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

[cowgirlsboots]

I had to drop off my car for servicing overnight at the end of summer and I couldn't wait to have it back even though I was not really going anywhere! I hope you're feeling better by the time you read this. I am glad we have the purse forum to visit -- it's a distraction and it helps to be on here. Today, I decided to get out in the morning and went and dropped off some books that my friend wanted on their porch (did not see or meet anyone). I carried my Balenciaga Sharp shoulder bag -- I posted a picture in the handbag of the day thread, and will post here soon.

Thank-you! I just experienced a very kind gesture, had a big cry and now will put on my big girl panties and make the best of this day!
Let´s start with taking a parcel to the Post Office: I´m returning shoes I bought a few days ago for retail therapy. They are agony on my feet- they will go back.

I´m looking forward to seeing your Bal bag! Balenciaga is a brand I don´t know much about and I love to learn.

 

[cowgirlsboots]

I do have other items that I could sell at this point but I'm trying to pick the ones that'll sell the quickest with the least amount of hassle. People have been really... terrible lately. I just received a review on Posh about how my item was - dirty - and how I did not reply fast enough - i literally shipped the item out a few hours after purchase. When she asked me about shipment a few hours after she purchased the item, I responded moments afterwards.

What an awful experience! Don´t take it personally, please! I suspect the buyer was unhappy with something else in her life or simply regretted spending money on a luxury purchase (retail therapy without a return policy?) and vented in a very inappropriate way. xx

 

[cowgirlsboots]

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My Balenciaga Sharp shoulder bag accompanied me in the car today.

Wow! That´s a very elegant handbag! The leather looks amazing and the design is so clean! Thank-you for showing!

 

[cowgirlsboots]

Asking for some help.
Got an email from a friend of mine who said she recently purchased the same vintage bag I posted earlier (pic re-attached). She had seen mine IRL a while ago and liked it, so when she found it on Etsy she bought it for herself.
The Etsy seller told her the brand is Andre Cellini. I've never heard of the brand! Have any of you heard of it? Can you give me any info on the possible decade this bag could be from, or any other info?
Thank you


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Sorry, the name does not ring a bell, but I googled it and lots of listings of Andre Cellini bags on several selling sites incl. etsy came up. Re the decade: I´d say second half of the 80ies into the 90ies, but that´s just a guess and remembering what people wore when I was younger.

 

[doni]

Hard lockdown starting here in Germany today. Full house. And I have been the last couple of days panic shopping. Mostly online too, as apparently delays are to be expected now that shops are closed for Christmas. I don‘t know how delivery services are going to cope...

Now entering hopefully a more quiet phase... This is going to be a strange Christmas.
But the tree is up, the lights are on, pantry is full, spirits are high (or at least I am determined they will be) and we are good to go...



La

 

[Purses & Perfumes]

I´m looking forward to seeing your Bal bag! Balenciaga is a brand I don´t know much about and I love to learn.

Balenciaga is a brand I don't know much about either. I however saw this bag and immediately loved it. I also like some of the classic Balenciaga bags -- the leather looks wonderful -- but I know nothing about them except that I think styles from some years are better to own than others. I need to research the different styles by spending some time in the Balenciaga forum at some point. Currently, I am not planning to add any bags to my collection so it will have to wait for a while.

Regarding the shoes -- good plan to return them! My footwear collection is small, but I am happy with it, especially after I weeded out a few pairs that were not the most comfortable to wear.

Wow! That´s a very elegant handbag! The leather looks amazing and the design is so clean! Thank-you for showing!

Thank you. I do love the bag. The leather feels soft, but it's not too delicate which is perfect!

 

[Purses & Perfumes]

That’s gorgeous!

Thank you, it's one of my favorite bags!

@Purses & Perfumes, i love your balenciaga. Hope that the painting videos work out well for you, and we’re all here for support!

Many thanks, and I will keep you posted about the painting plans.

great bag, perfectly named. That clasp is so elegant.

Thank you! The clasp is really easy to use as well.

 

[880]

Sorry, the name does not ring a bell, but I googled it and lots of listings of Andre Cellini bags on several selling sites incl. etsy came up. Re the decade: I´d say second half of the 80ies into the 90ies, but that´s just a guess and remembering what people wore when I was younger.

I vaguely remember Cellini from my aunt in the 1970s. @jblended, I love the mixed media material look of your bag!

Hard lockdown starting here in Germany today. Full house. And I have been the last couple of days panic shopping. Mostly online too, as apparently delays are to be expected now that shops are closed for Christmas. I don‘t know how delivery services are going to cope...
But the tree is up, the lights are on, pantry is full, spirits are high (or at least I am determined they will be) and we are good to go...

wow, your tree is like the spirit of Christmas. huge, warm, welcoming with a very happy home and hearth vibe. Just gorgeous!

@cowgirlsboots, am sorry the shoes did not work out and ITA with you re @SakuraSakura ‘s discontented buyer. Your posts, and that of others on TOF, and this thread, make my day brighter.

 

[BowieFan1971]

Hard lockdown starting here in Germany today. Full house. And I have been the last couple of days panic shopping. Mostly online too, as apparently delays are to be expected now that shops are closed for Christmas. I don‘t know how delivery services are going to cope...

