2022 Resolution: Shopping my own bag and SLG collection. Anyone else?

[Katinahat]

2 Aug - brand showcase: A-F
4 Sept - brand showcase: G-L
11 Sept - brand showcase: M-R
18 Sept - brand showcase: S-Z
25 Sept - totes
2 Oct - satchels
9 Oct - crossbodies inc WOCS
16 Oct - shoulder bags
23 Oct - bucket bags
30 Oct - clutches
6 Nov - backpacks
13 Nov - bags that don’t count
20 Nov - pairing bags with shoes
27 Nov - pairing bags with other accessories
4 Dec - bag storage
11 Dec - SLGs
18 Dec - charms

Challenges:
Sept - bags in different locations
Oct - Halloween: wear orange or black bags
Nov - International Merlot Day: wear wine coloured bags or pair bags with wine.
Dec - use the bag.

 

[Purses & Perfumes]

Sharing the first of my four recent bag acquisitions. My new to me black caviar Chanel jumbo single classic flap w/shw. Perfect condition with all the extras! She replaces the first Chanel I ever bought (glitter back patent jumbo) that just wasn’t me. I am soooo glad I sold that bag and got what I wanted. This reminds me to be merciless in purging a bag if it doesn’t bring joy.

I know mini bags are in but this will likely become my go to daily bag. I have to have room for my stuff. Lol!

And, this is may just be my last Chanel bag. I have what I want and the prices are now beyond ridiculous. I’m glad I got in early and didn’t have to pay current prices. Some cute designs like toiletry cases appeal but I’ve decided I’m done buying bags til Covid actually allows me to use them again. View attachment 5287479

Congratulations! This is such a fabulous classic bag, and the single flap makes it so easy to use. Your clutch is just gorgeous too!

 

[Purses & Perfumes]

I suspect I am depressed, but a part of me wants to give up and wear St John or Natan (which I have affectionately called Granimals for Adults) or maybe Chicos Traveller and say “to heck with it all.”

My new style will be “White tags match white tags” and my clothes will live for a ridiculously long time and I will never have to thinking about what to wear again

I'm sorry that you had to go through so much last year. Hope 2022 will be much better in every way. Hugs.

 

[poizenisxkandee]

Despite everything I kept up my bag stats last year (pie chart inspired by @morebags several years ago). I hope to carry more of my bags this year but I’m not driving much due to medication so two of the larger used bags were backpacks in a Orla Keily oilskin and a Whistles Verity black leather! Hardly beautiful but very practical for walking 5k each way to work and back in mixed weather.View attachment 5287726

what a great idea to track what gets used and not!

 

[Purses & Perfumes]

Hello everyone, as the new year started I logged onto TPF for the first time in many months to see if you’d started a new thread for 2022 and here you all are! I hope everyone is well and looking forward to a good year. I’m enjoying seeing all your wonderful bag photos (new acquisitions and old) and hearing your news and thoughts.

Apologies for disappearing. 2021 was not a good year with some very dark times. I was unwell in more than one way and took a break from many things, including time off work. I’ve now sorted out my medical issues and am well on the way to dealing with the condition I was diagnosed as suffering from. I found a wonderful psychologist who has helped me process a lot of things. Through focusing on things like self-care and my family and with some fabulous friends I’m getting there.

Therefore my goals for 2022 are quite simple:

1. To focus on self-care keeping up my yoga, exercise, journaling and other healthy lifestyle habits.

2. To keep finding the joy in the small things in life: spending time with friends and family and enjoying my hobbies (one is enjoying collecting and carrying beautiful bags!).

3. To work hard but to try to maintain a healthy work life balance.

So I am not setting any targets about bag buying and selling. Perhaps I’ll try to keep carrying as many of them as possible! I’m just enjoying myself. In fact I’ve just ordered a Coach and an Aspinals bag in the sales to go with a dress for a family wedding later in the year. I’m looking forward to them arriving so I can chose which one to keep.

Nice to see you back, @Katinahat. I am sorry to hear that you had to endure difficult times in 2021, and am so glad to hear you are on the mend, and that it is behind you now. You have some great goals for 2022, and I particularly love the one on self-care. This is so important, and yet sometimes, we get caught up with life and taking care of others and don't pay enough attention to self-care. Good luck with your goals, and looking forward to seeing your new bag when it arrives.

