Help!!

I have been obsessed about finding a patent navy handbag a la this Gucci bag. 

(pic from Instyle.com, bag from Gucci)

The only thing is I don't want to pay $1500 for it. I've been looking everywhere and haven't found any that I like. HELP!!

{Spring 08} Kooba

I seem to have a fixation with handbags today. 

But how gorgeous are these bags from Kooba?

(pics from Shopbop.com)

{Spring 08} YSL handbags

Anyone who knows me knows that I am all about vibrant colors.
So how could I not love these YSL bags?

The only problem is, I can't decide which of these I like better......

(Pics from Saks, L to R: YSL Marjorelle, YSL Downtown)

What I want for spring

Spring isn't quite here yet in Chicago.

But a girl can still look, can't she?

Here are some things that I loved from style.com's list of spring shopping must-haves. 

(item images from style.com)

And it was all yellow...

Yellow is everywhere this spring.

And Loewe has the best yellow handbags. I don't know if they have shops in the US, but there were so many Loewe boutiques in Madrid. I was salivating over them last weekend... But the US$ is so week that I didn't even dare walk within reaching distance. 

My favorite was a beige handbag that had yellow straps, but I couldn't find any pics on the internet. 

{Spring 08} Botkier

(images from Botkier.com)

Each year, they somehow come out with a bag or two that I would want to buy....

Did you know that they also sell their bags on their site and have huge markdowns on the past season's bags?