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Coach, Louis Vuitton, Burberry, Prada. You name it, you’ve loved it.  You’ve seen that coveted bag on the catwalk, in the magazines, and on the red carpet.  You’ve seen it in the stores too, but some of them are just way way too purse-breaking to get.

Lately, however, I have noticed a similar trend sprouting around.  Bag lovers do not need to pay a hand and a foot to get branded bags they can call their own.  I’ve seen online sites selling these bags for a fraction of the price in the stores, and these are supposedly originals.

Question is: would you buy your bag this way?

Yes, it is cheaper, and yes, you get to strut your stuff and yet still save money, but is it worth the while?

When I visited the Coach Factory Outlets in USA, there were many people who were purchasing bags by the dozen.  Back then, I figured they were just buying them as gifts, but now, come to think of it, those people might have been purchasing those bags to earn a tidy profit from reselling them.

I personally would not purchase a branded bag from any means other than from its original store or from its factory outlet.  The warranty and service that comes with a bag is far too important to me to sacrifice, and I have personally experienced superior customer service from Coach too.  In fact, I have another pleasant experience/story from Coach which I will share in another post, but the bottomline is Coach never fails to impress me.  And I would never get that service had I bought the bag from a source other than direct from Coach.  I believe the same goes to all the other branded bags too.

So would you spend a little extra just to get a branded bag, or would you be willing to get a branded bag for less, albeit from a bag reseller?

If you, like me, are ALWAYS in the need of a new purse/bag, then you’ll be happy to note that A Pregnant Pause is running a giveaway right now.  And why, do you think, I need a new purse?

Well, I’ve been toting the same old black velvet clutch to almost all the dinners I have attended, that I think it is high time I get myself a new one.  So I need a pretty purse because I will be attending a wedding dinner soon, and I want something NEW and classy to take along with me, and also one that will match my outfit!

Go check out the giveaway now, you might just walk away with a gorgeous bag from AliceWonders!

As for me, this is the one I picked for myself (being optimistic here…)

Do you always tend to buy in bulk because it costs cheaper in the long run?  Or are you one of those who prefer to buy just in small amounts because you couldn’t care less?

Well, I definitely like to make an item more worth it, which is why I normally buy the bigger packet as opposed to the smaller one.  Which is why I ended up buying the 10kilo pack of rice last night instead of th 5kilo one.

Which is why we ended up having to put the entire 10kilo pack into this yellow RUME bag because just as we were loading the 10kilo pack into our trunk, the plastic pack on the rice decided to tear.  Supermarkets in Penang do not give out plastic bags on Mondays, so my reusable shopping bags came in very handy indeed!

Seeing how useful and *helpful* my reusable bags are, I could certainly make do with a few more from this awesome giveaway!

When I first read about the Purse Pleaser, I thought to myself, “If anyone needs the Purse Pleaser, it has GOT to be me!”

You see, I like to think of myself as an organized person, although at times, I am not.  But where my purse or handbag is concerned, I am ashamed to say that it is really a disorganized MESS!  Now, with 2 kids in tow, I carry some of their things in my bag too, and I can tell you that searching for a particular item in my bag is a real hassle.  Sometimes it takes me endless minutes to locate my coin purse, my car keys, parking ticket, and goodness knows how many calls I have missed trying to frantically look for that cellphone!

So I was definitely ecstatic to try out the Purse Pleaser.  My only worry was that it would make my handbag bulkier than it already was, seeing that it is like a box that is placed in the bag.  Nevertheless I tried it out, taking everything out of my bag and putting it into the different compartments of the Purse Pleaser.  It comes with 3 differents sizes: Small, Medium and Large, and you can adjust it to suit the size of your handbag.

I found that it had a compartment for almost everything in my bag, save for my longish wallet which I just put at the side of the Purse Pleaser.  I could fit my camera, my cellphone, my toddler’s sunglasses, my RUME bags, tissue paper, wipes solution and lip balm.  There was also a tiny little drawer for me to put receipts in.

And when I was done, I lifted my bag up and I was pleasantly surprised it didn’t weigh a ton!  It felt just like it did before I used the Purse Pleaser! 

Actually on the Purse Pleaser box, there are suggestions of what to put into each compartment, how to expand it or contract it (because the Purse Pleaser can fit almost any size of bag):

I have been using the Purse Pleaser in my bag for about a month now, and I am definitely PLEASED with it.  Not only do I feel very organized, I find that I can locate things much easily with it.  My only slight complaint would be that sometimes the things I place OUTSIDE of the Purse Pleaser gets UNDER the Purse Pleaser and I can’t find it.  Well, the solution would be of course to put everything in the Purse Pleaser.

I also tried changing handbags with the Purse Pleaser, and boy was that an easy task.  Just remove the whole Purse Pleaser with all its contents and place it in the new handbag!  Easy as pie!  Didn’t take me more than a minute to do so!

This is definitely a must-have item for all women out there, and I would recommend it as a great Christmas gift too!

In the USA, it costs USD24.95 and can be purchased online from the Purse Pleaser site.

If you’re residing in Malaysia, get it from Tiny Tapir at RM150. 

 
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Well, I have to admit, Louis Vuitton was never my style.  I mean, I don’t think I’ll spend money buying one, but if I were to get one FREE, that would be a different story altogether!

Check out Shopping Lifestyle’s Reader’s Contest, where you stand a chance to win a Louis Vuitton Neverfull Bag! 

Hurry!  Closing date is on Merdeka Day and the contest is only open to Malaysian and Singapore residents.