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.

 

[ElainePG]

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.

So glad to see you bag here, @Katinahat . I'm so sorry 2021 was such a difficult and dark year for you.

I'm glad to hear you're getting the help you need (and deserve). Your goals sound very focused and well-thought-out. May 2022 be a better year.

 

[ElainePG]

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

 

[SakuraSakura]

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.

Grocery shopping is serious business. It's a one person job. If you add other people into the mix then it just becomes a colossal mess. I like doing it by myself too.

 

[SakuraSakura]

and they just texted me!

Aww they said they'd visit me at work sometime! I just HAVE to keep you guys updated on this. I'm so happy. We haven't spoken today but a part of me is trying to figure out how much contact I should be in with them. I'm honestly a very affectionate person ; however, I know I don't know much about them. I'm willing to put in the work for this. I WANT to know them so much.

 

[SakuraSakura]

I want the bosoms!

All of my friends are online. I guess I'll have to bring a monitor to the event, ladies and gents!

 

[dcooney4]

@880 gorgeous outfit pics! And your paintings, too!

@dcooney4 I’m sorry to hear your Prada bag is not working for you. It is lovely, and you clearly described why it is not functional. Best wishes and good luck with your next steps.

@Jereni your Peekaboo and bag charm look great together. I always love seeing pics of your Peekaboo.

Thank you! Not sure I want to deal with it.

 

[papertiger]

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

In all seriousness, I hope your state of mind improves.

I've been having a reg. existential crisis recently. I used to dread the Christmas period growing-up and it seems to have returned for the last 2 years chronically. The weather, the neighbours (don't ask) the darkness, this time of year again, the bills, the holiday.

Looking/organising/editing my wardrobe and living space will usually help if I can get my finger out. Just coming to this thread is part of that commitment.

 

[ElainePG]

My mantra for the year: I have enough. I’ve done enough. I am enough.
That being said, I have three wardrobe-related resolutions…

1. Use all my everyday bags and small/weekend bags, even though I don’t go out often. Set up a checklist to track this, so I stick to it! (Ditto for my Hermès scarves.)
2. Get my bag collection down from 22 to 18 bags; sell 3, donate 1. Don’t buy any new bags this year… focus on enjoying the ones I have. (Ditto-ditto for my Hermès scarves!)
3. Be careful of “sales goggles.” Don’t buy anything (bags, jewelry, clothes, shoes, etc.) just because it’s a bargain! The corollary to this: try really hard not to stress-shop. Don't even do any on-line browsing. Find another way to deal with the stress.

 

[papertiger]

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

Loving the upgrade on the glitter patent

 

[ElainePG]

In all seriousness, I hope your state of mind improves.

I've been having a reg. existential crisis recently. I used to dread the Christmas period growing-up and it seems to have returned for the last 2 years chronically. The weather, the neighbours (don't ask) the darkness, this time of year again, the bills, the holiday.

Looking/organising/editing my wardrobe and living space will usually help if I can get my finger out. Just coming to this thread is part of that commitment.

We're living in very tough times. Dark in many senses of the word. We're here any time you want to vent… or discuss fashion.

 

[papertiger]

My mantra for the year: I have enough. I’ve done enough. I am enough.
That being said, I have three wardrobe-related resolutions…

1. Use all my everyday bags and small/weekend bags, even though I don’t go out often. Set up a checklist to track this, so I stick to it! (Ditto for my Hermès scarves.)
2. Get my bag collection down from 22 to 18 bags; sell 3, donate 1. Don’t buy any new bags this year… focus on enjoying the ones I have. (Ditto-ditto for my Hermès scarves!)
3. Be careful of “sales goggles.” Don’t buy anything (bags, jewelry, clothes, shoes, etc.) just because it’s a bargain! The corollary to this: try really hard not to stress-shop. Don't even do any on-line browsing. Find another way to deal with the stress.

Love this!

 

[papertiger]

We're living in very tough times. Dark in many senses of the word. We're here any time you want to vent… or discuss fashion.

I broke your rule 3 already today and bought some 70% off skinny black velvet trousers (Jigsaw - UK high-street, middle-market). Hoping they'll extend my current obsession with oversize/long-line/boxy blazers up to Spring. Hope it wasn't just stress shopping and faux justification

Also bought some 50% off gym leggings, but that's for some serious commitment to continuing yoga which does seem to help.

 

[papertiger]

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…

3 x card cases for me too. No wallet.
1) for my most used card, separated for contactless payments.
2) For other important cards
3) For business cards.

I'll use a wallet or double-sided purse when I go to the market (leaving the cards at home).

 

[papertiger]

I want the clothes, event and friends so I can wear this bag.
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Just do it!

 

[Katinahat]

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.

So glad to see you bag here, @Katinahat . I'm so sorry 2021 was such a difficult and dark year for you.

I'm glad to hear you're getting the help you need (and deserve). Your goals sound very focused and well-thought-out. May 2022 be a better year.

Thanks both for your kind words which are much appreciated. Totally agree about self-care. I’ve got a good self-care routine now and still work hard and look after others too.

I guess we are all using our enjoyment and purchases of bags as a form of self-care! I’d be interested in hearing if anyone has any other good self-care strategies.

I love high quality bubble bath and candles in the bathroom. The scents and bubbles are so luxurious. I enjoy Molton Brown, The White Company, L’Occitane and more recently Neom.