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.

 

[Cookiefiend]

I know! I know! That's why I asked Mr. PG for a red Balenciaga Town for my birthday last year! (From a reseller, because Balenciaga doesn't make the Town any more.) Color me red… and happy!

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Good heavens - that’s a fantastic Red!

 

[dcooney4]

I know! I know! That's why I asked Mr. PG for a red Balenciaga Town for my birthday last year! (From a reseller, because Balenciaga doesn't make the Town any more.) Color me red… and happy!

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Love it!

 

[baghabitz34]

Hi ladies! I'd love to join this conversation after doing a lot of shopping around and obsessing over my next purchase lately. I have 1-2 bags on the way (one is a waitlist item that I may not get) but after that, I really want to focus on appreciating and using what I have. My biggest issue is feeling like I don't have time to regularly switch my bags and I don't really have many reasons to - I'm a toddler mom and work from home, so I'm not dressing up like I used to when I worked on campus. I mainly get out for Target runs and literally walk to my son's daycare to pick him up 3 days a week and I don't carry a bag at all there. But I do have a little family trip coming up next week and my husband and I have been doing monthly date nights now that we feel comfortable with my son sleeping over at my mom's. I am hoping to get out more with my friends for brunches or drinks now that our weather is nice enough to be outside again. So hopefully I'll have more reasons to switch out of my go-to bag on the horizon!

Welcome, the more the merrier!

 

[JVSXOXO]

Welcome, the more the merrier!

Thank you!

 

[baghabitz34]

Hello everyone. Just stopping by to say I am recovering from a bad bout of the flu. Completely unexpected at this time of the year. Anyway, obviously, I haven't really been interested in bags, or perfumes or suchlike for a little while. It's perhaps a temporary thing, but my interest in bags has waned a lot. Likewise with perfumes -- between allergies earlier in the year, and now this, I have come to realize I tend to wear a small group of favorite fragrances on the repeat, and don't need the majority of my perfume collection. I've reached purse peace and most definitely perfume peace, at least for the time being! My goal now is really to pay more attention to my health, increase energy and stay healthy for the rest of the year!

Glad to hear you’re starting to feel better

 

[Cordeliere]

I know! I know! That's why I asked Mr. PG for a red Balenciaga Town for my birthday last year! (From a reseller, because Balenciaga doesn't make the Town any more.) Color me red… and happy!

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Gorgeous!

 

[Jereni]

No reason why I can't carry a nice bag and amp up my jeans-and-sweater with an H scarf.

Love this!!! I am all about dressing up with the SLIGHTEST provocation - drives DH nuts. And dressing up doesn’t always have to be super fancy, sometimes it can just be looking well ut-together, as it were.

I know! I know! That's why I asked Mr. PG for a red Balenciaga Town for my birthday last year! (From a reseller, because Balenciaga doesn't make the Town any more.) Color me red… and happy!

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Yes! This is beautiful. Looks like a stunning red, and super luxe AND functional!

I hope to find my perfect red bag someday… still searching.

 

[Cordeliere]

I just booked our 2023 vacation to Japan during cherry blossom season. To get accommodations during that time frame, you have to book a year in advance. I am being optimistic that the country will be open to international tourists then. They just opened to tourists in tour groups, but not to individuals. That is the pattern that Israel followed to re-open, so based on our Israel experience, I have the faith that it will work out and Japan will be open to us. I booked all hotels that can be cancelled at the last minute. The airline will give us our frequent flyer miles back if we cancel, so booking now is zero risk. The yen is currently at a two decade low in terms of exchange rates with the dollar, so we think it will be really cheap in terms of what is normal. Also, based on our experience of going to the uncrowded Rose Bowl Parade back in January, we are hoping Japan will not be as packed as usual because of covid fears. Needless to say, we are excited.

One shocking thing that I learned is Japan is a cash economy. Hotels take credit cards, but restaurants and everything else do not take plastic. They don't even have the infrastructure to take credit cards. That means people walk around with great wads of yen. It is supposedly very safe and great gobs of cash is not a problem. I have the reverse problem. I don't have the infrastructure to deal with cash. I carry emergency cash in my purse, but pay for EVERYTHING with credit cards. Cash? What's that? Does it go stale? Seriously, even parking meters take credit cards now.

Isn't dealing with great wads of cash a first world problem? I am thinking a purse pouch could be the thing. In an ideal world, I would carry a bag that has an attached purse pouch, but that is not happening. The bag I plan to take does not even have an interior ring.

