A girl can always accessorize!

I have to be honest. I love a good purse. I try to keep this under control and have a few tricks for doing just that. First, never pay full price for a purse. Second, if it doesn't just "speak" to you, it wasn't meant to be used by you. And finally, if someone thinks it "looks" like you, then you should learn to love it. Don't get me wrong, most people who have given me purses speak the same language I do in purse world so this rule hasn't been a problem.

But as I was changing from one of my "summer" purses to one of my "fall" purses, it dawned on me that I have a lot of love for my accessories. Take, for example, the Kate Spade knock off from Chinatown in NYC (upper left). She's my fall purse. Adore her. Next to her is one of my utility purses- season-less, you can use the red wonder for a little pop of color and to hold lots of crap. Then there's the bag my cute sister made for me that I use for church all the time. It has my personality on it in the form of the Eiffel Tower. Next comes my Dooney...its a tiny little thing but has lots of memories with it. The black Mary Poppins bag has yet to be used but it came free with a pair of shoes. Its bottomless and is going to be perfect for winter- scarves, umbrellas, etc. Then two of my favorites that get used all the time- my old faithfuls orange and brown. Can't get enough of them. The big blue one I call my Jackie O purse. The color, the style, everything about it screams a different decade. My Nine West black practical classy but sassy birthday gift. Then my Ogio bag from Jenn. Never was a better travel purse invented! That thing has been with me through tennis tournaments, customs, road trips, flights, etc. It can hold twice its size in travel necessities. Dani is still bitter we can't find another one like it. Finally, speaking of Dani, my Herringbone seatbelt bag *sigh* I use this purse so much that I start to feel bad for the others ones because they get ignored. Then another fine Nine West soft green number from the same friends who brought me the Nine West black practical purse mentioned earlier. Next is a clutch I've never used. I want to so bad because its an amazing piece but I just don't have an occasion! Meg and I were going through some things with Grandma one day and she pulled this out of nowhere. Love it. And finally my back up purses...the green, the Celtic and the black standby- when nothing else seems to work.

Yep- there they are...my favorite accessories. And trust me, that's the skeleton, downsized version! I try not to over-do! :)