A few days ago I was lamenting the fact that my daughter had too much stuff squeezed into her tiny dorm room. Among the items I thought she should give away was a ‘Happy Cinco de Mayo’ T-shirt she got for free from Taco Bell.

I lost the argument and she kept the shirt along with pretty much everything else. And as if to drive home the point that it’s OK to own totally impractical stuff, we ran into this display yesterday at Kate Spade:

Yes, this is the $300 women’s cross-body/clutch designed to look like a paper bag from your local Mexican fast food joint. Naturally, this would go well with the free ‘Happy Cinco de Mayo’ Taco Bell T-shirt my daughter wears once a year..if she can find it. (This year she couldn’t.)

..and of course she thought this little bitty ditty was completely, totally (!!) adorable.

An expensive leather purse designed to look like you are carting around last night’s left-overs…oh, why the heck not??

I’d love to know what sales are like for this item…. Wouldn’t be surprised if they were through the roof– why?