the little black bag

See by Chloe

In celebration of landing my new job, I wanted to choose a couple of ways to celebrate.  I've come to learn it's SO important we celebrate life's milestones.  Celebration allows you to "stop and smell the roses" so to speak, and keeps you motivated to move forward.  In a world where people can seem to spend money like it grows on trees, I like the idea of a very thoughtful and well-planned purchase as a reward for hard work.

So that is why I have been delaying the purchase of a new black handbag for two years.  Could I have gone out sooner and purchased a bag for myself?  Sure.  But there was something so enticing about having it be out there, the dangling carrot, to keep me going.  When I found out I landed the new gig, I practically skipped on over to Nordstrom where I knew the exact bag I wanted.  My salesgirl had to pull it out of the back stock on my request, and eventually ended up also buying it for herself!

And the second celebration to myself is a spa party coming up soon with champaign and desserts... Just good quality girl time. 

How do you reward yourself?  Do you revel in the anticipation?  Do you like to have small rewards more frequently or a big dangling carrot you wait ages for?