I posted this in the "what bag are you using" thread, but thought I'd put it here too, because suddenly I seem to be collecting the feathers. I was one of those people who'd bought the black feather Dakota fob back when Coach didn't "actually" want to sell them individually. So I had to add a lobster claw to the black one. As for the others .... warning -- depressing post.
This past Thursday, our little blue and white lovebird died. She was a rescue (as are most of our parrots), and we'd had her for five and a half years. She was a prolific egg layer, no matter how hard we discouraged it (and believe me, you learn some interesting tricks). That set her up for dangerous, often terminal, reproductive issues as she got older. $2k bought her two more happy, comfortable months of life, and she died in the hospital of our expert avian vet.
Thing is, she just happened to pass on the 25th anniversary of my husband and my first date. ... Oy. Sigh. Well that knocked out that holiday. ... Three days later -- today -- was our 17th wedding anniversary. So while we were out, I picked up the white and blue feathers. I'll probably be in this Kristin satchel for at least a week.