Women's Handbag
 

Was watching the news this morning and the was a survey on women's handbags. Around 250000, women say they have a handbag costing £1000:eek::eek::eek: a grand, flaming Nora, plus 1 in 10 are over 4 kilo's in weight. Now come on girls come clean have you got a very expensive handbag and is your offencive weapon over 4 kilos:D:D

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more money than sense, dont have one, just use my pockets on jeans & my coat.

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I have a very expensive handbag......it must have cost £600 when it was new.
What did I pay for it? £2 in a charity shop in Shanklin IOW. It is brown leather and is capacious.......if I fill it, it probably weighs 4 kg.....but I do try to go through it periodically and remove the stuff I'm not using.

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I wouldn't like to whack anyone with my handbag, it might damage the expensive leather.:)

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Can't be necessary to carry a 2lb lump hammer around all the time Margaret:D

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I am a bit of a handbag fanatic, i have about 30/40 handbags, most bought from charity shops, if i could afford to spend £1000 on one i most certainly would, they are my guilty pleasure

i don't carry much in them really, although i do have a Pauls Boutique type bag that is quite large...that i did manage to fit my christmas turkey in when i bought it at christmas, that made it quite heavy lol, i usually only carry my purse, a bit of make up and my keys in my bag

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Flashy is the Emelda Marcos of handbags:D

I thought I had a lot - 20, and now I don't go out much they were wasting space, so I gave 9 of them to my hard up granddaughter to sell on ebay. That is where I bought many of them anyway.

My bags must be leather. The most I ever paid was about £55 on QVC many years ago.
I do recall being sorely tempted to buy a navy blue one at a classy shop in Southport at £100 - resisted and bought two for £60 in Debenhams sale further along King St.

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In my handbag :- a couple of folding shopping bags, my purse, my phone(always switched off), paracetamol, indigestion tablets, a comb, a tube of hand cream.....a pack of sweeteners, a roll of surgical tape, my Mp4 player, bus pass, lipsyl, a mini umbrella. My Ds, and sometimes my Kindle(I get easily bored)
a packet of mints(his)...chewing gum(his)......my house keys, my cheque book....a couple of plastic spoons, a plastic knife and fork, a very small shaker of salt...... a sip bottle with cordial in it,and a few receipts..... oh and a couple of safety pins and a screwdriver(his).

So....... Sorry John, there is no room for the lump hammer.:)

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You need a new one Marg, one that'll fit the kitchen sink in it too ;)

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Were you in the guides Margaret?

Sorry to ask but what do you need the surgical tape for?:confused:

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Am I the only one who carrys spare knickers?
(Maybe its just an age thing)

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I don't have many handbags , my best on is a Burberry one with matching purse, it was a present so i don't know how much it cost -but quite a lot I imagine.

I would love to own one by "The Bridge" which are just exquisite classic Italian leather bags -would last a lifetime. Will have to start saving up.

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Not something I carry round with me Margaret -one can go without you know!;):D

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I usually bought a bag on trips to Italy.
I still have one of them, bought on one of my Lake Garda trips in the 80s.

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Hussy:eek::D

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Shaz, I'm sure I could get one in with a shoe horn...but I don't fancy carrying it around:D.

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No, Dianne, I wasn't in the girl guides....I was in the boyscouts...it was much more interesting:D!

Surgical tape is in there for when I get blisters....which I sometimes do....despite wearing sensible shoes.

When I was working, I was notorious for carrying everything anyone might need in my handbag......if anyone wanted anything the call went up 'see Sr P - she's bound to have one in her handbag'.
I went to Spain one year with my boss and the toilet in our room would not flush........who mended it(Temporarily)?
Yes, it was me with a pair of Spencer Wells forceps and a length of chain.

Why did I have Spencer Wells forceps in my handbag....to tune in hotel room TV's(oh and they were invaluable for other things too).

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You could do a months survival course in the Amazon forest with that lot!

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Gordon....if I did I would certainly lose weight.....there isn't much in the way of nourishment in there....and I wouldn't trust myself to eat shoots and leaves...though I could put salt on them and eat them in a civilised fashion...with a knife and fork:D.

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I have a variety of makes but my favourites are my 5 Bridge Handbags. All purchased from Marsdens Leather Shop in Accrington.

Got a couple of Radley ones but my most expensive one was my Marc Jacobs :eek: but it was in the sale

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I dont have many, I take smaller ones out when I go to the pub but my everyday one is ususally full of reciepts, my purse, fags and keys usually.

My gets chucked all over the place so usually buy cheap ones when they are in the sale.

My Mothers is really heavy, maybe thats why she is short the weight she has to carry everywhere!!
;)

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Well wi a handbag like that ya could take me out anytime short of nout in yon:D

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Commando mobertol:thankya:

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I don't have many handbags (Sparks would beg to differ), I assure you it is less than 10. I do have a couple of designer bags, neither of which I paid £1000 for. One was a present and the other.... I bought myself in Hong Kong. They are both Fendi, one of which I have taken round Australia with me. I tend to have practical things in my handbag. Purse, phone, lip balm, torch, women's hygiene products (well, you did ask :-)), tissues, pen, keys, sunglasses or small umbrella (weather dependent), pain killers. Sometimes I have several old receipts, telephone numbers and websites scribbled on random bits of paper, of which, I can never remember the origin...

