Hello, My Name is Michelle and...

I am a Vera Bradley purse addict.

There, I said it. Why did I say it, because in the last month, I have bought five Vera Bradley purses. I found most of them on eBay and one at Vera Bradley.com. That one so far is my favorite. It's in the Stephanie style, which apparently is being retired, which is a shame, because it's the perfect size and it was on sale. They can be a little pricey, but since I bought most of them on eBay, I was able to look for the lowest price.

"How did this happen," you might ask. Well it all started one day when on the one message board I post to, one of the other posters posted about a new purse she bought and that was all she wrote, I was up on eBay looking for a new purse. At first I was looking for a nice leather one, but couldn't find one. I even went to jcp.com where I bought my last two leather purses, but no luck, so I went back to eBay. Then I saw them and I liked what I saw, so I started looking more.

I saw one I really seriously thought of getting and then I saw another that was up for bid and the auction was almost over so I took a chance and bid on it. In the meantime I saw another that I really liked so I bought it rather than the one I had been considering. The one I bought on the Vera Bradley site was the same purse style I had been seriously considering before, but on the site it was actually cheaper, because, now repeat after me, "It was on sale." From there on, I was hooked. Well, to tell the truth, after the first one I was hooked.

After that, I decided that I needed one to match the purple stripe in my winter coat, so I went searching again and saw a couple really cute patterns, but I wasn't thrilled about them, so I kept looking. And then I saw it, a pattern I loved and it looked as if it would match that stripe in my coat. I bought one, but a week later got an email from the person I bought it from telling me that it had been returned by the post office because it had been damaged in shipping. I thought to myself, "Wow! I wonder how well she packed it before it got shipped because it didn't happen to the others I had bought and received from the post office." I received a refund from her the same day as her email and proceeded to buy another purse, but not in that pattern. That one is due to be delivered today.

I did find that same purse in the same pattern a couple days ago and bought it. It should be here next week. Now that I found that one, I keep telling myself that I am not going to buy any more.

I still find myself up on eBay looking at Vera Bradley purses. I reluctantly pull myself away, telling myself, "No more!" in a very stern voice. Lets see how long it is until I tell myself to, "Shut up!" and start the search for another Vera Bradley purse.