May 21, 2009

What's in the bag?

Handbag Thursday [hānd'bāg' thûrz'dā]
-noun
1. A Canal Street knockoff of Jodifur's Shoe Friday.
2. A lame attempt at regular blog fodder by invoking my own accessorized day o' the week.
3. A frivolous little feature that allows me to talk about handbags every week. What's not to love about that?
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So awhile back, while she was in Vegas, Monkey happened across my Only If I Ever Win The Lottery Dream Bag and took a snap of it for me. Yes, this is the infamous Birkin bag by Hermès. (Fun Washington Post article: the difference between a Kelly bag and a Birkin bag.) Folks, she saw this in person - a rarity right there. Of course, I will never actually own one of these bags and given the choice (ha! I crack myself up) this Kelli would prefer a Kelly bag.

Besides, I find it hard to believe that I could ever be in a financial position to buy one, much less be in an emotional position to own one. Dude. My grandma would have a heart attack if she ever found out that I paid over $200 for one of my favorite bags, much less what it would take to own a Birkin. Eh.

A girl can dream.

3 comments:

stephanie said...

OMG, Monkey... how did you find this?! In person?! Wow, I am impressed.

Monkey McWearingChaps said...

I was in the new hotel owned by the Wynn, Encore, being given a tour by my parents' friend and I saw it as he was taking us up to the deluxe suites. It's in a glass case in the Hermes store. I suspected it was the Birkin bag but didn't know but I made everyone stop so I could take a picture of it for Cagey. I emailed it to her when we came back from Vegas for the Handbag Thursday feature.

Mamma Sarah said...

wow!!!