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Vintagecharm · Jul 16th, 2007, 01:04 AM

Sanity, Relish this time, I remember when my daughter would'nt be seen dead in anything Mum had, but recently on a shopping trip with her she actually bought a pair of Leopard print shoes (I'd been wearing leopard print accessories for about year). So of course one of my Leopard bags went home with her. All she could say was she could'nt believe how she was turning into me. Great shock for a young women. Ha Ha revenge is sweet.

Vintagecharm · Jul 16th, 2007, 01:10 AM

I'd love to know which is your favourite Paddy. Not too big, just right for us young at heart? Oh and it's great to hear from you ALL

catcat · Jul 16th, 2007, 02:48 AM

Great thread idea...have not hitten 40 yet but will next year, so hopefully I am admitted.
The older I get the younger I dress...

. Hubby is a bid responsable for this too he just likes short skirts etc my girls like for mom to be hip and stylish...and I say to myself this might be the last years I can carry it off without looking risiculous.
My style is more casualchic (two preteen girls and an 18 month old).
I have had designer bags since highschool (mostly Fendi and LV hand me downs from mom and aunt)
But have only started splurging a couple of years ago, before it was mostly shoes.
I started with Dior, then Bal, LV accessory (don't like the bags that much) Chloé and now back to Fendi with a spy on the way

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Vintagecharm · Jul 16th, 2007, 03:12 AM

Originally Posted by catcat

Great thread idea...have not hitten 40 yet but will next year, so hopefully I am admitted.
The older I get the younger I dress...

. Hubby is a bid responsable for this too he just likes short skirts etc my girls like for mom to be hip and stylish...and I say to myself this might be the last years I can carry it off without looking risiculous.
My style is more casualchic (two preteen girls and an 18 month old).
I have had designer bags since highschool (mostly Fendi and LV hand me downs from mom and aunt)
But have only started splurging a couple of years ago, before it was mostly shoes.
I started with Dior, then Bal, LV accessory (don't like the bags that much) Chloé and now back to Fendi with a spy on the way

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Welcome, welcome, hopefully this thread will be not only genereous of heart but informative as well. Age has no meaning if your in your grave.

pukasonqo · Jul 16th, 2007, 03:49 AM

i like solly tia's avatar...
not yet forty...i have a 12 year old boy and an 8 year old girl (my tan paddy is her family heirloom for when she turns 15, if and only i am not still using it!) and no, none of my friends understands this obsession with handbags (and i only have one)!
so far i like the classic paddy but i must admit the ava is quite a nice bag too...

Lescoy · Jul 16th, 2007, 05:12 AM

Originally Posted by pukasonqo

i like solly tia's avatar...
not yet forty...i have a 12 year old boy and an 8 year old girl (my tan paddy is her family heirloom for when she turns 15, if and only i am not still using it!) and no, none of my friends understands this obsession with handbags (and i only have one)!
so far i like the classic paddy but i must admit the ava is quite a nice bag too...

The Ava IRL is gorgeous..............

I saw the satchel, which also has the long strap. TDF - I was overly excited - and then I noticed it had a stitch missing on the underside of the bag, and I was mortified - it would need professionally repaired - certainly given the junk I carry........the kitchen sink always comes in useful on a day out you know!!

Lescoy · Jul 16th, 2007, 05:13 AM

Originally Posted by riffraff

*sneaks in and sits in the corner quietly, shhhhh only 36*

Shhhhhhh......we'll not quibble about a few years!! Great to see you!

