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

[dcooney4]

This month has been a bit nutty as I received gifts of bags for Christmas as well as having bought two in expensive bags . Normally if I buy and get rid of a bag the same month {as in damaged or something} and I don't count it. This time one came it was not love but I knew it would go immediately in my group, so I will count it as an in and out, since it did not go to where it came from.

 

[momasaurus]

Oh no, that sounds awful. I'm so sorry moma

Do you mean you have a new green Garden Party (and I missed the reveal!) or your General Practitioner literally helped an itch you had in your shoulder cast?

Well I love 'stuff like that' one of my favourite skirts is made from silk ties bought when I was oil tour and made a stop in SF, shopping in Haight-Ashbury. I would love to see your tie bag, sounds an improvement on many of the recent Petit H designs (although I do like the stirrup reversible leather/silk tote). .

OMG, I have missed so much excitement on this thread. I am up a mountain ATM. We make it a practice to switch wifi off over the Holiday.

I am lolling at the thought of the doctor poking a chopstick down the cast to scratch my arm. Well that didn't happen. I did buy a green canvas garden party 36! These could become addictive.

 

[momasaurus]

That cast sounds incredibly cumbersome, @momasaurus . Heavy, too. And maybe difficult to sleep in… although I suppose it keeps you from re-injuring yourself if you accidentally roll over on that side?

Have you been told how long you have to be schlepping it around?

I don't want to think about how long this might all take. Sleeping at night has been tricky, so naps are becoming more substantial, but yesterday i nearly missed dinner with a tPF friend because i ran down the car battery taking a nap (yes, I had pulled over) between appointments.
And nudging back to topic, i carried my Birkin35, which was not the right choice. it's heavy enough that I normally switch from left to right and from arm to hand carry, which i couldn't do with only one arm! The carre slings are working out nicely, though.

 

[momasaurus]

Yes, but she was an ACTUAL princess, so I'm sure she had lots of people to do that sort of thing for her. And also to zip her pretty dress up the back. Whereas I'm guessing that you're living in comfy sweats?

I am much too vain to loosen my fashion standards. Leggings, short sleeved tops and oversized cardigans are bad enough, with a coat jauntily draped over one shoulder. But i can't put in earrings!!! I feel so slovenly.

 

[Jbizzybeetle]

I am much too vain to loosen my fashion standards. Leggings, short sleeved tops and oversized cardigans are bad enough, with a coat jauntily draped over one shoulder. But i can't put in earrings!!! I feel so slovenly.

 

[Jbizzybeetle]

We love collection theory posts and yours is both thoughtful and fun!

Isn’t the perfect travel tote hard to find? I have tried premium, contemporary and sub contemporary brand options. Still don’t have the right one. I’m glad you’ve found a solution that works for you!

I’m not a H buyer. What charms do people put on Birkins? Other than the horse charm, I don’t think I’ve seen a Birkin with a charm. Do thy also tend to put charms on K’s and others?
Really?! I would have thought a hip replacement would have been an onerous recovery. Knee replacements are pretty awful recoveries which is why I’ve been highly resistant to getting my meniscus removed despite the fact that it keeps locking. (if it’s removed I will get arthritis down the road and require a knee replacement.
Thank you!
Don't be hard on yourself about the ins / outs. If it’s in the name of you getting to a good place, it was needed.

I know you manage by space - how do you organize? I think you have a number of bags that don’t sit up on their own. Do you have dividers on your shelves? I have a few bags that also don’t sit up on their own and have been wondering if there is a better way to store them than on their sides.

Re: H charms on bags....good questions! I paid passing attention to the charms as had no bag to attach. that’s why so hilarious when I found myself casually browsing them on the ‘Bay and h.com
not to hijack the thread but 1 example— @tlamdang08 has the cute new H bag— https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...wearing-today.1002401/page-1131#post-33495725

 

[whateve]

I don't want to think about how long this might all take. Sleeping at night has been tricky, so naps are becoming more substantial, but yesterday i nearly missed dinner with a tPF friend because i ran down the car battery taking a nap (yes, I had pulled over) between appointments.
And nudging back to topic, i carried my Birkin35, which was not the right choice. it's heavy enough that I normally switch from left to right and from arm to hand carry, which i couldn't do with only one arm! The carre slings are working out nicely, though.

