2021 Resolution: Shopping my own bag and SLG collection. Any one else?

[Sparkletastic]

NOVEMBER ACTIVITIES

1. Bags by Brand Showcase!

Each week, share photos of your bags from the specified brands. Choose a posed “beauty” shot or get your bags out and about in action shots!

We highlight 3 brands per week: 2 premier and 1 contemporary in alphabetical order as listed on tPF. Any brands not listed are showcased in our last week. Brands change to the next set each Sunday.

Our first brand week starts now - Sunday, Oct 31. Please share photos of bags from these brands:

• Bottega Venetta
• Burberry
• Alexander Wang

Tip: Grab your photos from last year in the 2020 resolution thread. Search your user name and the brand to find your photos.

2. Special Stories
Thanks @Claudia Herzog for the suggestion

Wear a bag that has a backstory involving a person, place, or opportunity for which you feel grateful.

 

[Vintage Leather]

I know the thread is about controlling our shopping but I feel like I’ve missed a lot.

So, please share photos of your last and / or best handbag acquired last year.

I’m what they call a value investor. I buy when prices are low and I try to hold for years. (But I try to get them low enough, that I don’t have any regrets when I let things go.) When it was all about the Jumbos, I bought minis.

So in 2020, when everyone is looking for light-weight, easy to sanitize crossbodies, I was buying impractical sparkly minaudieres.

So my best bag of 2020 was found last January, a 1967 Leiber Chatelaine


And the last bag I bought, just under the wire in December, was the adorable Leiber owl in the center:

 

[More bags]

These are gorgeous @Vintage Leather! I am imagining the beautiful gowns you wear them with and the galas and events you will take them to.

 

[doni]

Wishing everyone a great week!

I could try it and see what it looks like...I oriented to that way to try to fill the height of the wall a bit. Worth a try...

Edit- tried it, juggled stuff around. Still need different color candles, but I think it works. Only thing about the mirror taller...it gets some of thewhite ceiling. I may look for an inexpensive bigger square or even round mirror. Still need new bright color candles or even some colorful candlesticks. And a new piece of artwork.

oh...the TV usually goes in front of the fireplace hole and the rocker where the TV is, but we have been using the fireplace, so....View attachment 4960572

Funny, I have a lacquered tray that exact color on my sofa table holding the remote right now. That mantlepiece and height of wall deserve a bigger mirror!

Advice needed, please!

I bought a lovely YSL Mini Lou camera bag in asphalt (gray) with silver hardware last Fall. It has barely been out of the dust bag. Never been used. I’m contemplating what to do about this bag. I bought it from Nordstrom, so I can still return it or I can sell to FP. Right now it seems so impractical given the covid situation and I’m having a hard time imagining an appropriate time to bring her out.
Pros- it’s beautiful, it’s neutral, unlikely to go out of style (?), I got it during a YSL sale maybe 15% off. It has since had a price increase
Cons- it’s not getting used, it’s a tiny bag, it’s dressy for my lifestyle

Any helpful hints on whether to keep or not? Thanks in advance.

If you can still return (as a European is hard for me to get my head around that ),better do and spend the money on something you will enjoy.

That said, I would have thought a mini camera bag was a perfect bag for these times, small and easy to grab to run some errands or wear crossbody for a walk... Plus in gray with silver hw, not too dressy or outrageous (but I take a lambskin Chanel backpack for walks in the woods so what do I know ). But if it doesn’t work for you that is the main thing!

They already had accepted an offer earlier this week. Our offer is a backup offer now.

Sorry about the house, house hunting is not easy!

I’m what they call a value investor. I buy when prices are low and I try to hold for years. (But I try to get them low enough, that I don’t have any regrets when I let things go.) When it was all about the Jumbos, I bought minis.

So in 2020, when everyone is looking for light-weight, easy to sanitize crossbodies, I was buying impractical sparkly minaudieres.

So my best bag of 2020 was found last January, a 1967 Leiber Chatelaine
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And the last bag I bought, just under the wire in December, was the adorable Leiber owl in the center:
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Stunning bags!!!

 

[Jereni]

@Sparkletastic yay so glad you are back!

Hermès Fleur de Lotus. Saw it on Poshmark for $100. Has a small tear on a corner I can easily fix. Thought about it for 5-5 days and love the colors for me, so I bought it. Should arrive this week. Used credit from a few small sales on PM and some surprise birthday money.View attachment 4961061

Down the rabbit hole I go...never say never.

This scarf is GORGEOUS. The colors! I’m jealous.

I’m what they call a value investor. I buy when prices are low and I try to hold for years. (But I try to get them low enough, that I don’t have any regrets when I let things go.) When it was all about the Jumbos, I bought minis.

So in 2020, when everyone is looking for light-weight, easy to sanitize crossbodies, I was buying impractical sparkly minaudieres.

