2020 resolution - shopping my own bag and wallet collection. Any one else?

[Sparkletastic]

And...this thread is really much less active than in the past. In past years we had thousands of posts by the time we started the color showcase. This year we may not make it to a thousand.

We should think of some ideas to shake things up. Lol!

 

[cowgirlsboots]

Thanks for the compliment on the bags.
Re: price. I think all these prices are insane. LOL! But, one good / bad thing about Gucci is that the price drops precipitously in resale. So a “cheap” Dionysus isn’t out of the question at all.
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Oh, I wished... I´ve been looking at preloved Dyonisus bags for a while (I´ve never ever bought a brand new designer bag in my whole life! Going into a boutique alone scares me...I always fear they´d ask me to leave) but the current prices are still far too high for me. I can´t justify to spend more than 1000 Euro on a handbag. That´s just not me. But I´ll keep hunting! I once saw a lady in some restaurant with her stunning big Dionysus on the table next to her. Being a coward I didn´t go and ask for a closer look at it.

 

[cowgirlsboots]

And...this thread is really much less active than in the past. In past years we had thousands of posts by the time we started the color showcase. This year we may not make it to a thousand.

We should think of some ideas to shake things up. Lol!

I´m new to this and must have missed the post about the challenge. What is it about, please?

Sorry, just saw your other post and guess I now know the rules. Will try to take part. Lovely opportunity to search my own closet for what is actually there...

 

[keodi]

I am on holiday at the moment and decided in an effort to keep hassle to the minimum I would only bring 3 bags
Chanel Reissue 226 - which is an easy size for travel/hand luggage and can also be used as a day or evening bag whilst I'm here
Mulberry Lily -easy evening use
Chanel small Boy - great cross body for walks and also ideal for evening
This is minimal for me, I'd usually bring more as I live to use as many as possible. I've also bought my Mulberry beach bag but I'm so missing my Neverfull that usually doubles up as a beach bag and my WoC that's ideal for popping in the NF with valuables in. I've just nowhere to put my phone, purse etc in the day, maybe I should have thought to out an organiser in the Mulb beach bag it would have worked better

I won't travel light again but at least I know now which bags I can't leave behind. I do find it hassle to have various bags in my hand luggage and keep swapping it about

How many and which bags do you find best for a beach holiday?
How many and which bags do you find best for a City break?

For me on a beach vacation I am very minimal, as my beach vacations are very casual I carry with me:
1. a longchamp lepilage tote
2. my Jcrew straw tote bag for the beach
3. my black Shinola crossbody bag for sightseeing/dinner in the evenings

For a city break I take :
1. my LV neverfull GM tote
2. Shinola crossbody bag for sightseeing/dinner
3. hermes kelly 32cm

I am similiar and after allowing for all essentials I try to budget for what I think are all eventualities for clothes, shoes, toiletries, cosmetics, holidays, going out, birthdays, Xmas and set reasonable limits on each category using a spreadsheet to analysis. I sometimes move the balances around but if there is money left in any accounts it just gets carried over. I'll also adjust yearly according to what I've spent in previous years.
This year after losing my job three years ago (loving the life of leisure/NEVER going back ) I am doing a "no spend year" I've enlisted the help of friends and family and joined several FB groups to keep me on the straight and narrow.

So this year my plan is to spend zilch on luxuries and non essentials other than holidays these are our treats and also gifts to each other for birthdays and Xmas. I still love my bags but I'll shop within my current bags collection, so until I sell a bag I am not allowed another. I have three bags that I've sent to consignment. I have more than enough clothes, last year I successfully "shopped my wardrobe" all year (not shoes) and this year I will continue but no shoes allowed.........so far so good. I haven't slipped up as yet although I was so tempted to update my iPhone and I also wanted some AirPods .......but I don't need them and I'm going to resist temptation.I can't falter in the first month
I also started the year with shop my own freezer and cupboards, which has been great fun using everything up, making up some very different meals and finally clearing all of it out before I went on holiday.

