u/mama_unboxing

Hi everyone! 💜
I recently got this Picotin 18 in purple and I’d love to hear your thoughts! I’m completely obsessed with the color.
I was actually offered the Gold as well, so choosing between the two was such a difficult decision! In the end, I went with the purple because it felt a little more special and fun.
Would you have chosen the purple or the Gold? 👀 And do you think purple is easy to style and wear regularly?
Would love to hear your opinions — be honest! 😂💜

I went to Hermès today and somehow came home with… quite a few orange boxes 😂🧡

One thing I genuinely love about Hermès is that I actually enjoy the brand far beyond the bags. I know there’s always a lot of discussion here about “prespend” and buying things just to get a quota bag, but I honestly wouldn’t buy something I didn’t truly like just for the sake of building purchase history.

Today was actually such a fun appointment.
I picked up a gorgeous silk scarf, two mugs I had been waiting for and absolutely LOVE, a couple of Twillies, and this beautiful turquoise top. My SA also had the sweetest surprise waiting for me: an Hermès coloring book for my daughter for free. 🥹
And OMG… the coloring book is SO beautiful that I’m seriously questioning whether my daughter is actually getting it because I kind of want to keep it and color it myself. 😂 The illustrations are gorgeous.

Of course, I also ate my usual Hermès chocolates while I was there because apparently that has become part of the ritual at this point. 🍫😂
I actually decided **not to bring up my Birkin/QB at all today**. My SA had previously told me that they’ve been receiving very, very few quota bags lately and that availability has been extremely limited, so I didn’t want the whole appointment to revolve around asking about a bag. We just looked at things I genuinely liked, chatted and had a really nice time.

That being said… I did the math recently and I think I’m somewhere around **$15k USD in purchases at this point and still no QB**. 🥲😭
I know prespend varies enormously by boutique, country, SA, timing, luck, etc., so I’m trying not to obsess over the number… but obviously the little voice in my head is starting to go: *okay Hermès, anytime now…* 😂

She did offer me an orange **Mini Lindy, a Lindy, and a red Picotin today**, so at least there were definitely bags in the conversation! 😂 But honestly, none of them gave me that immediate **“OMG, I NEED this”** feeling. And at these prices, I really want to feel that WOW when I buy a bag.
So I decided to pass on all three for now. I’d rather wait for something that genuinely makes my heart skip a beat than buy a bag just because it was offered — especially when what I’m really hoping for eventually is my QB. 🥹🧡
For now, though, I’m genuinely really happy with what I bought today — especially the mugs I’d been waiting for and that ridiculously cute coloring book.
**What do you guys think of today’s haul? Would you have taken any of the bags I was offered? And at around $15k in purchases, would you have brought up the QB with your SA, or would you keep letting it happen naturally?** 🍊🧡