Do wet want some new challenges in August?
How about wearing one non-black neutral per week (whatever is a neutral for you)
How about wearing one non-black neutral per week (whatever is a neutral for you)
2025 Resolution: Shopping my own Bag and SLG Collection
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Found it!
https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...no-chatting-please.56554/page-9#post-35672399
It’s post #130
It’s gorgeous! Hope you are settled in your new place. Wanted also to say I was inspired by your rehoming the dalvy. I try to edit out imaginary life stuff and buy and keep stuff that works for my real life too.
Post #130 is monumental! Love!
#130 is (as Cookiefiend wrote) a 90s reissue of an earlier 1950s bag in one of Gucci most famous vegetable leathers.
Congrats on the completetion.OUR PRIMARY SUITE RENOVATION IS DONE!Movers come Tuesday to put everything back into place. Bedroom furniture is stashed in my art and guest rooms, clothes are on racks in the living room, bathroom items are in bins in the pantry... It’s been chaos! LOL!
But, the end result is stunning. I literally laid down in my new closet and stared up at the chandelier because everything is so pretty.I can’t wait to have the first night’s peaceful sleep in my bedroom!!!!! Plus, I know my handbags will be relieved to be released from bins and restored to places of honor in the closet.
But - because we’re crazy - we’re immediately starting on the backyard renovation. I’m putting in a new two tiered patio, a water feature with sitting area and a pergola with an outdoor kitchen, TV area and a hot/cold plunge jacuzzi tub. This is replacing a drainage challenged swampy backyard with a horrible “mosquito hotel” pond. Luckily we can save all the beautiful shade trees which is what sold me on the backyard’s potential.
The good thing is this will only take a month and won’t impact how I live in the house. So the construction phase will be relatively painless. But all the expenditures mean the only handbags I’ll be buying for the foreseeable future will be in my dreams.Thank goodness for the shopping my closet philosophy! It will be fun to actually see my bags so I can play with them again instead of just using the three I pulled for easy access.
I did, however, root around in my bins last night to take this lovely out with me to a new acquaintance’s party. While I didn’t enjoy the event at all, I at least had fun reuniting with my sparkly silver lamb Miu Miu shopping tote. I was reminded of how I’d seen this bag just as it was going out of stock everywhere and I had to hunt down one of the last available. We’ve been happy together ever since!
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It is the Oliveve Ellis Hobo in portobello. It is a stunning bag but I Never use it, I listed it. I have found that I really only wear crossbody bags or satchels with a crossbody strap. I adore the color and the quality, so I am looking for a smaller bag in the same leather.
My Dad emailed at 6 this morning…
Another close family friend has died.
The husband I believe was a school friend of his, and the couple were childhood friends of ours.
They had 4 sons, emigrated to the US, but visited us, and we visited them, and we always stayed in touch.
His wife has just passed away.
Again, my Dad has taken it really badly.
At one point an attempt was made to matchmake me to the youngest son.
The husband said he will be coming back to the U.K. now.
My Mum doesn’t seem to want to go on, and is barely eating-it took me an hour to get 2/3 of a yogurt down her on Sunday.
My Dad said that he can’t take any more and needs a meeting with myself and my sister before it’s too late, but she struggles to breathe and swallow, and I’m not sure what he thinks we can do.
It’s an impossible situation..
Another close family friend has died.
The husband I believe was a school friend of his, and the couple were childhood friends of ours.
They had 4 sons, emigrated to the US, but visited us, and we visited them, and we always stayed in touch.
His wife has just passed away.
Again, my Dad has taken it really badly.
At one point an attempt was made to matchmake me to the youngest son.
The husband said he will be coming back to the U.K. now.
My Mum doesn’t seem to want to go on, and is barely eating-it took me an hour to get 2/3 of a yogurt down her on Sunday.
My Dad said that he can’t take any more and needs a meeting with myself and my sister before it’s too late, but she struggles to breathe and swallow, and I’m not sure what he thinks we can do.
It’s an impossible situation..
I"m so sorry hon, this is a dreadful situation.
Sending you hugs and please know that we're here to listen.
Oh no! I am very sorry for your loss.
The situation regarding your Mum sounds awful, too. I'm sending you hugs and positive energy xx
Today I had a severe bag disappointment. I had very impulsively ordered a Zadig & Voltaire Rockyssime as it had turned up at a great price. I had seen the bag in Person 2 years ago at the Galeries Lafayette and loved it. The leather was nice, the Chain not tacky.
What arrived today was not at all what I remembered: it looked cheap all over!
Plus it was scratched. It took me ages to navigate the return process with Otrium. The parcel will go back tomorrow.
What arrived today was not at all what I remembered: it looked cheap all over!
Plus it was scratched. It took me ages to navigate the return process with Otrium. The parcel will go back tomorrow.
Thank you❤️- you and everyone -these are impossible times, and I honestly do not how either my Father or I will get through this.
I’m suffering anticipatory grief-imagining the funeral, but tbh I think she has had enough..
This is just an accountability post. I will pop back in during the weekend to catch up on everyone's updates.
On the subject of bags and shopping our own...I don't know where to start.
My friends have bought me a birthday bag that I'll be receiving on the day. So, that's 1 'in' that I found out about early. Then, in the midst of the chaos with mum, I lost my head a bit and bought a bag. Preloved Marc Jacobs for $20. I've been wanting a yellow bag for ages and it's so hard to get the right shade of yellow. This looks to be a sunny yellow and I could use an uplifting colour right now. Somehow it made sense, even though I really don't need it and my original plan was to get a yellow from a new-to-me brand rather than go back to my old tried-and-true. I'll see how I feel about it when it arrives next week.