When I get home I'd like to commit more to doing some housework though and selling of a few more unwanted family treasures. I still need to downsize and move things on.........minimalism is in sight

great goals mulberrygal! i have been shopping my freezer and using stuff up as well! I am on a low buy on clothing and shoes and i only have 2 items i need to purchase in the way of clothing, and 2 pairs of shoes i need to purchase. i will say that i have been naughty in the way of Hermes scarves..items that have been on my holy grail for quite some time popped up this month, and the f/w season of Hermes scarves had some lovely options! i made a few purchases from the f/w season, even though i was tempted to buy the same scarf design in different colours, i didn't. my plan is to wait for the Hermes sale next year and see if the colour ways i want are at the sale.

 

[cowgirlsboots]

Today was a "first": I made up an outfit around a handbag.
We´ll be going to Paris soon to visit the Salon Retromobile- a vintage car show. Hubby loves it and while I ´m fine with seeing the cars and feeling the atmosphere the thing I like most about it is that it is an opportunity for me to wear one of my true vintage outfits without looking ridiculous.
I´d been planning my outfit for ages. Everything was chosen and prepared- dress, hat, shoes, bag.
Then I found the last model of the Dior Trailer Trash range I really wanted and hubby fell in love with the bag (it resembles a car!) telling me I just had to wear it for the car show.
My chosen outfit wasn´t perfect anymore, so today I shopped in my own wardrobe, found a long forgotten dress, finally altered it to fit and embellished it a bit to be the perfect canvas for my handbag.

 

[cowgirlsboots]

Taking this moment to express my gratitude towards being able to find and own such beautiful items. As some of you may know, most of my handbag collection is thrifted and from consignment shops. I feel that sometimes we get caught up in the hype of stalking new pieces that we forget the ones that are sitting in our collections. As someone who strives to lead a more ethical lifestyle, I'm blessed that I have so many options in terms of thrift stores. I'm also grateful that I have plenty of opportunities to thrift.

Thank-you for this lovely post!
My bag collection solely consist of pre-loved handbags and I am very happy the ones I really love turn up for sale from time to time at prices I can justify.

 

[Rhl2987]

And...this thread is really much less active than in the past. In past years we had thousands of posts by the time we started the color showcase. This year we may not make it to a thousand.

We should think of some ideas to shake things up. Lol!

I'm so grateful for it because people have great posts but then I don't feel overwhelmed with trying to get caught back up or skipping posts!

 

[Rhl2987]

My daughter started daycare last September or October, and we've been sick on and off since then. Seriously, it feels like she hasn't had a few days of being healthy in a row this entire time! Sometimes it's just a runny nose and sometimes it's a fever on and off, and one ear infection. The way that it is with me being around her almost all the time, I end up getting whatever she's sick with although not as bad. And my husband does too, but worse, and he's working full time. We're having a rough time over here! But whenever we're mostly well we try to get out of the house. Has anyone else had issues staying healthy this winter?

Also wondering, what are your best tips for staying on track with your purchases? I spend a lot of timing surfing around on instagram for bags, TheRealReal, Vestiaire Collective, etc. And a decent amount of time on TPF too. I know people mentioned the wishlist ideas and keeping things on there for a month before making a purchase. Do you mostly try to avoid shopping websites to not get sidetracked?

 

[Sparkletastic]

Today was a "first": I made up an outfit around a handbag.
We´ll be going to Paris soon to visit the Salon Retromobile- a vintage car show. Hubby loves it and while I ´m fine with seeing the cars and feeling the atmosphere the thing I like most about it is that it is an opportunity for me to wear one of my true vintage outfits without looking ridiculous.
I´d been planning my outfit for ages. Everything was chosen and prepared- dress, hat, shoes, bag.
Then I found the last model of the Dior Trailer Trash range I really wanted and hubby fell in love with the bag (it resembles a car!) telling me I just had to wear it for the car show.
My chosen outfit wasn´t perfect anymore, so today I shopped in my own wardrobe, found a long forgotten dress, finally altered it to fit and embellished it a bit to be the perfect canvas for my handbag.

