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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@Vintage Leather, I am so sorry for your loss. I hope that you can celebrate your fathers life in September as planned and that you and your family take care of each other during this difficult time. We are here for you to talk about feelings or chat about lovely purchases you make to get yourself through these stressful times. Your CDC, and of course the mabe pearls and the hat, sound lovely, classic and very usable. Hugs

@Sparkletastic, invisaline sounds like a great diet aid. I’m looking forward to trying them soon. Also the sequined coach poppy bags sound amazing! There should be room in the closet just because something sparks happy memories ans makes you smile :biggrin:
@whateve, I am so glad you are getting out more now that you are vaccinated! I love your vintage coach bag (from 1997? ) and the deep rich blue sparkly metallic one. I thought of your exercise balance thingie bc I nearly fell over yesterday (trying to put my fleecy Amazon pants on)
@Kimbashop, I use makeup bags as clutches too and love balenciaga doe that purpose. Your emerald is gorgeous paired with your GMs scarf and I also love your vintage snakeskin. Happy belated birthday!
@whateve, I am so glad you are getting out more now that you are vaccinated! I love your vintage coach bag (from 1997? ) and the deep rich blue sparkly metallic one. I thought of your exercise balance thingie bc I nearly fell over yesterday (trying to put my fleecy Amazon pants on)
@Kimbashop, I use makeup bags as clutches too and love balenciaga doe that purpose. Your emerald is gorgeous paired with your GMs scarf and I also love your vintage snakeskin. Happy belated birthday!
@BowieFan1971, thank you for your advice on product! I adore your new scarf, but I meant to post a few days ago, that I think any scarf or bag color would make your eyes pop bc they are the most beautiful jewel color
@Cookiefiend, ITA with @bobkat1991, re the 18 being the perfect size! I’d like to get on the waitlist too! The vibrato is stunning. Will scroll back to see if I can find a glimpse of your embroidery.
@FizzyWater, I let go of a long PB in marron fonce fjord, and have regretted it for years. I keep a blue Jean bag as my one placeholder bright H bag bc it keeps me from buying other colors, but I can understand the dilemma of not using it. I did find that @diane278 ‘s trick of keeping a bag In the basement closet (or equivalent) helps me come to peace with letting go. . . another TPFer advised to try styling it for a few weeks and seeing if it sparks joy, but PB weight was also an issue for me. BTW, I’m also an ultralight bag traveler. But I think that’s a function of age :biggrin:
@sherrylynn, love the photo bomb from your new addition to your family, Jolene. She looks happy and relaxed!
@momasaurus, Barbie and GI Joe?
@Purses & Perfumes, did you post pics of your cross stitch cards for friends ans family? What an amazing gift! I will scroll back to see if I missed them as I only recall your gorgeous kitchen sampler.
@doni, I didn’t wear blue bags for years (ebene was my go to dark neutral), and then suddenly, I adored blue. I love your blue indigo Verrou with leather strap. I didn’t think I’d like the clasp, but suddenly I saw your bag and the clasp was perfect. Something to put on a future list :biggrin:
I was fortunate to have gotten a black 33 Evelyne sellier for DH as I had been looking for one for some months. 8 thought I was safe from its allure since I’m not really an evelyne person anymore and since his gold 33 is too big on me. A 29 is still really my size, but I will probably end up ‘borrowing’ this once he’s worn it a few times. I sent it to @docride for weatherizing. (DH and I were stuck in the rain for ten minutes waiting for his covid vaccine. I had my black barenia B30 and he had his gold 33 sellier evelyn in vache Hunter). Although they were rained on, a few hours later at home, they dried and were pristine.
Also, I very rarely ever wear the LV I kept (vintage from my own closet Sprouse long alma — it used to be called the knitting needle alma— that is a forever piece for me) but I was playing with an outfit and snapped a pic. The jacket is part of a RTW splurge (esp bc I haven’t worn white boucle wool since I bought one in 2002). I’m determined to buy forever pieces (for me) and use and wear the things I love.
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I :heart: the white boucle jacket - so chic!
The Evie is not my favorite bag... but I do really like it in Sellier!
Sparkletastic said:
I looooove the lock on ybe first bag!

