2017 resolution - shopping my own bag and wallet collection. Any one else?

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msd_bags said:
Oh, I forgot to add, at month's end, I summarize my Evernote list into this Excel sheet. I'm not sure if there is a facility in Evernote for consolidation. In the meantime, I use this spreadsheet which my friend swears is the height of OCD behavior!

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Gal after my heart, yay! I’m right up there with you and @westvillage <waving a hand here> I track my use by month and total it for year to date, too. :giggle::blush:
 
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Sparkletastic said:
Same here. I hate the mornings with a passion. I put my things out the night before and stumble through life like a zombie til my brain wakes up around 9am. :doh:

I would be the happiest person on the planet if I didn't have to sleep. I hate to sleep. It's such a waste of time when I could be doing something. LOL!
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Lol @ not wanting to sleep. I am the opposite, after a long day I love getting into my bed!
 
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vink said:
Ha ha. [emoji16] Thanks! I’m off to check if we have that tree here. [emoji16]

And this is the jacket that tempt me [emoji28]

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Totally not my usual style, so I doubt that I’ll wear it if I get to go anywhere. But I kinda like that fringe-y fur. [emoji28] Not to mention how similar I’ll look like a bear in it. [emoji28]

***add*** We have that tree! The local name means good luck. People like to braid the trunk to make it stand up straight. Very interesting. [emoji848]
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:heart: Shouldn't enable but you look fabulous
 
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HopelessBagGirl said:
I gave away a bag already in December and one in November. I feel good about that since several are coming in still. But after tomorrow only one trade bag arriving Thursday and one bag I ordered in October probably not coming until January. After that I get to prove to myself that I can be happy with 30 bags and not buying more, even if nothing is still on its way.
I could maybe give a couple more away. But really I don't feel stress about the size of my collection because I change every day and therefore use everything once a month, in rotation. That seems somehow OK to me. That's how many outfits I have so why not bags?
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I thought about this yesterday, even before reading your post.

My bags are NOT a 'collection' (as many tPFers refer to their bags) like you I think of my bags as just part of my wardrobe.
 
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westvillage said:
Apropos of the discussion of knowing our bags and ourselves ...

Since joining this thread in March, I’ve gotten my bag life so well organized by using Albums on my devices. My Albums are :
Fall/Winter by Size
Fall/Winter by Color
Spring/Summer
Travel Bags
Archival Bags
Clutches
Shopping Bag of Doom

Every bag has a picture in its Album and is stored with its group. So I have my Fall/Winter bags on my shelves now. Clutches, which don’t take much space, are there too. Spring and summer are boxed. Archival is boxed. The Travel group is stored in a separate area that I don’t go to much. The SBoD is literally a big LV shopping bag with 5 in it whose exit strategy I haven’t yet figured out yet.

Each Album tells me how many pics are in it so I can do a quick total count.

If I move a bag from one category to another i.e.,the bag is too open to be a F/W bag, I box it with the S/S and move its picture.

This system evolved over the year and I LOVE it because I enjoy looking at the pics of the bags. Sometimes I play it as a slideshow with music. Yikes! But I’m so visual when it comes to my bags. I’m not nerdy like this with anything else, I promise y’all.

The downside is that I don't have a count for number of wears. I’m beginning to make ticks on my pictures but this looks goofy. Maybe 2018 will bring motivation for a spreadsheet.

Example of use: Last weekend, I was bag shopping with DH for Christmas. My birthday passed so he gave me my Xmas present then because I couldn’t decide on a bag. We were back to the LV Siena. I thought I wanted the MM but the GM felt like a better size. I looked in my album, Fall/Winter Bags by Size, and saw that my largest F/W Bag is the Sofia Coppola PM ( it’s a roomy bag but still ...) so I knew the GM would be the better choice for the Siena.

Here’s a thumbnail shot of my neat-ish shelves with F/W Bags plus clutches. I owe it all to the impetus and thought coming from you ladies on this thread. Thank you! .

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What is your shopping bag of doom?
 
#20,682
paculina said:
Welcome to my neighborhood. I've been in this general vicinity for 2 months now, ever since I went to urgent care and ended up being admitted to the hospital. Being sick, taking care of medical stuff, being concerned about medical stuff, all of it is physically and emotionally exhausting. Doesn't leave much room for other non-essential activity. Your Mulberry will wait patiently. Take care of yourself and feel better soon.
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Wish you a full and speedy recovery, and also @bakeacookie too
 
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So this month it seemed I was itching to spend my money before receiving it. I think I miss my McQueen shopper :sad: it's been so much effort to chase it and nothing/no one has got back to me since leaving it in the cab. I toyed with the idea of replacing it, something I could wear everyday additionally to my briefcase for work but missed out by one day on a sale price (real) ostrich back-pack that I thought would be good because it'd be hands-free and attached to me and also Medor clutch from Hermes that was on their online store (just because of the colour and hardware). Happily (or not) someone is saving me from buying more bags.
 
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papertiger said:
So cute (lovely pic altogether) and I am totally envious of your sunshine however 'cool'
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Thank you, papertiger!

I am a bit spoiled by the FL sunshine; if the temperature drops below 70 F/21 C we refer to it as cool. [emoji41]
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So this month it seemed I was itching to spend my money before receiving it. I think I miss my McQueen shopper :sad: it's been so much effort to chase it and nothing/no one has got back to me since leaving it in the cab. I toyed with the idea of replacing it, something I could wear everyday additionally to my briefcase for work but missed out by one day on a sale price (real) ostrich back-pack that I thought would be good because it'd be hands-free and attached to me and also Medor clutch from Hermes that was on their online store (just because of the colour and hardware). Happily (or not) someone is saving me from buying more bags.
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Aww, sorry that your McQueen shopper has not been found.

Great job on not buying another bag, even if unintentional.
 
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papertiger said:
I thought about this yesterday, even before reading your post.

My bags are NOT a 'collection' (as many tPFers refer to their bags) like you I think of my bags as just part of my wardrobe.
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LOL! When I first came to TPF and heard people referring to their bags as collections, I found the term pretentious and a little silly. But, I reconciled my thoughts with it just being fun wording used on the site. I can't imagine myself referring to my bags as a "collection" IRL!
That being said, I do think it can lend some to believe they are "supposed" to acquire bags for the sake of acquiring them and showing them off as a group. Which I guess is ok as long as that is what they really want to do and it's not the TPF version of keeping up with the Jones's.
papertiger said:
So this month it seemed I was itching to spend my money before receiving it. I think I miss my McQueen shopper :sad: it's been so much effort to chase it and nothing/no one has got back to me since leaving it in the cab. I toyed with the idea of replacing it, something I could wear everyday additionally to my briefcase for work but missed out by one day on a sale price (real) ostrich back-pack that I thought would be good because it'd be hands-free and attached to me and also Medor clutch from Hermes that was on their online store (just because of the colour and hardware). Happily (or not) someone is saving me from buying more bags.
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I'm sorry your McQueen hasn't been found. And ouch on not getting the sale bags. :sad:

I'm going to hope the purse gods have an even more spectacular handbag than the ones you considered for you down the road. :hugs:
 
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