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.

 

[Katinahat]

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 mantra. I’m using daily affirmations and mantra in my gratitude journal app. Good for keeping focused on the positives in life.

 

[Cookiefiend]

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

You made me think of the line from The Godfather - “leave the gun, take the cannoli.”
Leave the everyday bag, take the beautiful one!

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.

We are enough, always, all of us.
Thanks for the reminder! ❤️

 

[SakuraSakura]

Sticking to my rules - low buy but thrifted handbags are okay!

 

[whateve]

Sticking to my rules - low buy but thrifted handbags are okay!

This little bag is so cute!

 

[BowieFan1971]

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).

1 card case/zip coin purse with attached key ring, matching slim wristlet

The zip case holds ID and essential cards, cash, change, keys.
The wristlet holds everything else…discount cards, gift cards, vaccine card, etc

Love it!! Can slip the card case in my pocket if need be and I have everything I need. Probably will never buy another wallet again

 

[SakuraSakura]

This little bag is so cute!

Thanks, Whateve! It ended up being $24.99 with my discount but with my gift card it was only $13. Sounds like a steal The colour stopped me in my tracks! I love pink handbags and it fits my newfound femininity.

 

[Katinahat]

1 card case/zip coin purse with attached key ring, matching slim wristlet

The zip case holds ID and essential cards, cash, change, keys.
The wristlet holds everything else…discount cards, gift cards, vaccine card, etc

Love it!! Can slip the card case in my pocket if need be and I have everything I need. Probably will never buy another wallet again

I guess I can completely understand this. I hardly ever use cash now and what cash I have just ends up going to my daughters. I don’t have any card slips but they sound very useful.

Nevertheless, I do still love a long wallet. Sometimes I just carry one as a clutch. My most recent purchase was this Mulberry Darley. I’m in love with the colour! It’s so “me”!

 

[papertiger]

I guess I can completely understand this. I hardly ever use cash now and what cash I have just ends up going to my daughters. I don’t have any card slips but they sound very useful.

Nevertheless, I do still love a long wallet. Sometimes I just carry one as a clutch. My most recent purchase was this Mulberry Darley. I’m in love with the colour! It’s so “me”!

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The colour is beautiful

 

[ElainePG]

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.

How can you beat 70% off? And black velvet… yum! They sound like they'll work well with the blazers you already own (see what I did there???).

 

[Narnanz]

I did not buy a bag...proud of myself.

 

[papertiger]

How can you beat 70% off? And black velvet… yum! They sound like they'll work well with the blazers you already own (see what I did there???).

I'll try to play, find a rarely used bag to take out soon (or pose around the room) and take a pic soon

 

[ElainePG]

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.

Candles for me, too! In the living room and also in the kitchen. Diptyque, mostly, though I also like Lafco, Carrière Frères, and Lumira (an Australian company, though it's possible to find them in the U.S.).

And a facial once a month. And a pedicure too, with bright red polish on my toesies. Each of these ladies has her own 1-room practice, so I'm not crammed into a salon with tons of other people. And they've each been vaccinated & boosted. And (of course!) masked. So I can relax and just enjoy being pampered.

 

[ElainePG]

Sticking to my rules - low buy but thrifted handbags are okay!

Pretty! What a happy color.

 

[ElainePG]

You made me think of the line from The Godfather - “leave the gun, take the cannoli.”
Leave the everyday bag, take the beautiful one!

We are enough, always, all of us.
Thanks for the reminder! ❤

OMG… "take the cannoli" is hysterical!
Whenever I sashay out the door with one of my nicer bags, I'm going to think of it as a cannoli.

 

[ElainePG]

I guess I can completely understand this. I hardly ever use cash now and what cash I have just ends up going to my daughters. I don’t have any card slips but they sound very useful.

Nevertheless, I do still love a long wallet. Sometimes I just carry one as a clutch. My most recent purchase was this Mulberry Darley. I’m in love with the colour! It’s so “me”!

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That hot pink is glorious!