Every woman goes through a fanatic phase of buying a certain type of something.
Heck, i know i did.
For lots of things.
Way too many things.

Bags, amongst one of them.

I say if you nod yes to more than half of the below, you have a problem. Like me.

You’re a bagaholic when:

#1. Any reason, is a reason to buy a bag.

i.e. SALE.
i.e. fairies on advertising campaign
i.e. WHAT IF I DECIDE TO COME BACK AND IT’S GONE
i.e. i don’t have a bag like that in particular pattern/colour/style
i.e. you just got your paycheck
i.e. it’s your birthday
i.e. it’s your dog’s birthday
i.e. SALE
i.e. SALE

diane von furstenberg, stephanie

#2. You own more handbags than you actually use.

I have rows of handbags + clutches in my room.
Half of which i’ve barely used, and when i do, get questions like:

Ash: Oh, nice bag!
Me: Thanks!
Ash: When did you get it?
Me: Er, had it for damn long already la.
Ash: Never see you use also 

jimmy choo, saba

#3. You apply the 5-second rule for a dropped clutch.

You know the 5-second rule?
Where if you drop something edible on the floor,
as long as you pick it up within 5 seconds, it’s still okay to eat it.

I thought it was a bit stupid but it seemed to work with bags
Like the less time it spent on the floor,
the less horrid dirt it’d pick up,
the less pain my poor bag would feel
>_<
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alexa chung x mulberry

#4. You’re comforted by a bag at point of trauma.

StephTheVolcano still remembers with disbelief how i hugged my newly-bought Anya Hindmarch right after i was a target for snatch theft,
and was sitting on the sidewalk in tears and blood.

She told quite a few friends about it too  >.<

“I can’t believe how all you cared about was your bag!”
“Hey… i just bought it the day before okay… and i had money and stuff in it.”
“She was like,” *turns to friends* ” ‘oh thank god they didn’t get my bag hahaha‘ and hugging it. “
“:p”

antik batik

#5. You ask people whether you can touch their bag.

Okay, so i shamelessly admitted i’ve done this a few times.
Back in college when i could never think of even affording such a bag,
i once asked Dorcas whether i could hold her Murakami x LV
to look at in reverence for ten seconds outside Atmosphere :p
(i don’t care whether some of you think it’s ugly, i really liked the white one!
‘Twas so pop art awesome!)

#6. You sacrifice proper meals for that one bag.

Okay, this one, i haven’t personally done (cos food take precedence over bags for me)
But I HAVE HEARD many girls who say they bought one bag,
and ended up having to eat maggie mee / toast for the rest of the month.

Seriously. Siao or what!

derek lam

#7. You’d rather carry a nice bag than wear decent clothes.

“You can dress as shitty as you want as long as you have your Chanel handbag.”
- Kanchiny R.

I learnt that line from QueenKanch. To the point it was a post title back in 2007.
Also remember her saying that it’s okay to wear pajamas out as long as you have a nice designer bag on your arm 

deadly ponies

#8. Your family members comment on it.

Me: Does this match better, or this one?
NickIsTaller: Maybe if you don’t have so many bags, it’d be easier to choose 

Daddy: You’d better go arrange your bags properly.
Me: Huh? What’s wrong with them?
Daddy: What’s wrong? Have you seen how precarious they look on your shelf? One day they’re going to fall on your while you’re sleeping!

+ + + + +

So how many could you relate to?

I am proud to say, that of recent,
i’ve been very angelic with my bagaholism.

I try to keep away from stores,
cos not looking, is also not buying impulsively.

Then a bigger obstacle hit – online shopping.
During this time, i stumbled onto Reebonz while working for TIC.

A bag and accessories website.

Selling authentic designer goods at a cheaper price.

Just pay by cc or paypal.

Justifying to myself that this was for ‘work research’,
i signed up some time last year,
and have been constantly checking the website as they update new ‘events’ with items for sale every 2-3 days.

I even joined some contest they had last year
(and i almost never join contests >.<)

Not to mention…
the sale part [Ref. #1 on list above] was ridonculous!

Bottega Veneta, Burberry, Balenciaga,
Tods, Prada, Gucci, Miu Miu,
Coach, Kate Spade, Givenchy, Lanvin…

25%, 40%, 80% off?!

Yau mo….

(i don’t speak chinese, but sometimes these phrases pop into my head proving my chinese-ness  )

And not only that, but Reebonz is not charging Malaysians shipping or taxes right now!
So you get to save even MORE $!

There are a couple of ongoing contests on Reebonz right now
which methinks other bagaholics like me (recovering or not) will appreciate.

#1 – Win a Balenciaga Holiday First bag!

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All you have to do is to successfully invite 6 friends to be a Reebonz member,
and you’re in the running (to be randomly selected) to win a Balenciaga Holiday First bag (worth RM5,110)
Even if you don’t win the bag, you still get 5% off your next purchase!

Contest ends: April 30th 2010
For more, click *here*

#2 – Get RM233 (SGD100) off your next purchase!

If you’ve bought something from Reebonz before,
just take a style shot of yourself with your purchase + description of personal style or your thoughts on your purchase.
Every week, they’ll post all entries on the Reebonz blog,
and at the end of every month,
3 favourite entries will get RM233 off their next purchase!

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I know, both contests require you to be a member,
and most of my friends already are
(first person i invited to join was QueenKanch,
turns out she was already a member. Surela -_-)

If you want to be a member,
just click on to www.reebonz.com/invite_code/kinky
and enter my invite code at www.reebonz.com to sign up
(it’s quite fast la, don’t have to answer a lot of silly questions or anything)

Invite code: kinky

You then can get access to view upcoming and current ‘events’.

At least i know what’s out there, even tho i ‘plan’ not to buy one.

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