Sleeping was terrible. At the beginning I could only sleep on my back with pillows propping up my knees. My elbow would dig into the mattress and start burning after awhile. Then I would turn just slightly, not all the way on my side but just a little to take the pressure off my elbow. After I fell asleep, I would naturally fall back onto my back and wake up to a burning elbow again! I still can't sleep on the side that I broke everything.

 

[Annabel Lee]

OMG in your arm. So sorry you’re dealing with all this.

Hope you feel better soon!
Hoping you and your DH are feeling better.

YAY! On no settling. That needs to be our #1 mantra on tPF. There are sooooo many regret posts on here due to all of us “making do”.

Any insights from your list of most (and least) worn?

Thank you! We never had anything too serious (especially not in comparison to what other lovely TPFers are experiencing)—just annoying colds, which were all the more irritating since it felt like at least one of us had some kind of bug throughout November and December.

For my wear stats, I did do quite a bit of navel-gazing on this.

Most-worn:

1. A couple of my top 10 were also top 10 in past years, but I have FIVE bags in there that I bought in 2018 or later, which tells me I’m buying things I need, so yay for that.
   
   
2. My most-worn bag is the Coach pewter bag I got at the beginning of the year, and I’m not surprised. The metallic makes it neutral but not dull, so it goes with absolutely everything.
   
   
3. There’s a huge spread in wears between my number 1 and number 10, but 11-22 are all around the same general wear count as number 10. So I’m rotating a lot, which is important to me. I get bored wearing the same bag too often.
   
   
4. My carefree bags are consistently in my top 10—I really do need this category for bad weather, situations where I don’t want to be flashy or where damage is possible (concert, beach, etc) I genuinely love these bags, and while I don’t need more in this category, I can’t do without these.

Least-worn:

1. I mentioned this number is a little skewed as the weather has been horrible here, and my more delicate bags (suede, lambskin, vachetta, etc) have not gotten the rotation they usually would. And our holiday-time illnesses also kept us from some of the dressier events where I’d wear my evening bags.
   
   
2. That said, I’m surprised by some of the bags I haven’t reached for as much. A lot of them are bags that can do double duty between daytime and evening, so I’m definitely at capacity on my “dressy bags” category.

For reference, my top 10 most worn bags in 2019 were:

Coach pewter hobo bag (31)
YSL College bag (25)
LV Dauphine (24)
MbMJ Natasha bag (19)
LV bandouliere trunk bag (17)
Givenchy Antigona (14)
LV Monceau (13)
LV black and white damier speedy with red handles (13)
Black Born crossbody (12)
LV Alma in hot pink (11)

 

[Annabel Lee]

Sleeping was terrible. At the beginning I could only sleep on my back with pillows propping up my knees. My elbow would dig into the mattress and start burning after awhile. Then I would turn just slightly, not all the way on my side but just a little to take the pressure off my elbow. After I fell asleep, I would naturally fall back onto my back and wake up to a burning elbow again! I still can't sleep on the side that I broke everything.

I'm sorry, that sounds so uncomfortable. I hope you continue to make enough progress to be able to sleep on that side again!

 

[whateve]

My top worn bags in 2019 were
Balenciaga velo bleu lavande 2011 (25)
Coach soft Legacy Drawstring Midnight 25306 2012 (23)
Coach turnlock curb chain whiplash Dakotah black 33947 2014 (19)
Michael Kors Manhattan medium contrast trim leather satchel black 2019 (17)
Bottega Veneta Cervo Tote purple resort anemone 2009 (16)
Balenciaga Day bag s/s 2010 agneau outremer (16)
Coach cognac Legacy duffle 19889 2012 (15)
Coach Bleecker Edgepaint Leather Mini Preston white/blue 30344 2014 (13)
Coach vintage pre creed navy or black buckle bag 1970 (11)
There was a tie for 10th place among several bags, each with 10 wears.

