{"id":10336,"date":"2013-05-30T18:40:53","date_gmt":"2013-05-31T01:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/a99kitten.com\/?p=10336"},"modified":"2013-05-30T19:16:42","modified_gmt":"2013-05-31T02:16:42","slug":"happy-birthday-to-me-a-little-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/a99kitten.com\/?p=10336","title":{"rendered":"Happy birthday to me! A little early…. :)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was down in the Bay Area today and HAD to go to the Stanford Shopping Center to return some shoes. <\/p>\n

I wanted to swing by the Louis Vuitton boutique to look at a bag I saw in Vanity Fair. It was super cute but I was pretty sure wouldn’t be right for me, especially at the price. But no harm in looking….right? <\/p>\n

As I assumed, the bag was too big for me (whew.) Especially for a fun spring\/summer bag. Now that I don’t tote around a bunch of junk to and from an office, I have gone back to my little bag preference. Way more me. <\/p>\n

As I was saying “sorry no” to the salesgirl, I saw a cute yellow bag up on the highest display shelf above all the standard LV monogram stuff. She followed my eyes and said “oh yes, you will like that.” :)<\/p>\n

She pulled it down and bingo. That was it. I carried both around the store and both my salesgirl and another salesman agreed the smaller bag worked for me better. Since the other bag cost more than twice as much, I was glad to see they weren’t trying to push it! Plus my salesgirl was super friendly and we chatted about Tahoe.<\/p>\n

I’ve never been a big fan of LV because I don’t like to be a walking billboard for your brand. A small logo, sure. Who doesn’t like to see those small, cute interlocking CCs :) But when the designers plaster their logos all over your bag or shoes (or arse…talking directly to you Juicy Couture), I say no thanks. Not for me. Although I do really like the Murakami line they did. Very pretty.<\/p>\n

But this bag has only 1 little embossed LV in the corner. Perfect! Plus it’s yellow! Well…technically Citron. She is my first Louis. The Alma BB Epi. And unfortunately for me they make her in a quite a lot of cute colors. Uh-oh…<\/p>\n

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Since my birthday is a month-ish away, I decided that this would be my annual gift to myself! I blame re-watching Sex and the City last weekend. That and The Devil Wears Prada always and without fail make me want to shop. I also blame my friends who were not there to talk me out of it ;)<\/p>\n

Cannot wait to take her out and celebrate :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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