 

[ElainePG]

I stopped using those large ziparound wallets. I used to love them. Now I divide my stuff between smaller wallets. That way I can make sure I have the most important things with me if I have to downsize. I use a card case for the most important stuff like my ID, health insurance card, and major credit cards. I have other cards in another wallet. I love the card case because it fits easily in the pockets of my purses. Often I don't even pull the card case out. I can reach the credit card, pull it out, and put it back without removing the card case at all. This is the one I'm using now. It is Brighton.View attachment 5284470
I have a separate coin purse and a small pouch for cash, but you could put folded cash in the zipped portion of this card case.

I did exactly the same thing last year. I'm not carrying wallets at all.

One card case for the super-important cards, which is always in my handbag. Another case that I sometimes carry with me (it holds my library card, my supermarket cards, and so on). And then a little envelope case for a few bills, which I carry if I think I'll need $$$; otherwise I leave it home.

Of course, that meant I went a little crazy last year buying Coach card cases…

 

[ElainePG]

Sharing a shopping from my closet WIN!!!

My Fendi BTW & I ran errands today.

It continues to be incredibly functional but, I was extremely unhappy wearing it because the saggy corners make the bag look tired.
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BUT! My frustration (and almost pathological hatred of “functional” shopping) made me think in earnest about solutions that don’t require me buying something new. And, I think I have a great one! My YSL Cabas, that’s languished recently because it’s one of my “work” bags, can be my new super functional bag!
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Both are arm carry with optional shoulder strap and about the same size. The YSL is exceptionally lightweight and a full open compartment so, if I order an organizer for it, it will become as functional as the Fendi.

This option makes me very happy about the YSL!!! (and reclaiming love for this bag was part of my 2022 goals) YAY!

So, now, I just need to figure out how to reposition the By The Way - fix the corners, dress it up…something. I think I’ll post in the Fendi forum for suggestions on that.

Brilliant! And… shopping your closet!!!!!

 

[Sparkletastic]

I want the clothes, event and friends so I can wear this bag.

 

[ElainePG]

Ooh if we're including non-closet related resolutions one of mine is to continue towards a place of full emotional healing. I'm hoping to find a partner this year as I'm feeling ready to give dating a try again. It's been a year since I was ghosted by somebody I cared about. I think 2022 is going to be one large transitional period but I realized that I am somebody who values and prioritises romantic connections. I've finally come to a place where I don't date out of desperation. I'm proud of how far I've come.

As for the closet-related resolutions... I'll post my updated handbag collection once the other two arrive!

Sending you positive thoughts for 2022, dear. You've gone through so much…

 

[ElainePG]

Here's an idea from a goal setting webinar I took. Of course you can ignore if it doesn't sound interesting to you. Instead of setting yearly goals, set monthly or weekly goals. ex: Instead of losing 15-20 lbs for the year, losing 2 lbs a month - wish leaves a bit of a margin if you don't lose 2 lbs each month. Instead of more local/weekend trips - 1 local/weekend trip a month.

I like the idea and will be trying it for my non-purse goals for 2022. Anyway, just thought I'd share - feel free to ignore. Instead of 'walk more this year' I'm trying to get a certain number of steps each week. And every couple months I will increase my goal number of steps. Instead of 'study poetry this year' my goal is to read a poetry text book (or other book that is about writing poems, not just a book of poems to read), or attend an online conference/course each month. Another goal is to write a poem each week. I know I won't make that goal, but I'll still end up writing (or at least starting) more poems than if I didn't have that goal.

I love the idea of breaking huge goals down into mini-goals. I'm definitely going to use this!

 

[ElainePG]

Use one item that scares you. I know that many of us have purses that rarely see the light of day due to being worried or feeling as it they're meant for "special events." Life is an event and we are HERE. I'm taking no prisoners.

Love this! I'll take that challenge.

Since I pretty much only go out to doctor's visits, or the grocery store, or to visit my Mom in Assisted Living, it's tempting to just take one of my grab & go bags. But I have a gorgeous box leather bag that I COULD carry to the grocery store, and even put together a nice outfit to keep it company! I might look a little glitzed up, but who's gonna know but me?

I'll do it later this month, and I'll take a photo.

Thanks for stretching our thinking, @SakuraSakura

 

[ElainePG]

I’m curious. I see various posts in which people are quite upset over “defects” on a bag that I and others can’t see in the photo they share. (Not being sarcastic. I literally cannot see it.)