Does anyone know of a pouch with dividers to accommodate the denominations? Yeah, I know that sounds like the description of a wallet. I am resisting wallet notions since I have visions of great gobs of bills being unpleasantly jammed in a wallet. I guess it would help if I understood how many denominations I will be dealing with. One dollar converts to 134 yen. So a $10 purchase would be $1,340 yen. A $100 purchase would be $13,400 yen.

DH just suggest I look up the currencies. So smart. "Currently, there are 1, 5, 10, 50, 100 and 500 yen coins in circulation since 2009. Concerning banknotes, the current series was issued in 2004 with 1,000, 2,000, 5,000 and 10,000 yen notes in circulation".

Coins! Yikes! I don't want to be "moneybags". Any thoughts, wise ladies, about bag infrastructure for managing bills and coins? Anybody been to Japan (or other country that runs on cash) and have first hand experience with this?

 

[880]

I just booked our 2023 vacation to Japan during cherry blossom season. To get accommodations during that time frame, you have to book a year in advance. I am being optimistic that the country will be open to international tourists then. They just opened to tourists in tour groups, but not to individuals. That is the pattern that Israel followed to re-open, so based on our Israel experience, I have the faith that it will work out and Japan will be open to us. I booked all hotels that can be cancelled at the last minute. The airline will give us our frequent flyer miles back if we cancel, so booking now is zero risk. The yen is currently at a two decade low in terms of exchange rates with the dollar, so we think it will be really cheap in terms of what is normal. Also, based on our experience of going to the uncrowded Rose Bowl Parade back in January, we are hoping Japan will not be as packed as usual because of covid fears. Needless to say, we are excited.

One shocking thing that I learned is Japan is a cash economy. Hotels take credit cards, but restaurants and everything else do not take plastic. They don't even have the infrastructure to take credit cards. That means people walk around with great wads of yen. It is supposedly very safe and great gobs of cash is not a problem. I have the reverse problem. I don't have the infrastructure to deal with cash. I carry emergency cash in my purse, but pay for EVERYTHING with credit cards. Cash? What's that? Does it go stale? Seriously, even parking meters take credit cards now.

Isn't dealing with great wads of cash a first world problem? I am thinking a purse pouch could be the thing. In an ideal world, I would carry a bag that has an attached purse pouch, but that is not happening. The bag I plan to take does not even have an interior ring.

Does anyone know of a pouch with dividers to accommodate the denominations? Yeah, I know that sounds like the description of a wallet. I am resisting wallet notions since I have visions of great gobs of bills being unpleasantly jammed in a wallet. I guess it would help if I understood how many denominations I will be dealing with. One dollar converts to 134 yen. So a $10 purchase would be $1,340 yen. A $100 purchase would be $13,400 yen.

DH just suggest I look up the currencies. So smart. "Currently, there are 1, 5, 10, 50, 100 and 500 yen coins in circulation since 2009. Concerning banknotes, the current series was issued in 2004 with 1,000, 2,000, 5,000 and 10,000 yen notes in circulation".

Coins! Yikes! I don't want to be "moneybags". Any thoughts, wise ladies, about bag infrastructure for managing bills and coins? Anybody been to Japan (or other country that runs on cash) and have first hand experience with this?

coins??????????? I barely carry cash lol.

Someone told me about prepaid travel money cards which I took to mean something like a travelers check (remember those lol) protected with a pin.

not elegant, but perhaps a simple bank envelope

 

[JVSXOXO]

I just booked our 2023 vacation to Japan during cherry blossom season. To get accommodations during that time frame, you have to book a year in advance. I am being optimistic that the country will be open to international tourists then. They just opened to tourists in tour groups, but not to individuals. That is the pattern that Israel followed to re-open, so based on our Israel experience, I have the faith that it will work out and Japan will be open to us. I booked all hotels that can be cancelled at the last minute. The airline will give us our frequent flyer miles back if we cancel, so booking now is zero risk. The yen is currently at a two decade low in terms of exchange rates with the dollar, so we think it will be really cheap in terms of what is normal. Also, based on our experience of going to the uncrowded Rose Bowl Parade back in January, we are hoping Japan will not be as packed as usual because of covid fears. Needless to say, we are excited.

One shocking thing that I learned is Japan is a cash economy. Hotels take credit cards, but restaurants and everything else do not take plastic. They don't even have the infrastructure to take credit cards. That means people walk around with great wads of yen. It is supposedly very safe and great gobs of cash is not a problem. I have the reverse problem. I don't have the infrastructure to deal with cash. I carry emergency cash in my purse, but pay for EVERYTHING with credit cards. Cash? What's that? Does it go stale? Seriously, even parking meters take credit cards now.

