Well, I’m gonna tell ya ’bout this here Balenciaga blue bag, ya know, the one them city folks are all gaga about. I seen it in a picture, all fancy and blue, looked like somethin’ you’d carry your Sunday best in, if we had such things back in my day.
Now, they call it a “handbag,” but I reckon it’s just a purse, a right expensive one at that. Heard tell it costs more than my old man’s tractor! Can you believe it? A bag! What’s so special about it, you ask? Well, beats me, but them city folk, they sure do love their fancy things.
I heard some folks sayin’ it’s a “luxury” bag. Luxury? What in tarnation does that even mean? Back in my day, luxury was havin’ enough food on the table and a roof over your head. This here bag, it’s got a name longer than my arm – Balen-somethin’-or-other. Sounds foreign, don’t it?
- They got all sorts of blue, too. Powder blue, like the sky on a clear mornin’.
- Electric blue, like the sparks flyin’ when you weld somethin’ together.
- And even metal blue, like that shiny stuff they use on them new cars.
I reckon they got a blue for everyone, if you got the money, that is. And don’t even get me started on the styles! Some are big, some are small, some you can sling over your shoulder, leavin’ your hands free for workin’, I guess. They call it a “crossbody,” like it’s somethin’ new. We been carryin’ sacks and baskets like that for ages!
Now, they say you can buy these bags online, on some fancy website. Online! Back in my day, you bought things at the general store, and if they didn’t have it, you did without. And this website, they say it’s safe and secure. Well, I reckon it better be, considerin’ how much these bags cost. You can even get them used, pre-owned they call it. So, someone else has already toted it around, and you still gotta pay a small fortune for it!
Them city stores, like that Nordstrom place, they sell ’em too. Fancy stores with shiny floors and folks all dressed up. I bet they wouldn’t even let me in with my work boots on! And Neiman somethin’-or-other, they got a bunch of ’em too. Sounds like a whole lotta fuss over a bag, if you ask me.
I saw one listed for, get this, $2,349.99! And they said it was the last one! Can you imagine? Spendin’ all that money on a bag? Why, you could buy a whole cow with that kind of money! Or a good used truck! But I guess them city folk, they got more money than sense, sometimes.
This Balenciaga company, they ain’t just sellin’ bags, mind you. They sell shoes and clothes and all sorts of fancy stuff. And they got some kind of smelly water they sell too, what they call “fragrances.” My grandma used to say the only fragrance a woman needed was the smell of clean laundry and sunshine. But I guess times have changed.
This whole Balenciaga thing, it started a long time ago, back in 2001. Some fella, Nicolas somethin’-or-other, he started it all. And now it’s a big deal, a real big deal. Headquartered in Paris, they say. Another fancy foreign place.
So, there you have it, what I know about this here Balenciaga blue bag. It’s fancy, it’s expensive, and it’s blue. And if you ask me, it’s a whole lotta fuss over nothin’. But hey, what do I know? I’m just an old woman who knows the value of a hard day’s work and a good, sturdy pair of boots. This here Balenciaga bag? It ain’t nothin’ but a pretty thing to look at, but I guess if it makes them city folk happy, well, that’s their business, ain’t it?
Anyways, it is what it is and i am going back to my daily works.
