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.

 

[Hazzelnut]

My February bag stats are unexciting!

Bags in: 0
Bags out: 0
SLGs in: 0
SLGs out: 0

I have decided the sell the vintage bag and an SLG I bought which doesn’t work for my amount of cards I need to carry with me. So they will be going.

Also got sent a message from my SA saying that the tweed bag I’ve been obsessing over actually did come in (after previously being told they weren’t getting it and making peace with it). So now my head is in a melt about whether to buy it or let it go! I would break even with selling the vintage bag, and it’s so lovely...

 

[momasaurus]

OMG! I figured that my hermit in the cave routine should have some benefit so I just got Invisalign. I aways had straight teeth but noticed some were shifting over the last few years. So, I decided why not preserve my smile and dental health?

Well...its almost the end of week one and I hate / love them. No pain but I’m very aware in an unpleasant way of the plastic in my mouth. And, I have a lisp that I read will go away.

But, on the bright side, I’ve lost 3 pounds. Its a hassle to take them out, brush & floss my teeth and clean the retainers if I eat or drink anything but water. So...the mindless covid snacking has come to a screeching halt. LOL!

Anyone else have any type of braces / invisalign as an adult? What did you think about it? Tips and tricks?

Anyone else getting other “work” done? One of my acquaintances is getting breast implants due to home time at Covid. I’ve read of people getting facial plastic surgery because they can recover during home time.

Lots of different ways to cope and use the time...

I wish I could do something about the lines around my lips....

 

[momasaurus]

Feb stats:
Bags in: 0
Bags out: 1
SLGs in: 0
SLGs out: 0
Scarves in: 4
Scarves out: 0

I need to list some more scarves.

 

[dcooney4]

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 (), 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.
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!

Great scarf stats! I have put off my basement purge as well.

 

[dcooney4]

Better post my green bags before the week is out!
H Bolide in green toile and rouge H box
H garden party in green canvas w turquoise interior
Coach seafoam and lime briefcase-y tote
My trusty Camelback daypack LOL just for fun
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Lovely bags!

 

[dcooney4]

Sparkle’s FEBRURARY 2021 Stats

Bags In / Out: 0
SLG’s In / Out: 0
No other purchases or sales.

I did just put the Dior tote got in Jan up for sale on here and on the usual sites. It’s absolutely adorable but my new work laptop won’t fit. I priced it well so hopefully it sells quickly. I’m “over” selling anything.

Anyone lusting after a bag? I’m still lusting after the mini buckets (which I would wear non covid) and the Prada monochrome bag (which I know I don’t need because it doesn’t really elevate or add meaningful breadth to my collection.)

So, I’m going to try to not buy any bags til the covid situation is such that I can go back out and about and actually enjoy my bags / wardrobe. I’m just so tired of the boredom of sheltering in place that my mind is trying to find excitement. Most of the people I know are socializing again as if something has changed (which it hasn’t in my country). We personally don’t have factors that put us at higher risk but we feel SIP is the right thing to do. And, I just lost another friend to covid last week. It’s just after a year it’s getting HARD!!!

I am very sorry for your loss.

 

[dcooney4]

I used a credit card. But now I've figured out a solution. It's a going away gift for a friend moving cross country. She isn't in to bags, but I'd like her to have a pretty bag when she meets her new neighbors - and it is beautiful to look at. She's not the leather snob that certain designers have turned me into; so the imperfections in the leather don't matter to her. And since she'll use it for the move, she needs a bag that doesn't need to be babied - since (at least for me) there is no babying the bag you're using during a move. Since the leather is already imperfect, no need to baby it. Bonus - her kids love it. Her daughter loves the 'p'etty' hardware, and straps on the bottom. Her son's favorite color is red, so to him this is a huge improvement on her old tan bag.

That is wonderful.

 

[dcooney4]

Ive been absent playing in jewelry land as I‘m working on my wrist stacks. For my green items I only have my Chanel card case. and Fendi crossbody. Both are new and never used

Very Pretty!

 

[BowieFan1971]

Feb stats:
Bags in: 0
Bags out: 1
SLGs in: 0
SLGs out: 0
Scarves in: 4
Scarves out: 0

I need to list some more scarves.

Where do you list your scarves? I may be interested?

 

[BowieFan1971]

My February bag stats are unexciting!

Bags in: 0
Bags out: 0
SLGs in: 0
SLGs out: 0

I have decided the sell the vintage bag and an SLG I bought which doesn’t work for my amount of cards I need to carry with me. So they will be going.

Also got sent a message from my SA saying that the tweed bag I’ve been obsessing over actually did come in (after previously being told they weren’t getting it and making peace with it). So now my head is in a melt about whether to buy it or let it go! I would break even with selling the vintage bag, and it’s so lovely...

If it’s what you have wanted for a while, it doesn’t come in often and you would break even, do it!

 

[dcooney4]

March Shopping Your Closet Challenges
Brought to you by @Sparkletastic ❤

1. March 8th is International Women’s Day with the colors purple and green. Fun fact: Historically, purple was a colour that denoted justice and dignity, and now it is used to represent women. Green is a symbol of hope. Today, purple is the colour of International Women’s Day, and combined with green represents the feminist movement. Wear your purple and green bags, slg’s, scarfs this month.
2. March 20th is the International Day of Happiness. Wear the bag that makes you happiest at least twice this month even if it doesn’t necessarily fit your outfit or where you’re going (e.g. an evening bag to the grocery store)
3. “March” it Out the Door - List that one bag that keeps hanging around at an aggressive price so it goes this month (alternatively donate or gift it)

Non bag challenge: Digital Declutter - delete unused apps, delete the documents you don’t need, delete emails you don’t need to refer to, unsubscribe from email lists/newsletters, clear out your downloads folder, clean up your bookmarks, organize, delete and back up your photos.

