BIG BANG 2009 is here!!

[EYE HEART BAGS]

Originally Posted by gingeybear

Chica..IMHO..it never really began.

I second that!I may change my mind if Bea shows up @ a great price!

[gingeybear]

Originally Posted by Sybaryte

OK, true confession time....the Black Sonia was calling my name and I went for it. Wanted a black work tote with more style than my Swiss Army nylon beast, and after using my BE WTM as a work tote for a couple weeks, I realized that I can live without pen holders in my bag after all. And yes, I would pay full price if I won the lottery. Threw in the Saddle passport case too just because I love Saddle. Never mind that I already have one in PL and my passport is expired. I can carry coupons in it....if I ever decide to carry coupons. Placed the order yesterday, goods in stock, right? Just checked my order status and it's the same old HH B*LLS***!!! Due to large order volume, blah blah blah... The Sonia is due to ship 7/26 and no word on the Saddle case. This is not a back-ordered item and unless the rest of you have a confession to make too, where's the large volume coming from? WTF? If it wasn't such a good price, I'd cancel the order now. If my card gets charged right away, I might still cancel. I'll find the GD stuff on eBay where I get much better customer service, Mr. Ben. Grrrrr...

"Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That show's called a pilot. Then they show that show to the people who make shows, and on the strength of that one show they decide if they're going to make more shows. Some pilots get picked and become television programs. Some don't, become nothing. She starred in one of the ones that became nothing"

That's how I feel about this whole shebigbang, syb. I swear I bought nothing..nothing. This just about tears it doesn't it? I don't see anyone breaking down the doors to buy..I don't see a number count next to the ginger conrads which still says 9 left on the email I got..even though we know for a fact a hottie just bought one..I belong to other boards and no one is showing any love for this sale..this is bogus..just bogus..I'd be fuming too....so..my next post from one of my all time faves will continue this movie madness theme..because IMHO..."You're mad as hell and you are not going to take it any more!"

[gingeybear]

Every great magic trick consists of three parts or acts. The first part is called "The Pledge". The magician shows you something ordinary: a deck of cards, a bird or a man. He shows you this object. Perhaps he asks you to inspect it to see if it is indeed real, unaltered, normal. But of course... it probably isn't. The second act is called "The Turn". The magician takes the ordinary something and makes it do something extraordinary. Now you're looking for the secret... but you won't find it, because of course you're not really looking. You don't really want to know. You want to be fooled. But you wouldn't clap yet. Because making something disappear isn't enough; you have to bring it back. That's why every magic trick has a third act, the hardest part, the part we call "The Prestige".

So...is this what's going on?

[swolfcg]

Originally Posted by gingeybear

I swear I bought nothing..nothing.

Hey Gingey, when was the last time you did buy something?
Not that this sale is a dangling carrot, but I do recall you not being easily swayed by the lure of the sale.

[Miss Curly]

Syb, I'll let you know on my order. As of now, it says it will ship tomorrow. I don't buy that at all. Let us know how you like the Sonia (when you get it). The price is good and if I needed another black bag, I would've been right there with you!

[gingeybear]

Originally Posted by swolfcg

Hey Gingey, when was the last time you did buy something? Not that this sale is a dangling carrot, but I do recall you not being easily swayed by the lure of the sale.

Swolfie...Last time I bought brick and mortar, sample sale March no..for the sake of honesty, make it the Maddy boots I couldn't get online, April. Last time I bought online, Maddy boots for me and DDs April. Not a fan of Spring so to be honest, I'm feeling everyone's pain more than mine.

OK..maybe I'll make the possible exception of a Zap!Green Lorca at a killer price..and maybe either the Origami or the other folding morphing HH thingy hobo in Brandy ditto. Ttthattt's all, chica.

I was kind of hoping for some surprises from old stock..especially some cuffs or one of a kind finds from samples..something to make my headlights glow..if you KWIM....hey...it is called the Big Bang..I didn't make it up.

Now Fall..that may be problematic.

[RealMcCoy]

Gingey, Fall is going to be more than problematic... it will be traumatic. I envision a mad scramble for the Biblio.

