Platinum Handbag

I think my New Year's resolution will be to put less weight on material items - foregoing all frivolous luxuries. Take this platinum handbag, for instance. I am no longer going to consider spending $1.8 million on a change-purse designed by jewelry maker Ginza Tanaka. I don't care if it has 2,182 diamonds that total 208 karats - my money would be better spent on something less flashy; more functional. Like a home or a library at my kids elementary school. But then again...