 

[ElainePG]

Between the bags I released and the bags I purchased, I was left with 13 full-sized bags and 8 small/mini/dressy bags. This feels like a good balance to me… more in keeping with my actual (as opposed to my imaginary) life.

My top five most-worn bags in 2019 were all full-sized bags:
Mulberry Bayswater Double-Zip, taupe with silver hardware (24)
Balenciaga Town, Anthracite with rose gold hardware (22)
Valentino Rockstud, Cognac with gold hardware (21)
Marc Jacobs Mini 54, Red with gold hardware (19)
Mulberry Alexa, Pheasant Green with gold hardware (19)

I also replaced the straps on three of these bags with wider fabric ones, to make them more comfortable to wear: the Mulberry Bayswater, the MJ, and the Mulberry Alexa. I love all three of these bags, but none of them balance properly. In 2020 one of my goals is to see if swapping out the straps will make them easier to carry, or if I'll have to put them on the chopping block.

 

[Jbizzybeetle]

Between the bags I released and the bags I purchased, I was left with 13 full-sized bags and 8 small/mini/dressy bags. This feels like a good balance to me… more in keeping with my actual (as opposed to my imaginary) life.

My top five most-worn bags in 2019 were all full-sized bags:
Mulberry Bayswater Double-Zip, taupe with silver hardware (24)
Balenciaga Town, Anthracite with rose gold hardware (22)
Valentino Rockstud, Cognac with gold hardware (21)
Marc Jacobs Mini 54, Red with gold hardware (19)
Mulberry Alexa, Pheasant Green with gold hardware (19)

I also replaced the straps on three of these bags with wider fabric ones, to make them more comfortable to wear: the Mulberry Bayswater, the MJ, and the Mulberry Alexa. I love all three of these bags, but none of them balance properly. In 2020 one of my goals is to see if swapping out the straps will make them easier to carry, or if I'll have to put them on the chopping block.

What mean you by this ... ”none of them balances properly?”

 

[ElainePG]

What mean you by this ... ”none of them balances properly?”

Good question, and I'm not entirely sure I can answer coherently. I think what it comes down to is that they are all wide-ish bags, compared to their height, and they are all (relatively) deep, so they jut out from my body. When I would carry them cross body, the (thin leather) straps would cut into my shoulder, causing pain, but also causing me to feel "unbalanced."

Now I've put a 1.5" fabric strap on to each of the bags. I found one strap on Etsy, and the other two straps are by Marc Jacobs. Each of the straps is adjustable, which was important to me because I need my handbag straps to be a bit shorter than average (since I'm shorter than average, LOL!). The wider straps seem to distribute the weight of the bags better, making them more comfortable to carry.

Does that make sense?

 

[Jbizzybeetle]

Good question, and I'm not entirely sure I can answer coherently. I think what it comes down to is that they are all wide-ish bags, compared to their height, and they are all (relatively) deep, so they jut out from my body. When I would carry them cross body, the (thin leather) straps would cut into my shoulder, causing pain, but also causing me to feel "unbalanced."

Now I've put a 1.5" fabric strap on to each of the bags. I found one strap on Etsy, and the other two straps are by Marc Jacobs. Each of the straps is adjustable, which was important to me because I need my handbag straps to be a bit shorter than average (since I'm shorter than average, LOL!). The wider straps seem to distribute the weight of the bags better, making them more comfortable to carry.

Does that make sense?

Yes, this I understand, and can relate!

 

[dcooney4]

Good question, and I'm not entirely sure I can answer coherently. I think what it comes down to is that they are all wide-ish bags, compared to their height, and they are all (relatively) deep, so they jut out from my body. When I would carry them cross body, the (thin leather) straps would cut into my shoulder, causing pain, but also causing me to feel "unbalanced."

Now I've put a 1.5" fabric strap on to each of the bags. I found one strap on Etsy, and the other two straps are by Marc Jacobs. Each of the straps is adjustable, which was important to me because I need my handbag straps to be a bit shorter than average (since I'm shorter than average, LOL!). The wider straps seem to distribute the weight of the bags better, making them more comfortable to carry.

Does that make sense?

I think I might need to look into getting a couple of these straps too.