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Believe it or not, there was a time when I owned only ONE bag. Shocked? Don't be. I'm a pretty practical girl, I don't particularly like clothes and modern day fashions... to me, a purse (more commonly referred to as a "bag" now) was to carry your money and brush around, and maybe sometimes food into the local theater. :) It was a simple purse, given to me second hand by my mom. I liked it because it had a cell phone pocket on the side that was a perfect fit for my cell phone.

I remember when I was younger my mother liked Dooney and Bourke bags. Back then I believe there was only the ever-so-fashionable "Duck" bag. Whenever we spotted a Dooney bag, everyone would exclaim, "Duck alert! Duck alert!" She wanted one badly, but didn't have any money. My stepfather told her if she rolled up all of his pennies (he had saved for years!) she could use them to buy a DB bag. I don't remember well how long it took, but I remember she finally finished, and bought her precious Dooney and Bourke bag. Since then of course, she has gotten several other DB and Coach bags. I never understood her obsession.

Many years later, when I was old enough to work, I began working in a Subway-type establishment. It wasn't the best kind of work, but it suited me at the time. There I met several girls. One in particular LOVED bags. Each and every kind of bag you can think of, but her main obsession was COACH. At first, I could never understand WHY she wanted a bag that was maybe 10 x 10 inches, yet cost over a hundred dollars. After all, a purse (not quite a "bag" to me yet) was to hold your money, right? Why be so fancy? She had MANY Coach bags, all different shapes and sizes. Every day it seemed, she would bring another Coach bag to work, each to match her outfit. (From what I learned from her, black and brown bags go with everything.)

I often went to the mall, which was about forty minutes away. Halfway to the mall, every Saturday there was a flea market. There you would find many things, like fruit, vegetables, fake logo t-shirts, and, most recently, fake bags. I went once with my boyfriend, and spotted a fake Coach bag. It was very cute, chestnut brown with obviously pleather trim. I liked this bag in particular because you could both carry it low to your side as well as use another strap to hang on your shoulder. It was $20. Of course, I snatched it up. I also purchased that day a fake Coach wallet, that I thought matched (Another lesson learned: your wallet ALWAYS has to match your bag) at the time, but in better lighting, I realized it didn't quite match.

I carried this bag for quite a while, and before long, I started buying other types of bags from various places like Wal-Mart, Target, the mall, et cetra. I was beginning to change my bag every day too, to (try to) match my outfit. Oh, the horror!

Then one day, it happened: My girlfriend brought in this particular Coach bag. A brown Signature Soft Demi. I LOVED this bag! I tried it on, and opened it: Oh my gosh! It had TONS of room! I had to get this bag! Since we worked on a military base, there was a Navy Exchange store just down the street. My girlfriend told me they had the same bags, only in Mini Signature, at the NEX. We worked for tips, so I saved. Once I got paid and added in my tips, I had enough! Luckily the bags at the NEX are MUCH cheaper than the Coach store or other department stores. We drove there during a break at work, and I withdrew the money at the ATM machine outside of the NEX, and I gave her the money. Since she is a military wife, she could purchase items from the NEX, and I couldn't. We grabbed the black and white Mini Signature Soft Demi and paid for it. Score! It was only $125! From then on, I was a Coach Addict!