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bluecat_00 · Oct 7th, 2009, 03:42 AM

Originally Posted by Poppy bagfan

Not a whole family bag tho???? I now loathe self for being such a pig.... I have amazing self control with food - but not with cadburys giant choc buttons.....forget melting in the mouth - its been cramming as many in as i can manage and then frothing!

Yuk!

Only because I got home before they were finished!

klp0213 · Oct 7th, 2009, 03:44 AM

Originally Posted by Jenova

I find Green and Black's Caramel sets off a very odd addictive impulse in me - just that flavour.

That would be because caramel is made from sugar.

bluecat_00 · Oct 7th, 2009, 03:45 AM

My DH stock piles when things are on offer. You should see how many boxes of diet coke are in our garage and we don't need to buy dishwasher tablets for at least a decade.

elvisfan4life · Oct 7th, 2009, 03:52 AM

Originally Posted by korzinka

I went and looked at patent Bays (2 of them) in real life, because I do not have any black Mulberry and thought of leaping of the sofa at some point.
They are very beautiful. However, on both bags (still brand new, on display) I noticed hard little wrinkles- crackling like, forming at the top. "charity shop bag" sprang to my mind suddenly - have you seen those pityful forlorn bags in charity shops, patent with their little cracks...
I think, if you are a woman who buys a bag for a season to wear every day until it falls apart - you can go for patent, as you will have the safety of guarantee, and by the end of the first years you will know already if there is a quality/look problem with your bag, and will exchange it if bad.
But I buy my bags to last me a lifetime, quite rarely worn (I have quite a few), but to stay with me forever, so I can be a little old happy lady clutching her favourite 40-year old vintage Mulberry one day. I want them to stay, to remind me of my life stories, of old bruises from sofa-falls. I am afraid, the patent will not stand the test of time - it will look broken , crackled. This is in contrast to how an old battered oak Bays would look - old and lovely.
I also think, if a girl works in an office- this is a bag for her, it is worth it. I cannot use my bags at work, only on the way to-from, and meetings.

Completely agree with you here- I want classics that will get better and better with age- love the black patent bays but know I couldnt live with it looking creased and not pristine

Poppy bagfan · Oct 7th, 2009, 03:52 AM

Its a close run thing - as i suspected!

elvisfan4life · Oct 7th, 2009, 03:54 AM

This is a very close one isnt it? unlike the bays v roxy poll!!! Mind you I think if could all only have one bag ever it would be a bays- and probably an oak!!!

Poppy bagfan · Oct 7th, 2009, 03:54 AM

Originally Posted by bluecat_00

My DH stock piles when things are on offer. You should see how many boxes of diet coke are in our garage and we don't need to buy dishwasher tablets for at least a decade.

At least as Jenova says, I don't have to food shop - that is one luxury!

I tried it when we first moved in together but he didn't like the fact i bought different brands, so he has done it ever since! Suits me!

Selkie · Oct 7th, 2009, 06:14 AM

Was never sure about patent till I got my RN East West Bays - love love it!

Poppy bagfan · Oct 7th, 2009, 06:16 AM

Originally Posted by elvisfan4life

This is a very close one isnt it? unlike the bays v roxy poll!!! Mind you I think if could all only have one bag ever it would be a bays- and probably an oak!!!

Hmm...tempted to agree there Elvis tho actually for the sheer cool element i think it would be roxy in oak for me.....

(can't beleive i said that - I used to hate Roxys!)

And maybe my mind will change IF EVER my Bays gets here!!!

flyvetjo · Oct 7th, 2009, 03:22 PM

Not keen on patent personally- always think it looks a bit plastic but then i've not really had a good look at any quality patent bags. can't get the plastic thing out of my head. In fact not keen on any kind of shiney leather- love matt darwin!

zooba · Oct 7th, 2009, 03:49 PM

I love patent and still have my first designer bag- kieselstein cord bag from the rocking 80's. Still feel a bit Dynasty'ish when I drag it out- but I love the look of patent.

Not shoes though.

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Oct 7th, 2009, 03:45 AM	#48
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Oct 7th, 2009, 03:52 AM	#50
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Oct 7th, 2009, 03:54 AM	#51
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Oct 7th, 2009, 06:14 AM	#53
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Oct 7th, 2009, 03:22 PM	#55
flyvetjo Jo Joined: Jan 2007 Location: UK Posts: 9,015	Not keen on patent personally- always think it looks a bit plastic but then i've not really had a good look at any quality patent bags. can't get the plastic thing out of my head. In fact not keen on any kind of shiney leather- love matt darwin!
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Oct 7th, 2009, 03:49 PM	#56
zooba Member Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,271	I love patent and still have my first designer bag- kieselstein cord bag from the rocking 80's. Still feel a bit Dynasty'ish when I drag it out- but I love the look of patent. Not shoes though.
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