2024 Resolution: Shopping my own Bag and SLG Collection

[Sparkletastic]

December Activities and Challenges - pick and choose as you please.

I. 2024 Year In Review Reflection
(Thanks @Vintage Leather)

Utilize these thought starters to evaluate your collection, your usage patterns and your lessons learned in 2024.
• What is your most useful purse?
• What is your best purchase of the year?
• We’ve all had a lot of lifestyle changes this year - how has it affected your style?
• What is the one thing we’ve learned this year that you want to take into the next?

II. Setting 2025 Goals
Take this month to consider what you want to do with your handbag collection, wardrobe or even your beautiful life in 2025. Share these thoughts in January when we start the 2026 Shopping Your Closet thread.

III. End of year optional challenges

• Holiday colors: December has many holidays celebrated across the world - red & green, brown & gold, blue & white and more! Pick the holiday that you want to honor and wear / show off your bags in those traditional colors.

• End with a bang: As we come to the last part of the year, wear the last bag you’ve purchased at least 3 times this month.

@Vlad please pin this to the top of our thread.

 

[Purses & Perfumes]

I see I have been quoted a lot but I have not read anything yet. I will get to your posts when I can.

Spoiler

Mum has had 5 surgeries in 10 days. She has just finished the last one. She is in a critical state and they cannot predict if this operation will succeed or not. They are doing all they can.
I am now 2 months behind on my own treatments, which I started postponing when I got covid in Dec. I ended up collapsing while waiting for her to come out of surgery. It added another level of chaos.
Good thing I was already in the hospital. They stabilized me and I just need to hold it together to be there for mum now.

I'm an emotional wreck and cannot find strength to deal with all that is happening. People around me are just creating noise in their attempts to help. I'm trying to find peace when I am with her, to just tell her she is loved. I hope she can hear me.

I'm not giving up on her. We just need to get through this stage safely. One hour at a time, as the doctor told me.

Thinking of you and keeping your mom and you in my thoughts and prayers.

 

[dcooney4]

I see I have been quoted a lot but I have not read anything yet. I will get to your posts when I can.

Spoiler

Mum has had 5 surgeries in 10 days. She has just finished the last one. She is in a critical state and they cannot predict if this operation will succeed or not. They are doing all they can.
I am now 2 months behind on my own treatments, which I started postponing when I got covid in Dec. I ended up collapsing while waiting for her to come out of surgery. It added another level of chaos.
Good thing I was already in the hospital. They stabilized me and I just need to hold it together to be there for mum now.

I'm an emotional wreck and cannot find strength to deal with all that is happening. People around me are just creating noise in their attempts to help. I'm trying to find peace when I am with her, to just tell her she is loved. I hope she can hear me.

I'm not giving up on her. We just need to get through this stage safely. One hour at a time, as the doctor told me.

I am so sorry you are going through this. Just know my thoughts and prayers are with you both. Hugs to you!

 

[Sibelle]

I see I have been quoted a lot but I have not read anything yet. I will get to your posts when I can.

Spoiler

Mum has had 5 surgeries in 10 days. She has just finished the last one. She is in a critical state and they cannot predict if this operation will succeed or not. They are doing all they can.
I am now 2 months behind on my own treatments, which I started postponing when I got covid in Dec. I ended up collapsing while waiting for her to come out of surgery. It added another level of chaos.
Good thing I was already in the hospital. They stabilized me and I just need to hold it together to be there for mum now.

I'm an emotional wreck and cannot find strength to deal with all that is happening. People around me are just creating noise in their attempts to help. I'm trying to find peace when I am with her, to just tell her she is loved. I hope she can hear me.

I'm not giving up on her. We just need to get through this stage safely. One hour at a time, as the doctor told me.

I am so sorry you and your mom have to go through this. I am sending lots of love and hugs .

 

[dcooney4]

I am looking forward to the color weeks. This thread is always a great distraction when life gets a bit crazy. Anyone have a fun challenge they would like to do? My friend is doing one where she wears all her burgundy , red and dark pink bags now though February.

 

[momasaurus]

I am looking forward to the color weeks. This thread is always a great distraction when life gets a bit crazy. Anyone have a fun challenge they would like to do? My friend is doing one where she wears all her burgundy , red and dark pink bags now though February.

I was thinking of "Wear your most wintry bags, because summer will be here soon and you'll have to put them away" (LOL, just tired of the cold)
or
"wear your most summery bag and make it work" (while wishfully thinking).

 

[momasaurus]

I am looking forward to the color weeks. This thread is always a great distraction when life gets a bit crazy. Anyone have a fun challenge they would like to do? My friend is doing one where she wears all her burgundy , red and dark pink bags now though February.