Then the very next day after the yellow bag order, a friend had a short layover in my city and asked to meet me for coffee. I was so thankful for the break (hospitals are so depressing). Well, she gave me a box to store for her, which I gladly took home, thinking she'd pick it up on her return trip. Only after she got on her connecting flight did she text me to say that the contents of the box were for me!
It turns out she has been downsizing her bag collection and cut down from 600 to 400. She sold all the ones she removed but picked out 10!!!! to gift to me. I haven't looked in the box yet, but saw the one on top is a beautiful duck egg blue. I'm sure each one she picked will be amazing. But...
...this has triggered the worst anxiety in me.
On the one hand, that's a looooot of bags in after I've finally culled my collection and brought it to a manageable number; and on the other, it's so very kind of her to just give them to me when she could have sold them.
It's weird to simultaneously feel intense gratitude and total overwhelm. I'm firmly in the overwhelmed camp for the most part, with both bags and life, so am trying to actively focus on gratitude for the windfall.
Bag stats at the end of this month are going to be...interesting. At least it's distracting me from the situation with mum.
It's been a rough few weeks with a lot of hospital stays as mum had multiple medical emergencies. I'm a wreck. Just taking things day by day and trusting that things will be okay. She's doing better now, so I'm trying to just be grateful for this while it lasts and not stress about what may happen later.
On the subject of bags and shopping our own...I don't know where to start.
My friends have bought me a birthday bag that I'll be receiving on the day. So, that's 1 'in' that I found out about early. Then, in the midst of the chaos with mum, I lost my head a bit and bought a bag. Preloved Marc Jacobs for $20. I've been wanting a yellow bag for ages and it's so hard to get the right shade of yellow. This looks to be a sunny yellow and I could use an uplifting colour right now. Somehow it made sense, even though I really don't need it and my original plan was to get a yellow from a new-to-me brand rather than go back to my old tried-and-true. I'll see how I feel about it when it arrives next week.
Then the very next day after the yellow bag order, a friend had a short layover in my city and asked to meet me for coffee. I was so thankful for the break (hospitals are so depressing). Well, she gave me a box to store for her, which I gladly took home, thinking she'd pick it up on her return trip. Only after she got on her connecting flight did she text me to say that the contents of the box were for me!
It turns out she has been downsizing her bag collection and cut down from 600 to 400. She sold all the ones she removed but picked out 10!!!! to gift to me. I haven't looked in the box yet, but saw the one on top is a beautiful duck egg blue. I'm sure each one she picked will be amazing. But...
...this has triggered the worst anxiety in me.On the one hand, that's a looooot of bags in after I've finally culled my collection and brought it to a manageable number; and on the other, it's so very kind of her to just give them to me when she could have sold them.
It's weird to simultaneously feel intense gratitude and total overwhelm. I'm firmly in the overwhelmed camp for the most part, with both bags and life, so am trying to actively focus on gratitude for the windfall.
Bag stats at the end of this month are going to be...interesting. At least it's distracting me from the situation with mum.
My heart goes out to you❤️..This is just an accountability post. I will pop back in during the weekend to catch up on everyone's updates.
It's been a rough few weeks with a lot of hospital stays as mum had multiple medical emergencies. I'm a wreck. Just taking things day by day and trusting that things will be okay. She's doing better now, so I'm trying to just be grateful for this while it lasts and not stress about what may happen later.
On the subject of bags and shopping our own...I don't know where to start.
My friends have bought me a birthday bag that I'll be receiving on the day. So, that's 1 'in' that I found out about early. Then, in the midst of the chaos with mum, I lost my head a bit and bought a bag. Preloved Marc Jacobs for $20. I've been wanting a yellow bag for ages and it's so hard to get the right shade of yellow. This looks to be a sunny yellow and I could use an uplifting colour right now. Somehow it made sense, even though I really don't need it and my original plan was to get a yellow from a new-to-me brand rather than go back to my old tried-and-true. I'll see how I feel about it when it arrives next week.
Then the very next day after the yellow bag order, a friend had a short layover in my city and asked to meet me for coffee. I was so thankful for the break (hospitals are so depressing). Well, she gave me a box to store for her, which I gladly took home, thinking she'd pick it up on her return trip. Only after she got on her connecting flight did she text me to say that the contents of the box were for me!
It turns out she has been downsizing her bag collection and cut down from 600 to 400. She sold all the ones she removed but picked out 10!!!! to gift to me. I haven't looked in the box yet, but saw the one on top is a beautiful duck egg blue. I'm sure each one she picked will be amazing. But...
On the one hand, that's a looooot of bags in after I've finally culled my collection and brought it to a manageable number; and on the other, it's so very kind of her to just give them to me when she could have sold them.
It's weird to simultaneously feel intense gratitude and total overwhelm. I'm firmly in the overwhelmed camp for the most part, with both bags and life, so am trying to actively focus on gratitude for the windfall.
Bag stats at the end of this month are going to be...interesting. At least it's distracting me from the situation with mum.
Sharing love and empathy about Mums-I don’t know whether my Dad or I will have a stroke first(luckily I have very low blood pressure ).
I hope you find treasures in the box of 10 bags!❤️❤️
My birthday will be quite subdued-I’ll buy cakes for all of my friends, but everything is overshadowed by the situation with my Mum, and if she goes before the 19th, I won’t even do that..
I’m thinking about buying an Alexander McQueen tuxedo I tried on(I have one which I do wear) as a present to myself, but it’s hard to concentrate on Anything much…