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

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Good luck on your scan, paculina. No fun AT ALL. I hope the results aren't anything scary. :hugs:
I expect the results to be the same as the other 2. Nothing. But the other two were taken only a week apart and the pulmonologist wasn't impressed that they were the same being so close together. So he wants another one. But he admits that if the hematologist was satisfied, the chances of there being anything there are pretty low.
 
I'm at the hospital for yet another scan. Sigh. This is the 3rd time I've done this. I am not excited. I picked up my LC Statue of Liberty yesterday because I expected to pick up a lot of random stuff to carry. Today is no different so here she is.View attachment 3911356

Hope your scans come in clear or provide an answer you’re looking for. *hugs*
 
@catsinthebag, @ElainePG, @dcooney4 here’s a picture!

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This was my HG brooch. I spotted it too late and it was sold out online, at the boutique, and at authorized retailers. Couldn’t even find it preloved.

I got it for half off the original price, in which I’m thrilled. DBF thinks it’s a bit overpriced but since it’s so me, he relented. It’s part of my Christmas gifts, but I insisted to wear it to my friend’s wedding so there’s no point in wrapping it. [emoji23]

I’ll wear it to work next week on my new-to-me Chanel jacket.

So I finally have something that’s a giant B! It’s been something I’ve wanted for years, but never found the right one.

The funny thing was I didn’t want to go to the Balenciaga boutique, but went out of boredom because they were debating on shoes. [emoji85] I almost stepped out the shop until I spotted that in the case.

So this is my last brooch. I have 3 from Chanel, various pins from Coach, and now this from Balenciaga!
Congratulations on your new brooch!

Here are some photos of my new love. Please bear with me, I am really enamored. [emoji7][emoji4]
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(First photo was when I got her yesterday. Second is today.)
Hurray on your new Mulberry bag - the colour is divine!

i am doing my 'carry red bags only' challenge, here are my wears
Rosso Cabat at Santa's ....

and Red cervo hobo for the past few days ....
ksuromax, you do red like nobody else - beautiful bags! Your pics make me smile because where I live, we’re currently under a winter snow storm warning!

Yes.
It's the main reason I don't have a whole lot of purses (I have 14 and of those, half are purses that are travel/special occasion/seasonal type).
I love my purses and I've done a pretty good job of culling them so I don't have any that don't get used (well one - but I'm stuck with it for a while) on a regular basis. My main work horses - the LV Pallas, Mulberry tote, AllSaints Kita, Loewe Puzzle, and the Longchamp Paris Rocks - are great purses; versatile, great quality, and timeless styles. I also don't feel like I need to baby them; they aren't precious. I don't want to worry about them.
I would *like* an Hermes leather bag. But unless one falls out of the sky - like the lovely red Kelly bag that Isobelle throws from the Eiffel Tower in Le Divorce - I probably won't get one. I look at the pre-loved ones on Ebay and Ann's Fabulous Finds, put some in my Watch List, but haven't sprung on one.
I think I'd like to try one on first - handle it, feel the leather, see what it looks like on - but it's a 4 hour trip to the closest store and if I got any attitude (that I hear is sometimes exuded from the SA's) I'd be furious and crushed and that would be the end of that.

This spring, I went on a bit of a organizing/purging binge. I started a spreadsheet for my scarves, started using Stylebook for clothes and purses (and scarves) and it has been a real eye opener. It helped me see what I was wearing and what I *needed*. The spreadsheet showed me what I have spent on scarves and how often I wear each one… :shocked:
In my defense I do wear a scarf almost everyday; my purses don't get the same amount of use. That said - I. Must. Cool. It. On. Scarves. I really think though that I get more use from the scarves than I would from a Kelly or Birkin.
But the heart wants what it wants. :angel:

That was a long and rambling way to say that yes, I think often about how much I spend on pretty sacks and strips of silk.

* needed is purely subjective - I don't need anything.
Excellent post! I admire the discipline you’ve got to maintain a 14 bag collection, that’s a tightly curated collection! The ones you’ve named are fantastic bags!

I'm at the hospital for yet another scan. Sigh. This is the 3rd time I've done this. I am not excited. I picked up my LC Statue of Liberty yesterday because I expected to pick up a lot of random stuff to carry. Today is no different so here she is.View attachment 3911356
Good luck on your scans. I hope you get the answers you are looking for and some peace over the holidays. Your bag is pretty!
 
Congratulations on your new brooch!


Hurray on your new Mulberry bag - the colour is divine!




ksuromax, you do red like nobody else - beautiful bags! Your pics make me smile because where I live, we’re currently under a winter snow storm warning!


Excellent post! I admire the discipline you’ve got to maintain a 14 bag collection, that’s a tightly curated collection! The ones you’ve named are fantastic bags!


Good luck on your scans. I hope you get the answers you are looking for and some peace over the holidays. Your bag is pretty!

Thank you!
 
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thank you! :ty:
I have more than 3 and it feels so right to use them all now! :heart:

i am doing my 'carry red bags only' challenge, here are my wears
Rosso Cabat at Santa's ....

I LOVE your reds, @ksuromax and @Sparkletastic ! Again I'm thinking I'm sort of in the wrong thread, but my heart is here, really!!! I only have one small red Botkier, one FP (GASP!!!) beautiful PL Cole Haan from years ago, and one BEING SHIPPED RIGHT NOW :nuts::nuts::nuts:, a cherry red Coach mini backpack. Which I ended up pulling the trigger on, since I've been on the lookout for a holiday-ornament red bag. Which this is not...:confused1::shocked::-s but I'm still looking!!! This is indeed a great thread for me, since I do have these beautiful reds- I've just not worn them generally bc one's too small for wk use, and one's too big/loud/shiny for wk use! Oh right, and a heart-shaped Moschino minaudiere, which I've used once/twice due to its odd shape/capacity- it's really fun to look at and goes amazingly w a black gown, but seriously I can only fit a lipstick in there. And keys, but who's schlepping keys running around in a gown?! What else? NOTHING!!! :shocked: Maybe I'll give myself a week to wear it or it goes back. (Already in my TAKE BACK bag...)

@catsinthebag, @ElainePG, @dcooney4 here’s a picture!

View attachment 3909541

This was my HG brooch. I spotted it too late and it was sold out online, at the boutique, and at authorized retailers. Couldn’t even find it preloved.

I got it for half off the original price, in which I’m thrilled. DBF thinks it’s a bit overpriced but since it’s so me, he relented. It’s part of my Christmas gifts, but I insisted to wear it to my friend’s wedding so there’s no point in wrapping it. [emoji23]

I’ll wear it to work next week on my new-to-me Chanel jacket.

So I finally have something that’s a giant B! It’s been something I’ve wanted for years, but never found the

This is cool! I can totally see it on a Chanel jacket. I love brooches but rarely wear them for some reason.
Beautiful brooch, @bakeacookie ! I'm actually returning a beautiful bird brooch I got on huge sale last wk, since I had major opportunities to wear it and I guess I just don't wear them either, @catsinthebag !
I was hoping to somehow make it into a charm, but don't see that happening anytime soon... or how, for that matter!:confused1:
 
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