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.

 

[Vintage Leather]

A couple of wonderful surprises this morning...my stepfather is responsible for outside. And I get 3 cakes!!! Ice cream cake last night, this cake for lunch and tiramisu cake for dinner. I am making a duck for dinner. And this was my big present from DH...our initials.View attachment 4954028View attachment 4954029View attachment 4954030

Many happy returns of the day!

 

[880]

Happy Birthday! I love your special birthday manicure; the special customized ring, the thoughtfulness of your family in your gorgeous decorations inside and out. Three cakes sound perfect! The photos you shared are just brimming with love for you. Happy birthday and be careful of duck fat fires (I know the latter from personal experience)

 

[More bags]

A couple of wonderful surprises this morning...my stepfather is responsible for outside. And I get 3 cakes!!! Ice cream cake last night, this cake for lunch and tiramisu cake for dinner. I am making a duck for dinner. And this was my big present from DH...our initials.View attachment 4954028View attachment 4954029View attachment 4954030

Happy 50th birthday @BowieFan1971! Wishing you joy, love and happiness!

 

[Vintage Leather]

@880 The rental market is even worse unless you want an apartment. Our initial plan, back in January, was to rent for 6 months and then buy. When June hit and we still didn’t have a house to rent, that’s when we shrugged and figured that it was simpler and more cost effective to buy.

We are shopping in Atlanta and neither of us have spent any time in Georgia so it's a bit stressful trying to figure out the lay of the land and the real estate situation at the same time. We are definitely ready to immediately put in an offer if we find something we love. And I check realtor and zillow 5 times a day.

Your house is out there. It may be hiding a bit, but you will find it.

 

[missie1]

Congrats on the successful freeze on spending. I love your K color choices. Personally I prefer smooth leathers and I don't know what the boutiques are offering ATM. My Ks are box and chamonix.
Which pink is your B? (photo maybe?)
I love shopping in Vegas - especially for celebrations. I hope you are able to travel there for your birthdays. What bracelets are you interested in? I am peeking online at the rivale bicolore double tours, as I already have a couple Kelly dogs and KDTs.

I was looking at Espom but I do love the smooth leather. Does it show nicks and scratch very easily?
I got Rose Pourpre. Here she is with few twillys.
I’m thinking either
1. Cartier rg JUC so I can complete my Cartier stack.
2. WG VCA 5 motif Alhambra bracelet to wear with my diamond bangles
3. WG VCA Perlee to complete wg arm stack.
Good thing DH supports all jewelry purchases even though he hasn’t seen bangles yet lol. I spent so much last year on jewelry but I’m almost finished now.

 

[missie1]

i had no idea. Am so sorry. I hate buying when the market is up. @SouthernPurseGal, Is there any way to wait?

@BowieFan1971, cannot say it better than this^! Enjoy your duck lunch with your mom! When you can, we would love pics of your project living room things and the Burberry trench! BTW, you’re a youngster! 50 is the new 30!


i was like your DH, but the plummeting NYC prices convinced me. Still in the same neighborhood though, and renovating both consecutively will probably take two plus years altogether. At least this way, we’ll have a home base while we renovate.

ITA with this . When we were looking, I didn’t want to leave my zip code, my dry cleaner, my local shops or the park.

My DH knows but let’s me have the fiction

on a bag note, I’m wearing the BV San Marco everywhere!

What a sweet man. I hope mine doesn’t know.

 

[missie1]

I agree, there are bags for which we can make exceptions on being practical.

So nice to hear from you again Elaine!! Hoping for a fast healing for you!

I have a bad habit of storing, but after some time, I really no longer want to use/cook/eat them because they are "old". On the other hand, I don't want to buy just for 1 meal. There's fear of running out unwantedly. It's crazy, I know!!

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Hey @missie1 , nice to have you back here!!

Hey MSD,
Glad to be back

 

[SouthernPurseGal]

Happy birthday @BowieFan1971 !
Yes it is an insane sellers market!!!

