Illustration fancy: wicker basket bag

Date acquired: 05 Feb 2012

Emotional worth: 3.5 stars

Apart from clothes, I am pretty picky in terms of what I buy. Rather than going for "that will do" and replacing it at a later date, I would wait and wait until I find something that is just right. Sometimes this search for perfection would take years, it took over a year for Mat and I to find the perfect couch, 2 years for me to find the right watch and 10 years to find the perfect doctor-esque bag. It sounds excessive, but I firmly believe the hunt is usually a lot more fun than constant gathering.

I've mentioned we went to  Middle Head  last weekend, but what I didn't tell you is I found my perfect wicker bag in this little cafe/shop called  Burnt Orange . I have been searching for the right wicker bag for years, but they were always either too big, too floppy or just too gimicky. I wanted something not too small and not too big, something lightweight but sturdy, with distressed ashy colour, not the pine looking stuff you see in two dollar shop and chunky weave with a hint of that lovely wicker smell. I told you I'm picky!

Well, as you can see, I've finally found my perfect wicker bag, and I LOVE IT! Have been using it every day since, I am in love with the hint of wicker smell which reminds me of the beach, and on top of everything else I've mentioned earlier, its lovely raw heather handle and the candy stripe lining. I'm tempted to go back and get the other one with blue lining just in case I can't find another one just like it in 10 years time.

What do you do? Are you as obsessive as me in terms of finding the perfect item on your list? I'd love to find out what you do.

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Yellow leather handbag

Date acquired: late May 2011

You must be so sick of me talking about Melbourne, but I just can't stop talking about it. I think if I keep talking about it then in a way I can pretend I'm still on holidays. In the next few posts, I'm going to talk about what I bought in Melbourne. First is this little yellow handbag from the Markit market.

I don't know whether I've told you, but my favourite colour is yellow. I love it so much that I even think in yellow. For some reason, whenever I work on any layout design, I have to plan it all out in yellow blocks. I can't seem to think in any other way. You should see the comments I get when I am at work, people will come up to me and ask why I've used yellow in the design when it is not even part of the brand... 

So you can imagine how I felt when I first laid my eyes on this little sunshine. I think my heart skipped a little and I knew straight away that it has to be a part of my life. It is only a tiny little bag, can only really fit my camera, sunnies, lip balm and not even my wallet, but as long as it's yellow I don't really care for practicality. 

Emotional worth: 4 stars

Snake skin handbag

Snake skin handbag
Date acquired: January 2009
This handbag is older than me! Dad bought it for Mum when they first started going out many many years ago. Apparently there were matching shoes to go with it too, but the shoes couldn't last the distance. I love the texture of the bag, it's very delicate and according to mum, the only way to really look after it is to stroke it with your hand every few weeks so the leather wouldn't dry out. How interesting is that!
Emotional worth: 4 stars