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

[ElainePG]

Speaking of covid, the company housed in the same compound as our office building is having a lot of cases now!! And ironically, this December, our big boss also wants to see more people in the office. I just keep the window behind me open when I am in my office to let fresh air in. And btw, it’s face mask AND face shield in offices and malls here.

Scary that there's C-19 in the building right next to you... and yet you have to go into the office. Stay safe, my friend.

 

[ElainePG]

Spoiler: life update

My mum has been offered a 2 year contract with this charity operation which would mean she has to stay put and cannot request any transfers. We've had several late night discussions this past week, weighing up the pros and cons, and now she's decided to take the offer. She'll be edging towards 80 by the time the contract expires, and while she'll hopefully be fit to work even then, I'd like to think she'll take on a less stressful role.
This will be the longest I've stayed in one place in my adult life. It feels strange.
It's good news for me, not only because I get to spend time with mum in a place that has very quickly become 'home' to me, but because I need to be with the same team of doctors who are monitoring my treatment. Whilst early signs are all positive that I can be fully cured, we still have to watch my labs for at least another year to make sure nothing suddenly drops and sends me back into a critical state. Staying here is safer and easier for that purpose.

2020 was not in any way what I expected and had more surprises in store for me than I could have imagined. I'm getting ahead of myself but I've already started thinking about how I'll be shopping my own closet in 2021 (bags, jewelry, clothes, shoes), curating and hopefully downsizing as I go along. I'm excited for a new chapter, though I know the pandemic will still linger in the background. I'm hopeful that we'll all get to live a semi-normal life in the coming months and our pretty bags will get some use. It makes me smile to think that sometime soon (?) we will be posting pics of our bags on regular outings, rather than the occasional trip to the store or the office.

This is very good news, @jblended , both for you AND your mother. It must be a big relief to you.

 

[ElainePG]

We have scaled back Christmas too. My family will probably do mini/multi visits rather than one whole family get together, though even with everyone we are still only at 9. The most important people will be at my house...my DH and my son, who comes home on leave from the Navy on Friday. He will be here for two weeks. I get to see him twice a year so I am really excited! My DH and I are not very social people...we live a quiet, private life. So living with Covid restrictions has not affected us nearly as much as others. And my staying home lets me feel more comfortable visiting my mom weekly. She needs it...she is recovering from a brain tumor/cancer. Her life has been turned upside this year and the changes to her health (mental and physical) have been difficult for her.

I'm so very sorry to hear about your mom. That's so hard, and I would imagine (based on my own experience with my mom) that it's the mental changes that are the most difficult.

 

[Kimbashop]

It is crazy how something like that just becomes your “new normal.” I have my moments...for a while I could not even think the words “brain cancer”, let alone say them, without my eyes starting to tear up. Her recovery had been a roller coaster. I spent a long time waiting for the woman I have known my whole life to come back, but realized over the last few weeks that is not going to happen. So I am focusing on loving her who and where she is. The tumor was on her cerebral cortex, which affects speech/communication/language along with some memory and mental coordination. She jumbles things a lot...words, people, ideas, places. She cannot do some simple things like arithmetic and figuring out how to use a credit card machine. I had to help her spell my name the other week...Laura. She can no longer drive and gave up her license. She is sometimes unsteady on her feet. This was a woman who was always sharp, had a memory like a steel trap and extremely active. If it weren’t for my stepfather, who retired early this year (he is 9 years younger than her), she honestly could not live on her own. This is not a place I ever imagined being in. But it is our life, our new normal. All this since March, 2-3 weeks before what was supposed to have been my wedding on April 4. No wedding, no honeymoon, but we did get married, just the 2 of us and the officiant at home. To be honest, every area of my life except my mother is going really well right now and I am happy, which helps me deal with my emotions regarding my mom. The only area in my life that truly sucks is something out of my hands that I cannot do anything about or change, so I don’t dwell on it because to do that just makes me, and everyone around me, hurt. I do what I can...I visit (luckily only live an hour from her) every week and I call 2-3 times a week beyond that, even if for just a few minutes to say hi and I love you. I keep it together around her and have patience with her, even when she does not have patience with herself. It’s just what you do....it’s life. I thank God every day for all the wonderful things in my life, I have so many. I know He is looking out for me and my family because He has cleared the path in so many ways so that I have only as much as I can handle and He brought the best partner I could ask for into my life and I married him. My mother has brain cancer and is on IV chemo twice a month for life, but I am happy. So everything really is ok.

