If  you’re happy with a used Dooney handbag, then ebay is your place.  I have bought and resold numerous handbags at ebay and you can find just about every single style there.  One tip I recommend, is to watch the newly listed and filter it to show only Buy it Nows.  This is actually a common thing for ebay sellers to do. They sit and watch for newly listed items, preying on those selling their high end products for cheap because they need a few bucks quick! Then they swoop in and buy it now and resell it for higher.

If you’re after a new Dooney purse, then you can still go to ebay but I prefer QVC.  If you’re not a member, it takes about 30 seconds to sign up. (read below about new members)

There are a couple of reasons why I buy my Dooney handbags from QVC but the number one reason is easy pay.  Yep, it’s like layaway except you get the item right away, which makes it affordable for people who would otherwise not be able to dish out $300 at once.

Every day, one item is picked to be a Today’s Special Value or TSV for short.  I happen to know that on Saturday (April 11th), the TSV will be a Dooney & Bourke handbag.  {{drooling}}  Check out these HOT colors for Summer!!!

This Dooney & Bourke handbag is called The All Weather Leather Crescent Tote. The leather is divine and is built to last.  Of course, QVC has a 30 day, no questions ask money back guarantee so if it’s not your style once you get it, no biggie.

The All Weather Leather Crescent Tote

This bag retails for $375 which is average for a Dooney handbag.  QVC’s price is $266 BUT since it’s going to be Saturday’s Today Special Value, it will be on sale for $219.80.  This is a heck of deal already but it gets better. It will also be on easy pay!!  A whole 5 easy payments!! YAHOOOO!

So here’s the rundown on costs.

• $219.80  for the purse.
• $10.22    for shipping
• $14.38     for tax
• $244.40  TOTAL

Using the 5 easy pays, I’ll be paying $48.88 for 5mths.  For someone who can’t afford $244.40 in the heat of the moment, using easy pay is a GREAT option. For less than $50 bucks a month, for 5mths, I can have a brand new Dooney.

I do this all the time for many different things.  QVC offers easy pay on TONS of products and easy pay offers can be from 2-6mthly payments.

This is how I afford to buy my Dooney purses.  So do you think I’m buying this one?  What color do you like?

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The color is a beautiful yellow color.  This picture doesn’t do it justice at all!  I’ll be using this as a duvet cover for my bed.  I think I’ll put a chocolate backing on it too.  I think the brown will bring the brown crevices in my cedar bed.  I bought a couple of extra yards to make throw pillows.  We’ll see how that turns out.  COST: $14.99 per yard.  I bought 12.  I was lucky enough to get a 20% discount so that helped out a bunch.  Can’t wait to show you the before and after!  That will come much later though;)

NEXT, I bought myself a Dooney handbag.  I LOVE Dooney & Bourke and am particularly fond of the all weather leather collections.  This time though, I opted for the signature series because of the size of bag I was looking for.  I wanted a handbag that my camera could fit into and this one works out well.  I can actually fit my laptop in it as well.  It would get heavy with all that but I could manage and it would be better than carrying several different bags when travelling.  Not that I travel that much but if I can get one of those cheap flights to where ever I wanted to go at that very moment, I would hop on it in a heartbeat. 

 COST: Just over $200.  Dang you DR for introducing me to Dooney!

So what do you buy when you have some extra cash??  Do you go crazy like me??  Or are you a penny pincher??