Isn't dealing with great wads of cash a first world problem? I am thinking a purse pouch could be the thing. In an ideal world, I would carry a bag that has an attached purse pouch, but that is not happening. The bag I plan to take does not even have an interior ring.

Does anyone know of a pouch with dividers to accommodate the denominations? Yeah, I know that sounds like the description of a wallet. I am resisting wallet notions since I have visions of great gobs of bills being unpleasantly jammed in a wallet. I guess it would help if I understood how many denominations I will be dealing with. One dollar converts to 134 yen. So a $10 purchase would be $1,340 yen. A $100 purchase would be $13,400 yen.

DH just suggest I look up the currencies. So smart. "Currently, there are 1, 5, 10, 50, 100 and 500 yen coins in circulation since 2009. Concerning banknotes, the current series was issued in 2004 with 1,000, 2,000, 5,000 and 10,000 yen notes in circulation".

Coins! Yikes! I don't want to be "moneybags". Any thoughts, wise ladies, about bag infrastructure for managing bills and coins? Anybody been to Japan (or other country that runs on cash) and have first hand experience with this?

I would make my DH carry the cash

 

[Cordeliere]

coins??????????? I barely carry cash lol.

Exactly! It is slightly embarrassing to be so panic'd over dealing with cash, but I hate it.

I would make my DH carry the cash

Well DH does have pockets, but I expect to go places without him that he is not that interested in.


I have done a little research. The average Japanese person carries about the equivalent of $200 a day. Duh. That is what hotel safes are for.

Japanese money is larger than dollars. The Japanese frown on folding cash. They keep money pristine. (That rules out DH as money handler). Money has to be accepted with both hands. Sounds like pressure to me.

I googled what do Japanese carry their money in. 51% of those with incomes of $10 million yen ($75,000) carry bifold wallets, and 35% carry long wallets. What do the other 14% do? For men, bifold wallet convene stability and success. Do women's wallet signal status?

I did learn there are such things called Japanese wallets that are sized to accomodate Japanese bills. Duh squared. They sell them on Etsy. I found one I really like for bills.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/100892...rch_query=japanese+wallet&ref=sr_gallery-5-13

I am still sort of freaked about dealing with the coins. Apparently tourists prefer to use bills because they are easier to understand, but the change comes back to them in coins. Tourists end up with a large number of coins adding up to substantial lost value when they don't spend them. There are even articles on how to get rid of coins: Vending machines, donations at shrines, public transportation, tiny toys that come in vending machines. etc. etc etc.

Other than tiny cloth coin purses, I haven't figured out how the Japanese carry coins. They probably don't let them build up. I would look for a purse sized organizer for coins but who knows what size their coins are. If they are really mean, they will all be the same size and impossible to tell apart.

 

[JenJBS]

Hello everyone. Just stopping by to say I am recovering from a bad bout of the flu. Completely unexpected at this time of the year. Anyway, obviously, I haven't really been interested in bags, or perfumes or suchlike for a little while. It's perhaps a temporary thing, but my interest in bags has waned a lot. Likewise with perfumes -- between allergies earlier in the year, and now this, I have come to realize I tend to wear a small group of favorite fragrances on the repeat, and don't need the majority of my perfume collection. I've reached purse peace and most definitely perfume peace, at least for the time being! My goal now is really to pay more attention to my health, increase energy and stay healthy for the rest of the year!

Sorry you were so sick, and hope you feel better soon.

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A miscellaneous selection of mine. I’ve bought pouches from all kinds of shops. The black mock croc is from Cuyana, the green quilted & purple tie dye are from Coach outlet, glam squad came from Nordstrom Rack a few years ago, I donut care from DSW, and the white multi colored one from Bloomingdale’s.

That 'I don't care' bag is fantastic!

Received this bag today. I had ordered and counted it last month. I think it scratches that cognac itch. The woman that made it did a really nice job and the Crossbody strap is adjustable and removable which I love.

It's beautiful!

I know! I know! That's why I asked Mr. PG for a red Balenciaga Town for my birthday last year! (From a reseller, because Balenciaga doesn't make the Town any more.) Color me red… and happy!

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Is that the fabled Rouge Theatre red?

 

[Katinahat]

I just booked our 2023 vacation to Japan during cherry blossom season. To get accommodations during that time frame, you have to book a year in advance. I am being optimistic that the country will be open to international tourists then. They just opened to tourists in tour groups, but not to individuals. That is the pattern that Israel followed to re-open, so based on our Israel experience, I have the faith that it will work out and Japan will be open to us. I booked all hotels that can be cancelled at the last minute. The airline will give us our frequent flyer miles back if we cancel, so booking now is zero risk. The yen is currently at a two decade low in terms of exchange rates with the dollar, so we think it will be really cheap in terms of what is normal. Also, based on our experience of going to the uncrowded Rose Bowl Parade back in January, we are hoping Japan will not be as packed as usual because of covid fears. Needless to say, we are excited.

