2018 resolution - shopping my own bag and wallet collection. Any one else?

[vink]

What do you put in teenagers’ stockings??????? They have forbidden me from toys/puzzles/books so....... socks socks and more socks? My health conscious 15 year old athlete shuns sugar so filling it with chocolates and candy doesn’t work.
So I’m off to Hades today as well to try to find some unicorn cool items they would like for their stockings. Their sisters already have goodies for their stockings but....man their stockings are so big they could be dresses for those little ladies so I think I need more for them. Just more.... Although I am a fan of filling up any remaining empty space with clementines. Everyone loves clementines (or mandarins as they are called in this country).

Cool sunglasses? Whey protein? If he’s really into sport and want to buff up? Some sport gears? Or that belt thing that can expand to be a pouch when they go out for a run to carry some cash, keys, or mobile phone? Gift card to some cool app/game that he use? Headphones.

 

[ksuromax]

after skiing we popped into the cafe for a meal, and there was a lovely tree which i could not miss!

 

[dcooney4]

I joined this thread way back on page 9.. and ever since then I just lurked about..my resolution was to refrain from buying unnecessary bags and if I have the urge to buy , limit myself to just 2 bags. I'm happy to report that i manage to follow through on that resolution.. two bags in and sold 1 bag. Selling that 1 bag was such a surprise for me since I have never sold anything before.. I also binned 1 bag that is beyond salvaging/repairing..so all in all a good handbag year for me..

Well done!

 

[dcooney4]

What do you put in teenagers’ stockings??????? They have forbidden me from toys/puzzles/books so....... socks socks and more socks? My health conscious 15 year old athlete shuns sugar so filling it with chocolates and candy doesn’t work.
So I’m off to Hades today as well to try to find some unicorn cool items they would like for their stockings. Their sisters already have goodies for their stockings but....man their stockings are so big they could be dresses for those little ladies so I think I need more for them. Just more.... Although I am a fan of filling up any remaining empty space with clementines. Everyone loves clementines (or mandarins as they are called in this country).

Ear buds, Gift card, Razor, cologne, funky T shirt rolled up, gloves, Belt, tickets to something.

 

[dcooney4]

These are super cute!!!!!
Apple / Spotify / Hulu gift cards, small electronics (power cubes, Bluetooth earbuds, retro video games, etc.), sterling silver jewelry, journals, blender bottle, cool phone case, balance board, weight training gloves, charcoal / pencils and art portfolios, battle rope, glow in the dark posters, gloves that can handle touchscreens, protein powder, snarky / cool slogan t shirt, weighted jump rope, water bottle, keychains, crazy wash out hair dye in school colors, sunglasses...?

But mom, fruit? Noooooo... put the fruit in a bowl and get the kiddos something interesting. I tended to like things that encouraged them to think and do.

I should have read the rest of the page before I responded to her. We have similar ideas. lol

 

[Kendie26]

[emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] No, you’re not that transparent, but I totally blame it on you for luring me back to Chanel again. I’d been off Chanel spell for years. I think 5 [emoji848] (since the great price increase in 2012, I think), until one day your wonderful pastel beaded brooch magically showed up on my feed and it’s like all hell break loose. You wouldn’t know how hard it is to go into boutiques again and again in many countries trying to find that brooch or even asking friends and personal shoppers to find it for me. [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] I was so crazy. [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] And yeah... I kinda fall back under the spell again. The horrifying thing about that beautiful brooch is that it brings lots of friends into my closet. [emoji29] But I wowed to be good after this cruise. I really hope I could. Can I bundle spring and summer with the cruise so they don’t count and I have time until fall? [emoji28]

Eeeek! Sorry again Vink (I remember you telling me this before w/ that darn brooch!) I do understand “the spell” you speak of! Sounds like you might be eyeing some other things w/ Cruise,etc? I haven’t been in a chanel boutique all year long (shocking but true)Sometimes I feel bad because my 1 “main” SA reaches out to me but she knows I’m finished buying bags & am continuing to downsize. I just donated 4 bags to a children’s fundraiser but still have many more on the chopping block. Hey, per your post to Sparkle, I’m w/ you on the sneaks! @Sparkletastic ~ I LOVEthe ones you bought! How appropriate the sparkle is on them to go along w/ your personality & namesake!

