Women's Handbag

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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
 
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.
 
Margaret Pilkington said:
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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Can't be necessary to carry a 2lb lump hammer around all the time Margaret:D
 
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
 
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.
 
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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Margaret Pilkington said:
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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Were you in the guides Margaret?

Sorry to ask but what do you need the surgical tape for?:confused:
 
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.
 
mobertol said:
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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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.
 
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).
 
Margaret Pilkington said:
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 could do a months survival course in the Amazon forest with that lot!
 
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.
 
mobertol said:
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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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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