When everything was new

Normally around this time of year I am busy planning my birthday. This year my birthday plans are firmly in the hands of my mum. So instead of sitting and planning my birthday I've decided to pick out my birthday present. Normally my birthday present is a trip, usually to Washington, one year it was Quebec City, but since my trip is already settled, I had to come up with something else.

My birthday presents to myself must always follow strict rules:

1. It must be something somebody else would never get me
2. It must be something I really, really, really want
3. It must be something completely impractical

Since my impending birthday is my 30th, I figured I should get myself something really, extra impractical. Something stupidly expensive. Something I am going to love.

I've decided to buy myself a handbag.

Anybody that knows me knows that I love handbags. I have many, many handbags. What most people don't know is that I have been a very, very, very good girl and I have managed to not purchase a single handbag in the last year. I have managed to stick to what I have.

I am currently eyeing a Coach bag, but I plan on pouring myself into the search for the perfect, frivolous, impractical, most beautiful handbag, the way I normally pour myself into planning my birthday trip.