Monday, June 1, 2009

Thou Shall Not Covet...

customers purses...

On Saturday night while working at Gap Kids, a woman came in and I was immediately drawn to her. I sidled up to get a closer look and I let me tell you, I liked what I saw. She was everything I like, big, my favorite color, and eye-catching. Now before you start wondering if I changed "teams", I wasn't drawn to the woman. In fact I was so enthralled my her purse that I couldn't even tell you her eye or hair color. I only had eyes for her purse! When she laid it on the counter to check out, I could barely get my fingers to work. I was practically drooling. This purse was absolutely BEAUTIFUL! Like I said before it was big, orange and just different enough that it would catch eyes - everything I look for in a purse. I had to have this purse. Did I mention that it was a Louis Vuitton. Without reaching out to touch it and opening it up to inspect it, it looked like the real deal. Coming back to earth after she left, I was then on a mission to find out more about this bag. Well, after searching the internet I couldn't find it. I did find it on the Louis Vuitton site, but not in orange...

Estimated Price: $5,800
HHHMMM...so, how was I going to justify a $5800 purse. Maybe if I don't buy groceries or pay rent for a few months, I could pull it off. Shoot, I need to lose weight and I'm sure we could live comfortably in my car - at least during the summer.

After a little more research, I did find it in orange but at a much more reasonable cost. It seems that the customer's bag was a knock-off. I found it on several knock off sites for under $200. HHMMM...we'd only have to live off of boxed Mac and Cheese for a few weeks...

Have a look! Isn't it wonderful....


Estimated Price: $198

4 comments:

MD said...

Now - now -Jacke no fakes!! I can't let you do it. If I have to buy lottery tickets till the end of time to get you the real deal - I will.
I, as a handbag snob, cannot let you walk around with a fake Louis! It pains me that you would think about it.
I'm sorry - I just can't let you do it - lol

nokomis5448 said...

UGLY!

Jacke said...

Girl please! I don't care. I love this purse and I can't afford $5800. Besides it's too late I have several fakes.

MD said...

Noooooo - fakes - the fashionista in me is sad - lol.