2019 resolution - shopping my own bag and wallet collection. Any one else?

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January Update

Challenges
1) New Year, New Bag - completed
- Chanel Black Caviar Wallet On Chain GHW, 4x
- Chanel Small Burgundy Quilted Caviar Lizard Coco Handle, 3x
- Hermes So Kelly Eclat 22 Bleu Saphir/Bleu Izmir Taurillon Clemence, 2x
2) 10 in 31 - completed, 17 bags carried

January Stats
Bags - 0 in, 0 out
SLGs - 0 in, 0 out
Scarves - 1 in, 3 out

I like to declutter my home throughout the year and I do a big push as soon as the Christmas decorations come down. As of Jan 31, we’ve exited over 190 items including clothing, shoes, jewelry, accessories, books, household items, decorations, etc. On the reading front, I’ve finished 3 books, yay!

Best wishes to everyone on achieving their goals and having great adventures in 2019!

 

[ksuromax]

Love your style! Very unique and true to yourself, which IMHO is the best kind of style to have

Ooh, you have an Orciani? They look so beautiful in photos but I've never seen one in person! Aside from the size, was it nice?

thank you kindly!

 

[ksuromax]

That New Zealand pouch with the blue bird on it is adorable! Not ugly at all!

lol that pouch is the prize! and it is indeed, adorable!!
the winning bag was the ugliest and tasteless thing i have ever seen in my life! i don't want to post it here, but you can see it in the 'ugliest bag competition' thread...

 

[ksuromax]

11 SLGs out - congratulations!
How did you decide what had to go? I may need to thin my collection, although I do rotate, use all of them and they fit in the drawer. I also exited a bunch of SLGs in late 2018. I would love to hear about which ones you chose to keep.


Great ins for January and congratulations on the Ugliest bag competition win!


Congratulations on your new black tote - I hope it is everything you are looking for in a fun black tote slot in your collection!


Great job, congratulations on the 2 outs and your Star Trek shirt!

thank you!

 

[ksuromax]

Love the bluebird pouch!

thank you!
it's Tui, NZ singing bird

 

[whateve]

11 SLGs out - congratulations!
How did you decide what had to go? I may need to thin my collection, although I do rotate, use all of them and they fit in the drawer. I also exited a bunch of SLGs in late 2018. I would love to hear about which ones you chose to keep.


Great ins for January and congratulations on the Ugliest bag competition win!


Congratulations on your new black tote - I hope it is everything you are looking for in a fun black tote slot in your collection!


Great job, congratulations on the 2 outs and your Star Trek shirt!

The SLGs out were mostly purse charms. I have allowed my purse charm collection to get out of control! I actually have about 60 more listed! I don't count them out until they've sold. I've kept those I love the best, with a focus on leather over metal. I'm probably going to have make another pass get rid of more, but I don't see the hurry until I sell most of what is already listed.

 

[whateve]

January challenges completed:
10 in 31
New Year, New Bag
Color challenge: black

 

[dcooney4]

January Update

Challenges
1) New Year, New Bag - completed
- Chanel Black Caviar Wallet On Chain GHW, 4x
- Chanel Small Burgundy Quilted Caviar Lizard Coco Handle, 3x
- Hermes So Kelly Eclat 22 Bleu Saphir/Bleu Izmir Taurillon Clemence, 2x
2) 10 in 31 - completed, 17 bags carried

January Stats
Bags - 0 in, 0 out
SLGs - 0 in, 0 out
Scarves - 1 in, 3 out

I like to declutter my home throughout the year and I do a big push as soon as the Christmas decorations come down. As of Jan 31, we’ve exited over 190 items including clothing, shoes, jewelry, accessories, books, household items, decorations, etc. On the reading front, I’ve finished 3 books, yay!

Best wishes to everyone on achieving their goals and having great adventures in 2019!

Well done!

