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.

 

[essiedub]

And I was raised to do the opposite! My mum said we dress for ourselves, not other people, so wear what makes you happy at home and outdoors. There was no 'Sunday best', it was always 'Sunday best'.
Similarly, food: we were told to serve our own dinners as though we were serving guests.
Both being acts of self respect that would lead to respecting others, in her opinion.
To this day, I eat off of fine china and drink out of crystal glasses, even if I'm only having some rice cakes and a glass of water. My food is always plated in a pleasing manner to the eye (since we eat with our eyes first).
I've failed more at the dressing my best all the time, simply because my ill health has caused me to spend a lot of time in loose PJs. However, under normal circumstances when I'm alive and kicking, I do wear my best even if all I'm doing is sitting at home. Well...I say this, but because my uniform is trousers and a tee or a jumper, it is pretty easy to be "dressed" all the time. It would be different if I wore formal evening gowns at home!
Another random thing I learned from my mum is to iron my pyjamas. As a child, it confused me that I had to iron something I would sleep in and would crumple in bed. However, as an adult, I can see the value in good habits that are consistently applied across the board. I sleep more deeply as a result of this habit, too.


Any chance you have photos of these? They sound pretty unique and all kinds of awesome!

I'll be asking myself these questions when I next come to edit. It's such a good way to look at things. Thanks!

I'm using Diane's concept of a closet for departing bags currently. I do not have a shed but will certainly have an imaginary one when this challenge rolls around!
Brilliant challenge suggestion @essiedub!

I LOVE this! Yes we dress for ourselves (hehe I buy for a very healthy pretend lifestyle ..ahem)

Now here comes my pop psychology (forgive me if I don’t get this completely right) ...supposedly extroverts need external affirmation vs. introverts who can derive satisfaction just from themselves; so if I get all dressed up with no one to see, I am left a bit wanting. Same with fancy dishes. I almost didn’t put up Christmas decor because no one would see it. In the end I did low key decor and the lights did cheer me up after a really crap 2020..but I digress..

But all said, I love the idea of “no Sunday best.” This year really amplified this.
Yes, “Live while you live” ...one of my favorite expressions

 

[dcooney4]

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indoors near a window I love them so. Can’t wait to condition them.

Love the blue green one.

 

[Katinahat]

I’ve just found the 2021 thread and love that you are all here already! There are already 12 pages of chat and too much for me to respond to everyone directly although I’ll try a few! Well done for all your goals and aspirations!

My goals for 2021, very much less bag related than prepandemic!

1. Try to keep healthy both physically and mentally. I’ve still got some lurking health issues I’m hoping are sorted early in the year. Plus I need to be kind to myself and avoid burn out with the stress levels that can go along with my job, especially now. Making time for my family and pets is important too.

2. Keep up my running and maintain my weight loss. I’d like to run further than in 2020. This new hobby has turned out to be good for body, mind and soul.

3. Keep in touch with friends - hard at a time when we are back in complete lockdown.

4. Try not to buy any more bags - unless they represent something missing or make my heart sing.

5. Find new creative ways to use my bags during this strange no socialising time and keep up my bag stats.

6.Try to limit small purchases to save up resources for some more artworks (original paintings etc) for my house. Should be easier this year if I don’t need to buy so many new clothes as my weight loss has now stabilised.

7. Read more books!

I’m not really into editing my bag collection. Unlike most of you I don’t buy or sell to the preloved market. I do gift occasionally or put in the charity collection. I do love reading about your edits though!

 

[Katinahat]

And I was raised to do the opposite! My mum said we dress for ourselves, not other people, so wear what makes you happy at home and outdoors. There was no 'Sunday best', it was always 'Sunday best'.
Similarly, food: we were told to serve our own dinners as though we were serving guests.
Both being acts of self respect that would lead to respecting others, in her opinion.
To this day, I eat off of fine china and drink out of crystal glasses, even if I'm only having some rice cakes and a glass of water. My food is always plated in a pleasing manner to the eye (since we eat with our eyes first).
I've failed more at the dressing my best all the time, simply because my ill health has caused me to spend a lot of time in loose PJs. However, under normal circumstances when I'm alive and kicking, I do wear my best even if all I'm doing is sitting at home. Well...I say this, but because my uniform is trousers and a tee or a jumper, it is pretty easy to be "dressed" all the time. It would be different if I wore formal evening gowns at home!
Another random thing I learned from my mum is to iron my pyjamas. As a child, it confused me that I had to iron something I would sleep in and would crumple in bed. However, as an adult, I can see the value in good habits that are consistently applied across the board. I sleep more deeply as a result of this habit, too.


