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.

 

[Katinahat]

As we have been talking a fair bit of jewellery I´d really like to show off the pearls DH gifted me on New Year´s Eve. He had been going through his grandfather´s old cupboard, remembered there was a secret compartment and found them.
He doesn´t know how old they are, but are likely to have belonged to his grandmother. I´m not sure whether they are even the real thing, but they have a great sentimental value. They were in a box together with a coin from the Vatican, a memento of his grandparent´s trip in 1953.

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You look brilliant and I love the back story!

 

[dcooney4]

The red edge coating is a very cool feature- a little foretaste of the gorgeous red lining!

Thanks! I wore it again today.

 

[Cookiefiend]

Thanks u i thought so too!

Oh my gosh I thought so how funny! I made a couple offers on that bag myself but you scored it! How funny we were both eyeing it. I have both of the bags you mentioned and I'm happy to trade for that Deville.

Ha! We obviously have great taste!!
I will keep your offer in mind, I just received the Deville... but I know I love the other 2 bags!

 

[indiaink]

Birthday weekend roses!!!!View attachment 4952211 (though he gets me flowers every week)

Where (ok, what part of the country) are you that you have a tree with leaves? We’’re dead in the middle of Minnesota winter, leaves are a curled brown memory covered with snow.

Very nice roses!!!

 

[indiaink]

As we have been talking a fair bit of jewellery I´d really like to show off the pearls DH gifted me on New Year´s Eve. He had been going through his grandfather´s old cupboard, remembered there was a secret compartment and found them.
He doesn´t know how old they are, but are likely to have belonged to his grandmother. I´m not sure whether they are even the real thing, but they have a great sentimental value. They were in a box together with a coin from the Vatican, a memento of his grandparent´s trip in 1953.

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OMG.

 

[Cookiefiend]

As we have been talking a fair bit of jewellery I´d really like to show off the pearls DH gifted me on New Year´s Eve. He had been going through his grandfather´s old cupboard, remembered there was a secret compartment and found them.
He doesn´t know how old they are, but are likely to have belonged to his grandmother. I´m not sure whether they are even the real thing, but they have a great sentimental value. They were in a box together with a coin from the Vatican, a memento of his grandparent´s trip in 1953.

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I LOVE this! How absolutely marvelous, what a wonderful gift.

Birthday weekend roses!!!!View attachment 4952211 (though he gets me flowers every week)

Awwww - they're lovely!
<so is the fact that you DH gives you flowers every week!>

 

[More bags]

I am not a recipe person, I am a “let’s see what’s on sale and put something together” person. The things I make well and have made for a long time are things that I can tell you what I put in them, but can’t tell you quantity of anything. My DH and DS have asked me how to make my marinara, chili or some pasta dishes and I have tried making them while measuring out quantities of things to make a “recipe” and it doesn’t turn out right. Even when I do it, sometimes it is better or worse than others.
The big rule in our house is whoever cooks does not wash the dishes, but does dry and put away, so we do the dishes together. I try to clean as I cook and there are only two of us, so it usually doesn’t take long if I cook. Most of the time so enjoy cooking, but not all the time. Before Covid, we went out for dinner every Friday night...date night...but...and I used to work every Sunday so he would cook since he was off. We eat fairly healthy at dinner, can’t say I do for breakfast and lunch.

I admire those who can cook by what they see is available and inspires them! Thumbs up for the non cook washing dishes, I love that, too. My older DS has stepped up through the pandemic and will often dry the dishes my DH has washed.

i keep coming back to this inspiration for another tip not to shop. But then I was also reminded that many brands make similar bags and some luxury brands are much more reasonably priced. For example, I had no idea Cartier made a version of the H Paris Bombay. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Authentic-...d-Bag-Purse-Bordeaux-Gold-Spain-/264933549772

i do this^ ! I feel happy looking at my group pic of discontinued H bags. (I’m more a group collection person than a single bag person) i also go back to @JenJBS ‘s bag showcase instead of shopping. Her photos of her bags, IMO, show how much she loves bags, and they make me feel happy to see them. i Have a feeling that @keodi ‘s Rouge VIF will also be in my feel good pantheon

I’m very suggestible re food and right now, even though it’s 836 am, @cowgirlsboots version or yours sounds amazing. (I love cold dinner leftovers for breakfast). Corollary: if we‘re eating, planning what to eat, trying to feed our loved ones (vegetarian cuisine re @Katinahat), or surfing TPF, we’re not shopping! Win!

Good looking Cartier bag!
Yay, +1, I do individual and group pics of my bags, too. @JenJBS
Love this too, @880,
if we‘re eating, planning what to eat, trying to feed our loved ones (vegetarian cuisine re @Katinahat), or surfing TPF, we’re not shopping! Win!

 

[BowieFan1971]

Gorgeous - both these birthday flowers and that he buys you flowers every week!

I’m a lucky girl!!!!!!

 

[BowieFan1971]

Where (ok, what part of the country) are you that you have a tree with leaves? We’’re dead in the middle of Minnesota winter, leaves are a curled brown memory covered with snow.

