Whew! It was close but, I saved myself from wasting money this weekend. Instead of getting one bag I didn't need, I spent the money on several dresses I do need. So, the sales are a good thing instead of an unnecessary closet dump. I'm excited. 
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Hi all ... DH and I have a few family groups between us, plus our own, so Thanksgiving is a production that lasts 5 days including long drives over the river and through the woods. No Black Friday or Saturday temptations for me. I used to wish I could participate in all the shopping fun??? but now I wouldn’t do it (too much) if I could.
But yesterday, I went purse shopping all afternoon ... alone ... because next week is my birthday and I’ve been ruminating for awhile on which bag to gift myself from DH. I’ve had a hierarchy:
First up has been an LV Siena. I’ve been feeling that this bag would be my go-to winter bag ... full zipper, water resistant, crossbody plus top handles (my favorite) more EW than NS, room for those hats and gloves, but not a lugger. Viewed many videos. It has a pretty pleat in front and back. I’m out on the streets a lot during the days and I select my bag based on the weather and forecast.
Second In line would be a BV pillow in a metallic to stand out against my puffer coats (2, black.) I know BV pillow bags work well for me. This one would be mostly a dinner, out at night bag since it’s small and I need more capacity in the day during the winter ... but small though it is, I still get my gloves in there along with the regular stuff. I could even use it for one of those formal occasions.
Third up has been a WOC and my favorite is the Boy with chevron quilting perhaps silver hw. I could definitely use this bag for the serious formal occasions I go to about 5 to 6 times a year. I have sworn off clutches ... I’m always juggling whether sitting or standing. The Chevron Boy WOC is quietly elegant and I’d try to adapt it for daytime use as well.
So I went to LV, Chanel, and for fun to Mansur Gavriel, Fendi, Mulberry and Longchamp. There’s no BV nearby and I don’t think they’ve got a metallic in the current lineup anyway.
Nothing definitive came out of the day. I was a bit underwhelmed by the Siena. It runs small so I’d need the MM, which is only the size of the small Longchamp LP or Neo so ... smallish ... with the price, including tax, climbing towards 2k. I didn’t think it was a 2k bag but otherwise it would work well as my winter bag. Also, the SA made a mistake by leaving me alone to play with it. That bag could have used a little mystique created around it but I just gave it a cut and dried once over and moved on to Chanel.
I do love the WOCs that I saw (no chevron but others that were very appealing) and yet today Yoogi’s had, I think, 2 Boy WOCs at a 15% discount and I didn’t move. I’m hesitant to buy that little guy for so few occasions. I’ve gotten my daily carry to 2-3 small pouches, a very small wallet, glasses case and a charger and even if I were to use the WOC as a wallet, the other stuff wouldn’t fit. A year or so ago, I would have bought it for those occasions but realizing that I can't really use the bags I have enough as it is, looks like it might be a no for this one.
I bought a Longchamp Neo satchel, small in black, to use in the winter weather meantime. I came home and tricked it out with a base shaper and a leather strap so it has presence beyond its LC origen.
Then today I got online and found a metallic pillow (kmax had pointed me in a direction and then ... eBay!)
So this has been a bit of a saga but then I rarely go into my process. Being on this thread has been very helpful in my understanding of how much I use and don’t use the bags I already own. Pretty much, I’m attached to all of them except the few that are in my shopping bag of Doom so I have to be really careful what I bring in next. And I AM thinking about that ban. I know it would be so healthy for me to use my bags for a full year, optimistically, so I get to know them so well and they show some WEAR. Then I would be ready for new purchases.
Whew... long post. Feel free to comment on anything within it
But yesterday, I went purse shopping all afternoon ... alone ... because next week is my birthday and I’ve been ruminating for awhile on which bag to gift myself from DH. I’ve had a hierarchy:
First up has been an LV Siena. I’ve been feeling that this bag would be my go-to winter bag ... full zipper, water resistant, crossbody plus top handles (my favorite) more EW than NS, room for those hats and gloves, but not a lugger. Viewed many videos. It has a pretty pleat in front and back. I’m out on the streets a lot during the days and I select my bag based on the weather and forecast.
Second In line would be a BV pillow in a metallic to stand out against my puffer coats (2, black.) I know BV pillow bags work well for me. This one would be mostly a dinner, out at night bag since it’s small and I need more capacity in the day during the winter ... but small though it is, I still get my gloves in there along with the regular stuff. I could even use it for one of those formal occasions.