Yummy Dior!
I really like your Gucci!
Stunning, classic beauty!
Memory Lane: I was crazy about the Coach Poppy line when it came out. They had sequin bags at one time and I went cuckoo collecting them. :lol: My style has changed drastically so I don't know how I’d wear them again but I still have a love for them. They just made me happy!
I’m so very sorry for your loss. :hugs:
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Thank you! I might be falling down the Dior slide... :shocked:
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I bought my daughter this Poppy sequin backpack back then.
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Wow!!
 
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@Purses & Perfumes, did you post pics of your cross stitch cards for friends ans family? What an amazing gift! I will scroll back to see if I missed them as I only recall your gorgeous kitchen sampler.
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The cross stitch cards have been given away so I don't have pics of those, but I might still have pics of the patterns. If I find them, I will post pics. Love your jackets!
Vintage Leather said:
In mid January, VintageDaddy died. In some ways, life has changed a little; in some ways, it’s been dramatically different.
Death during covid is weird. We weren’t allowed to see him in the hospital until 15 minutes before he passed away (and only two people could be there) and weren’t able to collect his personal possessions for a week. We just got the death certificate and ashes last week. Lord only knows when we’ll be able to have a celebration of life or an internment- we are tentatively think September. The usual rituals of grief are postponed and separated and scattered. And social security, VA benefits, life insurance don’t pay out without a death certificate. So my earring/selling fund paid for the cremation expenses and a month of mortgage payments and bills. Thank you, all my lovely buyers.

It’s been hard not to shop while grieving. So far, I’ve been sorta good, because I don’t want my things to be reminders of how stressed and overwhelmed I’ve been.
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I'm so sorry for your loss.
 
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Thank you for your compliments @keodi, @BowieFan1971, @Cookiefiend, @doni, @Purses & Perfumes, @Kimbashop, all!
@doni, Your pic made me decide to put the verrou on the list to eventually purchase. Re black leggings: ive always wanted to try helmet Lang leggings that I believe you mentioned a while ago. My pants in the pic are brunello charcoal grey twill pants with a wide cuff (I think brunello makes a version every season). They run large. I also wear wolford leggings; athleta half pleather, half knit leggings; lulu lemon leggings. On the chanel RTW thread, Vuori leggings and joggers were popularized by @pigleto972001 https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/chanel-rtw-reveals-chit-chat-info-thread.575102/page-1347.
Sometimes instead of black, I go for a Night camoflage which is usually charcoal grey, black and/or midnight blue. During covid, I’ve lived in Chelsea boot doc martens.
 
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@Vintage Leather, I am so sorry for your loss. I hope that you can celebrate your fathers life in September as planned and that you and your family take care of each other during this difficult time. We are here for you to talk about feelings or chat about lovely purchases you make to get yourself through these stressful times. Your CDC, and of course the mabe pearls and the hat, sound lovely, classic and very usable. Hugs

