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

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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.
 
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SouthernPurseGal said:
Ditto. It doesn't cost anything to ask and it's not required to respond. Once in awhile I'm shocked and my offer gets accepted & I get to celebrate a real bargain! Considering that every few months a package just gets lost forever and I never see the item or the money ever again, it balances things out if a few times a year I also get a jaw dropping low price! But I would never get such deals if I never made low offers. Of course I'm not offering half price or anything, I'm offering usually 60% as my opening negotiation move. Then again I'm the daughter and granddaughter of a long line of Persian bazaar salesmen so I live to wheel and deal and negotiate; I think it's fun.
Clearly I'm in the minority in this group but I was born with bargain hunting blood. I live for buying low and selling high to buy more lows!!
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Same! Never less than 60% to start. Laughing at the Persian bazaar technique, which we used long ago in Morocco. It involved drinking mint tea, or leaving in a huff and making them run after you, etc., and we were just buying djellabahs to wear as mu-mus (very 1970s). As a teenager I thought all that gaming was hilarious.
 
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Cookiefiend said:
Posting my February stats early too!
Bags in or out - 2 in, 0 out, but I have 2 listed. The two in were the Lady Dior (:heart:), and a Ferragamo Studio Tote that I couldn't resist.
SLGs - zero in or out. I have listed my H Silk'in wallet because I think it's too big now.
Scarves in or out - 3 Scarves in (ELenK, Od'unJ and JdS), and 5 (five!) scarves out! Woot! But only one of the five was a 90, the rest were gavs... I think they're breeding in there - I swear I didn't have that many!

Books read - I finished Great Expectations and then watched the 1946 film. The book was better. I've started Sense and Sensibility.

The Great Basement Purge was sidetracked by the gray February weather - MEH. :blah:
I did however purge several pairs of shoes, and took down the last of the holiday decorations - 'snowflakes' on the dining room table and a small Dicken's Village arrangement of 2 churches and its surrounding greenery. I had left them up to cheer myself up with, but the weather is getting warmer and the sun is out longer every day, which helps. I've signed up for my COVID vaccine too!
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Great stats and vaccine news!
So....another studio bag? Have we seen this? (drooling)
Also - is a film ever ever better than the book?
 
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JenJBS said:
I've been so bad this year... But found this for $65 on YOOX. I've wanted a circle bag for several months. Wanted the Ferragamo round Studio bag, but it was well over $1000, even on sale. So I feel good about getting my circle bag for only $65 - even if Rebecca Minkoff isn't in the same league as Ferragamo for quality - I still love RM! :hbeat: And my wallet really, really loves RM prices! :yes::tup:

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This is cute! RM is totally legit and this seems very "you." :heart:
 
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Purses & Perfumes said:
Congrats on your purchase! I love circle bags.:love:

It doesn't look like it will be available any time soon where I am.

@jblended, I like the blue painted version of your butterfly bag.


I often prefer the book version to the film version for many of my favorite books. I haven't read any books in a while....maybe I'll look around and find something light and humorous for this weekend. Maybe something by P.G. Wodehouse. I still love the feel of an actual book and have never tried audio books or other versions.
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I am a total book snob, believe me, but have enjoyed some audiobooks recently (for long walks in the neighborhood, never on trail). Some fabulous voice acting going on right now.
 
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More bags said:
Spectacular stats Cookie. What colour is your new Studio Tote? :graucho:
Congratulations on your new and exiting scarves! Great reading and outs.
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Thank you!
The new bag is black - which - of course made it irresistible! :lol:
momasaurus said:
Great stats and vaccine news!
So....another studio bag? Have we seen this? (drooling)
Also - is a film ever ever better than the book?
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Nope - the film is never better than the book, and in this case I was annoyed by the ending. Pip does not ‘get’ the girl at the end of the book!
I haven’t post a pic of the tote yet, but I will... I am really happy with it!
 
