and others agree with me that it's right to treat yourself on something you really want.

but.

REDUCED?? because NOONE ELSE WOULD BUY IT?? now come on sir, that is harsh and unfair! it's going to take everything the sanctuary spa has to offer after work to calm me down after that!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 30 May 2008, 17:01, closed)

"Calm down dear..."
I think that £1000 for a handbag would remain an insurmountable barrier to the vast majority of the proletariat.

Not to mention the economy seems to have gotten a cold...

Think of it not as "Reduced" but an investment purchased at less than it's market value. Does that help?
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Fri 30 May 2008, 17:12, closed)

Somehow I'm finding Ms. Swipe's signature to be highly appropriate for this discussion.
No judgment implied, at least from me. It's just that, like other here, that would be a very significant chunk of my monthly income. I'm not able to imagine spending that much on a luxury item.

Similarly, I can't imagine spending the $50,000+ that it takes to buy a BMW. Many of these cars cost as much as a small house. I could never bring myself to drive one for just that reason.

EDIT: On the other hand, if you can spare that much, wouldn't you love to buy a plane ticket for a certain Loon to come over and visit? I am an excellent cook, can give a first-rate massage and will tell you stories all night if you like. I'll even carry your handbag for you... *batting eyelashes*
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Fri 30 May 2008, 17:15, closed)

Let's see
That would be roughly........5 weeks salary for me.

Yay for being a student and poor.

If you can afford it though, hoorah for you.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Fri 30 May 2008, 17:36, closed)

750 quid on a handbag?
Jesus christ... there's kids dying across the world from fucking starvation and dirty water... and you spend 750 quid on a fucking handbag...

Fuck, you must have more money than sense.

Jesus.
(mr-lizard Hell's teeth man!, Fri 30 May 2008, 18:33, closed)

I have a saying
which I once quoted to my sister, "It's only expensive if you can't afford it".

Unfortunately she quotes it right back at me whenever I express incredulity that she would spend £x on y, where x is a large sum and y is an item which I regard as non-essential to even a comfortable existence and which normally would not in any case cost anything like x.

But she can afford it, so it's OK.

It's your money, rachelswipe. You earned it. Spend it as frivolously as you like.

Live within your means. If your means allow for extravagance, so be it.

*waits for backlash from others with alternative opinions*
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 30 May 2008, 18:49, closed)

For Seven Hundred and Fifty
of the Queen's Sterling I will make anyone a carrying device from the goat of their choosing. It will be ethically killed and eaten, with its hide stitched to specification and embossed with a personal monogram in a tactfully hidden spot.

Can you tell I'm all in favour of paying poor people (like myself) to replicate what some spoiled prat dictates as 'it?'
(Edktstsss, Fri 30 May 2008, 18:51, closed)

Same here....
If Miss Swipe can afford to buy a £750 handbag then good for her. It's all relative anyway. I once bought myself a bag for £100 when I passed my driving test as a treat for being such a clever girl.

I used it once : (
( girlinthehole, Fri 30 May 2008, 19:11, closed)

...
*picks up handbag from table*

*purses lips*

Ooooooooooooooooooo!

*puts handbag down*

*considers us all to be suitably told for lavish spending*

Sorry, it had to be done.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Fri 30 May 2008, 19:32, closed)

Kroney
Don't lump us girlfolk all in together. I would never spend £750 on a bag, namely because I prefer a bag that I can put on the ground without worrying too much about what's been there before it. Current bag: Dickies messenger bag that's seen better days, but I wouldn't part with it.

Fair enough, you can afford with it and I hope you enjoy using it, but you can't seriously come on here and say you bought it at that price reduced and not expect people to take the piss.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Fri 30 May 2008, 19:42, closed)

@Beckyjsbx
I don't think anyone needs a reason to take the piss out of someone on this website. It's taken as red that if your on here then your fair game.

Unless it's malicious, then it's time to press the ignore button.
( girlinthehole, Fri 30 May 2008, 20:51, closed)

I can't believe
it fell to a man who didn't even know what the "handbag - wooooooooooooo" phrase meant until a couple of weeks back to get that in first.

Dammit.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 30 May 2008, 21:22, closed)

@ BGB
Fair point :)
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Fri 30 May 2008, 21:33, closed)

@al
*laugh* What can I say? I pick things up quickly. Even in person I can hold my own in an English conversation as a rule.

But the handbag bit just HAD to be used in here.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Fri 30 May 2008, 21:34, closed)

Its not aything to mull over
If Ms. Swipe wants to spend her money on a £750 bag, thats her lookout. I have so far in the past 18 months spent over £1000 on consoles, plus £1500 on PCs and another £500 on a laptop. Plus I just spent £300 on a day in Dublin on Wednesday, on a "cheap" flight- silly me. SO I'm not saying a word, buddy!
( Duke Of Belmsford has got 99 records, but Jay-Z ain't one, Fri 30 May 2008, 23:09, closed)

may as well lob in
I was about to scream "THAT'S THREE WEEK'S WAGES!!!" *checks www.xe.com/ - 1,554.24 AUD, that's two weeks before tax* before remembering that at lunchtime I moseyed on down to my friendly local shoeshop, who were having a lovely sale with Manolo Blahniks marked down to a piddling $750 AUD - a mere 362 GBP! I confined myself to sticking my tongue out and wiping it along the window, though.
(Emily Bruce-Dickinson http://jovialfellow.blogspot.com/, Sat 31 May 2008, 2:18, closed)

well
It was a stupid amount to pay but it was a treat. Of course I put it on here for debate\piss taking - what else is b3ta for?! But.

I can afford it because I worked v v hard at a law degree to get into a top firm. I frequently work weekends and from 7.30am til way past midnight. So I earned it the hard way. I can't believe anyone would seriously do that and then give it all to kids with dirty water. Sure you'd give some - which I do, my firm has a deduct at salary source system and I give a hundred quid to 3 different charities every payday never mind collection boxes, giving stuff to charity shops, sponsoring people including b3tans! - but all of it? After working 70 hour weeks to earn it?? I simply don't believe anyone would do that...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Sat 31 May 2008, 11:03, closed)

Just to interject
If I can spend close to £2 grand on a full size Dalek, swipey can pay £750 for a handbag.

Mind you, I bet the handbag doesn't act as a Jehovah's Witness deterrent...
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Tue 3 Jun 2008, 17:24, closed)

Wow...
I can't believe the amount of vitriol that's being spilled over a bag...

So what if la Swipe spent her hard-earned on a bag she likes? Especially when she donates to charity directly from her salary, which is a damned sight more than most people do. And using the 'there are children dying' argument is a bit too convenient to carry any weight.

From my point, we all have things we would spend the cash on, given half the chance (whether it remains a pipe dream or not). OK, so I don't understand £750 for a bag, but then Ms. Swipe may not get why I'd spend hundreds of thousands (if I had 'em!) on a car.

This is a very long winded way of saying 'horses for courses'.

Enjoy the bag! :)
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Tue 3 Jun 2008, 22:34, closed)

Hmm....£750 on a bag
Hmm....I think I'd be too scared of losing it or ruining it to use it.

I love bags.

I have a small collection of handbags which includes half a dozen or so Lulu Guinness bags which I adore but have only used two of them. I regard them as investments - well, that's what I tell myself.

Is £750 too much to spend on a bag? Only if you haven't got £750 to spare.

I generally think twice about spending even £75 on a bag...but that's just because I'm going through a 'lean' period in my life right now...shame it's lasted for over a decade...

One day I *will* be financially rich...

Enjoy your bag!
:)
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Tue 3 Jun 2008, 23:18, closed)