So my best bag of 2020 was found last January, a 1967 Leiber Chatelaine
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And the last bag I bought, just under the wire in December, was the adorable Leiber owl in the center:
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These bags are so special and darling!

 

[dcooney4]

I’m what they call a value investor. I buy when prices are low and I try to hold for years. (But I try to get them low enough, that I don’t have any regrets when I let things go.) When it was all about the Jumbos, I bought minis.

So in 2020, when everyone is looking for light-weight, easy to sanitize crossbodies, I was buying impractical sparkly minaudieres.

So my best bag of 2020 was found last January, a 1967 Leiber Chatelaine
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And the last bag I bought, just under the wire in December, was the adorable Leiber owl in the center:
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These are stunning! I now need to pick my jaw off the floor.

 

[baghabitz34]

I know the thread is about controlling our shopping but I feel like I’ve missed a lot.

So, please share photos of your last and / or best handbag acquired last year.

One of my surprise favorites from last year.

The Ferragamo Gancini Tote in Nebbiolo. The leather & color are fantastic.

 

[JenJBS]

One of my surprise favorites from last year.
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The Ferragamo Gancini Tote in Nebbiolo. The leather & color are fantastic.

Ferragamo is seriously underrated! Beautiful bag!

 

[SouthernPurseGal]

Super impressed with my Barrington gifts st Anne's tote and SLGs which arrived at the same time as a 15% off sale (for Valentine's with code xoxo in case anyone wants to try the shop) so now I need to get the matching travel duffle and laptop bag.

 

[sherrylynn]

my latest bag, large Givenchy ID93. Very under the radar, but I'm finding it to be super practical. Got it pre-loved at Fashionphile!

 

[JenJBS]

When Behno emailed me a code for 25% off, I caved and bought my birthday present to myself a couple months early...

A few days ago I put this in my shopping cart, but didn't buy it, and removed it from my shopping cart. That evening they sent an email 'reminding' me of this purse. Today I got another email, reminding me of this purse, and a 25% off promo code. Usually I'm not a fan of a company 'stalking me' with emails if I decide not to buy something; but if they send me a discount code... Suddenly I don't mind at all.

As for my checklist before buying this year... 1) I checked my closet, and do have another Benho bag in this size and style - but it's green, so the colors aren't even close. And since I have the green bag, I know this size and style work for me. 2) I didn't find this browsing purse/shopping websites, and didn't look at other bags on Behno.com except to see if they had this lovely orchid color in a different style/size.

Also, a Behno mini Ina in purple is was one of the items on my TPF Wishlist. Plus, it is my (insanely early) birthday present to myself. And that color...

 

[indiaink]

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Super impressed with my Barrington gifts st Anne's tote and SLGs which arrived at the same time as a 15% off sale (for Valentine's with code xoxo in case anyone wants to try the shop) so now I need to get the matching travel duffle and laptop bag.

@SouthernPurseGal Yeah yeah yeah, but what about those geodes! DH and I collect them - I used to work with a guy who hunted and cut and polished as his hobby.... How many do you have?

 

[whateve]

When Behno emailed me a code for 25% off, I caved and bought my birthday present to myself a couple months early...

A few days ago I put this in my shopping cart, but didn't buy it, and removed it from my shopping cart. That evening they sent an email 'reminding' me of this purse. Today I got another email, reminding me of this purse, and a 25% off promo code. Usually I'm not a fan of a company 'stalking me' with emails if I decide not to buy something; but if they send me a discount code... Suddenly I don't mind at all.

As for my checklist before buying this year... 1) I checked my closet, and do have another Benho bag in this size and style - but it's green, so the colors aren't even close. And since I have the green bag, I know this size and style work for me. 2) I didn't find this browsing purse/shopping websites, and didn't look at other bags on Behno.com except to see if they had this lovely orchid color in a different style/size.

Also, a Behno mini Ina in purple is was one of the items on my TPF Wishlist. Plus, it is my (insanely early) birthday present to myself. And that color...


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It's beautiful! Here you are tempting me with this brand again! I still haven't gotten one.

 

[SouthernPurseGal]

@SouthernPurseGal Yeah yeah yeah, but what about those geodes! DH and I collect them - I used to work with a guy who hunted and cut and polished as his hobby.... How many do you have?

They're my mom's. I'm not sure.

 

[JenJBS]

It's beautiful! Here you are tempting me with this brand again! I still haven't gotten one.

Thank you! Me, tempting someone... It is a great brand! (Not our beloved BV or The Row, but not their prices either...)

 

[dcooney4]

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Super impressed with my Barrington gifts st Anne's tote and SLGs which arrived at the same time as a 15% off sale (for Valentine's with code xoxo in case anyone wants to try the shop) so now I need to get the matching travel duffle and laptop bag.

They look wonderful! So cheerful too.