Third up has been a WOC and my favorite is the Boy with chevron quilting perhaps silver hw. I could definitely use this bag for the serious formal occasions I go to about 5 to 6 times a year. I have sworn off clutches ... I’m always juggling whether sitting or standing. The Chevron Boy WOC is quietly elegant and I’d try to adapt it for daytime use as well.
So I went to LV, Chanel, and for fun to Mansur Gavriel, Fendi, Mulberry and Longchamp. There’s no BV nearby and I don’t think they’ve got a metallic in the current lineup anyway.
Nothing definitive came out of the day. I was a bit underwhelmed by the Siena. It runs small so I’d need the MM, which is only the size of the small Longchamp LP or Neo so ... smallish ... with the price, including tax, climbing towards 2k. I didn’t think it was a 2k bag but otherwise it would work well as my winter bag. Also, the SA made a mistake by leaving me alone to play with it. That bag could have used a little mystique created around it but I just gave it a cut and dried once over and moved on to Chanel.
I do love the WOCs that I saw (no chevron but others that were very appealing) and yet today Yoogi’s had, I think, 2 Boy WOCs at a 15% discount and I didn’t move. I’m hesitant to buy that little guy for so few occasions. I’ve gotten my daily carry to 2-3 small pouches, a very small wallet, glasses case and a charger and even if I were to use the WOC as a wallet, the other stuff wouldn’t fit. A year or so ago, I would have bought it for those occasions but realizing that I can't really use the bags I have enough as it is, looks like it might be a no for this one.
I bought a Longchamp Neo satchel, small in black, to use in the winter weather meantime. I came home and tricked it out with a base shaper and a leather strap so it has presence beyond its LC origen.
Then today I got online and found a metallic pillow (kmax had pointed me in a direction and then ... eBay!)
So this has been a bit of a saga but then I rarely go into my process. Being on this thread has been very helpful in my understanding of how much I use and don’t use the bags I already own. Pretty much, I’m attached to all of them except the few that are in my shopping bag of Doom so I have to be really careful what I bring in next. And I AM thinking about that ban. I know it would be so healthy for me to use my bags for a full year, optimistically, so I get to know them so well and they show some WEAR. Then I would be ready for new purchases.
Whew... long post. Feel free to comment on anything within it
I am a bit confused did you get the eBay pillow too! The longchamp was a great buy for our crazy weather. I too check the weather before picking a bag for the day. Enjoy your purchase.Hi all ... DH and I have a few family groups between us, plus our own, so Thanksgiving is a production that lasts 5 days including long drives over the river and through the woods. No Black Friday or Saturday temptations for me. I used to wish I could participate in all the shopping fun??? but now I wouldn’t do it (too much) if I could.
But yesterday, I went purse shopping all afternoon ... alone ... because next week is my birthday and I’ve been ruminating for awhile on which bag to gift myself from DH. I’ve had a hierarchy:
First up has been an LV Siena. I’ve been feeling that this bag would be my go-to winter bag ... full zipper, water resistant, crossbody plus top handles (my favorite) more EW than NS, room for those hats and gloves, but not a lugger. Viewed many videos. It has a pretty pleat in front and back. I’m out on the streets a lot during the days and I select my bag based on the weather and forecast.
Second In line would be a BV pillow in a metallic to stand out against my puffer coats (2, black.) I know BV pillow bags work well for me. This one would be mostly a dinner, out at night bag since it’s small and I need more capacity in the day during the winter ... but small though it is, I still get my gloves in there along with the regular stuff. I could even use it for one of those formal occasions.
Third up has been a WOC and my favorite is the Boy with chevron quilting perhaps silver hw. I could definitely use this bag for the serious formal occasions I go to about 5 to 6 times a year. I have sworn off clutches ... I’m always juggling whether sitting or standing. The Chevron Boy WOC is quietly elegant and I’d try to adapt it for daytime use as well.
So I went to LV, Chanel, and for fun to Mansur Gavriel, Fendi, Mulberry and Longchamp. There’s no BV nearby and I don’t think they’ve got a metallic in the current lineup anyway.
Nothing definitive came out of the day. I was a bit underwhelmed by the Siena. It runs small so I’d need the MM, which is only the size of the small Longchamp LP or Neo so ... smallish ... with the price, including tax, climbing towards 2k. I didn’t think it was a 2k bag but otherwise it would work well as my winter bag. Also, the SA made a mistake by leaving me alone to play with it. That bag could have used a little mystique created around it but I just gave it a cut and dried once over and moved on to Chanel.