Any chance you have photos of these? They sound pretty unique and all kinds of awesome!

I'll be asking myself these questions when I next come to edit. It's such a good way to look at things. Thanks!

I'm using Diane's concept of a closet for departing bags currently. I do not have a shed but will certainly have an imaginary one when this challenge rolls around!
Brilliant challenge suggestion @essiedub!

I don’t do lounge clothes at home either! I do often change out of my work suits / smart dresses and heels into jeans and flats etc but that seems appropriate these days as I mix with such numbers. I hang out in jeans, boots/trainers at the weekend too as that helps with walking a now large puppy!

I keep pjs for night time and leggings for exercise. I love that you iron your PJs @jblended!

 

[cowgirlsboots]

It depresses me to go to estate sales. The worst is when they have photo albums. It makes me so sad that no one cares about these people's history and the things they considered important.

The photo albums are always heartbreaking as is quite a lot of "stuff" that certainly had a meaning to the deceased and gets thrown out. My man has a thing for the photo albums. He has piles of them- other peoples´lifes kept safed in old suitcases.

We used to live next to the local tip for years and as being friends with the employees there were allowed to freely browse the skips and take what we pleased. They perfectly knew we wouldn´t take anything of actual value (either to the recycling company or the employees personally.)

I often went home with things like a box of sewing supplies obviously loved and curated by the former owner for years and now discarded- the wooden darning egg that must have gone from hand to hand for decades, a handstitched needle booklet somebody must have made at school in the 40ies... boxes of people´s Sunday best (but non brand) china, stacked with napkins in between...a fox stole with heads and paws the employees had taken to the office to make fun with and fully intended to throw it away, again, because it was dirty... I mean all theses "random" things did mean something to the former owners... I´m sentimental, I took them on and made them mine. The sewing supplies I use, the china we use and that fox stole I wore to a pram event in the UK very proudly after giving it the tlc it needed.

Thinking about it lots of our everyday household things came out of these very skips and we still have them.

 

[SakuraSakura]

I will also be renewing my membership for the 2021 thread! I’ve been thinking really hard about what I want in my life. With that thought in mind, I thought about my closet. I really need to come to peace with my body and separate it from my self esteem. This year has made me gain a lot of weight which has plummeted my self esteem. I just met someone really amazing, we’ve fallen in love but I am terrified that she won’t be attracted to me when she sees me in person. I want to forge my life, not let my life rule me. As for handbags I am interested in picking up a few Louis Vuittons but we shall see what happens with finances. I’m in my second last year of university (which I may fast-track depending on things.) I need to ensure that I’m prepared for that shift financially. We’ll be in touch, you lovely individuals. ♥️

 

[Tartlet]

This is a great thread, and I think it's the inspiration I need to at least write down some of goals for 2021, which in turn will keep me accountable.

1. I will not purchase anything through Amazon.com. I started this about a month ago, when I realized how lazy I had become in relying on Amazon for simple purchases, and then in turn discovering how little Amazon gives back to its workers, communities, the world in general. Going forward, if I need a new book to read, I will source it through the independent book shop not far from my home. Realistically, I can afford the extra $5.00 to $10.00 or so it will cost versus buying the book on discount online. If I need home goods or cleaning supplies, I will buy them locally through the large national grocery store and the smaller local houseware stores or my local or national hardware store (no Home Depot anymore either since they are a foreign retailer where I live).