 

[bellarusa]

Love it!
This IS huge news! I wonder if more women headed IT product procurement wouldn’t all laptops be bag sized?

Something's gotta give - either we have better/smaller fully functional computers (a tablet simply won't work for me), or we have better/functional handbags.

Ooh, you have an Orciani? They look so beautiful in photos but I've never seen one in person! Aside from the size, was it nice?

It is very nice but way small (a small sveva - here is a picture from their site ). I bought it when I was going through the "I want something tiny and pink" stage.

 

[Sparkletastic]

FEBRUARY SHOPPING YOUR CLOSET CHALLENGES!

• Color challenge: Wear each of your bags in the colors of Feb - red for love or purple for amethyst.
• Extreme team: Wear your 3 smallest or 3 largest bags at least 2x
• Fresh Focus February: Pick one lesser used bag and wear it with 4 new outfits over the month (approx. one a week)
• Function or Form: Wear both your prettiest bag and your most functional bag at least 2x this month

 

[Sparkletastic]

COLOR WEEK BAG SHOWCASE!

• New color weeks start each Sunday
• Don’t jump ahead but, if you miss a week you can show your bags “late”.
• Show bags individually or in a group
• You do NOT have to wear the bags that week
• For added fun, show pictures from previous years (2016-2018) or even just one photo from when you started your collection to demonstrate how you have curated it over time.

Week of
Feb. 3: Red (including burgundy)
Feb. 10: Orange & Yellow
Feb.17: Green
Feb. 24: Blue & Indigo (including turquoise & teal)
Mar. 3: Violet (including purple & pink)
Mar. 10: Black
Mar. 17: Gray
Mar 24: White & Cream
Mar. 31: Brown & Tan
Apr. 7: Metallic
Apr. 14: Jeweled and all other embellished
Apr. 21: Multicolored

Two handy ways to find past photos:

1) Go back to the old years’ shopping your closet threads and search through posts to find yours:

• 2016 thread color week photos start with post #3569
• 2017 thread color week photos start with post #4476
• 2018 thread color week photos start with post #3237

2) Do a search using the forum’s search function. Click on the looking glass in the upper right hand corner. It will bring up a search box. Enter your search terms for a bag or for a phrase posted by you with your user name and it will pull up entries that match.

 

[Sparkletastic]

@Vlad, would you mind switching out our pinned post to post #2621? Thanks!!

 

[Sparkletastic]

My Jan Challenge results

10/31: I completed the challenge with 13 in 31. My last bag was yesterday - my Jimmy Choo Raven!

Red bag - Yikes! I only did 2 of 3. I didn’t get to my red Prada. Sometimes I really wish I’d gotten this bag in another color.

January Stats:
Bags In: 0
Bags Out: 0
SLGs In: 0
SLGs Out: 0

I did, however, buy some clothes. I was really tired of all my clothes being big and baggy on me, so I did a ruthless closet purge and then went out and bought some smaller jeans & pants, a sweater, a few tees, and a couple of nice tops.

We also have a gala event coming up in May, and I bought a dressy cocktail dress. I was very pleased that the size six not only fit, but was a bit loose. No Spanx necessary, and I'll actually be able to eat dinner that night!

Great stats and Whoop! on your new and over a year maintained svelte figure!!!

Outstanding edit (so brave!) Do you have anything you are planning to add right away? I would love to hear more about your thought process of exiting more than half of your collection.

I do have a BV bag and an H scarf headed my way! LOL
As darling as Marie Kondo is, my edit process was a bit different. I do a big clearing out of stuff about every 3-5 years. This challenge and the fact my DH was out of town made the process pretty easy. I spread all my bags out on a long counter and stared at them for a few days, then I started the rehoming with 5 older Valentino’s, still beautiful and in great condition but not really my taste anymore, then I set aside the bags I was definitely keeping and started wearing them in this challenge. After that any bag that was a bit too stiff, too corporate, an odd size, or the strap was never comfortable got rehomed with the Val’s. I was able to easily let go of another 5 bags, I also edited my scarfs too, just one maxi Twilly that I had to force myself to wear. Of course anything I am sentimental about or emotionally attached to got spared, I also have a few noname bags that I kept.
My DH and I live in a small house that we love, we have enough room but not much extra room. Most of my wardrobe is a capsule as are my jewelry, scarves, bags, and shoes. I am looking forward to adding another three bags to the family in the near future, the fun will be deciding what bags to add to the collection.