One shocking thing that I learned is Japan is a cash economy. Hotels take credit cards, but restaurants and everything else do not take plastic. They don't even have the infrastructure to take credit cards. That means people walk around with great wads of yen. It is supposedly very safe and great gobs of cash is not a problem. I have the reverse problem. I don't have the infrastructure to deal with cash. I carry emergency cash in my purse, but pay for EVERYTHING with credit cards. Cash? What's that? Does it go stale? Seriously, even parking meters take credit cards now.

Isn't dealing with great wads of cash a first world problem? I am thinking a purse pouch could be the thing. In an ideal world, I would carry a bag that has an attached purse pouch, but that is not happening. The bag I plan to take does not even have an interior ring.

Does anyone know of a pouch with dividers to accommodate the denominations? Yeah, I know that sounds like the description of a wallet. I am resisting wallet notions since I have visions of great gobs of bills being unpleasantly jammed in a wallet. I guess it would help if I understood how many denominations I will be dealing with. One dollar converts to 134 yen. So a $10 purchase would be $1,340 yen. A $100 purchase would be $13,400 yen.

DH just suggest I look up the currencies. So smart. "Currently, there are 1, 5, 10, 50, 100 and 500 yen coins in circulation since 2009. Concerning banknotes, the current series was issued in 2004 with 1,000, 2,000, 5,000 and 10,000 yen notes in circulation".

Coins! Yikes! I don't want to be "moneybags". Any thoughts, wise ladies, about bag infrastructure for managing bills and coins? Anybody been to Japan (or other country that runs on cash) and have first hand experience with this?

When I interrailed around Europe age 18 (pre owning a credit card so with cash and travellers cheques) I used several systems. We had nowhere safe as we were in hostels and moving every few days. Plus it was pre bag days for me.

1. A cotton money belt under my clothes for the cheques, most notes and passport etc. Not attractive but very functional.
2. My bra! I put some notes in there to keep them completely safe. I’ve got a tiny chest so just increased the padding.
3. A close fitting nylon bumbag for my money for that day. (uk speak for belt bag)

It worked okay. A pouch is a good idea but split your money up into several locations if you can. Coins probably less of an issue than storing your larger notes.

Your trip sounds completely heavenly btw. Im already really looking forward to your travel posts.

 

[JVSXOXO]

Exactly! It is slightly embarrassing to be so panic'd over dealing with cash, but I hate it.



Well DH does have pockets, but I expect to go places without him that he is not that interested in.


I have done a little research. The average Japanese person carries about the equivalent of $200 a day. Duh. That is what hotel safes are for.

Japanese money is larger than dollars. The Japanese frown on folding cash. They keep money pristine. (That rules out DH as money handler). Money has to be accepted with both hands. Sounds like pressure to me.

I googled what do Japanese carry their money in. 51% of those with incomes of $10 million yen ($75,000) carry bifold wallets, and 35% carry long wallets. What do the other 14% do? For men, bifold wallet convene stability and success. Do women's wallet signal status?

I did learn there are such things called Japanese wallets that are sized to accomodate Japanese bills. Duh squared. They sell them on Etsy. I found one I really like for bills.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/100892...rch_query=japanese+wallet&ref=sr_gallery-5-13

I am still sort of freaked about dealing with the coins. Apparently tourists prefer to use bills because they are easier to understand, but the change comes back to them in coins. Tourists end up with a large number of coins adding up to substantial lost value when they don't spend them. There are even articles on how to get rid of coins: Vending machines, donations at shrines, public transportation, tiny toys that come in vending machines. etc. etc etc.

Other than tiny cloth coin purses, I haven't figured out how the Japanese carry coins. They probably don't let them build up. I would look for a purse sized organizer for coins but who knows what size their coins are. If they are really mean, they will all be the same size and impossible to tell apart.

I know it’s easy to stress about the details before a trip but just keep doing your research! I’m sure you’ll figure out the best system for you. I would probably bring a couple of bill holders and coin cases in case your husband does end up carrying some cash too. Maybe you can find a chart with the different coin pictures and amounts to reference (in your hotel room) if you end up with a lot of different kinds. Best of luck!

 

[dcooney4]

Sorry you were so sick, and hope you feel better soon.



That 'I don't care' bag is fantastic!



It's beautiful!



Is that the fabled Rouge Theatre red?

Thank you!