Lescoy · Jul 16th, 2007, 05:15 AM

Originally Posted by Vintagecharm

Lescoy I am here finally, I should nick name myself "Mama Rouge" after my baby. My story is rather ordinary but I am sure I am not alone. I am often told "NOT ANOTHER HANDBAG" I must be mad. These people are always the ones that have one handbag and they kill it before they get another YUCK. My collection of Chanel, Gucci, L.V. Coach, Scala and now Baby Paddy are all in special boxes put to sleep with covers and love. I do use them all just alternate. I hate it when someone wants to go through my boxes and disturb them and not pack away properly. Anyway this is my vice my dear Husband has a fishing vice so he never complains and we are both blissfully happy. I finally told him tonight what I bought, guess what he said? "Well we will have to take her out when she arrives, how about Chinese" I thought it was so sweet, I think I'll buy him another fishing rod tomorrow

For him. Thanks for the Thread

A woman after my own heart!!! I just let my husband buy a motorhome (he likes to fish and so he can go off for a weekend, I'm hoping!!) - so I said nothing - just let him get on with it. I've been good - he's had it 3 maybe 4 weeks - and I haven't bought anything ............. yet!!

Lescoy · Jul 16th, 2007, 05:18 AM

Originally Posted by SollyTia

Hahahahaha. I lost my way back to the thread.

Senile navigation that is.

How appropriate is it, my post count should just hit the dreaded 888. As a bingo caller would say, 3 fat ladies!!!!!

Vintagecharm ~ You know what they say about fishing.

Give a man a fish, feed him for a day.
Teach a man to fish, and he will spend every weekend in a boat drinking beer.

PS. About age, just to clarify, I am now reversing numbers, so therefore I am younger than my daughter.

I only realised earlier, if anyone were to ask how old she was, I would answer 26. Don't know why this number has stuck.

I keep losing you, first your a cat, then Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, then Becks, then something else - and now.......

SollyTia - you can't be reversing numbers - no way........

missbradshaw · Jul 16th, 2007, 05:20 AM

Originally Posted by susieserb

Hey as long as I cook for hubby and tell him he's adorable I get my goods....that's designer goods thank you very much!!

Ooo I would hate to have to rely on my husband for my bags - I buy them myself!

Lescoy · Jul 16th, 2007, 05:23 AM

Originally Posted by missbradshaw

Ooo I would hate to have to rely on my husband for my bags - I buy them myself!

Well if my husband bought me a bag - God alone knows what it would look like! He doesn't have a clue about designer fashion, in fact about fashion in general - but he never complains if I buy something - just raises his eyebrows and goes 'oh yes!!' Maybe I should get him interested in 'man bags'??

moogle · Jul 16th, 2007, 06:15 AM

No one at work would notices my bags. I work at an engineering firm that does tooling and gaging....it's mostle men. They wouldn't know a good quality bag if they saw one....

My boyfriend on the other hand, thinks I'm nuts.....
But believes there are worse things for me to spend my money on. (We've been living together for about 12 years now.)

I don't have kids, and am finally at a point where I have the income to buy things that I want. So I do!

Lescoy · Jul 16th, 2007, 06:19 AM

Originally Posted by moogle

No one at work would notices my bags. I work at an engineering firm that does tooling and gaging....it's mostle men. They wouldn't know a good quality bag if they saw one....

My boyfriend on the other hand, thinks I'm nuts.....
But believes there are worse things for me to spend my money on. (We've been living together for about 12 years now.)

I don't have kids, and am finally at a point where I have the income to buy things that I want. So I do!

Excellent - your BF is right - there are definitely worse things you could spend your money on......and at least it means you are looking after yourself and making yourself look good when you go out - which makes you feel good inside! I'm all for it!!

pukasonqo · Jul 16th, 2007, 07:40 AM

Originally Posted by Lescoy

The Ava IRL is gorgeous..............

I saw the satchel, which also has the long strap. TDF - I was overly excited - and then I noticed it had a stitch missing on the underside of the bag, and I was mortified - it would need professionally repaired - certainly given the junk I carry........the kitchen sink always comes in useful on a day out you know!!

oh yeah, you never know when you'll need one!! i still remember opening my bag and pulling out lego pieces (yoda),a gameboy (DFS me thinks it's called now),an origami crane that my son made, some candy,stamps, a set of keys i still don't know who they belong to,sunnies...and i still couldn't find to my wallet! i almost got a rabbit out of the bag too...

