The Coat

Over the weekend, I had to go on a shopping excursion with some peeps from the magazine to get ideas for upcoming issues.

It worked out because I had been planning to go to Cherry Creek for a while because I need to get a new winter coat.

We hit a couple of stores, but it wasn't until Neiman Marcus that I found The Coat.

It's this awesome wool and faux-fur blazer from John Varvatos.

It fit perfectly, and I wouldn't have to get it tailored.

One downside, it cost $900.

As we wandered to other stores, every other coat I came across couldn't compete with The Coat.

It kept nagging on me that I should get it, but my buddy Dave who was with us, couldn't believe that I was even contemplating to spend that much money on a coat.

[Seriously, he kept going on an on about it.]

My thoughts behind purchasing it was that it was an investment piece and should last me a while.

It's not too trendy that it will be out of style in less than a year.

Pretty much everyone else in our group thought I should get it.

I almost did actually, but the only thing holding me back was when I opened a Neiman's account, the counter lady said she had no way of knowing what my credit limit is [which I thought was weird].

So since I didn't know my limit, I didn't get the coat.

Neiman's only takes AMEX, Diners [who still uses Diners Club?], and their own store credit card.

So, I am waiting until I get my card in the mail to see what my limit is and I'll go from there.

So what do you guys think - is $900 too much to spend on a coat?