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What sorts of bags are you thinking about purging? Are you sorting them out by size, by shape, by color, by usage, or by some other system?
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What sorts of bags are you thinking about purging? Are you sorting them out by size, by shape, by color, by usage, or by some other system?
Glad to see you here!
What sorts of bags are you thinking about purging? Are you sorting them out by size, by shape, by color, by usage, or by some other system?
Thanks ElainePG [emoji5] Mainly vintage coach bags, some that I rehabbed and some that were already in great condition. I realized (after my husband pointed it out) that I don’t actually carry them around the streets so to speak. They just go from the house to my car and from the car to my house. While shopping I usually only carry a tiny little beat up dooney wallet. I guess I should organize them, at this point they are a bit beyond the storage system that I originally set for them in my office. A bit of organized chaos, maybe [emoji4]
Vintage coach bags are all the rage among the younger set 20s 30s. I used to volunteer in the accessories dept at this MONGO sale (yup so big it had departments and raises $2MM annually) that benefited our local museum..And those Coach bags sold like hotcakes..especially the old ones with the luscious leather. You should post some before/after shots..although I know there’s a different thread for that.
funny how I find rats to be disgusting, but I love bunnies! I would be so sad if it was dead. I had to scoop a dead bird out of the pool a few weeks ago.It’s the same over here. On top of the other furniture and household items I already mentioned, today, I just sold a printer and some wall art. (I’m being merciless I’m getting anything I don’t ACTIVELY use and want outta here once and for all!)
But, my bags? They just keep looking at me and I keep looking at them.
I also have a piece of original art from a little known painter that I want gone yesterday. I have no idea how / where to sell that. Never sold art before. Certainly not nobody-knows-the-artist art.
All of the extra items except purses, clothing, etc. that I’m selling are in the garage. Our garage is super tidy (maniacally so thanks to Mr. S.) so, there should never be any surprises. Well, someone came to pick up a dresser. Once they got it out, I went back into the garage and there was a dead rat the size of a mountain lion on the floor where the dresser had been.
I’m terrified of mice and rats.Seriously, they are my one true phobia. I can’t tolerate the sight of them even a little bit. Not even hamsters or gerbils.
So, I ran screaming into the house jumping up and down and generally making an idiot of myself as I screeched to Mr. S that he was going to have to arm himself and go rat disposing / fighting. I told him how huge the rat was and warned him that there may be a nest or lair where its family lay in wait - waiting for retaliation and revenge.I was fully ready to move and leave the house to them if need be.
A few minutes later, he came back in laughing so hard he could barely speak. It’s seems my “mountain lion sized rat from a roving rodent militia” was actually a tiny baby bunny that must have hopped in the garage when the door was up and gotten trapped.
C’mon that was an honest mistake...wasn’t it?
I don't care for snakes, but I love lizards. Put some legs on it and I think it is cute.@Cookiefiend your photo nearly made me jump screaming out of my chair! Spiders absolutely creeeeeeeeep me out. The Hubster knows to come running when I yell "SPIDER ALERT" at the top of my lungs, because if he doesn't, I'm going to grab a broom and start whacking at the thing. Whereas he likes to humanely trap the vicious beast under a coffee cup and gently invite it outdoors.
The snake wouldn't have bothered me. Well, unless it was a cobra, I guess. But they don't have those on the California coast. Then again, we don't have a basement in our house.
I have a few vintage bags I never carry. Some are just too weird, but I love them!
There are designated Coach threads that are VERY active, here's a link to the Coach forum!
https://forum.purseblog.com/forums/coach.29/
I agree with you there. I love the few vintage ostrich bags I have and several keiselstien cord bags that I think I’ll hold on to for a bit. The tarnished sterling silver on them has kept me from using them. But I have realized that I am a smaller bag person and most of my vintage coach are on the larger side [emoji4]
That's so funny because when I first started collecting vintage Coach, most were too small for me! I've since thinned out the herd and kept the larger bags, but have never gotten my hands on a pony. I don't even consider musette or original Rambler. I know those aren't my styles. I don't care for vintage Coach when they are too big because they are so heavy.
I had a pony (very recently) for a hot second, but realized I wanted it more to collect than to use. I realized I’m not a turn lock fan (nails scratch the leather around it) or that long piece that can curl up annoyed me. I got rid of a navy shelburne? for that reason. This was a revelation that I didn’t want to admit, because I had to have it. Out of nowhere I let it go and decided it should go to someone who would actually carry it. Maybe it was being really sick, IDK but I don’t regret it at all [emoji4]
I don't have a courier because I can't stand the way the tongue curls. I do like turnlocks. I don't care for straps that curl at the edges but I usually combat that by keeping the strap adjusted at its longest so there isn't much sticking out.
I too dislike snakes and by extension, I'm not great with lizards too, which makes me wonder how would I deal with a croc handbag...
It would probably make you go all over itchy!
I too dislike snakes and by extension, I'm not great with lizards too, which makes me wonder how would I deal with a croc handbag...
My sister (the US-based one) literally screams/cries when she sees cockroaches, but not with rats or lizards, etc. Luckily, there are no cockroaches in the US (is this true in general?). Anyway, when she visited and stayed with me for 1 night, I don't know why that night of all nights - 2 cockroaches (1 small and 1 medium) appeared at my bathroom!! I contained myself from screaming (due to surprise and not because of fear) because she was just there at my room. Up to now that she has gone back to the States, I have not told her of the incident! She might not want to come back to my house, lol!I’m terrified of mice and rats.