2. Make fitness and weight loss my new obsession. I have a milestone birthday coming up in 2021, that I would love to be at my healthiest for. I also have a closet full of clothes that I love, which are currently too tight. After training for an Olympic-distance triathlon in 2016, I was exhausted from the time commitment it required, and I easily gave it up. Over the 4 years that followed, my weight began to creep up. How strange it is to gain weight, when I'm not working out 2 hours a day, 6 days a week? Time to make fitness and healthy eating a priority again (just maybe not at the same level of intensity it was a few years ago)

3. I've been very good at keeping my purse collection at 10 bags for the past several years. In December 2020, I purchased a holy grail of sorts that I had been hunting for since 2013-2014. I also rather impulsively purchased another bag at the same time, that I had not planned for. It was a style that had been discontinued, but that I had only discovered rather belatedly. I do love it though, and I have no regrets about either purchase. Once the new purchases arrived, I took 2 older bags that were my least favourite, due to color and size, to the luxury consignment shop. I never look at my purse spending as a loss when I sell / consign bags that no longer work for me. I see whatever I make on the sale (be it small or large) as a gain to me. It's physical, tangible currency now in my hands, versus some airy fairy notion of worth that exists only in the ether. I found a few other things to consign as well, so in the end it was 2 new purses in, AND 2 purses, 1 wallet, a necklace, a ring, a cardholder, and 2 watches out.

4. I'd like to completely eliminate buying any more home organizing products. At the end of 2020, my fridge, pantry, vanity, basement, and closet are now completely organized and I've spent far more on bins and containers to corral my vegetables, crackers, pasta, makeup, Christmas decoration, and shoes, than I did on anything else this year. No.More.Containers!

5. Accessory and purse goals for 2021. I'd like to add a new wallet sometime in the second half of 2021. I've been rotating between a Gucci brown guccissima (circa 2008), and 2 mulberry tree wallets (circa 2016) for the past several years. I love the colours and styles (they are each a little different), but I would like to add something new for 2021. Perhaps a Bottega Veneta in a bright colour (I'm not that familiar with the new designer - so this may be a pipe dream as I'm picturing Bottega Veneta wallet from a few years ago). Speaking of Bottega Veneta, I'm on the hunt for a extended knot clutch in a jewel-tone satin. I'm not aggressively searching, but if I were to come across one in very good condition, I think it would be my only purse purchase for 2021.

*Whew* that's a long post. Sorry about that

 

[sherrylynn]

I need this thread! I did a good job of organizing and editing my collection during 2020. Sold what I could, rehomed a few, and donated the rest.
Then I purchased my first Hermes, (Etoupe Evelyne PM)and got a serious case of bag fever.

My goals for 2021:
1. Purchase 1 preloved Hermes: Bolide, Lindy or Jypsiere. Only if the stars align, and the color, size, leather, condition and price are right. And only ONE!!
2. Stay within my current bag storage space:

3. Live vicariously through other's purchases on TPF.

 

[Vintage Leather]

This is a great thread, and I think it's the inspiration I need to at least write down some of goals for 2021, which in turn will keep me accountable.

1. I will not purchase anything through Amazon.com. I started this about a month ago, when I realized how lazy I had become in relying on Amazon for simple purchases, and then in turn discovering how little Amazon gives back to its workers, communities, the world in general. Going forward, if I need a new book to read, I will source it through the independent book shop not far from my home. Realistically, I can afford the extra $5.00 to $10.00 or so it will cost versus buying the book on discount online. If I need home goods or cleaning supplies, I will buy them locally through the large national grocery store and the smaller local houseware stores or my local or national hardware store (no Home Depot anymore either since they are a foreign retailer where I live).

2. Make fitness and weight loss my new obsession. I have a milestone birthday coming up in 2021, that I would love to be at my healthiest for. I also have a closet full of clothes that I love, which are currently too tight. After training for an Olympic-distance triathlon in 2016, I was exhausted from the time commitment it required, and I easily gave it up. Over the 4 years that followed, my weight began to creep up. How strange it is to gain weight, when I'm not working out 2 hours a day, 6 days a week? Time to make fitness and healthy eating a priority again (just maybe not at the same level of intensity it was a few years ago)

