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.

 

[cecchetti]

@whateve, I love everything about this bag. Amazing. Need to catch up on the thread, but I just wanted to say @jblended, I am thinking of you and your mom. Hugs
@cecchetti , I am so sorry for your loss.

Thank you so much, she was taken far too young..

 

[cecchetti]

I'm so sorry. What a beautiful girl. May she rest in peace.

Thank you, our fur babies are our children…she was tiny with a huge personality, although I still have 2, it’s very quiet without her..she will be missed by everyone who knew her…❤️❤️

 

[Sibelle]

Yesterday was Terrible

I had to say goodbye to Tammy, who has been bravely fighting kidney disease for over a year, aged only 5 1/2.
Her kidneys failed completely and her organs were shutting down..

She wasn’t in pain..my Sister took me and she was peacefully put to sleep😭😭😭😭

I sold my Mario Valentino tote as a stress reaction because it was too large for not very much..

RIP sweet girl

I am so sorry for your loss , what a sweet girl! Sending lots of love and hugs !

 

[piperdog]

Yesterday was Terrible

I had to say goodbye to Tammy, who has been bravely fighting kidney disease for over a year, aged only 5 1/2.
Her kidneys failed completely and her organs were shutting down..

She wasn’t in pain..my Sister took me and she was peacefully put to sleep😭😭😭😭

I sold my Mario Valentino tote as a stress reaction because it was too large for not very much..

RIP sweet girl

@cecchetti I'm so sorry. She's a beautiful girl and the time she spent with you was full of love. The hardest part of having fur babies is when we have to say goodbye.

 

[cecchetti]

I am so sorry for your loss , what a sweet girl! Sending lots of love and hugs !

Thank you so much❤️❤️
She’d gone downhill in the last week, had blood tests and been on painkillers.
The blood tests showed that her kidneys had completely failed, she’d had fluids etc the day before she died, so didn’t suffer, she was literally the bravest girl ever and a lesson to us all.

Tomorrow she’s being cremated-I think I will totally break down, but I have 2 healthy fur babies to look after so cannot wallow in grief…

 

[cecchetti]

@cecchetti I'm so sorry. She's a beautiful girl and the time she spent with you was full of love. The hardest part of having fur babies is when we have to say goodbye.

Thank you ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Yes, and I had to say goodbye far too soon…Tammy lived almost a year and a half beyond the diagnosis of her condition, but the pain of losing her is no less.
I hope the other 2 live as long as my previous Siamese cats have..what she suffered from(renal amyloidosis ) was a one in 10 million fluke..she was very unlucky..it couldn’t have happened to a sweeter cat..

 

[dcooney4]

Yesterday was Terrible

I had to say goodbye to Tammy, who has been bravely fighting kidney disease for over a year, aged only 5 1/2.
Her kidneys failed completely and her organs were shutting down..

She wasn’t in pain..my Sister took me and she was peacefully put to sleep😭😭😭😭

I sold my Mario Valentino tote as a stress reaction because it was too large for not very much..

RIP sweet girl

Hugs to you! I am so sorry for your loss.

 

[cecchetti]

Hugs to you! I am so sorry for your loss.

Thank you so much…I haven’t cried since I left the vet yesterday , but I called Bianca Tammy just before…Tammy has been poorly for so long that she’s had so much attention it will take a long time to get used to her not being there..xx

 

[dcooney4]

Thank you so much…I haven’t cried since I left the vet yesterday , but I called Bianca Tammy just before…Tammy has been poorly for so long that she’s had so much attention it will take a long time to get used to her not being there..xx

It is very hard because they are part of the family. She was a beautiful girl. Hug your other two and try and think of all the things she did that made you laugh.

 

[cecchetti]

It is very hard because they are part of the family. She was a beautiful girl. Hug your other two and try and think of all the things she did that made you laugh.

Yes-there were loads-she had a larger than life personality..a bit like Marilyn Monroe, she was born to die young, she was a star..
I can’t have children so humanise my cats(my previous ones have lived to an average of about 17) I have Siamese because they’re vocal, intelligent, sensitive ..indoor so no risk of getting run over..yet I Still lost her.
The others are missing her but quickly got into bed with me in her place..

 

[dcooney4]

Yes-there were loads-she had a larger than life personality..a bit like Marilyn Monroe, she was born to die young, she was a star..
I can’t have children so humanise my cats(my previous ones have lived to an average of about 17) I have Siamese because they’re vocal, intelligent, sensitive ..indoor so no risk of getting run over..yet I Still lost her.
The others are missing her but quickly got into bed with me in her place..

I am glad they are snuggling with you.

 

[LizzieBennett]

Yesterday was Terrible

I had to say goodbye to Tammy, who has been bravely fighting kidney disease for over a year, aged only 5 1/2.
Her kidneys failed completely and her organs were shutting down..

She wasn’t in pain..my Sister took me and she was peacefully put to sleep😭😭😭😭

I sold my Mario Valentino tote as a stress reaction because it was too large for not very much..

RIP sweet girl

I’m so sorry for your loss.

 

[Cookiefiend]

I am trying to post bags more often so it forces me to actually rotate more. What are you carrying today?

That's a great idea!
I'm carrying my Tory Burch McGraw today, and carried it yesterday too.
I don't have a photo though, will try for one tomorrow!

Wow - it's already the end of January!
MY STATS:
scarves in: 3 (irrestible deals, hope to do better in Feb)
scarves out: 3 (hooray!)
bags in: 0
bags out: 1 (very very happy this went to a tPF'er)

What I've been wearing:
Hermes Christine in black buffalo
Hermes Evelyn 31 in barenia
Both of these hold about the same amount and are great daily shoulder bags.
Hermes Picotin TPM in indigo barenia w/ purple handles - actually wore this to an elegant birthday dinner where I needed easy access to my phone for pictures
Hermes Evelyn TPM in rouge H box - relatively new to me, don't use much, trying it out. The TPF friend I met up with for lunch liked it!

Awesome stats! Three scarves out is amazing!
(and - ahem - it's adorable!)

Yesterday was Terrible

I had to say goodbye to Tammy, who has been bravely fighting kidney disease for over a year, aged only 5 1/2.
Her kidneys failed completely and her organs were shutting down..

She wasn’t in pain..my Sister took me and she was peacefully put to sleep😭😭😭😭

I sold my Mario Valentino tote as a stress reaction because it was too large for not very much..

RIP sweet girl

Oh honey - I'm so sorry. Sending you hugs.

 

[cecchetti]

I’m so sorry for your loss.

Thank you so much…I’m missing her so much..

 

[Cookiefiend]

January stats

Bags in or out - zero.
Scarves in or out - 2 in, 1 out. The two in - one was a belated Christmas gift, the other was such a bargain (and I love the design!) that I had to get it.
(and one is in the pipe line but will count it for February )

Carried 8 different bags in January, and have a 4 way tie for most worn!
Dior Lady in black
LV Graceful - we were in FL on a mini vacation.
LV Pallas monogram
Nancy Gonzales Mini Erica Tote - part of the mini vacay bags.

Read/finished 4 books - The Dark is Rising, 2 easy/silly 'romance' books, and Home Before Dark. Currently reading The Prince of Tides (an old favorite re-read) and Starter Villain (Audible and laugh out loud funny).

One small bag of donations went out, and I've finished cleaning my studio/exercise room... I've put a canvas on the easel though I won't have time to start anything until probably March - but I could start the sketch.