Lescoy · Jul 16th, 2007, 07:53 AM

Originally Posted by pukasonqo

oh yeah, you never know when you'll need one!! i still remember opening my bag and pulling out lego pieces (yoda),a gameboy (DFS me thinks it's called now),an origami crane that my son made, some candy,stamps, a set of keys i still don't know who they belong to,sunnies...and i still couldn't find to my wallet! i almost got a rabbit out of the bag too...

Sounds like mine - I love these large bags these days - mine is like Dr Whos Tardis - I've tried a smaller bag - but it just doesn't work for me! I thought I'd have an LV Pochette just for a small bag, casual night out - hey, its never been outside, well actually its been to Portugal a couple of times, but didn't see any sun

Jul 16th, 2007, 01:04 AM	#16
Vintagecharm Member Joined: Jul 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 887	Re: Zimmer Frame - for 'over 40's' Chloe and fashionistas! Sanity, Relish this time, I remember when my daughter would'nt be seen dead in anything Mum had, but recently on a shopping trip with her she actually bought a pair of Leopard print shoes (I'd been wearing leopard print accessories for about year). So of course one of my Leopard bags went home with her. All she could say was she could'nt believe how she was turning into me. Great shock for a young women. Ha Ha revenge is sweet.

Jul 16th, 2007, 01:10 AM	#17
Vintagecharm Member Joined: Jul 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 887	Re: Zimmer Frame - for 'over 40's' Chloe and fashionistas! I'd love to know which is your favourite Paddy. Not too big, just right for us young at heart? Oh and it's great to hear from you ALL

Jul 16th, 2007, 02:48 AM	#18
catcat Member Joined: Sep 2006 Location: South of France Posts: 5,075	Re: Zimmer Frame - for 'over 40's' Chloe and fashionistas! Great thread idea...have not hitten 40 yet but will next year, so hopefully I am admitted. The older I get the younger I dress.... Hubby is a bid responsable for this too he just likes short skirts etc my girls like for mom to be hip and stylish...and I say to myself this might be the last years I can carry it off without looking risiculous. My style is more casualchic (two preteen girls and an 18 month old). I have had designer bags since highschool (mostly Fendi and LV hand me downs from mom and aunt) But have only started splurging a couple of years ago, before it was mostly shoes. I started with Dior, then Bal, LV accessory (don't like the bags that much) Chloé and now back to Fendi with a spy on the way!
	__________________ From Bal to Chloé to Fendi...and back to Bal , hopless purseaddict...and CL

Jul 16th, 2007, 03:49 AM	#20
pukasonqo goddess of suburbia Joined: Dec 2006 Location: 0z Posts: 2,830	Re: Zimmer Frame - for 'over 40's' Chloe and fashionistas! i like solly tia's avatar... not yet forty...i have a 12 year old boy and an 8 year old girl (my tan paddy is her family heirloom for when she turns 15, if and only i am not still using it!) and no, none of my friends understands this obsession with handbags (and i only have one)! so far i like the classic paddy but i must admit the ava is quite a nice bag too...
	__________________ it is not my only addiction.but it is the one of which i am most fond... (and now, for real, on a handbag buying ban with my ban buddie!)

Jul 16th, 2007, 06:15 AM	#27
moogle Member Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,310	Re: Zimmer Frame - for 'over 40's' Chloe and fashionistas! No one at work would notices my bags. I work at an engineering firm that does tooling and gaging....it's mostle men. They wouldn't know a good quality bag if they saw one.... My boyfriend on the other hand, thinks I'm nuts..... But believes there are worse things for me to spend my money on. (We've been living together for about 12 years now.) I don't have kids, and am finally at a point where I have the income to buy things that I want. So I do!
moogle Member Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,310

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