It’s In the Bag!

As much as I love a great outfit, I’ve never really loved the process of shopping. Especially living in New Jersey, shopping can be a tedious day of avoiding teenybopper mallrats, parking lot rage, and bad dressing room lighting.

It seems though, despite my lack of love for the sport of shopping, somewhere along the line, I have become a bag lady.

After reading that the average woman owns 111 bags in her lifetime, I decided to survey my own collection. And for someone that’s not crazy about shopping, I have a crazy collection of purses.

I currently have 37 bags in my possession. From clutches to oversize totes, bright red to basic black, I can pay off a good chunk of my student loans if I opened up a used bag boutique.

Out of the 37, I only regularly wear a handful and have never even touched a few of them after buying them. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t own any fancy (read: hideous) designer bags; most of my totes come from H&M and flea markets. My current favorite, a bright red leather oversize bag was gleefully excavated from a table full of bags at a Pennsylvania flea market. For $2.50. Seriously. I carry a purse that costs less than a Happy Meal.

Price aside, in terms of sheer amount of bags alone, I’m way ahead of the game. Considering that I began my purse collection around the age of 16, and currently own 37, it seems that if I keep going at this rate, by the time I croak, I will die beneath a heap of 5040 bags.

Tell me I’m not alone here in my addiction. The first step is admitting you have a problem. Anyone else care to stand up and proclaim their lust for bags with me?

How many do you own and how much do you spend on bags alone?