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momasaurus said:
Great stats and vaccine news!
So....another studio bag? Have we seen this? (drooling)
Also - is a film ever ever better than the book?
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Once. Silence of the Lambs...good book, but the film was able to create a dark aura of menace and suspense the book just could not. Plus the performances were pitch perfect
 
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Kimbashop said:
#21 is the right one! For some reason I found a few sites that have names with the numbers. I think Cuerlain named them at one point but they don’t now. BTW, the lipstick arrived like a present: beautiful box with a bow, sealed tissue and a few extra treats as a gift along with my lipstick and case. I ordered directly from Guerlain. So pricey with the cap (sold separately) but I ordered it for my birthday and it was a perfect splurge.

the color is on the bright side and lighter than it looks on their page. It also looks a bit warm on me when compared to my other cherry red lipsticks.
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I have to thank you for the fun I had this morning opening my package from Guerlain. It came so quickly! Just as you said, the packaging and extras were luxurious and lovely. I ordered #6 and #21, with such cool cases!
 
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momasaurus said:
Great stats and vaccine news!
So....another studio bag? Have we seen this? (drooling)
Also - is a film ever ever better than the book?
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There’s a few where the movie is better than the book, because it’s more focused. Books are usually better because they show why people do what they do. But each character in a movie has a story to tell, and they are emoting in a way that makes the whole story richer.

Like - Hitchcock’s Psycho. In the book, Marion is a side character and her death is one sentence. Bates is more of a menace than a person.

The same is true in Breakfast at Tiffany’s - Truman Capote is so judgemental and shows Holly Golightly as a trap and a fraud who brings men to their doom but gets her comeuppance when her husband comes. As much as I hate Mickey Rooney’s character and casting in the movie, Holly is lovable and fascinating and all about self transformation.

And talking about actors who give depth to shallow characters - Maltese Falcon and Humphrey Bogart. The plot doesn’t make sense in either story, but I don’t actually care when it comes to the movie.

Devil Wears Prada - the movie has better character development than the book, and it has Meryl Streep. But then, the book wasn’t really that good.

Mean Girls, likewise, is based off a self-help book for parents trying to understand high school cliques. And Pitch Perfect, a non-fiction about college acapella groups was much better with music.

All About Eve, Brokeback Mountain, Shawshank Redemption... the original was a short story, but the movie is a lot more memorable and compelling
 
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SouthernPurseGal said:
Shawshank Redemption
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Vintage Leather said:
There’s a few where the movie is better than the book, because it’s more focused. Books are usually better because they show why people do what they do. But each character in a movie has a story to tell, and they are emoting in a way that makes the whole story richer.

Like - Hitchcock’s Psycho. In the book, Marion is a side character and her death is one sentence. Bates is more of a menace than a person.

The same is true in Breakfast at Tiffany’s - Truman Capote is so judgemental and shows Holly Golightly as a trap and a fraud who brings men to their doom but gets her comeuppance when her husband comes. As much as I hate Mickey Rooney’s character and casting in the movie, Holly is lovable and fascinating and all about self transformation.

And talking about actors who give depth to shallow characters - Maltese Falcon and Humphrey Bogart. The plot doesn’t make sense in either story, but I don’t actually care when it comes to the movie.

Devil Wears Prada - the movie has better character development than the book, and it has Meryl Streep. But then, the book wasn’t really that good.

Mean Girls, likewise, is based off a self-help book for parents trying to understand high school cliques. And Pitch Perfect, a non-fiction about college acapella groups was much better with music.

All About Eve, Brokeback Mountain, Shawshank Redemption... the original was a short story, but the movie is a lot more memorable and compelling
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I love all these examples!!! Thank you! I actually like Capote's B at Tiff, and I remember reading the Maltese Falcon in hopes of plot clarification but LOL you're right - neither one makes sense. But OMG there is a BOOK about a cappella? That makes no sense at all, LOL.
 
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