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

[vink]

2018 was the first year I did my tracking by day, rather than by the week. In 2017 I had put in the date I switched into the bag, because I usually use a bag for a whole week. But then at the end of the year I wasn't able to do a count of exactly how many days I had carried a bag, because sometimes I'd use a bag for two weeks. Or half a week. So that tracking data was basically useless.

This year I just put an X into the spreadsheet every time I walked out the door with a bag. I found that it took no time at all to do on the computer, and it really gave me useful data. I let go of three bags that I wasn't using, and I have my eye on another one for next year... but I feel really good about all the others!

Yes! That’s what I plan to do. Just a line for one day that I wear that bag. This’ll be fun. [emoji4] One new thing to do next year! [emoji38][emoji38][emoji38]

 

[vink]

This is EXACTLY what my DH would do! He keeps a paper calendar and a paper address book. And when he wants to remember something, he jots a note on a little piece of paper. He has a Nokia flip phone, too. He calls it his "stupid phone."

[emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] I think he and I are almost on par. [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] I keep notes, too. [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] I feel like it makes me remember much better. I have my to-do list and shopping list written on a piece of paper as well as some notes. I also use planner book. But I keep addresses on my iPhone though.

 

[vink]

Vink’s 2019 resolutions

1. Shop less - I want to limit my bag buy to be under 4. I know one of them will be a woven Loewe hammock. I just give room of 3 for myself to breath for the rest of the year. I hope I don’t use up those space.

2. Get rid of more bags - simple as that. I just want to get rid of more bags. I actually have some on the chopping block, but I don’t know whom I can give it to or how else to get rid of them. They’re big bags and since it’s not in fashion now, I doubt the receivers will likely use them. If I were to gift someone something, I expect those stuff to be used, too. So, I’ll have to wait and see.

3. Keep track of bags I use - this will be a new thing for me to do ever and it’s simply inspired by all the input from you girls here.

4. Enjoy my bags - this is quite a success for this year and I hope to continue it next year.

 

[catsinthebag]

I Love this! I’m a low tech person and still keep journal and planner. I get laughed at almost everytime these days I take out my cute little monthly planner to jot my new appointments on. [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] But I’m happier that way. I even have stickers and pens in many colors to make it look colorful. [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] And I’m doing a bullet journal. May I borrow your idea? [emoji4]

Of course! Whatever works!

 

[whateve]

This is EXACTLY what my DH would do! He keeps a paper calendar and a paper address book. And when he wants to remember something, he jots a note on a little piece of paper. He has a Nokia flip phone, too. He calls it his "stupid phone."

My DH has a flip phone too! He has never figured out how to text. It's annoying. If you want to tell him something, you have phone.

I’m not that bad! I’m totally addicted to my iPhone and although it took a couple of years, my calendar and address book are on my phone. But I do like the low-tech way of doing this. It’s like writing it down by hand keeps me in tune with what I’ve got.

I still keep a paper calendar. I can't get in the habit of putting it on my phone. Once I'm home, my phone gets put on a shelf and I don't look at it until I put it on the charger the next morning. With a paper calendar, both of us can see what appointments are coming up and both can add to it.

I Love this! I’m a low tech person and still keep journal and planner. I get laughed at almost everytime these days I take out my cute little monthly planner to jot my new appointments on. [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] But I’m happier that way. I even have stickers and pens in many colors to make it look colorful. [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] And I’m doing a bullet journal. May I borrow your idea? [emoji4]

I like my paper calendar. I like picking one out every year, and seeing the month at a glance when I walk by it.

[emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] I think he and I are almost on par. [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] I keep notes, too. [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] I feel like it makes me remember much better. I have my to-do list and shopping list written on a piece of paper as well as some notes. I also use planner book. But I keep addresses on my iPhone though.

I keep my shopping list on my phone. That way it is always with me when I'm out and decide to go to the store. What I don't like about it is having to unlock my phone 10 times during the shopping trip because I'll turn it off when I'm not actually looking at it.

I like having my addresses on my phone and computer, synced.

 

[dcooney4]

I just have to say, we are 8 pages in to the 2019 thread and it isn’t even Christmas yet! How am I ever gonna keep up?

