well...my first purchase was a L.A.M.B. bag and then i won a dooney and bourke bag contest, got a bunch of their bags for free, and went to italy. in italy i got a YSL bag and came back with more charm bags from DB, and was like "WHOA!" i sold the Ysl because the color was all wrong and i sold all of the dooneys, because i didn't really like any of them anyways (gotta love ebay!) and then i bought the coach multi function tote in black. that was my first exspensive bag purchase....and after my whirlwind tour in europe, i was bitten by the bag bug! after my coach, which i purchased for school, i got more L.A.M.B. stuff, a dooney and bourke nile satchel for a commision, and started craving an LV....
so technically, my coach tote was my first, and quite practical indeed, but i just purchased my very first LV bag, a speedy 30 and consider that my first! because i actually earned the money to pay for it, it wasn't given to me or anything...and i just purchased a LV croissant today! im in deep! considering i just received the new banana republic pocket tote too. yikes! but handbags are fantastic! and earning your first is so rewarding!