I do love the WOCs that I saw (no chevron but others that were very appealing) and yet today Yoogi’s had, I think, 2 Boy WOCs at a 15% discount and I didn’t move. I’m hesitant to buy that little guy for so few occasions. I’ve gotten my daily carry to 2-3 small pouches, a very small wallet, glasses case and a charger and even if I were to use the WOC as a wallet, the other stuff wouldn’t fit. A year or so ago, I would have bought it for those occasions but realizing that I can't really use the bags I have enough as it is, looks like it might be a no for this one.
I bought a Longchamp Neo satchel, small in black, to use in the winter weather meantime. I came home and tricked it out with a base shaper and a leather strap so it has presence beyond its LC origen.
Then today I got online and found a metallic pillow (kmax had pointed me in a direction and then ... eBay!)
So this has been a bit of a saga but then I rarely go into my process. Being on this thread has been very helpful in my understanding of how much I use and don’t use the bags I already own. Pretty much, I’m attached to all of them except the few that are in my shopping bag of Doom so I have to be really careful what I bring in next. And I AM thinking about that ban. I know it would be so healthy for me to use my bags for a full year, optimistically, so I get to know them so well and they show some WEAR. Then I would be ready for new purchases.
Whew... long post. Feel free to comment on anything within it
Hi all ... DH and I have a few family groups between us, plus our own, so Thanksgiving is a production that lasts 5 days including long drives over the river and through the woods. No Black Friday or Saturday temptations for me. I used to wish I could participate in all the shopping fun??? but now I wouldn’t do it (too much) if I could.
But yesterday, I went purse shopping all afternoon ... alone ... because next week is my birthday and I’ve been ruminating for awhile on which bag to gift myself from DH. I’ve had a hierarchy:
First up has been an LV Siena. I’ve been feeling that this bag would be my go-to winter bag ... full zipper, water resistant, crossbody plus top handles (my favorite) more EW than NS, room for those hats and gloves, but not a lugger. Viewed many videos. It has a pretty pleat in front and back. I’m out on the streets a lot during the days and I select my bag based on the weather and forecast.
Second In line would be a BV pillow in a metallic to stand out against my puffer coats (2, black.) I know BV pillow bags work well for me. This one would be mostly a dinner, out at night bag since it’s small and I need more capacity in the day during the winter ... but small though it is, I still get my gloves in there along with the regular stuff. I could even use it for one of those formal occasions.
Third up has been a WOC and my favorite is the Boy with chevron quilting perhaps silver hw. I could definitely use this bag for the serious formal occasions I go to about 5 to 6 times a year. I have sworn off clutches ... I’m always juggling whether sitting or standing. The Chevron Boy WOC is quietly elegant and I’d try to adapt it for daytime use as well.
So I went to LV, Chanel, and for fun to Mansur Gavriel, Fendi, Mulberry and Longchamp. There’s no BV nearby and I don’t think they’ve got a metallic in the current lineup anyway.
Nothing definitive came out of the day. I was a bit underwhelmed by the Siena. It runs small so I’d need the MM, which is only the size of the small Longchamp LP or Neo so ... smallish ... with the price, including tax, climbing towards 2k. I didn’t think it was a 2k bag but otherwise it would work well as my winter bag. Also, the SA made a mistake by leaving me alone to play with it. That bag could have used a little mystique created around it but I just gave it a cut and dried once over and moved on to Chanel.
I do love the WOCs that I saw (no chevron but others that were very appealing) and yet today Yoogi’s had, I think, 2 Boy WOCs at a 15% discount and I didn’t move. I’m hesitant to buy that little guy for so few occasions. I’ve gotten my daily carry to 2-3 small pouches, a very small wallet, glasses case and a charger and even if I were to use the WOC as a wallet, the other stuff wouldn’t fit. A year or so ago, I would have bought it for those occasions but realizing that I can't really use the bags I have enough as it is, looks like it might be a no for this one.
I bought a Longchamp Neo satchel, small in black, to use in the winter weather meantime. I came home and tricked it out with a base shaper and a leather strap so it has presence beyond its LC origen.
Then today I got online and found a metallic pillow (kmax had pointed me in a direction and then ... eBay!)
So this has been a bit of a saga but then I rarely go into my process. Being on this thread has been very helpful in my understanding of how much I use and don’t use the bags I already own. Pretty much, I’m attached to all of them except the few that are in my shopping bag of Doom so I have to be really careful what I bring in next. And I AM thinking about that ban. I know it would be so healthy for me to use my bags for a full year, optimistically, so I get to know them so well and they show some WEAR. Then I would be ready for new purchases.