This is the third time my husband and I are house hunting together in 10 years. For us the school rating/ neighborhood and having space to work from home and for him to build a music studio in the basement & a pool are high criteria.

I'm afraid we can't wait, we need to lock it down before the rush of activities in March because we don't want ten fold competition. Right now inventory is so low and will pick up but the amount of buyers will increase even more and we won't have a chance at anything good because we are not making a cash offer or anything. Plus the furnished condo provided by my husband's company runs out in May and we do not want to start paying $2500/mo rent when that money could go towards closing costs, furniture, etc....

 

[JenJBS]

A couple of wonderful surprises this morning...my stepfather is responsible for outside. And I get 3 cakes!!! Ice cream cake last night, this cake for lunch and tiramisu cake for dinner. I am making a duck for dinner. And this was my big present from DH...our initials.View attachment 4954028View attachment 4954029View attachment 4954030

Happy Birthday!

 

[indiaink]

A couple of wonderful surprises this morning...my stepfather is responsible for outside. And I get 3 cakes!!! Ice cream cake last night, this cake for lunch and tiramisu cake for dinner. I am making a duck for dinner. And this was my big present from DH...our initials.View attachment 4954028View attachment 4954029View attachment 4954030

Woot woot! Happiest birthday ever!!! and to you today!

 

[indiaink]

I was looking at Espom but I do love the smooth leather. Does it show nicks and scratch very easily?
I got Rose Pourpre. Here she is with few twillys.
I’m thinking either
1. Cartier rg JUC so I can complete my Cartier stack.
2. WG VCA 5 motif Alhambra bracelet to wear with my diamond bangles
3. WG VCA Perlee to complete wg arm stack.
Good thing DH supports all jewelry purchases even though he hasn’t seen bangles yet lol. I spent so much last year on jewelry but I’m almost finished now.

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the La Source De Pegase Twilly on the couch ... that colorway is lovely.

 

[missie1]

the La Source De Pegase Twilly on the couch ... that colorway is lovely.

Yes I love the colors so much. I felt like it definitely gives summer pop colors. I’m a color girl as you will discover when we do color weeks. I got two so I can cover both handles.

 

[missie1]

A couple of wonderful surprises this morning...my stepfather is responsible for outside. And I get 3 cakes!!! Ice cream cake last night, this cake for lunch and tiramisu cake for dinner. I am making a duck for dinner. And this was my big present from DH...our initials.View attachment 4954028View attachment 4954029View attachment 4954030

Happy Birthday. Beautiful ring

 

[Purses & Perfumes]

A couple of wonderful surprises this morning...my stepfather is responsible for outside. And I get 3 cakes!!! Ice cream cake last night, this cake for lunch and tiramisu cake for dinner. I am making a duck for dinner. And this was my big present from DH...our initials.View attachment 4954028View attachment 4954029View attachment 4954030

Happy Birthday, @BowieFan1971! Very pretty ring! Enjoy and many happy returns!

 

[ElainePG]

Did not touch the Burberry trench yesterday, but I did find and buy new curtains yesterday online for less than it would have cost me for the fabric to make some. I was looking around the living room Friday night and decided it looked flat. My DH had everything in shades of brown and tan when so moved in and I am a color person. It took 3 years of working color in but now he likes it and trusts me. When I said I wanted to add some color...pillows, curtains, accents like vases...and asked him what he thought, he said “Sounds good. Put it on the Visa.” I about fell out...he didn’t ask for specifics or for any kind of approval like he once would have, just “put it on the card.” When I told him I found curtains, he didn’t even ask to see them, just said “That’s great!” I am only probably going to spend $100-125 on this since I will thrift the little things like vases and stuff and use paint and repurpose/rehome to work with what I have. I am excited! Only downside is the curtains will take 3-4 weeks to get here. View attachment 4953432

I DID achieve my objective for today...my facial is done and I have a glow. My mani/pedi is done and all my nails are classic red. Now all I have to do is relax....

Those curtains look terrific! They will be a great accent.