And a new handbag must be bought

So. A survey conducted by the website saveme4later.com finds out that most women get the greatest thrill while buying a handbag.
Now why doesn’t that come as a surprise to me, the owner of more handbags than I could ever use realistically, considering I rotate my bags every couple of weeks and still have a couple which have never emerged blinking into the bright light of days from their packaging.
The thrill of buying a handbag, says the research, is more than the thrill of buying a pair of shoes, jewellery or underwear. Other items that made it into that list of a quick frisson of joy upon purchase include a summer dress, a well fitting pair of jeans, beauty products, a little black dress and chocolates. I keep the summer dress, the little black dress and the chocolates aside and the rest of it all would apply to me. And yes, the jewellery apart too. Can’t afford any at the current gold prices, might just salivate outside jewellery store show windows and mop my drool surreptiously before moving on.
I am a serial handbag shopper. My frequency of handbag shopping has gone down substantially over the past couple of years, whether lack of opportunity, the resolution to not buy unless on sale and available at a bargain mark down price, or the overwhelming guilt at lack of storage space which led me to cram sly purchases into the linen cupboard, the spouse’s unused shelf space, etc, I don’t know, but I do know that I’ve stopped buying handbags with the mania I once had.
The only handbag I’ve bought myself this year was on my birthday in June. That too as a gift from the mater to me. And much time was spent checking practicalities like ease of opening, accessibility of change pocket and, gasp, sturdiness. This, you might realise, would have been unthinkable a few years ago when I would have tripped into a store, looked around, spotted a bag that was most impractical but was yelling my name in capital letters, and hauled it off to the cash counter, flashing the credit card like a weapon, without bothering about whether said item was on sale or not, and returning home, glowing with the thrill of acquisition. And upon returning home, the contents of current handbag in use would have been promptly transferred to new acquisition with no delay brooked and new bag toted the very next day for public appearance.
The handbag bought in June this year was only aired in public on birthday. And now fished out again a couple of days ago, now that the monsoon seems to have said its final farewells for the year, with much waving and reluctance to part. I was being, god help me, I’m heading to an early grave, practical about not getting the embossed leather pattern ruined by me getting caught in a sudden shower, and taking around a sturdy practical patent leather bag which had weathered much abuse and which I wouldn’t sob buckets for in the event that the rains ruined it beyond redemption. The new bag high has long faded and now that said new bag has been pressed into service, the new bag smell dissipated and the tedium of familiarity making it lose its charm.
I think I’m overdue for a new bag purchase high. When are them sales happening? Promise myself to buy a completely blingy, outrageously impractical one this time. Just to prove to myself that I’m not sliding into dotage.
What is your most preferred new purchase for a purchase high?
Psst: I also am guilty of more lipsticks and shoes and sunglasses than I need, but let’s not even start on that.