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.

 

[dcooney4]

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LV City Steamer in caramel/cream/noir, Coach Charlie in signature canvas, LV Tournelle PM, KS Toujours in warm gingerbread, and LV Neonoe in mono/caramel.
A lot of brown bags for a person who claims she doesn’t like brown bags

You are so funny! Love that MCM and NeoNoe

 

[ElainePG]

Oh dear. I get it, I am also noone without my first cup of coffee . These are (part of) the books that happen to have white covers, put together!

Oh! That is BRILLIANT!!!!!

 

[ElainePG]

I'm happy to update that I'm properly shopping my own bag closet. I've been offered 3 bags for my birthday (by different friends) and didn't accept their kind offers! I must say, I was tempted for a minute, but being generally overwhelmed by my sizable collection, combined with the effect of the pandemic, has left me wanting to sit with what I own and appreciate it, rather than add more at this time.
I recall @msd_bags reached this point early last year (where she felt the direct impact of the pandemic on her bag journey), and I have been sitting in that same spot next to her for several months.

Also, whilst conditioning my bags earlier, I came across a mini collection of mine that I had forgotten about, so thought I'd post a pic for @cowgirlsboots! My family of mice rivals yours, I believe!
I actually have a 4th mouse, but that is my current keychain and not pictured here. It's got a sort of black and white cow print to it. Though they're hair-on-hide and should be prone to balding given that they're in and out of my bag whenever I need to access my keys, the mouse I'm currently using hasn't lost any hair in the 2.5 years I've been using it. I keep mints inside them; they're too tiny to hold anything else.

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And now to catch up on the thread since I have managed to slip behind again...

Your mousies are cute! And congrats on shopping your closet. It's good to sit with what we have for a while (though this has been a hard lesson for me to learn).

 

[ElainePG]

Popping in with my $29.99 monogram pochette...

This is fabulous! Well done!

 

[ElainePG]

I feel like an old goat, for sure. Several months ago a friend asked me what it stands for, and when I found out and told her we both just rolled our eyes. And now I'm one!

HAH! Are you going to keep that avatar???

 

[Cookiefiend]

Love the slouch on both of these. I considered the Pallas, but ultimately it seemed like more of a work bag to me. Stunning design, though!

Thank you!
Mr Cookie bought the Pallas for me - he had listened to me complaining about the length of a shoulder strap and told the SA "She needs something with a long enough shoulder strap"! It is a large bag... it was once the victim of a vicious dumping upside down and shaken because I couldn't find my keys in it. (I even took a picture of the results of the 'bag spill')
I have a lighter shaper/organizer in it now - no more losing my keys!

 

[ElainePG]

Happy to hear you’ve settled down a bit on your collection! Really, with our situation here in my country, I’ve lost interest in adding to my bag collection. Who knows though how long this feeling would last.
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The past couple of weeks have been hard for me. Somehow this second wave of cases here has me at a high level of anxiety, and consequently, my blood pressure too. Trying to relax despite everything plus the demands of my job. So, bags are far from my thoughts lately.

Good to see you, @msd_bags , I've been thinking about you & hoping you're okay. So sorry to hear that the second wave of cases is affecting your blood pressure. It's understandable… but that doesn't make it any easier. All over the world, this pandemic is having an impact even when people don't get sick from the virus. It's affecting our bodies, and also our minds.

Sending you good thoughts.

 

[ElainePG]

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I'm thinking about buying this bag. Tell me all your thoughts.

Love the color. But if I were considering it, I'd worry that it would be a challenge to get into.

 

[JenJBS]

I couldn't resist such perfect packaging for this perfume... Too cute!

 

[ElainePG]

I need HELP. Since I am enjoying my new BV little Spring tulip so much I am reconsidering my whole bag wardrobe (again). I feel all I want is bags with NO hardware. No logos, no nothing. I find I need white, and green... I am still considering the Loewe’s Balloon (I don’t have any bucket bag and it is so beautiful), and now they are coming with the Paula’s collection full of vibrant baskets that scream Summer. And I am also looking at the big Bulb, and thinking, wouldn’t it make such a great fit everything shoulder bag... And considering a small BV in minimal white... Oh dear...

Do you want an intervention?
Or do you want to show us gorgeous photos so we can urge you on???

 

[ElainePG]

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Wearing my sunflower PLG Mini today. Hello Spring!

Such a delicious color. If I decide to get a second one, it will definitely be this color.

But at this point, I'm feeling as though my collection has settled down.

Of course, that's just right this minute. Anything could happen!

 

[doni]

Sometimes a bag can help us realize what we really love, but give it time. Let the newness wear off before you change the direction of your wardrobe. Especially if it is a brand new, trendier offering.

Please excuse me if you've done this before, but have you uploaded a bag list? Do you still find yourself reaching to your other handbags? Do they give you that irrational sense of joy?

Such sound advice!

No, I haven’t uploaded a bag list and I don’t know that I would have the discipline to do it... But you have made me think... The bags I reach out the most, right now, or rather, that I find excuses to reach for, even if there are no so many fitting occasions (and of course this is season/weather dependent, here it is freezing Spring at the moment):

- The BV Bulb crossbody (which has replaced the Gucci Disco)
- Hermes rouge H Plume. This bag makes me so happy.
- Constance in prune
- The Goyard SL (but really, because it is such a practical shopping tote. To be replaced by a basket soon)
- Hermes Faco as my clutch option of choice right now.

So I am really going for no/minimal hardware bags at the moment... with the exception of the Constance, which I find such an easy bag and somehow never bores me...

 

[baghabitz34]

@baghabitz34 love your collection! especially the MCM with the turquoise detail and the caramel Neonoe are to die for!

Thanks...I was thinking of removing the turquoise piece on the MCM but it does give some visual interest.
I love the Neonoe too. It was a hard to get piece, so I’m glad I was able to get it last year.

 

[whateve]

I couldn't resist such perfect packaging for this perfume... Too cute!

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That is adorable!

 

[cowgirlsboots]

Wow way to go!

If I wasn´t so lazy and would go through all my vintage bags with more focus there certainly would be more to list and march out of the door.
This comment:

@baghabitz34 great stats and bag usage. I liked this comment, "I’m not looking to downsize my collection. I am however working on moving out stuff that no longer suits me, is too worn, etc."

takes the words right out of my mouth. I don´t care about the number of bags I own, but there are some I simply don´t love/need anymore.

Today I gave the one bag I bought last month some tlc and still have not made up my mind about whether to keep it or sell it on. At 5 Euro it was such a bargain and it is exactly what I´d been looking for- only now I´m not sure anymore whether it´s the right style for me. I don´t even have a photo. It´s a black vintage Goldpfeil in the general shape of a Dior Bobby bag. Great leather, perfect condition.