These are great challenges. Is there a way these could be pinned to the top along with the color weeks. I was doing the red challenge and had to deal with some other stuff and then forgot about it. Out of sight out of mind.

 

[dcooney4]

February Stats!
1 bag in
2 Bags out
No other movement.

 

[Cookiefiend]

I’m lusting after a few lol, and trying to just wait it out to see which ones ‘stick’ in my head.

There’s the DeMellier I posted earlier. The good news there is that it’s what I would consider affordable.

Unfortunately there’s also Chanels. I want to get a Coco Handle, and this is available preloved. Have always wanted a Chanel tweed and this with the sequins and the multiple color threads would go with so much.
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And then there’s this which I think will come out in the summer:
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I’ve discovered and am now crushing on Valextra:
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And I’m loving this Ted Baker bag for some reason lol. This is one where I’m hoping the desire will die off if I just wait and don’t buy it right away.
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Ive been looking at Valextra for a year now, I really like the look of them!

February & YTD Update, Stats and Challenges

• February Challenges
  • Valentine's Day / Lunar New Year
    • Chanel Burgundy Coco Handle - 3x
    • Chanel Red Reissue - 3x
    • Chanel Red Wallet on Chain - 2x
    • Hermes Rouge H Garden Party - 2x
  • Remove 28 in 28 - 33 items out, clothing, bottles of languishing sauces in the fridge, lipsticks (curated my lipsticks as a result of the red lipstick conversation), cooking magazines
• Carried 17 bags / 17
• Read 1 book
• I‘ve enjoyed carrying my red and burgundy bags throughout winter, perhaps even more than my black bags.

Feb 2021 Stats
Bags - 0 in, 0 out
SLGs - 0 in, 0 out

YTD Stats
Bags - 0 in, 0 out
SLGs - 0 in, 0 out

Marvelous stats!
(I forgot to list my Red stats!)

Feb stats:
Bags in: 0
Bags out: 1
SLGs in: 0
SLGs out: 0
Scarves in: 4
Scarves out: 0

I need to list some more scarves.

Me too!

February Stats!
1 bag in
2 Bags out
No other movement.

Great job!

 

[Jereni]

Great eye candy Jereni. I’ve been loving the Valextra Iside for over a year. I was just looking at it before I read your post! The pic looks like the Oyster Mini Iside, which colour and size are you interested in?

Yes that pic is the Oyster. I’m definitely going to get one of the mini Iside, likely before the end of March. The only reason it hasn’t happened yet is that I can’t decide between the oyster and the newer pink color. I’ve seen the oyster in person and love it. But I have a lot of taupe bags and I am actually *looking* for a tailored light pink bag so this is technically perfect. I just hesitate to order it when I haven’t seen it in person.

Not to enable but the Tom Ford handbag is at a great price which is perfect for when you want something that would be more of a novelty in your wardrobe.

Which Tom Ford bag? Or did you mean the Ted Baker?

 

[Jereni]

Seconded. People often think Ted Baker is on par with other contemporary brands like Coach or Kate Spade but, it's really not. The clothes are mostly poly-blend and the leather they use is not good. I've seen some nice card cases where they used better quality leather, but the bags, on the whole, are always very cute yet not nice enough quality, imo.

Thank you for this input. I think I will wait on the Ted Baker bag until it goes on sale, at a minimum.

February & YTD Update, Stats and Challenges

• February Challenges
  • Valentine's Day / Lunar New Year
    • Chanel Burgundy Coco Handle - 3x
    • Chanel Red Reissue - 3x
    • Chanel Red Wallet on Chain - 2x
    • Hermes Rouge H Garden Party - 2x
  • Remove 28 in 28 - 33 items out, clothing, bottles of languishing sauces in the fridge, lipsticks (curated my lipsticks as a result of the red lipstick conversation), cooking magazines
• Carried 17 bags / 17
• Read 1 book
• I‘ve enjoyed carrying my red and burgundy bags throughout winter, perhaps even more than my black bags.

Feb 2021 Stats
Bags - 0 in, 0 out
SLGs - 0 in, 0 out

YTD Stats
Bags - 0 in, 0 out
SLGs - 0 in, 0 out

My February bag stats are unexciting!

Bags in: 0
Bags out: 0
SLGs in: 0
SLGs out: 0

I have decided the sell the vintage bag and an SLG I bought which doesn’t work for my amount of cards I need to carry with me. So they will be going.

Also got sent a message from my SA saying that the tweed bag I’ve been obsessing over actually did come in (after previously being told they weren’t getting it and making peace with it). So now my head is in a melt about whether to buy it or let it go! I would break even with selling the vintage bag, and it’s so lovely...

Feb stats:
Bags in: 0
Bags out: 1
SLGs in: 0
SLGs out: 0
Scarves in: 4
Scarves out: 0

I need to list some more scarves.

Amazing stats, all of you! I’m impressed with the 0 bags in and bag reduction overall. Respect!