How annoying!

When I fall head over heels for a designer handbag that is quite pricey, yet not all that useful, I sometimes spend a lot of time looking for a more wallet friendly alternative, just to satisfy my cravings for a certain quirkiness in a bag. This happened a while ago with Charlotte Olympia's Popcorn themed bag (see a post about that here) and the milk carton bag from the same designer (see a post about that here). I searched high and low for those bags, and eventually found some really nice alternatives. (Read the post about my popcorn bag here, and the post about the milk carton bag I ended up getting in the end here)

This is why it annoys me to see that alternatives for these bags have been made quite easily available over at ASOS now!
Ok, this happened quite a lot after I bought my "inspired" bags, and I have been carrying them around for quite some time already, but still, it will be annoying to see so many more of these around town. (which is generally what happens when ASOS starts carrying something)

But if you are still looking for a nice alternative to Charlotte Olympia's popcorn bag, check this out:

And if you'd like a milk carton version, you might like this:

That's all folks! Rant over!

My new milk carton bagI

I mentioned the bag I bought on Storenvy in a blog post recently, but I never actually showed it off, which is a bit of a shame, since I know how hard it can be to judge how similar to the images in a online store the actual bag is. So in case anyone else is interested in this bag, I thought I would show you some images of it.

I actually think it looks really similar to the images in the store that sold it, and while it is a small one, I actually use it more than I thought I would, and I am very happy with it! So I would definitely recommend getting this cutie!

My new bag

Remember how I blogged about Charlotte Olympia's milk cartoon bag a while ago? (if not, you can read the original post here)

Well, now I have found a really nice, cheaper alternative to that bag, over at Storenvy, where I also got my popcorn bag a while ago (and as it happens, that bag was also a copy of a Charlotte Olympia bag, see the original one here). This is how it looks:

It's only $29 + shipping, which is just a fraction of the price of the Charlotte Olympia original, so I think I made a pretty good deal! Novelty bags are not worth spending insane amounts of money on, after all, since they are just supposed to be an occasional treat, not your actual, every day handbag.

It's available in pink as well, here.

In case you are interested in ordering something from Storenvy like me, I should add that I have already gotten one order (the popcorn handbag) from there, and everything worked really well with my order. So I definitely think it's a legit site!

Olympia Le-Tans super cool milk carton bag

Another super quirky and fun bag has hit the shelves! I am talking of course about Olympia Le-Tan's milk carton bag, that has already sold out at least over at Net-a-Porter.

You might still be able to get this bag at some other online store, and there does seem to be some cheaper alternatives to it out there as well. Emma Roberts was spotted carrying a similar, yet not identical bag quite some time ago, for instance:

I definitely think I want to get one of these milk carton bags, they really are very, very cute!