Now entering hopefully a more quiet phase... This is going to be a strange Christmas.
But the tree is up, the lights are on, pantry is full, spirits are high (or at least I am determined they will be) and we are good to go...

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Beautiful tree! Christmas is what you make of it, but the biggest thing Christmas should bring is hope. And we have plenty of hope, with 2 vaccines ready to go and a new president.

 

[dcooney4]

Hard lockdown starting here in Germany today. Full house. And I have been the last couple of days panic shopping. Mostly online too, as apparently delays are to be expected now that shops are closed for Christmas. I don‘t know how delivery services are going to cope...

Now entering hopefully a more quiet phase... This is going to be a strange Christmas.
But the tree is up, the lights are on, pantry is full, spirits are high (or at least I am determined they will be) and we are good to go...

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Beautiful Tree!

 

[Cookiefiend]

Hard lockdown starting here in Germany today. Full house. And I have been the last couple of days panic shopping. Mostly online too, as apparently delays are to be expected now that shops are closed for Christmas. I don‘t know how delivery services are going to cope...

Now entering hopefully a more quiet phase... This is going to be a strange Christmas.
But the tree is up, the lights are on, pantry is full, spirits are high (or at least I am determined they will be) and we are good to go...

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What a lovely tree!
I just told my mother today that I wouldn't be coming to her Christmas get-together. She understands, and since we've had one employee with it in his family (only their daughter has gotten sick though), I just don't want to take any chances with them getting it from me.
I brought over their gifts, and a big container of vegetable beef soup on my way to the office - they'll be here until Monday and then are driving down to Florida for a couple of months. I do talk to my mother every Monday, and we'll continue that even while they're in FL.

It snowed this morning, I love looking at it. It's so peaceful, and it seems quieter after a snow.
The roads are another story (yikes) but should be much better on the way home from the office.

 

[doni]

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.

Thank you. She will never fully recover, the woman I knew is gone, but she is my mom and she loves me and I love her.

@BowieFan1971, I really feel for you. On top Of everything, that is hard.

I lost my mother hardly two years ago to cancer. In her case, it was very quick, supersonic: a month from diagnosis to the fatal end. People say it is a blessing, that she had less time to suffer, and I can see that. And I get what you say, even during such short time, the person you know changes. And it was hard, to be there for her at those moments. But I wanted nothing more than for that time to last just a little bit longer, to have a bit more time to go through it with her no matter what, in whatever circumstances... So find confort in that all the time you spend with her is precious.

 

[doni]

wow, your tree is like the spirit of Christmas. huge, warm, welcoming with a very happy home and hearth vibe. Just gorgeous!

Beautiful tree! Christmas is what you make of it, but the biggest thing Christmas should bring is hope.

Coming from Spain, I did not grow in the tradition of the big natural tree at home. But since I live in Germany I have come to understand the true meaning of the Christmas tree: the days getting shorter and shorter throughout December, the cold and the darkness, having to face the long Winter with whatever you had in storage... So it must have been so joyful to bring the green and the smell of a fresh tree home, and light it up with candles, and hang any little trinkets that would reflect and multiply the light, and sing songs around it... It really is a symbol of hope, the Christmas tree: the promise that the Winter will pass, and that we will survive, and that the Spring and the sun will finally come... We need it more than ever this year!

 

[BowieFan1971]

@BowieFan1971, I really feel for you. On top Of everything, that is hard.

I lost my mother hardly two years ago to cancer. In her case, it was very quick, supersonic: a month from diagnosis to the fatal end. People say it is a blessing, that she had less time to suffer, and I can see that. And I get what you say, even during such short time, the person you know changes. And it was hard, to be there for her at those moments. But I wanted nothing more than for that time to last just a little bit more, to have a bit more time to go through it with her no matter what, in whatever circumstances... So find confort in that all the time you spend with her is precious.

I am so sorry for your loss. I don’t think you can ever truly understand what it is like to have someone you love develop cancer unless it happens. It is just unimaginable and almost surreal. Truly terrible. I can’t and won’t say that you had it any easier...it is never a blessing to lose anyone to cancer no matter how long it takes. You lost your mom and that is terrible.
I never took my mom for granted, but I did take for granted all the things she could do and what she was for me. It is such a natural thing to lean on a parent, as a pillar of sorts. My son leans on me and I have and will always encourage that. But now all that has changed. I am one of the ones that is strong for her, to be a pillar she can lean on. It is an adjustment, but it is what it is and it is okay.

 

[More bags]

Actually...I ended up just buying the Fendi: I'm a sucker for a camel/British tan bag, and also for a bright and happy lining. So this bag just seemed to speak to me. I knew the 2jours was the next premier designer bag I wanted. So I'm glad that I'll have it within a week and not need to wait two months, and that I can move on to the next second hand purchase in my sights. Next on my radar is a medium gucci marmont. But I really like the look of the polene numero Sept! And the Astra satchel do-over, of course. I don't feel so bad about not getting a Verona bag this month because I have a chocolate midi selene coming to me right now, second hand but in excellent condition. And I prefer the chocolate in that leather.

Congratulations- such a pretty bag!