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Cool bag. I’d love to see the whole outfit!

Thank-you for this lovely post!
My bag collection solely consist of pre-loved handbags and I am very happy the ones I really love turn up for sale from time to time at prices I can justify.

14 of my 23 bags were bought preloved. I love catching a great sale on a bag. And I’ve grown to appreciate buying new. I just always want to be able to recoup a good portion of what I paid if I sell.

My daughter started daycare last September or October, and we've been sick on and off since then. Seriously, it feels like she hasn't had a few days of being healthy in a row this entire time! Sometimes it's just a runny nose and sometimes it's a fever on and off, and one ear infection. The way that it is with me being around her almost all the time, I end up getting whatever she's sick with although not as bad. And my husband does too, but worse, and he's working full time. We're having a rough time over here! But whenever we're mostly well we try to get out of the house. Has anyone else had issues staying healthy this winter?

Also wondering, what are your best tips for staying on track with your purchases? I spend a lot of timing surfing around on instagram for bags, TheRealReal, Vestiaire Collective, etc. And a decent amount of time on TPF too. I know people mentioned the wishlist ideas and keeping things on there for a month before making a purchase. Do you mostly try to avoid shopping websites to not get sidetracked?

So sorry about the sicknesses.

Regarding purchases. I tend to shop from my list. I note what I need in my wardrobe each day on Evernote so when I shop I have an idea of what I need vs what I think I need.

Staying off websites always helps. As does getting busy with real life things - work, hobbies, friends, etc.

 

[Cookiefiend]

And...this thread is really much less active than in the past. In past years we had thousands of posts by the time we started the color showcase. This year we may not make it to a thousand.

We should think of some ideas to shake things up. Lol!

It has been less active perhaps, but this is just my third year on this thread so I can’t really say. I’ve been *trying* to really use what I have - which makes the challenges* important for me - they make me use my bags.
I really like the end of the month tally too - though I often think “Gee Cookie - you’re TERRIBLE at this!”
I like having a place where we cheer each other on, celebrate our sales... and our purchases...
(I have another to confess to ) I like seeing posts of the purses in action - though I know there’s another thread specifically for that - it’s fun to see what each of us is wearing.

1) What if we did a “A Day in My Purse” - we show the purse we’re carrying, what’s in it, where it went that day, if it had an adventure (snowy day, fell off the seat (guilty), the dog slobbered on it, etc) and then what we thought of it that day.
2) I did kinda enjoy my month of only 4 bags - I know a lot of us couldn’t do that but it was fun - what if we did just a week?



* The Hermes SOTD thread works the same way for me - it encourages me to wear something I might have forgotten about otherwise, and makes me really look at them. This week is something with trees - do I have anything with trees on it? Oh hellz yes I do and i haven’t worn this one in a while! So I pull them out and wear them!

 

[Sparkletastic]

It has been less active perhaps, but this is just my third year on this thread so I can’t really say. I’ve been *trying* to really use what I have - which makes the challenges* important for me - they make me use my bags.
I really like the end of the month tally too - though I often think “Gee Cookie - you’re TERRIBLE at this!”
I like having a place where we cheer each other on, celebrate our sales... and our purchases...
(I have another to confess to ) I like seeing posts of the purses in action - though I know there’s another thread specifically for that - it’s fun to see what each of us is wearing.

1) What if we did a “A Day in My Purse” - we show the purse we’re carrying, what’s in it, where it went that day, if it had an adventure (snowy day, fell off the seat (guilty), the dog slobbered on it, etc) and then what we thought of it that day.
2) I did kinda enjoy my month of only 4 bags - I know a lot of us couldn’t do that but it was fun - what if we did just a week?