 

[HopelessBagGirl]

I'll show you guys a pic of what I got!

 

[Sparkletastic]

Eeeek! Sorry again Vink (I remember you telling me this before w/ that darn brooch!) I do understand “the spell” you speak of! Sounds like you might be eyeing some other things w/ Cruise,etc? I haven’t been in a chanel boutique all year long (shocking but true)Sometimes I feel bad because my 1 “main” SA reaches out to me but she knows I’m finished buying bags & am continuing to downsize. I just donated 4 bags to a children’s fundraiser but still have many more on the chopping block. Hey, per your post to Sparkle, I’m w/ you on the sneaks! @Sparkletastic ~ I LOVEthe ones you bought! How appropriate the sparkle is on them to go along w/ your personality & namesake!

Finished buying bags...

Like... er... forever?

 

[Sparkletastic]

Why do you not often wear sneakers in the first place?

I’ll tell you my story. I wear sneakers Everyday. For more than 2 decades already. I don’t have a lust for Gucci sneakers though, but one day before my recent trip, I dropped by the duty free mall to see if there’s anything interesting since it’ll be a chance for me to get them tax free. (Tax and duty for such luxury in my country is about 30% so it’s freaking high.) I found a white Bally leather sneakers with a very cute heart on the side. Bally makes excellent footwear. My parents swear by them. I like everything about it; the color, the motif, the material. It looks so cute and dressy while being casual chic. Plus, it’s on sale! 20% I think. It was hard when I tried it on which I don’t know if that’s normal, but it’s leather so it’s supposed to soften up. The price isn’t so bad. Right now, if I want some NMD or Yeezy or some cool sneakers, I may have to pay about the same amount of money or more for the limited edition.
At the end, I decided against it because I’m not sure how fast the leather will soften up and I don’t think I’m patient enough to wait. But that’s my reason for not getting leather sneakers even though I wear sneakers all the time.

What’s your reason for not wearing sneakers at all in the first place?

You may end up shouldn’t be buying any of these sneakers at all.

What are NMD? And isn’t Yeezy, Kanye West’s brand? I know nothing about “cool” sneakers.

 

[Miss_Dawn]

Eeeek! Sorry again Vink (I remember you telling me this before w/ that darn brooch!) I do understand “the spell” you speak of! Sounds like you might be eyeing some other things w/ Cruise,etc? I haven’t been in a chanel boutique all year long (shocking but true)Sometimes I feel bad because my 1 “main” SA reaches out to me but she knows I’m finished buying bags & am continuing to downsize. I just donated 4 bags to a children’s fundraiser but still have many more on the chopping block. Hey, per your post to Sparkle, I’m w/ you on the sneaks! @Sparkletastic ~ I LOVEthe ones you bought! How appropriate the sparkle is on them to go along w/ your personality & namesake!

What bags have you culled? I love your collection

 

[Cookiefiend]

Well, until I get my dress (which needs to be long, so I'll need to buy one) I don't know for sure yet. I have a vintage clutch bag from the 1940s that I just love, which I think would be fun to carry onless it's a definite "no" with the dress. It's made out of fabric, with a lucite handle. Don't know if I've ever shown it here?

The one thing I've decided for sure about the dress is that it will NOT be black!!! Everything I own is black. For once I want to break out in a bit of color. But I don't want something all froufrou and ruffles... that's just not me. There's a small boutique in my (very small) town that gets one-of-a-kind dresses from France, and I dropped in to speak to the owner a couple of weeks ago. She told me that if I find something I like, but it's too large, she can get it made for me in a smaller size if I give her enough lead time. So I'm going to go back after the Christmas and New Year scramble and really start to take this seriously.