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The most I have ever paid for a bag is £65, I usually get either from Debenhams or M &S although I do intend to buy a Radley one. I have about ten. I bought a Julian McDonald Star one last year which turned out to be a waste of money because the lining frayed and the handle came loose after a couple of months. I never go anywhere without my purse, mobile phone, sunglasses, umbrella, mints, cigarettes and lighter, tissues, keys, paracetamol, pen and more recently my Kindle. Also my work ID and diary in my work bag.

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I never have more than one bag on the go, can't be a*sed moving things from one bag to another. I have given several to charity shops in the past as I bought them and never used them. Small ones are too small and big ones end up getting full of stuff. Often I use a small backpack instead and I never take one to the pub - get someone else to buy the drinks!

I use a bag most when we are on hols - for carrying passsports etc.

I weighed my current bag tonight - 3.3 kg but there was a copy of the Radio Times and a thick paperback in there as well.

I can think of many things I would rather do with £1000 than buy a handbag.

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No room for Bill Brewer, Jan Stewer, Peter Gurney, Peter Davy, Dan'l Whiddon, Harry Hawke, and Uncle Tom Cobley and all?;)

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Um.........No Eric.
Maybe a small pack of wet wipes.
I am a bit like Sue. I use the same bag for ages...mainly because I can't be bothered swapping stuff from one bag to another.....and when you do swap....you find that you have left something you need in 'your other bag'.

I choose leather bags, they must be robust and have handles long enough to allow them to be caried on my shoulder.

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The only thing I keep in my bag are my ..... damn, there's the bloody phone; I'll finish this later;)

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Hello anybody there http://cdn.content.sweetim.com/sim/c...s/00020145.gif :D:D

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And I can't believe I forgot to mention make up, perfume, brush, hairspray and breath freshener as well! I'd feel lost if I didn't have it all with me at all times, I think it must be like a security blanket!

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Well having read this thread and all the recorded bits bobs and the kitchen sink you lasses keep in your little carryalls for want of a better word, you will probably all end up with bad backs, bet my tool box didn't hold half the stuff you lot keep with you:D:D

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When I was keyholder at Melbourne House I carried a bunch of keys so big that it wore out my handbags from the inside out.

I had to relearn to walk without a list when I retired.

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Well there were a lot of doors in that place Margaret:D

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My children do have a standing joke that the Carly Simon song 'Your'e So Vain' was written for me!

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Wouldn't dream of paying these silly amounts for a handbag .. who notices anyway ? Just the press sometimes when snapping celebrities unawares.

I wouldn't dream of paying more than £30 for one, and that would be a day one to hold all my 'bits n bobs'. Admit to about £25 and, forgive me, last two have been from M & S. Only 2 in ast 10 years/

Ones I have for evening are easily obtained for well under £20 and some very pretty ones out there. Just because some handbags have cost a fortune, doesn't make them attractive .... think they are rather dull actually.

Nope, would sooner spend the money on a garment of clothing which is more visible and, let's face it, can buy lots of stunning clothes for £1,000.

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Someone I work with has a thing about designer handbags, her work bag is a Mulberry (and it is beautiful) and she is currently saving for a chanel bag which costs thousands! I couldn't justify that amount of money and as Katex says who notices anyway - and even if they did what does it matter!

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Designer gear makes you a target.

People wearing Rolex watches get mugged for them.

My eldest granddaughter is into buying designer gear. Her suitcase was the one that got lifted from the hotel lounge on her departure day.

She got a bag for christmas a few years back and was drooling over it.
It wasn't even leather - just some patterned fabric - looked cheapo to me.
Designer gear suckers are being taken for a ride. It's all snob stupidity.

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my purse lives in my jeans pocket .. my phone in the other jeans pocket ... fags and lighter in my coat pocket along with my buspass... the only time i use a handbag is when i go out .. or if im up at the spugsters .. and then it has a camera and a spare set of batteries, tissues, a tube of voltarol, a couple of pens, a tin of vaseline, a carrier bag and normally some sweeties but even then my purse and phone always stays in my jeans pocket ..

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I completely agree Margaret, if you buy designer gear you are paying for the name and I wouldn't be happy with my designer luggage (if I possessed it) going round an airport carousel for anyone to take. Designer stuff is often shoddily made in developing countries apparently.
However, I do possess two pairs of Dior sunglasses, one of which I have had for seven years and still as good as new despite me having worn them a lot in both winter and summer (I have a dodgy eye which doesn't tolerate light well). In fact I can look like a real poser sometimes! I don't think I'd get the equivalent use or protection from cheaper ones although that's not the reason I got them - it was for the name!

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It wasn't a designer suitcase, it was the clothing they had seen her wearing that week.
They must have watched her put it with everybody elses cases so they knew which one to take.

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That's awful and I'd never even thought that people would watch what you might be wearing and then nick your case!