My wife bought another purse last weekend. She now owns 5 purses: light brown Coach, dark brown Coach, black Coach, straw summer purse, and the latest - a dark brown Monsac with matching wallet. It seems like overkill to me. You'd think one great purse would be sufficient, especially considering the hassle of having to swap everything out of one purse and into another. She didn't take my criticism too well. My philosophy generally is to not replace anything until it's truely broken. Socks are perfectly good until they get holes in them. I still have the T-shirt my parents bought me in Paris in 1986 - still wear it too "La Ville Lumiere". I have a hierarchy of running shoes. The highest tier is the newest pair of shoes which I only use for running. When they lose enough cushioning where my knees start to hurt, these shoes are demoted to casual shoes. After a year or so of being casual shoes they are demoted to mowing the grass/yardwork shoes. Here they stay until they develop a hole and have to be tossed. I currently have two pairs of New Balances in this third category. They'll likely be joined by another pair soon as my knees are starting to hurt and I think it's about time I get a new pair for running. I don't know, I just can't get myself to throw them away. It's amazing what you can salvage with a little needle and thread. Hopefully this 5th purse will be the last for awhile.