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

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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.
 
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thank you @More bags :smile: and @msd_bags

cowgirlsboots said:
The hairdtessers don't understand what I want: not a full head of colour, just darker brown hair with streaks of white around my face blending into the lengths... this usually grows out looking quite natural.
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Yes! when I dyed it myself at home, the grey would turn into a form of highlight
 
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Cordeliere said:
I am 7 years younger than he is. I have a cousin who is a hairdresser who hit the nail on the head. "Gray hair may be attractive, but it is never youthful." My real hair color is salt and pepper. If mine were the beautiful white his is, I would go gray and we would look more the same age.
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whateve said:
You look much younger than that!

I stopped dyeing my hair a couple years ago. It seemed more white when I first did it. Now it is a very gray color. It's fairly even in color, just darker than I would like.
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My gray hairs are just starting to come out. I actually cannot wait for the day that I get enough gray hairs so I can just go for it and dye everything silver. :lol: :biggrin:


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My paternal grandmother had and dad has soft, silvery white hair, like an elf. My mom just has grey mixed in with hers so she looks faded (but the chemo and radiation did not help) and her mom had almost black hair that went iron grey. I have grey mixed in and my hair has gotten darker and browner as I have aged. It is only really noticeable if you look for it. I am only a redhead anymore in the bright sunlight. But I still have freckles…go figure. I would love to dye my hair copper/light auburn like it was, but my hair is so short I would be coloring it all the time and I have no desire to do that. So it is and will be whatever color it is.
In the realm of not fair? My DH doesn’t have a single grey in his dark brown hair…and the longest, darkest, naturally curled eyelashes you have ever seen. What the heck?!?!?:no:
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My husband is 4 years younger than me and has beautiful rich black hair and also very beautiful lashes. :PI joke with him that I'd like him to donate some to me for a hair transplant (eyelash transplants are not a thing/reality to my knowledge, just fyi, more in a joking sense).
 
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Cordeliere said:
I am 7 years younger than he is. I have a cousin who is a hairdresser who hit the nail on the head. "Gray hair may be attractive, but it is never youthful." My real hair color is salt and pepper. If mine were the beautiful white his is, I would go gray and we would look more the same age.
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I’m midst a busy first week back at work including hosting a fun get together for my colleagues after a work function so I’m barely having time to read everything.

However, I did want to say NO! You can’t be just 7 years younger than your DH! From your diving photos, I assumed both that he was far younger than 78 and that you had a much bigger age gap than my DH and me (10 years). The hair dye might help but you must also be drinking at the fountain of youth. :eek:

Nevermind sharing the bags and having bag envy, whatever it is you are doing you have to share that because I need some of it! I might need to get one of those portraits done and keep it in my attic. :lol:
 
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BowieFan1971 said:
My paternal grandmother had and dad has soft, silvery white hair, like an elf. My mom just has grey mixed in with hers so she looks faded (but the chemo and radiation did not help) and her mom had almost black hair that went iron grey. I have grey mixed in and my hair has gotten darker and browner as I have aged. It is only really noticeable if you look for it. I am only a redhead anymore in the bright sunlight. But I still have freckles…go figure. I would love to dye my hair copper/light auburn like it was, but my hair is so short I would be coloring it all the time and I have no desire to do that. So it is and will be whatever color it is.
In the realm of not fair? My DH doesn’t have a single grey in his dark brown hair…and the longest, darkest, naturally curled eyelashes you have ever seen. What the heck?!?!?:no:
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From photos I’ve seen, I think we have similarly short hair. I need to color (and cut) every five weeks, which is a LOT of maintenance, so I hear you!
 
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BowieFan1971 said:
My paternal grandmother had and dad has soft, silvery white hair, like an elf. My mom just has grey mixed in with hers so she looks faded (but the chemo and radiation did not help) and her mom had almost black hair that went iron grey. I have grey mixed in and my hair has gotten darker and browner as I have aged. It is only really noticeable if you look for it. I am only a redhead anymore in the bright sunlight. But I still have freckles…go figure. I would love to dye my hair copper/light auburn like it was, but my hair is so short I would be coloring it all the time and I have no desire to do that. So it is and will be whatever color it is.
In the realm of not fair? My DH doesn’t have a single grey in his dark brown hair…and the longest, darkest, naturally curled eyelashes you have ever seen. What the heck?!?!?:no:
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The grandfather had a full head of black hair all the way up until he died in his 80s. My other grandfather was bald all the time I knew him.
 
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DME said:
From photos I’ve seen, I think we have similarly short hair. I need to color (and cut) every five weeks, which is a LOT of maintenance, so I hear you!
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I get a cut every 6 weeks and would have to color too. I can’t justify the money to get it done professionally and it is a pain in the butt to do myself because any color that gets on the skin will be seen due to my hairstyle and it is extremely difficult to completely prevent that from happening. So I hate doing it and procrastinate.
 
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cowgirlsboots said:
My Mum started having grey hair before she was 40 and later in life turned snow white. I had my first white streak at 16 and grey mixed into my strange colourful haircolour ever since. Still people used to perceive my colour as black which it never was. (All shades of brown from darkest to light, some red especially when it rained, grey, white...)
Now I'm in my 50ies. My hair is white at the roots, the lenghts ( almost reaching my waist) are my old colourful shades only faded a little ... I have been colouring the roots for years- not regularly though. I do it myself. The hairdtessers don't understand what I want: not a full head of colour, just darker brown hair with streaks of white around my face blending into the lengths... this usually grows out looking quite natural.
At the moment it's grown out. Time to get my act together and dye it!

The white around my face makes me look old and washed out so going totally white isn't an option before I give into actually being old.
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People always thought I had black hair too. It wasn't. It was just very dark.
 
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Katinahat said:
I’m midst a busy first week back at work including hosting a fun get together for my colleagues after a work function so I’m barely having time to read everything.

However, I did want to say NO! You can’t be just 7 years younger than your DH! From your diving photos, I assumed both that he was far younger than 78 and that you had a much bigger age gap than my DH and me (10 years). The hair dye might help but you must also be drinking at the fountain of youth. :eek:

Nevermind sharing the bags and having bag envy, whatever it is you are doing you have to share that because I need some of it! I might need to get one of those portraits done and keep it in my attic. :lol:
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I completely agree. She looks younger than me and, based on my age, that's not fair!
 
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whateve said:
I completely agree. She looks younger than me and, based on my age, that's not fair!
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Yes, and I’m generally told I’m aging quite well (DD1s friends again!). However, despite getting a year older this week, I haven’t hit that half century yet. It took my years to be able to go into pubs without being asked for ID. It was annoying at the time but I’m relieved now. Although, I definitely have a few lines now. I smile too much! I get my hair highlighted every 10-12 weeks. The blonde merges/hides the grey streaks! :lol:
 
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BowieFan1971 said:
I get a cut every 6 weeks and would have to color too. I can’t justify the money to get it done professionally and it is a pain in the butt to do myself because any color that gets on the skin will be seen due to my hairstyle and it is extremely difficult to completely prevent that from happening. So I hate doing it and procrastinate.
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I’ve started viewing it as a form of self care. I don’t have much gray, but my hair is very dark, so the color is more to lighten it (to brown-red) than anything else. My hair and nails grow very quickly, so usually by week four, I’m literally pulling my hair out!

Which reminds me: That’s why my hair is driving me nuts. I got it cut four weeks ago. One more week and it gets sheared again. Hooray!
 
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