Very nice roses!!!

It’s a camellia, so not a tree but an evergreen shrub that was tree formed, and I am in GA.

The downside to being a more spontaneous cook is done occasional epic fails!!!!

 

[JenJBS]

Birthday weekend roses!!!!View attachment 4952211 (though he gets me flowers every week)

They are beautiful! And he gets you flowers every week!?! He's a keeper!

 

[JenJBS]

As we have been talking a fair bit of jewellery I´d really like to show off the pearls DH gifted me on New Year´s Eve. He had been going through his grandfather´s old cupboard, remembered there was a secret compartment and found them.
He doesn´t know how old they are, but are likely to have belonged to his grandmother. I´m not sure whether they are even the real thing, but they have a great sentimental value. They were in a box together with a coin from the Vatican, a memento of his grandparent´s trip in 1953.

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What lovely pearls! And such a sweet story, and history. Thanks for sharing. Those kind of family heirlooms are truly priceless.

 

[dcooney4]

As we have been talking a fair bit of jewellery I´d really like to show off the pearls DH gifted me on New Year´s Eve. He had been going through his grandfather´s old cupboard, remembered there was a secret compartment and found them.
He doesn´t know how old they are, but are likely to have belonged to his grandmother. I´m not sure whether they are even the real thing, but they have a great sentimental value. They were in a box together with a coin from the Vatican, a memento of his grandparent´s trip in 1953.

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What a wonderful find. Enjoy them!

 

[SouthernPurseGal]

It´s exactly the same for me. Buying"cheap" things often makes me go random - "get one more, it´s cheap!" and I end up with items I do not actually want, especially when I do it preloved and cannot return. One more expensive item needs research and comittment and usually is the better choice for me.

Okay yes, the "$30-65 price range feels crazy cheap compared to designer" got me and I did buy so many items because they were cheap.

Yes...that's why I bought a dozen items last night with the same $700 that that prelovrd eBay H Trim I shared would have cost....

I guess I look at Marco Massaccesi's price point and I'm like....yes please! And I've been thinking about a nice accessories bag and some belts for years.

I looked at the price point on Barrington gifts for custom monogrammed high quality items made in Dallas, TX and it also seems so cheap. I decided a set of little goodies to use in other bags would be a daily delight and felt worth it...and I didn't have a large light zippered tote so I got one in the same print/mono. But I've been mulling over their website on the fence about ordering for 3-4 years. I finally decided that I might as well finally scratch the itch and get all the items I want, for the price of one Massaccesi bag, for example.

And Jujube, well I don't carry diaper bags anymore but their quality for the price point is unreal if you appreciate the machine washable anit-microbial teflon coated nylon surfaces that you can throw in the wash (or dishwasher even, in the case of pouches used to keep snacks or a zippered insulated lunch bag or mini crossbody/bun bag used for dog walks for their treats and poop bags) and their items comes out looking brand new... I've been wanting to buy some organizational items and a backpack from them for years but have been waiting for a print I loved. Now I have found two, that coordinate, and a couple of new styles that jumped out at me to put them on so I feel it was an order years in the making as well.

As we have been talking a fair bit of jewellery I´d really like to show off the pearls DH gifted me on New Year´s Eve. He had been going through his grandfather´s old cupboard, remembered there was a secret compartment and found them.
He doesn´t know how old they are, but are likely to have belonged to his grandmother. I´m not sure whether they are even the real thing, but they have a great sentimental value. They were in a box together with a coin from the Vatican, a memento of his grandparent´s trip in 1953.

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Absolutely gorgeous

 

[SouthernPurseGal]

Ha! We obviously have great taste!!
I will keep your offer in mind, I just received the Deville... but I know I love the other 2 bags!

So yeah I realized I'm not wild about their smooth vs pebbled. I like the pebbled more. But now in the smooth black I have the studio, confort1 and Deville! And a smooth pink Deville but the pop of color makes up for the leather that I'm not crazy about. I have a lonsak in the same pebbled leather as your Deville and I like it a lot as a medium to small zippered tote bag with great leather. My panamby is black grained leather and I love the feel of that bag too.
But I love the style of studio so I'm working with her right now and trying to see if I can find a shoulder strap or accessory to style her in a way that feels like me.

 

[Cookiefiend]

So yeah I realized I'm not wild about their smooth vs pebbled. I like the pebbled more. But now in the smooth black I have the studio, confort1 and Deville! And a smooth pink Deville but the pop of color makes up for the leather that I'm not crazy about. I have a lonsak in the same pebbled leather as your Deville and I like it a lot as a medium to small zippered tote bag with great leather. My panamby is black grained leather and I love the feel of that bag too.
But I love the style of studio so I'm working with her right now and trying to see if I can find a shoulder strap or accessory to style her in a way that feels like me.

The Studio is a beautiful bag, mine is red (I think it’s called Lipstick), and my Confort 1 is fauve. I carried it in a challenge in 2019 and realized how much I liked it then. I don’t *need* another black bag, but oh how I love black bags!
I do prefer smooth leather over the pebbled for some reason, though!