>> Hello, everyone.
Welcome back to my channel.
I don't know when I'm going to post this
because I'm very cognizant of the fact that
there's a lot of luxury on this channel
but I'm not mainly a luxury YouTuber.
I'm kind of a Jack of all trades.
So I don't want things coming too hard and fast
but I want to preface this by saying
I sold a lot of handbags.
There are some bags that are no longer in my collection.
And while I was doing that mainly to spring clean
and just kind of like I felt after I made that video
about how I have 45 handbags in my collection,
I felt a little bit disgusting.
I was just like, there's way too many handbags
like that's way too many for one girl to own.
And that's way too many for me
even if I rotated through each bag
each and every single week,
I would get through a majority of an entire year
just utilizing one handbag a week.
And I definitely use my handbags that I consistently use
several weeks in a row.
So, that meant led me to believe that maybe
I'm really not utilizing my handbags in the best way
and I have too many.
And I realized that I was sort of making that rookie mistake
where you just buy
for lack of a better term
you're sort of beating around the bush.
You're like spending all this money on other things
because you think,
oh, I don't have enough money to buy my dream bag.
When if you add up all the things that you've spent
over the last few years,
you could have bought it like three times over.
So I was like, you know what, Kristina?
Use your experience, gain some wisdom.
Pair down your collection, buy your dream handbag.
And that's exactly what I did.
Now, I fully recognize
that talking about me having a learning experience
and epiphany moment and figuring out that,
maybe not the best thing to do
when I'm realizing I have too many handbags
is to buy another handbag.
But you're here for this video,
so we're going to work through it.
We'll work through it together.
I really I want to start practicing
what I'd like to call mindful luxury, mindful spending.
And that is something
I've talked a little bit on my blog about
and somehow over the past couple of years
since I wrote that blog post, it has sort of slipped.
I've slipped a little bit in that respect.
And so I definitely want to get back on that wagon
and I think it's really healthy to enjoy luxury
and to have a passion for certain things.
Like I always say,
you could have a passion for collecting porcelain shoes.
I know someone who does.
You could have a passion for collecting stamps.
You could have a passion for working on cars or anything.
I mean, any of your passions and hobbies
is going to usually be
something you are wanting to spend money on and fun money.
Like don't get it twisted.
Anything that I spend money on is fun money.
It's after I have saved, invested, paid bills,
the budget is balanced and the rest of it is for fun.
So bearing that in mind, mindful spending,
mindful luxury is something that I really like to
move forward with especially because
I'm capping off this like spree, if you want to call it
with my dream bag and that means nothing else for a while.
I'm on Ban Island.
I've self-imposed myself on Ban Island.
So come and join me.
Let's have some margaritas.
I think also it'd be really fun on this channel
to do some no-spend challenges.
So let me know if that's something you'd be interested in
or if you'd like me to talk a little bit more about
mindful luxury, mindful spending, budgeting,
all that good stuff because it's definitely something that
you don't get taught in university, med school, high school.
The closest thing I took
was an accounting class in high school,
which incidentally was the class I was in
when 9/11 happened.
So that's about the extent of my accounting experience
and everything else has been self-taught
over the past 12 years of owning my own business,
which is this channel, social media, all that good stuff.
So, oh my God.
You're probably like Kristina, open the fricking bag.
Okay, okay, okay.
I hear you.
I hear you, I hear you.
So,
when it comes to buying your dream bag from Hermes
it's not as simple as walking into the store
and it's something that I have been asking for
for two years, but never gotten.
And I said, you know what?
I'm tired of playing this game.
I'm just tired of it.
I genuinely spend because I'm a genuine fan of the brand.
Anything I've ever bought, I've never regretted buying.
I 100% will not buy something if I don't like it,
plain and simple.
My issue is that I like so many things,
I tend to overspend because I am a genuine fan of that brand
or any other brands.
So that being said, what I did was I actually found
a luxury reseller in Hong Kong, I believe.
And is it Hong Kong?
Currency was in Hong Kong so it shipped from Hong Kong,
but I think the account on Instagram is.
Let me see, I'm going to put it on the screen.
I'm going to put the Instagram account on the screen.
If I sound like I'm talking a little bit quietly
it's because both my kids are asleep
and that's the only time I have alone to myself to film.
Tokyo.
So it says it's in Tokyo.
Either way, it's a Japanese Hermes reseller
and I will leave their information down below
as well as on the screen here.
I had like absolutely luminous experience
with these sellers.