So, Syb bought a Sonia. It sounds like others have been diving in the Bay. Maybe we need to start a "True confessions of where I shopped while waiting to shop because I could not shop this sale" thread. I will start. True confession. I bought one bag this week. My first Hudson Satchel in Vachetta. There. That is what I did out of pent up energy. I had to release some. I think we HHHotties are like throroughbred race horses, don't put us in the starting box if you don't plan to release the gate and let us run.

[Minnifer]

Originally Posted by RealMcCoy

It sounds like others have been diving in the Bay. Maybe we need to start a "True confessions of where I shopped while waiting to shop because I could not shop this sale" thread. I will start. True confession. I bought one bag this week. My first Hudson Satchel in Vachetta. There. That is what I did out of pent up energy. I had to release some. I think we HHHotties are like throroughbred race horses, don't put us in the starting box if you don't plan to release the gate and let us run.

That is SO true - I've been trolling every site imaginable to find something to buy!!! Have been tempted by some, but haven't bought yet... sigh... yeah, that should make me happy, right? Not so much.

Congrats on the Hudson!!!

[gingeybear]

RMcC..perhaps HH will start auctioning their surplus when they read this..so sssshhh...LOL

Mazal tov on the vachetta..hie ye over to Stormy's thread ASAP. I didn't want to look at it because I am a dirt magnet at times..and just by looking at the listing I would have transmitted some mulch over the internet to land on it.

Ah..dear RMcC...I am already circling the wagons, battening down the hatches, locked and loaded, armed for bear..whatever other terms fit the bill..

ITA...the Fall will be calamitous, catacalysmic, catastrophic, pernicious, problematic, traumatic, and out of alphbetical order but probably the most fitting for what I fearfully anticipate will be the state of my wallet and CC balance....just plain ruinous.

So in a way, I am not that devastated by the lack of generated excitement..just representationally kvetching..what is know in Jewish liturgy as a "shaliach tzibur"..or a public emissary who pleads the case of the congregation without any personal agenda..and since I publically stated I don't "feel" the Spring collection, I believe that I can be just that. LOL

Seriously though, I am nursing my hoard of green (hear me HH GREEN!)... I am biding my time. Comes Fall '09...I know what I want and no..it's not the football either.

The throroughbred analogy, apt though it is, my dear heart...left me vaguely queasy...not so much for what is going to happen now..but in the Fall..lord help us... because in the mad dash for the finish..one of us may be hobbled..and like the movie "They shoot horses, don't they"?

[Sybaryte]

Here's another true confession: Didn't care much for Spring and I'm not all that wound up about Fall either. The Biblio doesn't do it for me and I'll only be interested in the Trophy Satchel if it comes in a non-shiny leather. There's that Gryson looking bag that is kinda interesting...on 75% discount. I don't even remember any of the rest of it, to tell you the truth.

I'm actually more focused on the LP bags in Dark Olive and Purple....can't wait to see the leather IRL.

[swolfcg]

Originally Posted by Sybaryte

I'm actually more focused on the LP bags in Dark Olive and Purple....can't wait to see the leather IRL.

I completely agree w/ ya on the new LPs colors. Total yum. My only problem is w/ choosing, b/c I can't afford both & I refuse to do Sample Sale again.

Not to get off topic completely, but where is the Gustto sub-forum?

[swolfcg]

Yet, another BB sale mailer, "further reductions"??!@#"
I don't see nothin' different. *rubs eyes, looks again* Nope.

[jakeandsamsmom]

I received my one and only purchase from the BB Sale today -- the gorgeous painterly paint ruffled scarf. It is very luxe, being made of actual 100% silk (unlike the gingko scarf). Sorry, ladies, no pics today. Perhaps sometime later this week.

[strixnebulosa]

Originally Posted by jakeandsamsmom

I received my one and only purchase from the BB Sale today -- the gorgeous painterly paint ruffled scarf. It is very luxe, being made of actual 100% silk (unlike the gingko scarf). Sorry, ladies, no pics today. Perhaps sometime later this week.

Jealous! :) You must have caught it early in the sale. I've been hoping it would pop up.

[jakeandsamsmom]

Originally Posted by strixnebulosa

Jealous! :) You must have caught it early in the sale. I've been hoping it would pop up.

I snagged it as soon as the BB sale link went live :). When I placed the scarf in my cart, it said "only 2 remaining."