What is the drill when it comes to "buying things for friends while you are on vacation " ?

Remember my colleague who wanted us to get her a certain Prada bag from Europe if we are going there? Well Jim (guy who works in another department, & guy we know quite well) is going on a vacation to Paris soon. She is planning to hand him her shopping list. Top of it, is that bag!

So what is the drill when it comes to "buying things for friends while you are on vacation " ? That was what we were discussing & it moved on to being debated hotly in our group chat. So conclusion is: if it's small like a key chain, a scarf or even a miniature Eiffel tower that can easily be bought at the airport, that don't take up much space, it's ok. However, it's like a designer's bag, complete with it's usual very big, beautiful box & shopping bag, (exactly the bag my colleague wanted) is a big "NO". It's just not convenient for the other party. People would like to buy their own stuff too right?

Naturally colleague who wanted that designer bag was very disappointed, but she understand. Still she told Jim, if at the end of the trip, & he has not bought anything yet, please consider doing her that flavor. Thank God, someone else has a girlfriend who's working with the airlines & will be having a Paris flight soon. So it has been settled, the girlfriend will get the bag, & everyone will be happy again, until the next new bag hits the stores ....lol...

All of the above happened last month. She is very happy, as she has the "IT" bag now. Jim had a wonderful vacation & he brought us a beautiful mug each ! So sweet !!! 

This is my mug!!! So nice right ? Love it! Thanks Jim !!!