I've been around enough women, including my 2 sisters, to know the value of carrying a good handbag or to wear nice shoes.  If you're thinking about buying your wife or girlfriend an expensive purse this holiday season, unless you're ready to pay a fortune, don't even bother. This is 2014, soon to be 2015 and there are some new options for the ladies.

While (real) Gucci handbags can go for $3000, it's no surprise that over 90% of the "Gucci" purses you see are counterfeit.  So what are you to do?

There are web sites out there where you can rent the real thing, with the option to rent-to own luxury handbags.  You can do the same thing with your big name dress and designer shoes.  Just goes to prove, there are web sites for everything!  Check out bagborroworsteal.com, rent the runway.com or lovemeandleaveme.com.

And guys, if you really want to have fun with your lady, rent the shoes, purse and dress but don't tell her you have to ship it back.  Now that would be a surprise but I don't recommend this for your own safety!

Enjoy.

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