Louis Vuitton Neverfull GM Bag

I was walking around the Promenade in Santa Monica on Friday night primarily because I had a doctor's appointment around there in the afternoon and wanted to wait until traffic died down to drive home.  I took a stroll into the Louis Vuitton store and came out 15 min later with the Neverfull GM!

Update:  I forgot to post this picture, but I love the LV box the purse comes in.  Love how durable it is and how nice it looks!  Tip:  If you are gonna buy an expensive purse, always ask for a box even if it's not a gift.  That way you can preserve the purse inside when not using.  Plus you just spent tons of $$$ for some leather work so you might as well milk it.  =)

Did not mean to spend the money, but purses are my downfall.  And shoes too.  I'm like Carey Bradshaw from Sex and the City.  I limit myself to one high end purse a year or so though.  Otherwise I'd go broke like her!  Hehe. 

Well as far as LV purses go, I really think the Neverfull is priced most economical.  It's their signature purse, and the small one is only $730.  I believe that's the cheapest purse they carry.  And it's still bigger than a lot of purses they have that are in the thousands.  Their stuff never goes on sale, so that's as cheap as it gets.  Unless you get a knock off I guess.  But I don't really think knock offs are good investments since they are made cheaply and will not last.  One reason LV has been so successful is because their quality is really top notch.  They also stand behind their product, and will fix things for you for a small fee years down the road.  It's not a bad investment.  Plus they can iron on or paint on your initials for you on your purse any time you want, and that's a cute detail!

I was deciding between the MM (medium size) and GM (large).  Price wise, they are not that different - the MM is $775 and GM is $820.  The MM is only a little shorter than the GM, and a few inches narrower.  It measures at 12.6" x 11.4" x 6.7" while the GM measures at 15.7" x 13" x 7.9".  I eventually went with the GM because even though it's very big, it will be more versatile, and will be great to travel with too.  I tend to carry a lot of stuff with me all the time - like now I carry my books with me so I can read on my train rides to and from work.  So it works well for me.  Also, if I don't want it to be too big, I can cinch in the sides and it becomes much smaller.  It takes in, I would say about 2.5 inches on each side.  Like this:

So I figured might as well spend $45 more and get the big one.  I still have 14 days to change my mind, and I do go back and forth sometimes, but I think I made the right decision.  For a bag this style, I think I'd want it to be big and hold lots of stuff.  If I want a small and dainty bag, I'll just go buy another one. I do wish it had more inner pockets though.  Maybe I'm used to all the millions of pockets in my Lulu bags, so one zipper pocket on the inside, though a big one, just doesn't seem enough!

I walked out of the store under $1000 after taxes and everything.  Not too bad!  I kinda had a little buyers remorse right afterwards though when I walked across the street into Tiffany to try on rings for fun.  And realized that I could have bought a Tiffany wedding band for a few hundred bucks more that will last forever.  Hmm... puts things in perspective!  Well the one I liked best was more like $3500 but still - the purse was a good chunk of that.  Oh well!  I blame it on the materialistic world.  =)