While I was in Bangalow, NSW, with Mum and a friend, we went to this large shop called 'Abracadabra' which is situated on the main street. This place stocks all kinds of things from Halloween masks, toy cars and things for kids to flags for the garden, Chinese umbrellas, fabric bags and coin purse to hundreds of types of incense - enough to make anyone sneeze badly.
Well, the moment I walked into the store, I headed straight for the coin purse section - and there two or three of those. And this absolutely 
gorgeous one was a tough one to pick out; as there were others in the same design, but in differing colours. There were emerald greens, bright Asian red, a golden yellow/orange and a royal blue to choose from. However, I chose this one - with the assistance of my friend Manda, who told me that she definitely thought it suited me well! And just look at that flower on it!
I have used it since I returned home; and it holds a lot of money, which surprised me. Usually purses of this size often look small and are small. So, I can personally say that looks can be most definitely be deceiving.
I found this gorgeous one too good to pass up. However, I also found one rather major problem with it; and it's not a good one. Despite it being such a lovely find and very beautiful, I can't get it open; even though you can see a picture of it open here (I had to use a pair of scissors to prise it open for that photo to be taken; dangerous in more ways than one! Can you imagine if I tried that in public?).
So, this one stays in its packet and in the elephant-grass basket with the few others I have and don't use for various reasons (each one is different from each other). However, I wouldn't want somebody else to have this coin purse and throw it out because it wouldn't open. I keep this one because of its beauty; not because of its practicability. So, here's one just for show.
This one was a recent purchase from - all places - a Life Line Store! It cost me $1.50 and just have a look at the condition it's in... absolutely gorgeous. I hadn't found any purses on this day until I got to the counter with a bag I was going to buy for my Mum (it was a Florentine-style bag that I thought she'd love - and she does!) and there this darling little purse sat in the basket next to cash register amongst a whole lot of belts and old buckles.
Gotta say: this one and 
another I have in the same style were both found in the same shop for around the same price. So, you never know what people are donating these days.
You can find pretty much anything in charity stores these days to begin a collection. Go and have a look!
While I was in Bangalow, NSW, with Mum and a friend, we went to this large shop called 'Abracadabra' which is situated on the main street. This place stocks all kinds of things from Halloween masks, toy cars and things for kids to flags for the garden, Chinese umbrellas, fabric bags and coin purse to hundreds of types of incense - enough to make anyone sneeze badly.
gorgeous one was a tough one to pick out; as there were others in the same design, but in differing colours. There were emerald greens, bright Asian red, a golden yellow/orange and a royal blue to choose from. However, I chose this one - with the assistance of my friend Manda, who told me that she definitely thought it suited me well! And just look at that flower on it!