I always dies down a bit . It is like how everyone joins the gym January 1 and by feb it is half empty there. lol Though this time I hope everyone stays.

 

[dcooney4]

How’s this for low tech?
I started a bullet journal a couple of years ago and decided to just keep track there. I actually like that it’s in a physical notebook and I don’t have to go online to look at it.
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I also track by month, and have a list of what bags I bought by year dating back to 2011. Yes, I’m a dork.
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I like this. I keep a hand written list of my bags and what I paid for them.

 

[Sparkletastic]

And worrying that they aren't getting used enough. Worrying about the money I'll lose when I resell. Worrying that they won't sell...

Yes!!!!

You should wear that bag more as a love it or leave it challenge. Its combo is hard to find and is the one you like. You always complain about not having ivory bag before you got it. Of course, there must be something such as you like other bags more, or you just don’t wear anything that require you to wear ivory bag. You should make it a mandatory to wear it for a week or more to see why it doesn’t go into your rotation. Coz once you let it go, I’m not so sure you’ll find it again at the price you like.

Argh! Just thinking about wearing it makes me irritable. I want to wear my other bags.

Wow! I wish I could do that! I just complained in last year thread about keeping stock. Seeing 4 girls already makes me think I should start doing that somewhere somehow. At the moment, I’m too tired to dig into all other things I don’t have it listed, but I can do that for those I have listed no problem. I’m pretty sure there’ll be a lot of bags that won’t get used on my list coz I tried tracking my habit last year and it seems I like to change out after two or three weeks and that definitely won’t make me finish using everything in my closet. But it could be a great start?

Maybe make it easy. Add a bag to the list as you wear it vs trying to do a full inventory at the beginning. That’s how I’m doing my clothing style app.

You did the tick mark. Two years ago,I think. You said you got 6 tick marks so you must be off to find an ivory bag.

Summer is coming. Put it on. See if it’s the right bag for you. And you were actually decided on the ivory in the first place. Not the white. There must be reason. You may find it, but put that bag on first for a week with your closet. Perhaps you’ll know.

Unfortunately, I didn’t use my “I need this bag” tick mark system for this bag. I got it during the time I was trying to build a base of good bags and assumed I’d need the color. I think I should have gotten a white bag. White goes a little more easily with my wardrobe. Or maybe I should have just not gotten either. I’m surviving just fine without the white bag.

I have a woven Loewe hammock on my list since it’s on the runway show on September. They said it’ll be released with spring summer so I’m waiting.

I can understand your “waning” toward jumbo. Small bag trend is still going on and it’s been years. I think the reason that now you’re empty nest and have less to worry about life affect how much you have to carry, too. I didn’t carry any of my jumbo at all last year, but I can say that I still love mine, although it may look “not in” if get carried these days.

Conversation with one of my girlfriends (and it’s real)
Me: I want that taupe Gabrielle. Should I go back and get it?
GF: Cool down. You already have 2. It’s too much!
Me: Well, but it’s not like I never buy multiple before. I have a bunch of jumbos.
GF: yeah yeah yeah.... and it all will pass. 2 is already too much. Leave room for something else or the next collection. Even jumbo which is a classic, if you carry it now, you’ll feel dated, too. If you’re going to a flashy shopping mall, which one would you prefer to put on? A jumbo or a Gabrielle? Gabrielle, right? Coz now jumbo is a passé. So, stop thinking about it. Wear what you got and enjoy them until the next collection. You can do it. It’s not the end of the world.

Yeah... I can be very dramatic sometimes and I swear this is a real conversation I had with my friend over the taupe Gabrielle a couple months ago. It not only hit me that I should not buy more Gabrielle coz I already have one in light color (beige/black) and one in dark color (all dark navy blue) which should be enough, but it also resonate with me why I don’t feel like reaching for my jumbo at all last year. But this all shall pass. At least, I know I get all my jumbo at a deal and I still love them all and wouldn’t let them go. Over my dead body, yes. [emoji16] I’m reaching my forty and fifty will soon be here. I can’t imagine myself with a mini bag in my fifties. So, yeah... and I know it’ll be the bag I still can carry proudly. (Ok. You can call me delusion a bit here. [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] and Yeah... with the small bag trend, sometimes, I wish I could trade them in for that 8” rectangular mini. Only sometimes though. [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] it won’t fit all my stuff anyway. [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23])

You’re right. I don’t have much at all to carry so smaller bags work for me.