Then I see other posts in which people say they prefer buying and wearing bags with significant signs of wear so they don’t have to worry about them.

So, fun question for the day! On a scale of 1 (will wear a bag even if it’s quite damaged and dirty) to 10 (utter perfectionist who can’t tolerate a dust mote on a bag) what is your number and why do you think this is your approach?

I’m 8. I like my bags to look as pristine as possible and take good care of them. But, I’m not hesitant to use them so, I expect tiny scuffs, etc. to happen along the way.

My Fendi is the first bag I will have ever sold because it wore poorly over time.

I think I'm an 8 if I buy a new bag (or if it's one of the existing bags in my closet), but more like a 6 or 7 if I buy a preloved one. I mean… someone else carried it. It's not going to be perfect. So if the corners are a bit scuffed, or there is a loose thread that isn't going to make the entire bag fall apart, or one or two teensy scratches on a hidden place on the hardware, that's fine.

But. There are limits. I absolutely will NOT tolerate a pre-owned bag that smells! Or is gross on the inside!

 

[ElainePG]

Here is a quick picture so you can see what I am talking about.

It's stunning. But if it hurts your shoulder…

Do you think you could get anything for it at your local consignment store?

 

[ElainePG]

There are some trends that bring back awful fashion moments, like neon in the 1980s lol. No desire to go back there.

there are other trends that I’ve never experienced, but would love to. . .that I can satisfy with vintage deadstock designers like Donald Brooks, Norman Norell, Jack Feith, Adele Simpson, and defunct one of boutiques (Nan Duskin etc) etc. My favorite dress of all time, that my cousin borrowed and ruined, was a Catherine rehger full skirted wrap dress, shawl collar, slim sleeved, in silvery gray raw silk. It looked great on everyone in my family who borrowed it. I got it for 40 USD at a second hand shop, and it still had the custom design label from Bergdorfs Inside. I still mourn its loss twenty years later.

there are times when I want to fall back on old faithfuls, my signature style, as it were, updated for whatever decade we are in

there are times when I want to have fun, wear a bit of a costume, stretch my own boundaries.

I’ve loved fashion and developing my own style from thrifting to boutique shopping and many stops in between

it’s a fun form of self expression. . .nothing that I want to take too seriously

p.s. I’m now finally able to indulge my love of tutus. I remember wanting one, way back when, in the 1970s, all the kids had long hair; white frilly dresses with tulle skirts; and, white knee socks. My mom bobbed my hair and put me in these very tailored, A line short shifts with abstract appliqués. Ugh

eta: @Sparkletastic, I LOVE fringe , but I never want to be so grown up that St. John (super power dressing in 1991-2003) is appropriate . Plus (whispers) my MIL wore a cream high necked St John knit cocktail dress with some sparkle when DH and I got married in 1991.
2021 dior tutu mini and brunello fringe vest, skirt and JPG Fringe shoulder kelly. And, @docride Birkin that is inspired by my recent paintings
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I love your style @880 ! It wouldn't work for me, but I can certainly appreciate looks like that on those who can pull it off.

And in the meantime, I've developed my own personal style over the years that suits me & makes me feel pulled together, even during this pandemic! I'd describe my look as classic, rather than trendy (think cashmere sweaters & Hermès scarves).

I love that we all have such different styles.

 

[papertiger]

I love grocery shopping, seeing what’s on sale and/or fresh and planning dinners for the week. But then I don’t have to slog kids along or my husband…I hate shopping for anything with him. He’s a pain in the ass to shop with.

Mine too, thee should be a an adult 'creche' for partners that hate shopping.

I can whizz through a supermarket or outdoor market at breakneck speed picking-up essentials for real-food cooking. If I go with DH (or my sister) it'll be a day-trip and the cost out of control (and then he wants to split the bill even though it's 5 x as much as when I go alone).

 

[ElainePG]

I love grocery shopping, seeing what’s on sale and/or fresh and planning dinners for the week. But then I don’t have to slog kids along or my husband…I hate shopping for anything with him. He’s a pain in the ass to shop with.

Agreed… I try very hard to leave Mr. PG home when I shop.

On the other hand, he just cleaned both bathrooms this morning, and they absolutely sparkle! Plus, when I go grocery shopping, he's out of the front door as soon as I pull into the driveway, ready to unload the trunk. AND he's learned how to put the food away… in (pretty much) the right places!

So I ain't complaining.