Whew... long post. Feel free to comment on anything within it
Can’t wait to see your new goodies!
Thank you! It's the first MJ I bought (I had owned one MbMJ before that) and it's special to me because of that.
I also just love the Bordeaux color. And the little zip pocket in the front (which used to fit my teeny 5s phone) now is the perfect place for my car key!
Sorry for the confusion ... no, I haven’t pulled the trigger on the pillow. I’m letting it all sit for a few days. I should go back to LV and look at the Siena again. I used the LV Westminster GM as my winter work bag for 2+ years and I was totally happy with it so I’m surprised at my reaction to the Siena. I liked it for all the reasons I homed in on it but it turned out to be smaller and thinner than I expected. I think I have to look at it again and if it doesn’t speak to me, that’ll be it.
Deferring this purchase, birthday or no, is also an option now too.
I liked hearing about your thought processes! If I understood your post, you ended up with the black Neo for winter daytime use and the BV metallic pillow for evenings? If I got that right, then well shopped! I think, based on all the other bags you tried, these will probably best meet your needs.Hi all ... DH and I have a few family groups between us, plus our own, so Thanksgiving is a production that lasts 5 days including long drives over the river and through the woods. No Black Friday or Saturday temptations for me. I used to wish I could participate in all the shopping fun??? but now I wouldn’t do it (too much) if I could.
But yesterday, I went purse shopping all afternoon ... alone ... because next week is my birthday and I’ve been ruminating for awhile on which bag to gift myself from DH. I’ve had a hierarchy:
First up has been an LV Siena. I’ve been feeling that this bag would be my go-to winter bag ... full zipper, water resistant, crossbody plus top handles (my favorite) more EW than NS, room for those hats and gloves, but not a lugger. Viewed many videos. It has a pretty pleat in front and back. I’m out on the streets a lot during the days and I select my bag based on the weather and forecast.
Second In line would be a BV pillow in a metallic to stand out against my puffer coats (2, black.) I know BV pillow bags work well for me. This one would be mostly a dinner, out at night bag since it’s small and I need more capacity in the day during the winter ... but small though it is, I still get my gloves in there along with the regular stuff. I could even use it for one of those formal occasions.
Third up has been a WOC and my favorite is the Boy with chevron quilting perhaps silver hw. I could definitely use this bag for the serious formal occasions I go to about 5 to 6 times a year. I have sworn off clutches ... I’m always juggling whether sitting or standing. The Chevron Boy WOC is quietly elegant and I’d try to adapt it for daytime use as well.
So I went to LV, Chanel, and for fun to Mansur Gavriel, Fendi, Mulberry and Longchamp. There’s no BV nearby and I don’t think they’ve got a metallic in the current lineup anyway.
Nothing definitive came out of the day. I was a bit underwhelmed by the Siena. It runs small so I’d need the MM, which is only the size of the small Longchamp LP or Neo so ... smallish ... with the price, including tax, climbing towards 2k. I didn’t think it was a 2k bag but otherwise it would work well as my winter bag. Also, the SA made a mistake by leaving me alone to play with it. That bag could have used a little mystique created around it but I just gave it a cut and dried once over and moved on to Chanel.
I do love the WOCs that I saw (no chevron but others that were very appealing) and yet today Yoogi’s had, I think, 2 Boy WOCs at a 15% discount and I didn’t move. I’m hesitant to buy that little guy for so few occasions. I’ve gotten my daily carry to 2-3 small pouches, a very small wallet, glasses case and a charger and even if I were to use the WOC as a wallet, the other stuff wouldn’t fit. A year or so ago, I would have bought it for those occasions but realizing that I can't really use the bags I have enough as it is, looks like it might be a no for this one.
I bought a Longchamp Neo satchel, small in black, to use in the winter weather meantime. I came home and tricked it out with a base shaper and a leather strap so it has presence beyond its LC origen.
Then today I got online and found a metallic pillow (kmax had pointed me in a direction and then ... eBay!)
So this has been a bit of a saga but then I rarely go into my process. Being on this thread has been very helpful in my understanding of how much I use and don’t use the bags I already own. Pretty much, I’m attached to all of them except the few that are in my shopping bag of Doom so I have to be really careful what I bring in next. And I AM thinking about that ban. I know it would be so healthy for me to use my bags for a full year, optimistically, so I get to know them so well and they show some WEAR. Then I would be ready for new purchases.