I sold my black patent jumbo last year and don’t regret the sale one bit. It looked and felt dated to me. I love my 2 other jumbos and don’t have any desire to sell them (though I don’t wear them as much as I thought I would.) Are people in general thinking they’re dated now?

I agree with your friend. Hold on getting more because there will likely be a new style that you’ll want to add. It doesn’t mean you can’t get another Gabrielle in 6-12 months too. And, waiting will allow you to enjoy all your existing bags for a little while.

 

[vink]

My DH has a flip phone too! He has never figured out how to text. It's annoying. If you want to tell him something, you have phone.

I still keep a paper calendar. I can't get in the habit of putting it on my phone. Once I'm home, my phone gets put on a shelf and I don't look at it until I put it on the charger the next morning. With a paper calendar, both of us can see what appointments are coming up and both can add to it.

I like my paper calendar. I like picking one out every year, and seeing the month at a glance when I walk by it.

I keep my shopping list on my phone. That way it is always with me when I'm out and decide to go to the store. What I don't like about it is having to unlock my phone 10 times during the shopping trip because I'll turn it off when I'm not actually looking at it.

I like having my addresses on my phone and computer, synced.

I have paper calendars, too. [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] On the wall at home and on the table at my office. And I circle days on it. [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

I like jotting my shopping list on papers. I can cross them out. Sometimes I put it on my iPhone note, but putting it on paper gives me more satisfaction.

 

[Lake Effect]

How’s this for low tech?
I started a bullet journal a couple of years ago and decided to just keep track there. I actually like that it’s in a physical notebook and I don’t have to go online to look at it.
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I also track by month, and have a list of what bags I bought by year dating back to 2011. Yes, I’m a dork.
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You are officially my new blog *BFF*

 

[Sparkletastic]

Two questions popped into my head and I’d love to hear everyone’s thoughts:

1) Do you know how much your total collection cost? Do you care? Has anyone ever thought to manage their bags by total cost vs total number, total amount of space, etc? If you knew how much your collection cost would it change your behavior?

I have no idea but could add it up pretty quickly. The number isn’t important to me at all.

2) How do you and your family communicate with each other on what you want as gifts? We keep Pinterest pages - one is X’s Wish List (items over $1000) and the other is X’s stocking stuffers. That way we always have a number of things to choose from that are exactly what the person wants but they’re still surprised. Getting my DS to use Pinterest was a problem til he saw how happy my DS was with her presents.

 

[Sparkletastic]

I have paper calendars, too. [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] On the wall at home and on the table at my office. And I circle days on it. [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

I like jotting my shopping list on papers. I can cross them out. Sometimes I put it on my iPhone note, but putting it on paper gives me more satisfaction.

I prefer paper to computer / phone. But I need to access things during the day wherever I am and I don’t want to carry a bulky journal or diary any more.

 

[dcooney4]

Two questions popped into my head and I’d love to hear everyone’s thoughts:

1) Do you know how much your total collection cost? Do you care? Has anyone ever thought to manage their bags by total cost vs total number, total amount of space, etc? If you knew how much your collection cost would it change your behavior?

I have no idea but could add it up pretty quickly. The number isn’t important to me at all.

2) How do you and your family communicate with each other on what you want as gifts? We keep Pinterest pages - one is X’s Wish List (items over $1000) and the other is X’s stocking stuffers. That way we always have a number of things to choose from that are exactly what the person wants but they’re still surprised. Getting my DS to use Pinterest was a problem til he saw how happy my DS was with her presents.

My husband is very low tech. I give him a couple of store business cards with item numbers and prices written on the back and then he chooses what he wants to get me. On a very rare occasion he will remember something I admired and surprise me.

 

[dcooney4]

As far as the total thing goes I could probably add it up but it won't be worth what I paid for it , so I don't bother.

 

[catsinthebag]

You are officially my new blog *BFF*

Awesome!