3. I've been very good at keeping my purse collection at 10 bags for the past several years. In December 2020, I purchased a holy grail of sorts that I had been hunting for since 2013-2014. I also rather impulsively purchased another bag at the same time, that I had not planned for. It was a style that had been discontinued, but that I had only discovered rather belatedly. I do love it though, and I have no regrets about either purchase. Once the new purchases arrived, I took 2 older bags that were my least favourite, due to color and size, to the luxury consignment shop. I never look at my purse spending as a loss when I sell / consign bags that no longer work for me. I see whatever I make on the sale (be it small or large) as a gain to me. It's physical, tangible currency now in my hands, versus some airy fairy notion of worth that exists only in the ether. I found a few other things to consign as well, so in the end it was 2 new purses in, AND 2 purses, 1 wallet, a necklace, a ring, a cardholder, and 2 watches out.

4. I'd like to completely eliminate buying any more home organizing products. At the end of 2020, my fridge, pantry, vanity, basement, and closet are not completely organized and I've spent far more on bins and containers to corral my vegetables, crackers, pasta, makeup, Christmas decoration, and shoes, than I did on anything else this year. No.More.Containers!

5. Accessory and purse goals for 2021. I'd like to add a new wallet sometime in the second half of 2021. I've been rotating between a Gucci brown guccissima (circa 2008), and 2 mulberry tree wallets (circa 2016) for the past several years. I love the colours and styles (they are each a little different), but I would like to add something new for 2021. Perhaps a Bottega Veneta in a bright colour (I'm not that familiar with the new designer - so this may be a pipe dream as I'm picturing Bottega Veneta wallet from a few years ago). Speaking of Bottega Veneta, I'm on the hunt for a extended knot clutch in a jewel-tone satin. I'm not aggressively searching, but if I were to come across one in very good condition, I think it would be my only purse purchase for 2021.

*Whew* that's a long post. Sorry about that

So, I should avoid suggesting that you check out India’s post about the satin Knots at the Orlando outlet?

 

[Tartlet]

@Vintage Leather, mercifully they aren't the extended size or I would be in deep trouble .

 

[keodi]

I’ve just found the 2021 thread and love that you are all here already! There are already 12 pages of chat and too much for me to respond to everyone directly although I’ll try a few! Well done for all your goals and aspirations!

My goals for 2021, very much less bag related than prepandemic!

1. Try to keep healthy both physically and mentally. I’ve still got some lurking health issues I’m hoping are sorted early in the year. Plus I need to be kind to myself and avoid burn out with the stress levels that can go along with my job, especially now. Making time for my family and pets is important too.

2. Keep up my running and maintain my weight loss. I’d like to run further than in 2020. This new hobby has turned out to be good for body, mind and soul.

3. Keep in touch with friends - hard at a time when we are back in complete lockdown.

4. Try not to buy any more bags - unless they represent something missing or make my heart sing.

5. Find new creative ways to use my bags during this strange no socialising time and keep up my bag stats.

6.Try to limit small purchases to save up resources for some more artworks (original paintings etc) for my house. Should be easier this year if I don’t need to buy so many new clothes as my weight loss has now stabilised.

7. Read more books!

I’m not really into editing my bag collection. Unlike most of you I don’t buy or sell to the preloved market. I do gift occasionally or put in the charity collection. I do love reading about your edits though!

I love your 2021 goals!

This is a great thread, and I think it's the inspiration I need to at least write down some of goals for 2021, which in turn will keep me accountable.

1. I will not purchase anything through Amazon.com. I started this about a month ago, when I realized how lazy I had become in relying on Amazon for simple purchases, and then in turn discovering how little Amazon gives back to its workers, communities, the world in general. Going forward, if I need a new book to read, I will source it through the independent book shop not far from my home. Realistically, I can afford the extra $5.00 to $10.00 or so it will cost versus buying the book on discount online. If I need home goods or cleaning supplies, I will buy them locally through the large national grocery store and the smaller local houseware stores or my local or national hardware store (no Home Depot anymore either since they are a foreign retailer where I live).