I'm very sorry to hear about your mom. That must be so difficult.

 

[papertiger]

We have scaled back Christmas too. My family will probably do mini/multi visits rather than one whole family get together, though even with everyone we are still only at 9. The most important people will be at my house...my DH and my son, who comes home on leave from the Navy on Friday. He will be here for two weeks. I get to see him twice a year so I am really excited! My DH and I are not very social people...we live a quiet, private life. So living with Covid restrictions has not affected us nearly as much as others. And my staying home lets me feel more comfortable visiting my mom weekly. She needs it...she is recovering from a brain tumor/cancer. Her life has been turned upside this year and the changes to her health (mental and physical) have been difficult for her.

So sorry words are not enough

 

[Purses & Perfumes]

It is crazy how something like that just becomes your “new normal.” I have my moments...for a while I could not even think the words “brain cancer”, let alone say them, without my eyes starting to tear up. Her recovery had been a roller coaster. I spent a long time waiting for the woman I have known my whole life to come back, but realized over the last few weeks that is not going to happen. So I am focusing on loving her who and where she is. The tumor was on her cerebral cortex, which affects speech/communication/language along with some memory and mental coordination. She jumbles things a lot...words, people, ideas, places. She cannot do some simple things like arithmetic and figuring out how to use a credit card machine. I had to help her spell my name the other week...Laura. She can no longer drive and gave up her license. She is sometimes unsteady on her feet. This was a woman who was always sharp, had a memory like a steel trap and extremely active. If it weren’t for my stepfather, who retired early this year (he is 9 years younger than her), she honestly could not live on her own. This is not a place I ever imagined being in. But it is our life, our new normal. All this since March, 2-3 weeks before what was supposed to have been my wedding on April 4. No wedding, no honeymoon, but we did get married, just the 2 of us and the officiant at home. To be honest, every area of my life except my mother is going really well right now and I am happy, which helps me deal with my emotions regarding my mom. The only area in my life that truly sucks is something out of my hands that I cannot do anything about or change, so I don’t dwell on it because to do that just makes me, and everyone around me, hurt. I do what I can...I visit (luckily only live an hour from her) every week and I call 2-3 times a week beyond that, even if for just a few minutes to say hi and I love you. I keep it together around her and have patience with her, even when she does not have patience with herself. It’s just what you do....it’s life. I thank God every day for all the wonderful things in my life, I have so many. I know He is looking out for me and my family because He has cleared the path in so many ways so that I have only as much as I can handle and He brought the best partner I could ask for into my life and I married him. My mother has brain cancer and is on IV chemo twice a month for life, but I am happy. So everything really is ok.

I'm so sorry to hear about your mom's health. It must be difficult. Hugs to you.

 

[cowgirlsboots]

One Freezer only?!? Oh dear!

I just looked at the Worldometer site showing the US; we had almost 5,000 cases yesterday.... but ohmygosh - Tennessee had 10,000+!
(then I saw AZ... )

Being safe is boring, and no one likes it. But hospitals are being overwhelmed and nurses and doctors are getting overwhelmed... yet the mall I drive by on my way home has a packed parking lot. This morning when I filled the car, I saw 2 people go in without masks - in spite of the sign on the door that masks are required. Could we just think for a moment of someone else? GAH... I see a nice glass of bourbon in my future tonight.

On the last day of open shops in my country today city centers were packed- worse than Black Friday.
I wouldn´t have gone... still knowing I was at home and DH had taken the car for today so I had no chance to leave made me utterly depressed. Watching too many American Christmas movies and too many Christmas shopping vlogs on youtube is no help at all.

 

[SakuraSakura]

Hi everybody. I hope you’re all having a lovely day, fitting of your lovely selves!

Money is a bit tight right now so I’m beginning to toy with selling one of my Louis Vuitton wallets. I would like some help deciding which one I should sell.
I love both of them; however, I have gotten more use out of the multicolour wallet. As it stands though I don’t have many purses it fits into + COVID has killed using cash. As for the Ikat wallet, I’ve only used it a handful of times. I have kept it for collecting purposes. Which one should I sell? Which would be easier to get back if I wanted to replace it later on in my life?
Thank you all ♥️

 

[SakuraSakura]

Hi everybody. I hope you’re all having a lovely day, fitting of your lovely selves!