What about
"take a picture of your largest bag and your smallest bag together"
or your smallest bag inside your largest bag.
I know I'm reaching here.

 

[dcooney4]

I was thinking of "Wear your most wintry bags, because summer will be here soon and you'll have to put them away" (LOL, just tired of the cold)
or
"wear your most summery bag and make it work" (while wishfully thinking).

I love the wintery idea. I think I am going to try and rotate through all those or at least as many as I can. I have been lazy lately and just using the same few bags. I will use my burgundy bags too, so I can be part of my friends challenge at the same time.

 

[lill_canele]

I was thinking of "Wear your most wintry bags, because summer will be here soon and you'll have to put them away" (LOL, just tired of the cold)
or
"wear your most summery bag and make it work" (while wishfully thinking).

I'm so bad at wearing my wintery bags since I live in SoCal and there's no real winter here haha.

About the most summery bags, it's funny, apparently California is going to get a heat wave starting today until Monday, it'll be in the mid to high 70s. So I'll be glad to pull out my summer bags a bit early.

 

[whateve]

I am looking forward to the color weeks. This thread is always a great distraction when life gets a bit crazy. Anyone have a fun challenge they would like to do? My friend is doing one where she wears all her burgundy , red and dark pink bags now though February.

I always wear pink and red bags during February and green in March.

 

[whateve]

I'm really bad at wearing my winter bag colors. Lately I've been wearing the bags that are good in the rain and they are brighter colors.

 

[dcooney4]

Rainy day today so instead of my usual go to rainy day bags I pulled this little backpack. Give yourself a challenge and we will cheer you on.

 

[Struck by Designer-Cupid]

I am looking forward to the color weeks. This thread is always a great distraction when life gets a bit crazy. Anyone have a fun challenge they would like to do? My friend is doing one where she wears all her burgundy , red and dark pink bags now though February.

Im also looking forward to the colour challenges, it’ll give me some sort of structure or something to aim for when trying to “shop my own wardrobe”, which is my main fashion-based goal this year

I think the idea to wear winter bags now whilst it’s cold is a good idea! For me, winter bags are my darker coloured bags eg brown and black

 

[Vintage Leather]

a few reflections on reselling…

- It’s exhausting. And things are needing many many price drops to move.

- In the past, when I’ve given things away, the recipients don’t appreciate them/trash them. There are many things I’ve collected over the years that I’m afraid to give away, but don’t want to keep. So I feel obliged to try to sell them. But did I mention that it’s exhausting?

- my collection of “it’s a great sized box” has gotten a little out of hand.

- in the last three years (since I started being active on this thread) I’ve funded new acquisitions with sales. It made selling things more fun, and my overall net amount of stuff decreased, but it didn’t really discourage me from shopping. I bought less than I sold, but still…

So all of this is a fancy way of saying - this will be my last big push for selling. In December, anything unsold will be donated. In the future, I might sell vintage designer costume and bags, but fine jewelry will be reworked and everything else will be given away.

 

[Sibelle]

a few reflections on reselling…

- It’s exhausting. And things are needing many many price drops to move.

- In the past, when I’ve given things away, the recipients don’t appreciate them/trash them. There are many things I’ve collected over the years that I’m afraid to give away, but don’t want to keep. So I feel obliged to try to sell them. But did I mention that it’s exhausting?

- my collection of “it’s a great sized box” has gotten a little out of hand.

- in the last three years (since I started being active on this thread) I’ve funded new acquisitions with sales. It made selling things more fun, and my overall net amount of stuff decreased, but it didn’t really discourage me from shopping. I bought less than I sold, but still…

So all of this is a fancy way of saying - this will be my last big push for selling. In December, anything unsold will be donated. In the future, I might sell vintage designer costume and bags, but fine jewelry will be reworked and everything else will be given away.

100% agree, especially with the first 3 points. It is mentally exhausting, that is why I always need some recovery time after I have finally sold an item. And yes I do buy new things again for the money, but I tell myself that I buy a lot more consciously now and only bags that I 100% love and would not want to sell anymore (lol).

And that "great sized box" collection got out of hand too until I just decided to trash them all and get my space and peace back 😓.

Some days I just want to get rid of it all and only keep my 5 fave bags, but just the thought of the selling process holds me back.

 

[Sibelle]

And since I am still a handbag addict I finally found my dream bag that has been on my wishlist for over a year. It is the small black puzzle bag in classic calf skin . As some of you may know, Loewe has discontinued this particular model and it is very difficult to find now, only some left over stock on some retailer sites. And this one popped up on fashionette this week and I was able to apply a 20% discount code as well! So that was a no-brainer for me. I am beyond happy . So my bag purchase goal for 2024 has already been fulfilled. From now on there will only be selling things .