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.

 

[momasaurus]

It needs touch up and sealant, but here is the other bag I View attachment 4952158painted yesterday.

Looks great!

 

[Lake Effect]

I like the sound of your freezer !

It’s been great. Because it’s a small freezer, it feels much more functional! Over the last year, I have been getting more take out and prepared foods, and then eating the leftovers the next day (instead of freezing them). I do have a frozen container of soup I made in the summer with zucchini, a quintessential summer soup for me, that I will plan to have at the next stretch of gray winter weather!

 

[momasaurus]

What is wrong with cardboard boxes? Genuine question!

Cardboard boxes are fine but these were about 20 years old, starting to fall apart, didn't let me see what was in there, and it all just needed a real go-through and resorting. Somehow the see-through plastic bins just look fresher to me.

 

[momasaurus]

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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Fabulous story!

 

[momasaurus]

I would like to check out what other goodies might be found in your freezer- it sounds amazing!


Wow, I remember you sharing this bag last year. I love the contrast interior, fantastic combination on your GP

Great picture and outfit, the styling with your scarf, coat, boots and bag - picture perfect!

Thanks so much. I also love the colors - I need to carry it!

 

[missie1]

Welcome back missie1 ! Great goals!

Hey DC. Let’s see if I can stay this year lol

 

[momasaurus]

Happy birthday! I love your birthday weekend idea, and the fact that you have a plan!

I Enjoy seeing your new bag it's beautiful!

I didn't even think about that at the time, the bag has a cut that started out small but somehow got bigger. Thank you, The Trim hands down my favourite style from Hermes. I prefer the trim I, the slouch Clemence molds to my body. The price increases on the GST prior to Chanel discontinuing it was triple what I paid back in 2001!

Thank you!

thank you!

Beautiful bag, I'm in love with the colour!

Great job! I had this bag, exact same style just in the colour black. my sister borrowed it, but I never got it back.

Thank you, the colour is called rouge vif! a bright red

Thank you, same here I prefer the hermes trim I over the T II as well, and I prefer the Gucci Bouvier over the Jackie. I had the fabric version of the bouvier, and I vowed some day, I would like to add an all back leather version to the fabric Gucci bouvier I once owned.

Sounds lovely i'd love to see a pic!

It's beautiful, I hope your eye is doing better.

me too! I usually add an egg with mine, I love it! I also on a low carb diet so I eat it sparingly, more like a treat every now and again.

very nice! I love the red interior a nice pick me up.

I enjoyed this post very insightful reading!

I would feel like I was in a zombie apocalypse too, I hope you come up with a solution soon!

Alcatra sounds delish!

this is rouge vif Clemence leather

I do this as well, it's so much easier!

I love the history behind your beautiful gift!

lucky lady! The roses are beautiful.

MMMMM. Rouge vif. So gorgeous!!!

 

[momasaurus]

Hermès Kelly 32-color to be determined
Chanel bag-placeholder for next release
VCA Alhambra wg mop
RG JUC

We are here to help! And to live vicariously.

 

[Lake Effect]

I would like to check out what other goodies might be found in your freezer- it sounds amazing!


Wow, I remember you sharing this bag last year. I love the contrast interior, fantastic combination on your GP

Great picture and outfit, the styling with your scarf, coat, boots and bag - picture perfect!

Lol, to be honest, lots of packages of chicken. I would buy a package of cooked or uncooked chicken, use part of it, rewrap the rest, put it a ziplock bag and in the freezer it went. One supermarket makes a very good rotisserie chicken and I found a whole one in the back! Either smalls bags of dif vegetables or half opened large bags. I got a tip from a coworker to use onion soup (I like Progresso) and add frozen vegetables to it. That was perfect for colder dreary days. Also smaller containers of chicken broth I made from boiling up the carcasses from rotisserie chicken.
And little bits of stuff that just got tossed out.

 

[missie1]

@SakuraSakura , the feeling of rejection is hard. Good for you for taking the steps to help you heal, which will happen in good time!



I think it makes a difference if you are working when home. During my working hours, I may have conference calls (plus zoom calls with family and friends!) and even if not, I try to dress properly. It may not be the same as when I went to an office: I am not wearing heels and only very occasionally put on a blazer, but wearing ’outside’ clothes and shoes instead of loungewear makes me feel more motivated and focused. For Spring I want to try to wear the combo blazer+tee more at home, although I am not sure it will work...

The other thing is the revaluation of loungewear that’s happening with this ongoing situation. I have discovered these oversized cotton boyfriend lougewear shirts from my favorite pijama brand, Desmond & Dempsey. They are comfy and wash well and I am not afraid to wear them when I cook and the like. But they are also smart enough to wear for a conference call, them being shirts plus the details (contrasting plackets, embroidered breast pockets and cuffs...) and easy to dress up with jewelry for the screen. So I am becoming a bit more lazy about switching outfits, not sure that is a good thing

Oh these shirts sound amazing. I’m going to go check them out. Working from home I rarely have zoom meetings so I’m saved from the camera. I do wear lounge pjs daily in great patterns and prints as it makes me feel put together in house

 

[SouthernPurseGal]

Oh great now I need a white boyfriend shirt immediately.

 

[missie1]

We are here to help! And to live vicariously.

So I have been going back and forth over this Kelly for few years. Then I decided I also wanted a pink Togo Birkin 30. Then of course came the color choices. Then my sissy and I decided to do a freeze starting on 1/1 for all spending and save everything till 3/31. This is huge for us both. So with the limitation coming and my new life is short attitude I found Birkin from Anns and purchased around Christmas. She came after new year but hey she was paid for before the ban. We have Hermès store opening about 20 mins from my house sometime this year. I plan to get rapport with salesperson and get my Kelly. I’m thinking I want a colbalt blue, green, or gold. Would love are your thoughts on this as well as leather choices.
As soon as we come off ban I plan to get bracelet. We might go to Vegas for our birthdays if pandemic has receded and I will get bracelet there.

 

[SouthernPurseGal]

Yup, I bought it.

Saved eighteen dollars by using code #SUNDAYJIGGLE @missie1
I work from home too, and do have zooms. And I am the one who cooks. Looking great after being washed frequently is key for me. And I'm a sucker for high quality luxe every day type things like this, that's pure self indulgence and no else needs to know how nice you're treating yourself with these little indulgences. Mwahahahah

 

[SouthernPurseGal]

A SUCKER. That's the main point. I'm an absolute sucker.

 

[Jereni]

I'm actually really excited to splurge a bit and get pouched up and organized inside my dear purses. And I cannot wait to travel again and need all different size luggage/bags!

Omg SAME. I’m out looking at larger crossbody bags, pouches, passport holders... got a gorgeous new toiletries case from Tumi the other day.

There was a stunning iridescent passport holder on Fashionphile and it sold like yesterday - I’m so sad.
Apparently others are on the same sort of hunt!