TJ Maxx is a dangerous place for me, especially as my local TJ Maxx has an “expanded accessories department.” You can find all kinds of good purses there. I have seen Michael Kors, Dooney & Bourke, Coach, Lucky Brand, Via Spiga, Kenneth Cole, Hobo, Latico–some of my best handbag purchases have been made at old TJ’s.  I browse through the color coordinated handbag aisles and sometimes I find nothing but other times I find 3 or 4 bags I don’t think I can live without.

Luckily, I have come up with a strategy to decide which ones I really can’t live without.  After years of research, I have decided that the best plan of action is to start in purses and if I find something I really like and think I want, I carry it on my arm while I browse through the rest of the store.  I see clothes, lamps and strange glass figurines and when I am through it all, if the purse is still comfortably on my arm and I still want it I head to the registers. I have been known to leave the purse section carrying three different purses and to have decided against all of them by the time I am ready to leave. I always feel like I have great willpower when that happens. Other times my willpower is not so great–but at least I end up with a great bag!

This is my latest TJMaxx find. I really like it but I am thinking about returning it (another great thing about TJMaxx) because I’m just not sure. It’s very silver.

What do you think?