Right here waiting...

It's now exactly one week til I finally get to meet my baby aka Chanel Timeless Classic, who is making her way to Australia from Europe :) I've been trying so hard to control my excitement but as each day passes it's getting harder to stop smiling to myself everytime I think about her.

My obsession with this bag began when it was constantly spotted in the arms of my favourite Hills alumni Lauren Conrad on her show. I've known about the bag prior to The Hills, but everytime I saw it on LC I knew that it was something I'm going to work towards owning in this lifetime.

Around 2 months ago my partner in crime Amelia & I decided that it was time to make our Chanel dream a reality. We went to check it out at the Chanel store in Sydney Westfield to get a price quote and I think we almost had a heart attack. The size that we both wanted, the Jumbo, was quoted $5,080!  Yes, crazy isn't it? And what's also bizzare is that the price was increased in May by 6%, so had we decided to buy it earlier we would have saved ourselves $300 (which isn't a lot but when you're already spending so much money, every dollar counts haha). Anyhow, with a quote of $5K we had to go away to re-assess the situation.

Luckily, I was having a smart-thinking day and asked the boyfriend to ask his friend who was soon leaving for a holiday in Europe with his girlfriend, to buy the bags for me over there. Designer labels are so much cheaper there, plus they also offer VAT returns for tourists. I called the Chanel store in Italy and they wouldn't give the exact quote over the phone but said it's around €3,000 (which worked out to be approx $4K AUD) and that their VAT return is 14%!

And you know what, they are such a sweet couple! They were more than happy to buy the bags for us even though I know it's going to take up some of their time and not to mention their luggage space. I hope they're having a great time over in Europe right now and I'm looking forward to their return next weekend.

So after many years of dreaming and obsessing, Amelia & I are going to be proud owners of a Chanel Timeless Classic lambskin bag in gold...very soon :)