Penny For My Thoughts

First of all, hello to those of who who came here courtesy of Lexie’s blog. Welcome!

If you caught the Suze Orman spoof on Saturday Night Live a couple of months ago, you probably were highly amused by it-especially the “people first, then money, then things, then jackets.” Tragically, SNL pulled all YouTube links of this skit, so I cannot link to it.

However, if here at Penny for my Thoughts I had such a sign off, it would be “People first, then money, then vacations, then purses, then things.” Or something similar.

Anyway, the Herve Chapilier bag I bought with my college graduation money that I used daily for two years had a can of Coke explode in it last week, so it needed replacing. I was 99% sure which bag I wanted (Vera Bradley’s messenger bag), but wanted to see it in person. I looked at some less expensive bags, particularly on eBags.com, who has great customer service and I could get Sunshine Rewards credit (to be used on vacations-see how this works?). But I wanted to check the Messenger bag out to be sure I liked it. It took trip to four different retailers, but I finally got mine today (in Botanica, for those of you who care about such things). I finally got mine today, while expensive messenger bags aren’t the best personal finance decision, they do wear well, which makes the cost worth it to me. And I did use a leftover Visa gift card from Christmas, so I could defray the cost a bit.