2. Make fitness and weight loss my new obsession. I have a milestone birthday coming up in 2021, that I would love to be at my healthiest for. I also have a closet full of clothes that I love, which are currently too tight. After training for an Olympic-distance triathlon in 2016, I was exhausted from the time commitment it required, and I easily gave it up. Over the 4 years that followed, my weight began to creep up. How strange it is to gain weight, when I'm not working out 2 hours a day, 6 days a week? Time to make fitness and healthy eating a priority again (just maybe not at the same level of intensity it was a few years ago)

3. I've been very good at keeping my purse collection at 10 bags for the past several years. In December 2020, I purchased a holy grail of sorts that I had been hunting for since 2013-2014. I also rather impulsively purchased another bag at the same time, that I had not planned for. It was a style that had been discontinued, but that I had only discovered rather belatedly. I do love it though, and I have no regrets about either purchase. Once the new purchases arrived, I took 2 older bags that were my least favourite, due to color and size, to the luxury consignment shop. I never look at my purse spending as a loss when I sell / consign bags that no longer work for me. I see whatever I make on the sale (be it small or large) as a gain to me. It's physical, tangible currency now in my hands, versus some airy fairy notion of worth that exists only in the ether. I found a few other things to consign as well, so in the end it was 2 new purses in, AND 2 purses, 1 wallet, a necklace, a ring, a cardholder, and 2 watches out.

4. I'd like to completely eliminate buying any more home organizing products. At the end of 2020, my fridge, pantry, vanity, basement, and closet are now completely organized and I've spent far more on bins and containers to corral my vegetables, crackers, pasta, makeup, Christmas decoration, and shoes, than I did on anything else this year. No.More.Containers!

5. Accessory and purse goals for 2021. I'd like to add a new wallet sometime in the second half of 2021. I've been rotating between a Gucci brown guccissima (circa 2008), and 2 mulberry tree wallets (circa 2016) for the past several years. I love the colours and styles (they are each a little different), but I would like to add something new for 2021. Perhaps a Bottega Veneta in a bright colour (I'm not that familiar with the new designer - so this may be a pipe dream as I'm picturing Bottega Veneta wallet from a few years ago). Speaking of Bottega Veneta, I'm on the hunt for a extended knot clutch in a jewel-tone satin. I'm not aggressively searching, but if I were to come across one in very good condition, I think it would be my only purse purchase for 2021.

*Whew* that's a long post. Sorry about that

Great 2021 goals!

I need this thread! I did a good job of organizing and editing my collection during 2020. Sold what I could, rehomed a few, and donated the rest.
Then I purchased my first Hermes, (Etoupe Evelyne PM)and got a serious case of bag fever.

My goals for 2021:
1. Purchase 1 preloved Hermes: Bolide, Lindy or Jypsiere. Only if the stars align, and the color, size, leather, condition and price are right. And only ONE!!
2. Stay within my current bag storage space:
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3. Live vicariously through other's purchases on TPF.

Beautiful bag collection!

 

[whateve]

I can live with this mantra! But sadly, the space problem... I mean do any of you have bags that are just sitting on the floor of your dressing room?so embarrassing

My kids have all moved out so I have 3 bedrooms to expand into if needed. I already have purses in 2 of them. One of them is my main purse room. I took some of them into another bedroom to be photographed and haven't yet brought them back.

 

[indiaink]

@Vintage Leather, mercifully they aren't the extended size or I would be in deep trouble .

You no longer need the “extended” size (or ‘stretch’) to fit your smart phone plus small wallet - the Chain Knot provides plenty of space and a chain for shoulder use or you can leave it tucked in. One of Tomas Maier’s (former creative director at BV) last ‘acts’, if you will, was the redesign of the Knot ... and out of that was born the Chain Knot.

Just sayin’.

 

[Vintage Leather]

I can live with this mantra! But sadly, the space problem... I mean do any of you have bags that are just sitting on the floor of your dressing room?so embarrassing

I’ll take your bags on the floor and raise you “two packing crates of totes staring at me balefully”

My purse armoire is just the right height and lighting to be a lightbox/staging area for items being sold. So I haven’t even unpacked 78% of my purses.

 

[Lake Effect]

I’ll take your bags on the floor and raise you “two packing crates of totes staring at me balefully”

*Avoids eye contact and is unusually quiet*