Whew... long post. Feel free to comment on anything within it
Oh... and happy early birthday! Mine is coming up at the end of December (the 25th) but my present from DH isn't a bag this year, it was my new iPhone X. Sexy in its own way, though certainly nothing to post photos of, but it's exactly what I wanted.
I've never really understood the difference between burgundy, bordeaux, oxblood, and wine. Good thing I'm not an interior decorator!
Maybe try various breed rescue groups? There may also be rescue groups near you that operate online and the dogs are in various foster homes. There’s an organization here called Black Cat Rescue that does that for cats — they don’t have a physical facility, but if you see someone you like on their website, you can set up an appointment to meet them.
Great thought process.Hi all ... DH and I have a few family groups between us, plus our own, so Thanksgiving is a production that lasts 5 days including long drives over the river and through the woods. No Black Friday or Saturday temptations for me. I used to wish I could participate in all the shopping fun??? but now I wouldn’t do it (too much) if I could.
But yesterday, I went purse shopping all afternoon ... alone ... because next week is my birthday and I’ve been ruminating for awhile on which bag to gift myself from DH. I’ve had a hierarchy:
First up has been an LV Siena. I’ve been feeling that this bag would be my go-to winter bag ... full zipper, water resistant, crossbody plus top handles (my favorite) more EW than NS, room for those hats and gloves, but not a lugger. Viewed many videos. It has a pretty pleat in front and back. I’m out on the streets a lot during the days and I select my bag based on the weather and forecast.
Second In line would be a BV pillow in a metallic to stand out against my puffer coats (2, black.) I know BV pillow bags work well for me. This one would be mostly a dinner, out at night bag since it’s small and I need more capacity in the day during the winter ... but small though it is, I still get my gloves in there along with the regular stuff. I could even use it for one of those formal occasions.
Third up has been a WOC and my favorite is the Boy with chevron quilting perhaps silver hw. I could definitely use this bag for the serious formal occasions I go to about 5 to 6 times a year. I have sworn off clutches ... I’m always juggling whether sitting or standing. The Chevron Boy WOC is quietly elegant and I’d try to adapt it for daytime use as well.
So I went to LV, Chanel, and for fun to Mansur Gavriel, Fendi, Mulberry and Longchamp. There’s no BV nearby and I don’t think they’ve got a metallic in the current lineup anyway.
Nothing definitive came out of the day. I was a bit underwhelmed by the Siena. It runs small so I’d need the MM, which is only the size of the small Longchamp LP or Neo so ... smallish ... with the price, including tax, climbing towards 2k. I didn’t think it was a 2k bag but otherwise it would work well as my winter bag. Also, the SA made a mistake by leaving me alone to play with it. That bag could have used a little mystique created around it but I just gave it a cut and dried once over and moved on to Chanel.
I do love the WOCs that I saw (no chevron but others that were very appealing) and yet today Yoogi’s had, I think, 2 Boy WOCs at a 15% discount and I didn’t move. I’m hesitant to buy that little guy for so few occasions. I’ve gotten my daily carry to 2-3 small pouches, a very small wallet, glasses case and a charger and even if I were to use the WOC as a wallet, the other stuff wouldn’t fit. A year or so ago, I would have bought it for those occasions but realizing that I can't really use the bags I have enough as it is, looks like it might be a no for this one.
I bought a Longchamp Neo satchel, small in black, to use in the winter weather meantime. I came home and tricked it out with a base shaper and a leather strap so it has presence beyond its LC origen.
Then today I got online and found a metallic pillow (kmax had pointed me in a direction and then ... eBay!)
So this has been a bit of a saga but then I rarely go into my process. Being on this thread has been very helpful in my understanding of how much I use and don’t use the bags I already own. Pretty much, I’m attached to all of them except the few that are in my shopping bag of Doom so I have to be really careful what I bring in next. And I AM thinking about that ban. I know it would be so healthy for me to use my bags for a full year, optimistically, so I get to know them so well and they show some WEAR. Then I would be ready for new purchases.
Whew... long post. Feel free to comment on anything within it
And, I'm in the same place as you with the WOC. I think they are great bags but given that I always carry sunnies during the day, they don't work for me. So I circle them too but haven't bought.
Good job having discipline passing on the bag.
Congrats on the new phone.
And, yay!!!! to all of us who are December babies: you, me, @westvillage...
...anyone else?
I've never really understood the difference between burgundy, bordeaux, oxblood, and wine. Good thing I'm not an interior decorator!
To me they’re all the same. Lol. Still haven’t found the right one no matter what name it goes by [emoji23]
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