I live in different culture. In Asian countries, it is quite OK to show it to your friends and colleagues that you are trying to change your spending behavior. It the character that shows how smart you are in controlling yourself in spending. It is a proud to show people that you live modest life, but got no red figures (debt) with the bank. The best look is to be debtfree.

In my country, there is a say about people who spend a lot of money to buy brand name products that…. “just being rich will not make you qualified to buy those stuffs. You MUST have another qualification which is called “STUPID” too to be able to spend money that way!”…… Well, a bag is a bag! Basically, it is for carrying your things with you. If it is not too ugly to carry, is it necessary to be Hermes, Prada, or ect., right? Do you think people will believe you are rich just because you carry Prada? For me, I think people like that are poor and not so financial organized because they put large amount of moneymeaningless things.