Money is a bit tight right now so I’m beginning to toy with selling one of my Louis Vuitton wallets. I would like some help deciding which one I should sell.
I love both of them; however, I have gotten more use out of the multicolour wallet. As it stands though I don’t have many purses it fits into + COVID has killed using cash. As for the Ikat wallet, I’ve only used it a handful of times. I have kept it for collecting purposes. Which one should I sell? Which would be easier to get back if I wanted to replace it later on in my life?
Thank you all ♥

(( if this matters the condition is better on the IKat wallet ))

 

[cowgirlsboots]

Hi everybody. I hope you’re all having a lovely day, fitting of your lovely selves!

Money is a bit tight right now so I’m beginning to toy with selling one of my Louis Vuitton wallets. I would like some help deciding which one I should sell.
I love both of them; however, I have gotten more use out of the multicolour wallet. As it stands though I don’t have many purses it fits into + COVID has killed using cash. As for the Ikat wallet, I’ve only used it a handful of times. I have kept it for collecting purposes. Which one should I sell? Which would be easier to get back if I wanted to replace it later on in my life?
Thank you all ♥

I don´t know much about LV items, but would guess it is easier to get back the multicolour long wallet than the pink Ikat. I´ve seen multicolour items for sale quite often, but never ever a pink beauty. On the other hand this means you would probably get a better price for the Ikat as it seems to be rarer and a collectors item?
Sorry, this wasn´t too helpful...

 

[whateve]

Hi everybody. I hope you’re all having a lovely day, fitting of your lovely selves!

Money is a bit tight right now so I’m beginning to toy with selling one of my Louis Vuitton wallets. I would like some help deciding which one I should sell.
I love both of them; however, I have gotten more use out of the multicolour wallet. As it stands though I don’t have many purses it fits into + COVID has killed using cash. As for the Ikat wallet, I’ve only used it a handful of times. I have kept it for collecting purposes. Which one should I sell? Which would be easier to get back if I wanted to replace it later on in my life?
Thank you all ♥

I know nothing about LV but I suspect the multicolor one would be easier to replace. The Ikat seems very special. Does it make sense to you to have things you don't use, just for collecting? I have some of those, but I've reduced the number recently. If you let it go, how sad would it make you? Also, being smaller, it seems like you could use it more. Then again, covid won't last forever and you might be going back to larger purses that would work with the larger wallet.

 

[SouthernPurseGal]

I used to have the multicolor and sold it and now miss it. I used it as an evening clutch so often I would keep it exclusively for that purpose.

 

[Cookiefiend]

Hi everybody. I hope you’re all having a lovely day, fitting of your lovely selves!

Money is a bit tight right now so I’m beginning to toy with selling one of my Louis Vuitton wallets. I would like some help deciding which one I should sell.
I love both of them; however, I have gotten more use out of the multicolour wallet. As it stands though I don’t have many purses it fits into + COVID has killed using cash. As for the Ikat wallet, I’ve only used it a handful of times. I have kept it for collecting purposes. Which one should I sell? Which would be easier to get back if I wanted to replace it later on in my life?
Thank you all ♥

It sounds like you like the multicolor wallet best, so selling the Ikat would maybe be best.
On the other hand - I personally love the Ikat because of the color - woooo that pink! I’m also using a more compact wallet (for more than a year now) because I found that they fit better in most/more of my purses than my H Silk’in does. I loved my Silk’in, but it’s a little too big, and I don’t see myself needing a large wallet in the future.
I think a lot of people are finding they don’t need as much these days.

 

[BowieFan1971]

Hi everybody. I hope you’re all having a lovely day, fitting of your lovely selves!

Money is a bit tight right now so I’m beginning to toy with selling one of my Louis Vuitton wallets. I would like some help deciding which one I should sell.
I love both of them; however, I have gotten more use out of the multicolour wallet. As it stands though I don’t have many purses it fits into + COVID has killed using cash. As for the Ikat wallet, I’ve only used it a handful of times. I have kept it for collecting purposes. Which one should I sell? Which would be easier to get back if I wanted to replace it later on in my life?
Thank you all ♥

I would sell the Ikat....you will get more money for it. And if you are selling because you need the money...

 

[BowieFan1971]

I'm very sorry to hear about your mom. That must be so difficult.

So sorry words are not enough

I'm so sorry to hear about your mom's health. It must be difficult. Hugs to you.

Thank you. The mental changes are the hardest, but we are doing ok. Saw her today...she was having a good day and it was really nice.