They were so professional.
They were so understanding.
There were a couple of issues with like getting
my credit card to be like,
you want to spend how much money in a different currency?
Like no, we don't think this is legit.
And I'd be like, yes, it's legit.
I'm crazy.
Anyway, they were very patient with me.
It took like several days of back and forth.
But they held it for me, no problem.
No questions asked.
Oh my God.
It's packaged so well, it's taking forever.
It's a big bag.
What do we think it is?
Can I do that annoying thing where I make you guess?
What do you think it is?
I said dream bag.
Do you remember what my dream bag is?
I've only mentioned it a couple of times on my channel.
You're ready?
I can't believe this is sitting in my office right now.
I just can't believe it.
Who's ready?
Oh my God.
I'm so excited.
Who's ready?
Are we guessing the size and are we guessing the color
and are we guessing the style?
Birkin or Kelly?
What color?
What hardware?
What size?
Two handles.
Oh my God.
Stop it right now
Allow me to present to you my holy grail handbag,
the Hermes Birkin 30 Etain Togo leather rose gold hardware.
[laughs]
I can't believe this is happening.
I have wanted this bag
ever since I found out that it came in this variation
several years ago, have been asking for it.
Still has all of the stickers.
It's completely brand new.
It is 2021 Z stamp.
Oh my God.
It's just so beautiful.
They have packaged this so well,
it's like they wrapped everywhere.
Here's the original air paper.
Here's the felt.
I don't know why it wasn't on the bag to begin with,
but there you go.
[foreign language]
Getting hot, I'm so excited.
Oh my God.
Raincoat.
I don't even know what this is.
A booklet?
I've never gotten a booklet.
Have I?
Have I ever gotten have a booklet?
Oh my God.
It came with the receipt.
What?
It's from New York.
This thing was purchased in April
and someone resold it to Japan
and then it came all the way back to the states.
That is crazy.
Does it even have the serial number on it?
'Cause that's even more amazing.
I'm still going to have it authenticated but.
Yeah, it does.
Holy smokes.
You all, this is the freaking jackpot.
Freaking jackpot.
Look at this lock you guys.
Oh my God,
I am stunned.
I am stunned you guys.
This is insanely beautiful.
I hope you can see that it's rose gold.
Like gold
rose gold.
Here we have the hand bag.
I'm so excited, oh my God.
I'm so excited.
So now we need a name for this beauty.
Unreal.
There you go.
Enjoy the sights and sounds and smells
and beautiness that this gorgeous handbag.
Oh my God.
So,
I had a wonderful, wonderful buyer experience
at this Instagram account,
I will leave it linked down below.
No affiliation with them.
So never just trust when it comes to a purchase like this.
Never trust anyone blindly.
Get it double, triple authenticated if you must.
I will certainly be doing so,
but oh God
this is an authentic handbag
and I'm going to look at the serial number.
Stunning.
Does that match?
Yeah.
I am absolutely, absolutely blown away.
Does this not scream me?
Like is this not just me in a handbag.
Like I can't even tell you.
So there you go.
That is my handbag unboxing.
My little story about mindful luxury
and how this is the start of my journey
and how I'm really excited about
again, I'm still pairing down my collection.
I'm still going to do it.
I think it's a really healthy thing to do.
It's sort of like shedding your winter coat.
You know what I mean?
It's just like I'm emerging from my chrysalis,
reborn and with more space and yeah.
I'm just excited about it so much.
It just feels so invigorating to do it
whereas sometimes buying and buying and buying
feels very heavy,
I feel lighter having like selling off my things.
Matter of fact,
one of you guys just bought something from me yesterday
which is going in the mail today
and I've sold a bunch of things on my website,
my closet website which I've created called Shop Kristina B.
So you guys can have a good experience
and spend a lot of time and energy pouring into that
as part of my new path.
So yeah.
Feel free to check it out if you want.
I think most things are sold out,
but a couple of things are left.
But yeah.
Anyway, let me know what you thought of this video
by leaving a comment and replying to your comment
if you guessed right or wrong.
I have a feeling a lot of you guys
know my dream handbag combo and so I bet you,
a lot of you guys are going to guess this.
But what I don't know is if you're going to guess the size
'cause this is like the best size.
I have a Birkin 30, it's just the most wonderful size.
It's the most perfect size.
I am over the moon in love
and I hope that you enjoyed it.
So yeah, I will see you guys in the next video.
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Bye.