Great process. And isn’t it funny how our taste really does change over time? I think of some bags I owned and adored years ago and scratch my head... or even cringe. Lol!

January Update

Challenges
1) New Year, New Bag - completed
- Chanel Black Caviar Wallet On Chain GHW, 4x
- Chanel Small Burgundy Quilted Caviar Lizard Coco Handle, 3x
- Hermes So Kelly Eclat 22 Bleu Saphir/Bleu Izmir Taurillon Clemence, 2x
2) 10 in 31 - completed, 17 bags carried

January Stats
Bags - 0 in, 0 out
SLGs - 0 in, 0 out
Scarves - 1 in, 3 out

I like to declutter my home throughout the year and I do a big push as soon as the Christmas decorations come down. As of Jan 31, we’ve exited over 190 items including clothing, shoes, jewelry, accessories, books, household items, decorations, etc. On the reading front, I’ve finished 3 books, yay!

Best wishes to everyone on achieving their goals and having great adventures in 2019!

Whoa! 190 items. Congrats!!! And good job on the challenges and your stats!

The SLGs out were mostly purse charms. I have allowed my purse charm collection to get out of control! I actually have about 60 more listed! I don't count them out until they've sold. I've kept those I love the best, with a focus on leather over metal. I'm probably going to have make another pass get rid of more, but I don't see the hurry until I sell most of what is already listed.

I agree. You’ve done a great job listing a LOT of items. Pat yourself on the back and then you can do another wave later.

 

[Sparkletastic]

I’m going to do the Function or Form challenge. The challenge only calls for one of each but I’m going to push and try to do 2 each. Mainly because my prettiest are my most expensive and I want to make sure I keep trying to wear my most costly bags the most. Plus I can’t decide which one I think is the prettiest. Lol!

Prettiest:
• Ltd. Edition white and gold Dior Diorama
• Silver Microcannage Dior Diorama

Most Functional:
• Fendi Black By the Way
• Prada Red Double Zip Tote

This challenge will also help me understand if I need to swap out the red Prada for another color. This model is sooooo functional. But, I just don’t reach for this bag as often as I think I would because it has gold hardware and I mostly wear white gold. I also have 2 other red bags. If it were another color, I think I’d wear it more because the color would draw me (meaning it would work best with a particular outfit) and I’d “force” myself to wear my gold jewelry to compliment it.

I’ve had success swapping out bags for a better color or material. It’s a hassle but, has always made me much happier. So, I’d be willing to do it again if I really felt it would help get more wear and happy out of such a super functional bag. (Is it terrible that I actually want it in black as I don’t have a black bag with ghw anymore?)

 

[pdxhb]

WOW - busy around here!!
CONGRATS to all the amazing successes. I just got caught up on the last couple-three days of posts with everyones challenge and stats updates.

January challenges:
New Year New Bag - achieved!
Love it or List it - also achieved! Except - the bag that I was focused on selling, my Nomad, did not sell; two other bags did and I traded one. Need to get back to listing and to do another wardrobe purge.

January stats:
3 bags out 1 bag in (trade)
2 bags ordered (MM final sale)
0 SLGs in and 0 SLGs out
0 clothes, shoes, or jewelry purchases <--that one was really difficult to stick with given the most sale-y time of year!

Since it has been beyond busy here, I am still in my bag 3 of New Year New Bag and will keep her for today with the idea of red in mind. There are other reds lurking, though, that deserve some love!