a while ago I posted a video about how I lost ten thousand dollars from selling my own luxury items
a lot of which were designer handbags and fine jewelry pieces that I bought completely on impulse
so I guess you know I'm not someone who would ever encourage any kind of emotional shopping however
on several rare occasions these impulse purchases have actually worked out really well for me the
first one is the Saint Laurent or YSL pouch I bought this on an afternoon when the sun was
shining and I probably had one too many glasses of wine it was just one of those days where I was in
a very joyous mood and I just really wanted to celebrate the moment with some online shopping
that's when I went on to mytheresa and this YSL pouch was one of the new arrival pieces and i kind
of fell in love with it straight away to be honest I didn't actually check the measurements properly
to me it just looked like a reasonable size on the model and that was good enough for me but
what really closed the deal for me was the sale I think it might have been the spring sale but that
was these 15 or 20 percent discount for any orders over 500 pounds and just like that I was sold but
that's not it I actually ordered another YSL bag that day which was the Saint Laurent loulou bag in
a dark blue velvet material but when the package came I was quite underwhelmed with the loulou bag
but I absolutely loved this YSL pouch it was only then I thought about checking the size to
make sure it would actually work for me so I put all my Basic Essentials in and Luckily everything
fitted nicely I I really enjoy this clutch bag and even though I'm not proud with the way I make the
purchase this YSL clutch bag did in a way stop my hand for luxury clutch bags in general previously
I was looking at the Hermes jige the goyard and so on but I think this YSL clutch bag works so
much better in my wardrobe I'm also quite glad I managed to buy this on sale so this definitely is
an impulse purchase with a happy ending which is quite rare in my experience another luxury item I
bought on impulse is this small Chanel brooch now I'm not sure about you but I used to do a lot of
impulse shopping at Chanel I always felt like if I didn't buy the item then then it would be gone and
I would feel sorry for myself forever and to tell you the truth a lot of the emotional shopping I
did at Chanel didn't work out and I had to sell a lot of them but there are two pieces that I still
really like and this is one of them to be honest I wasn't even looking to buy a brooch at that point
but when I saw this I thought wow this is adorable I need to have it and I think I was so drawn to
it because I hadn't actually come across a brooch this small from Chanel most of the brooches I had
seen were about this size instead anyway I didn't think much about how to style this brooch or how
it would complement my outfits it was just really a case of okay this is cute I'm buying it and
I think between seeing this brooch and actually paying for it took me less than a few minutes well
luckily I really enjoy it I think the fact that this is so small makes it really easy to style I
usually like to wear this brooch with my oversized cardigan just to add a bit of sparkle another very
hasty purchase I made a Chanel is this Chanel mini o case in fact I even told myself this was
meant to be the universe wanted me to have it I remember I was really in a rush that day and I
only had the 10 minute window in hindsight it wasn't the best idea but I decided to drop by
Chanel to do some window shopping that's when I saw this Chanel mini o case and I thought wow the
color combination is perfect and it would make such a functional everyday wallet so I checked
the price and probably paid for it again not a common occasion but this has turned out to be
a Holy Grail luxury piece for me this is so small simple and cute and it can carry all my cards some
cash and even a little bit of coins I use this every day for years it's only me recently that
I downsized to this Chanel classic card holder because I don't carry cash anymore but I think
this Chanel mini okays will always come in handy the next one is this hermes CDC bracelet in the
black epsom leather and with rose gold Hardware this was one of my very first hermes purchases
I bought this at the airport and it was before I had an Hermes sale associate back then hermes
shopping wasn't very common on YouTube and I only saw this on a few blog posts and when I saw this
in person I thought wow this is so cool and one of a kind seeing we had a flight to catch I was
conscious about time so I very briefly tried this on and then paid for it when I got home however I
started thinking maybe I should have done a bit more research and that's when I started
looking into different options talk about doing things in the wrong order for a week or so I kept
questioning myself about if I should have gone for the yellow gold rather than the rose gold and
maybe the Swift leather would have been a better option after a while I decided it's pointless to
keep ruminating on it especially because I bought this abroad so it's not like I could return it
anyway luckily after a while this really started to grow on me I now think this is in the perfect
combination now I do have a small collection of Hermes leather bracelets but this CDC bracelet
has always been my most one piece in fact I even think this CDC bracelet might have started my
obsession for the Hermes rose gold fine jewelry pieces the next one is the lady Dior bag this is
in the medium size and with silver Hardware mine has the old zip opening which is is no
longer available I believe they only do this bag with the flap opening now which is a lot easier
to work with now I really enjoy this bag but it was one expensive impulse purchase I actually
really wanted the Chanel classic flap but it was a huge financial commitment for me seeing I only
just started working so I thought maybe I should look at the other alternatives as well I remember
walking away from Chanel and going to Dior and let me tell you the customer service was amazing the
same associate was so attentive and patient and I immediately felt so taken care of and just for a
bit of context I went to Dior with no intention of buying anything but I came out with this I think
the main reason was because the lady Dior was about 500 pounds cheaper than the Chanel classic
flap but the amazing customer service definitely helped to close the deal for me in retrospect the
lady Dior and the Chanel classic flap are two very different bags so even though I've always
enjoyed my lady Dior bag I ended up buying the Chanel anyway the interesting thing is though
at first I really thought the Chanel flap would be my unicorn bag but in the last 10 years I've
been enjoying my lady Dior way more the next one is this Louis Vuitton mini pochette in the damier
eben canvas this was never on my wish list I was in the Louis Vuitton store with my husband and I
was just really in the mood to buy something for myself these mini pochette stood out to me because
it was tiny and adorable but most importantly it was substantially cheaper than everything else in
the store I bought this at about 230 pounds which was a lot of money for a little pouch but it just
didn't seem as intimidating compared to handbags that cost thousands of pounds anyway the purchase
was completed within minutes not the most mindful purchase for sure but luckily it has been working
really well for me that being said after buying this mini pochette I kind of went down this luxury
small leather good rabbit hole and I kept buying more and more including a 2017 Limited Edition
mini pochette a Louis Vuitton toiletry pouch 15 and another one in 26. I'm not sure why because
I've always been too lazy to transfer things between pieces anyway I just find a bit of a time
waster so in the last few years I've done a lot of decluttering and I've sold almost everything and
this mini pochette is the only one I still have and it's still serving me really well so those
are some of my very mindless impulse purchases that have somehow become my luxury staple pieces
now this video is only meant to give you a bit of insight about how careless with money I used
to be and hopefully that will give you an idea about how minimalism has changed me as a person
the truth is a lot of the emotional shopping I did hadn't worked out for me and I had to sell them at
a huge loss and I have a feeling I'm not alone in this so please let me know if this is something
you can relate to thank you for being here today and I will see you in the comment section