* The Hermes SOTD thread works the same way for me - it encourages me to wear something I might have forgotten about otherwise, and makes me really look at them. This week is something with trees - do I have anything with trees on it? Oh hellz yes I do and i haven’t worn this one in a while! So I pull them out and wear them!

I have greatly slowed my pace of bag acquisition but, I haven’t been focused on just shopping my closet. And, my life has been chaotic with work and Mr. S’s illness last year. So, that’s made me much less bag focused. Plus, I’m just not loving recent bag offerings. I’m not a big logo girl so logomania just looks gauche to me.

I like your idea of our BOTD. Today I’m in my Fendi BTW. I’ve completely fallen out of love with this bag. It’s super functional and looks sleek - so, it’s definitely has a place in my collection. But, I just wish super functional could also be super cute.

To be honest, while they are all good looking, high quality premier bags, I’m just not in love with any of my 3 functional medium / large black bags (this, my YSL mono Cabas and Max Mara Whitney). If I see something better, I’d likely get it and sell one or more that I have.

 

[cowgirlsboots]

Cool bag. I’d love to see the whole outfit!

This makes me nervous... here´s a pic my son took tonight. No make-up, hair not properly done, no stockings... total lack of fine tuning and taken right amidst our messy main room, but I dare show it with a filter on top... please don´t laugh!

 

[whateve]

My daughter started daycare last September or October, and we've been sick on and off since then. Seriously, it feels like she hasn't had a few days of being healthy in a row this entire time! Sometimes it's just a runny nose and sometimes it's a fever on and off, and one ear infection. The way that it is with me being around her almost all the time, I end up getting whatever she's sick with although not as bad. And my husband does too, but worse, and he's working full time. We're having a rough time over here! But whenever we're mostly well we try to get out of the house. Has anyone else had issues staying healthy this winter?

Also wondering, what are your best tips for staying on track with your purchases? I spend a lot of timing surfing around on instagram for bags, TheRealReal, Vestiaire Collective, etc. And a decent amount of time on TPF too. I know people mentioned the wishlist ideas and keeping things on there for a month before making a purchase. Do you mostly try to avoid shopping websites to not get sidetracked?

Having small children makes it difficult to stay healthy. Eventually you and your daughter will build up immunity and then you'll stay healthier. I had one bad cold this winter but that's all, I hope. We don't come into close contact with lots of people usually so that helps.

I've been terrible about staying on track this month! I was so good last year, then this month I can't seem to stop shopping. Most of the things I buy I can't think about for a month before purchase because by then they would be gone. I rarely buy things for full price so by the time I'm considering them, they are on sale and in limited quantity. One of the bags I bought was sold out but another tpfer found a store that still had one for me to order. TPF is bad for a ban, but I really only have myself to blame. Another bag I just bought on ebay I've been looking at for a few weeks. I think I would have bought a similar bag sooner or later as I've been looking at them for months.

 

[More bags]

This makes me nervous... here´s a pic my son took tonight. No make-up, hair not properly done, no stockings... total lack of fine tuning and taken right amidst our messy main room, but I dare show it with a filter on top... please don´t laugh!

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You look wonderful - what a cool bag! Have a fantastic trip to Paris!

 

[dcooney4]

Today was a "first": I made up an outfit around a handbag.
We´ll be going to Paris soon to visit the Salon Retromobile- a vintage car show. Hubby loves it and while I ´m fine with seeing the cars and feeling the atmosphere the thing I like most about it is that it is an opportunity for me to wear one of my true vintage outfits without looking ridiculous.
I´d been planning my outfit for ages. Everything was chosen and prepared- dress, hat, shoes, bag.
Then I found the last model of the Dior Trailer Trash range I really wanted and hubby fell in love with the bag (it resembles a car!) telling me I just had to wear it for the car show.
My chosen outfit wasn´t perfect anymore, so today I shopped in my own wardrobe, found a long forgotten dress, finally altered it to fit and embellished it a bit to be the perfect canvas for my handbag.

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Very cool!