This is the bag. The ripple-y fabric was called cordé, perhaps because it looked a bit like corduroy. But it's not corduroy, it's individual pieces of gimp stitched to a fabric background. It was a very hot item back in the 1940s.

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I L. O. V. E. this bag!!

 

[Cookiefiend]

I don’t wear sneakers often because I adore high heels! Even when I’m casual, I wear casual high heels. Lol! I only wear sneakers or flats when I’m outside (backyard, park, etc.) walking for quite a while (airports, malls, etc.) or doing something athletic.

I’m wearing flats and sneakers a teeny more now because of the toe surgery and its hellish 6-12 month recovery. I’m only just at 5. So, it’s amazing I’m in heels at all. I’m lucky I healed well and had wonderfully aggressive physical therapists (who knew there is toe PT?)

So anyway, I need 2-3 pair of sneakers and 2-3 pair of flats. Today, I mixed the two and got a sparkly sneaker flat from Steve Madden. Much cuter than the MK and it’s SUPER comfy! I’m very happy with it. No regrets on not spending a bazilliondy dollars more on the Gucci sneaks. Thanks everyone for talking me out of that crazy tree. View attachment 4282671
I found the simple black leather knee high stiletto boots I’ve been looking for. Everything is suede and thigh high! Or has western styling. Am I the only one who isn’t going about life in character? I don’t want to look like a pirate or a cowboy. These boots by Schutz (who?) have the most buttery soft leather lining! Love them!
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I still can’t find cute chunky heeled knee high boots or ankle booties.

...buuuuut I wouldn’t be Sparkle if I didn’t go off script a bit and get some fun heels. Lol! I bought these too!

Badgley Mischka
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and Steve MaddenView attachment 4282684I looked at some cute Valentino, Jimmy Choo etc. boots and then saw the price tags. I’m just not ready to spend that much on shoes. The premiere shoes I have, I bought on sale at half price. Full price. Nope!

I’m done with all wardrobe shopping til the after Christmas sales season. I’m accepting that I need to shop once a month to pick up things on a one off basis as they pop up. Doing my marathon shopping twice a year is too much work.

Adorable sneaks!
(so cute I am terribly tempted!)

I will live vicariously through you and all those incredibly beautiful high heel shoes.

 

[vink]

Eeeek! Sorry again Vink (I remember you telling me this before w/ that darn brooch!) I do understand “the spell” you speak of! Sounds like you might be eyeing some other things w/ Cruise,etc? I haven’t been in a chanel boutique all year long (shocking but true)Sometimes I feel bad because my 1 “main” SA reaches out to me but she knows I’m finished buying bags & am continuing to downsize. I just donated 4 bags to a children’s fundraiser but still have many more on the chopping block. Hey, per your post to Sparkle, I’m w/ you on the sneaks! @Sparkletastic ~ I LOVEthe ones you bought! How appropriate the sparkle is on them to go along w/ your personality & namesake!

I do. They did the second runway in Bangkok so I suddenly turn weak and want to have a piece of it. I already like pastel so.... I’m eyeing a bag. I stumbled into a boutique the other day and happened to find that one bag that is just “nautical “ for me. I may get it. Meanwhile, I already got some brooches so I’m pretty much set on that. I hope I won’t want anything anymore. I have goal I want to spend money on, which of course, isn’t Chanel. [emoji4]

 

[vink]

What are NMD? And isn’t Yeezy, Kanye West’s brand? I know nothing about “cool” sneakers.

They’re just sneakers “name”. [emoji4] Not the dress up type, but very urban ones. [emoji4]

 

[ElainePG]

Wow! The lucite part looks like a dragon. I think it can go with anything jewel tone.

Yes, that's what I'm hoping. And jewel tones are good colors for me... so I'm crossing my fingers! That's why I want to buy the dress in the winter, even though the event is in May. By March or April, all they'll be showing are pastels, which are not good tones for me.

I saw a lovely dress in the shop in an amazing shade of garnet, but I didn't have time to try it on. Cobalt would be good, too.