@Sparkletastic, invisaline sounds like a great diet aid. I’m looking forward to trying them soon. Also the sequined coach poppy bags sound amazing! There should be room in the closet just because something sparks happy memories ans makes you smile :biggrin:
@whateve, I am so glad you are getting out more now that you are vaccinated! I love your vintage coach bag (from 1997? ) and the deep rich blue sparkly metallic one. I thought of your exercise balance thingie bc I nearly fell over yesterday (trying to put my fleecy Amazon pants on)
@Kimbashop, I use makeup bags as clutches too and love balenciaga doe that purpose. Your emerald is gorgeous paired with your GMs scarf and I also love your vintage snakeskin. Happy belated birthday!
@whateve, I am so glad you are getting out more now that you are vaccinated! I love your vintage coach bag (from 1997? ) and the deep rich blue sparkly metallic one. I thought of your exercise balance thingie bc I nearly fell over yesterday (trying to put my fleecy Amazon pants on)
@Kimbashop, I use makeup bags as clutches too and love balenciaga doe that purpose. Your emerald is gorgeous paired with your GMs scarf and I also love your vintage snakeskin. Happy belated birthday!
@BowieFan1971, thank you for your advice on product! I adore your new scarf, but I meant to post a few days ago, that I think any scarf or bag color would make your eyes pop bc they are the most beautiful jewel color
@Cookiefiend, ITA with @bobkat1991, re the 18 being the perfect size! I’d like to get on the waitlist too! The vibrato is stunning. Will scroll back to see if I can find a glimpse of your embroidery.
@FizzyWater, I let go of a long PB in marron fonce fjord, and have regretted it for years. I keep a blue Jean bag as my one placeholder bright H bag bc it keeps me from buying other colors, but I can understand the dilemma of not using it. I did find that @diane278 ‘s trick of keeping a bag In the basement closet (or equivalent) helps me come to peace with letting go. . . another TPFer advised to try styling it for a few weeks and seeing if it sparks joy, but PB weight was also an issue for me. BTW, I’m also an ultralight bag traveler. But I think that’s a function of age :biggrin:
@sherrylynn, love the photo bomb from your new addition to your family, Jolene. She looks happy and relaxed!
@momasaurus, Barbie and GI Joe?
@Purses & Perfumes, did you post pics of your cross stitch cards for friends ans family? What an amazing gift! I will scroll back to see if I missed them as I only recall your gorgeous kitchen sampler.
@doni, I didn’t wear blue bags for years (ebene was my go to dark neutral), and then suddenly, I adored blue. I love your blue indigo Verrou with leather strap. I didn’t think I’d like the clasp, but suddenly I saw your bag and the clasp was perfect. Something to put on a future list :biggrin:
I was fortunate to have gotten a black 33 Evelyne sellier for DH as I had been looking for one for some months. 8 thought I was safe from its allure since I’m not really an evelyne person anymore and since his gold 33 is too big on me. A 29 is still really my size, but I will probably end up ‘borrowing’ this once he’s worn it a few times. I sent it to @docride for weatherizing. (DH and I were stuck in the rain for ten minutes waiting for his covid vaccine. I had my black barenia B30 and he had his gold 33 sellier evelyn in vache Hunter). Although they were rained on, a few hours later at home, they dried and were pristine.
Also, I very rarely ever wear the LV I kept (vintage from my own closet Sprouse long alma — it used to be called the knitting needle alma— that is a forever piece for me) but I was playing with an outfit and snapped a pic. The jacket is part of a RTW splurge (esp bc I haven’t worn white boucle wool since I bought one in 2002). I’m determined to buy forever pieces (for me) and use and wear the things I love.
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I LOVE your white jacket. It looks so great on you with your scarf and bag.
 
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doni said:
Indigo Barenia...:eek:
the gorgeousness...
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Thanks so much. It can pass for black sometimes.
dcooney4 said:
The darker one is deep water and the lighter is bluebell.
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Noted. Thanks!
dcooney4 said:
I adore your Picotin. The others are lovely too.
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And thanks again!
Cookiefiend said:
A navy barenia Pico! :faint: How marvelous!
And, :hugs: Navy Dalvy Twin!
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The twilly strap is all because of you!
Kimbashop said:
Tanglewood. *Sigh* And the Hera is a perfect wine tote.
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Yes, remember real life?
 
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I bought my daughter this Poppy sequin backpack back then.
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YES!! I loved those bags. They are so deliciously over the top! I actually carried mine and didn’t care one lick about the rolled eyes and groans of my friends. :lol: I had the red and blue in the large sloucy style and the gold bucket. (Photos from GoogleSo much fun!
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Invisalign update for those considering it. I still hate them. LOL! So, I got one of the add on products that shortens the time. https://acceledent.com/home/
With the Acceledent, I’ll change retainers twice a week versus once so I’ll be done in half the time. :yahoo: It’s worth every penny! I’m super compliant (keeping them in my mouth as much as possible to help this along too. As a result, my IM has turned into OMAD and the evil covid weight weight continues to (slowly) come off. So, I’m killing 2 beauty demons with one retainer. :roflmfao:

I’m inspired by the skincare suggestions and made an apt with a dermatologist. I’m lucky in that I inherited easy peasy good skin. But, it only makes sense to preserve vs trying to fix what I ignored later on.

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I’ve combined the color weeks and monthly challenges into one post. I’ve shortened both so that it doesn’t take up too much room on the page.:tup:

@Vlad - please pin post #4350 to the top of our thread. Thanks!
 
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March Shopping Your Closet Challenges

  1. March 8th is International Women’s Day with the colors purple and green. 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.
  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.

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COLOR WEEK BAG SHOWCASE!

Feb. 7: Red (including burgundy)
Feb. 14: Orange & Yellow
Feb. 21: Green
Feb. 28: Blue & Indigo (including turquoise & teal)
Mar. 7: Violet (including purple & pink)
Mar. 14: Black
Mar. 21: Gray
Mar 28: White & Cream
Mar. 31: Brown & Tan
Apr. 4: Metallic (gold, silver, bronze and more!)
Apr. 11: Jeweled and all other embellished
Apr. 18: Multicolored
 
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