Suzanne O’Connor’s Bargains LA

Happy Isabella Fiore Bag

I haven’t bought myself a thing since before Christmas.
It isn’t like I didn’t see anything I thought was really cool or that I coveted. I just didn’t want to buy anything. That is until I got word of the Isabella Fiore Sale at Rue La La. I love her handbags and missed the last warehouse sale.

I only allow myself one good designer bag a year and it can’t be no $2000 Gucci bag either. I always keep it under $400, often less as my budget is always tight. If I buy a bag it has to fill a void in my collection, be a quality bag and I have to really, really love it.

Okay last year I splurged a little and bought a big brown leopard pony hair Isabella Fiore bag ($350/ retail $650) and a Zebra print large leather tote ($110/ Retail $350).
The year before that I bought a Kooba bag ($150/ retail $650), in 2006 I bought a used Dooney & Burke bag ($125/ retail $500). In 2005 I got an M Andonia bag ($120/retail $200) and in 2004 I bought a basic black Perlina bag ($100/ retail $150). I didn’t pay full retail for any of them and I am still using all of them regularly.

Though it hasn’t been a full year yet since my last purchase, when I spotted the Isabella Wild Child Leona bag at $245. I snapped it up fast… like 3 minutes after the boutique on Rue La La opened. The original retail is around $640… so I got it for 60% off.

Good thing I moved so fast… It sold out within 20 minutes.  Ya gotta pounce when you know it’s a great buy.

Isabella Fiore should be having a warehouse sale soon, that is… if she didn’t unload all her excess inventory at the Rue La La sale. Keep your eyes on the Hot Sales page.