Ever purged your collection in pursuit of one bag? How did it go?
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Thanks...I am sooo hoping that they update the tracking tonight, and it is coming back in this direction!!!
Thanks...I am sooo hoping that they update the tracking tonight, and it is coming back in this direction!!!
If it's any consolation I recently had a bag bounce around the midwest for about two weeks, inexplicably visiting all the post offices in my town before heading several hundred miles south to another state. It arrived eventually. And it was addressed properly too.
Talking to some folks at my post office I learned that just before the holidays USPS laid off a large chunk of their workforce. People who had worked for the postal system for 15-20 years suddenly found themselves without a job. USPS, having been privatized, is now outsourcing a lot of postal work to non-postal employers. What a tragedy! A great postal system is one of the things that makes an economy strong.
(I doubt that I will ever be like my SO, though - he thinks that I only need 1 handbag, period. Poop on that).
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Sounds like something I would say.
I have read all of this thread and have wondered this myself. I own way too many bags. I bought 10 last year alone and that was a small year. I own MJ, LV, Mulberry, Burberry, and a ton of Coach, Longchamp, Kate Spade and MBMJ. I even have no name brands that are wonderful (like nordies). I have a serious problem letting go. I always say if I haven't carried it in a year it should go but than I get worried. If I had all the money I have spent on varies bags I could own a Birkin. I just don't know if that one purse would be enough for me. I don't know how to be happy with just a few. I have done a few and I have done many. I feel confused and perplexed by my own longings and thoughts. I hope to figure it out soon. I keep thinking I'm done and than I fall in love again. I'm not like this with anything else. I have even kept my husband for almost 19 years....LOL. The guilt about the money and not carrying the bags kills me. I have sold many over the years...no regrets but I just do it to fund more bags. I wonder all the time what life would be like if I had less stuff. I think this might be my year to find out.
I sure hope you find your missing purse....I would be soooo upset
I sure hope you find your missing purse....I would be soooo upset
BPS and fabae, I figured as much. My local PS (literally 1.5 blocks away) has seemed woefully understaffed lately, and the hours were cut. It's really sad, because frankly I have always found the US postal service fantastic. It is literally only in the last few weeks that I have had some major problems. Regardless of my package issues, however, I feel very badly for the people who worked there for so long and suddenly find themselves without a job. Suddenly my missing handbag doesn't seem that important.
sdnc99, What a thoughtful response...I truly appreciate your honesty, and I think that most people would empathize with your feelings regarding how difficult it is to let go of material possessions sometimes. Like others have said here, I think it's a question of going through your own process of figuring out what an ideal collection is for you in terms of size and price range. There's no one answer. All I can say is that you don't seem quite content with things as they stand at the moment. The good news is that is exactly what this thread is for - to help you work through those questions and get to a place where you feel satisfied with what you have. So please, stick around!!
And thanks for your kind wishes re: my wayward hobo...I'll keep you all posted as to its travels!
I've been thinking of doing this for the past few days now. My policy is: If I don't use it at least once within a 6 to 8 month time period, chances are I won't use it at all. If it's not used, out it goes. However, there are a couple I keep for collection purposes - I have a rare Chanel from the 2006 Paris Escapades collection, and a Gucci mirror clutch, etc, to name a couple of the few I think I can't sell. Wondering whether to continue keeping them or purging all to buy one bag I'm loving right now...
I have a Cole Haan bag that I bought 2 years ago and hasn't been used!
Also a Bayswater bought in last May and stays brand new!
Though I sold 9 bags in 2009, I now still have 15 (not including canvas bags and some no name small bags). Of course I kept buying in 2009 too. This number is still a little big for me. I think my first step is to start using those bags that I love, and some others have to go. It is quite urgent for me because I am moving to a smaller apartment (as it's much closer to my workplace) and there are only 2 closets in there! That's not even enough for our clothes, not to speak the baby stuff!
I now do have some dream bags in mind, such as the YSL Muse and the BV large Veneta, etc. But they can wait. It's better to use the bags I currently have. When I exhaust them, that will be the time that I part with the lesser classy ones and move on to a dream bag.
Also a Bayswater bought in last May and stays brand new!
Though I sold 9 bags in 2009, I now still have 15 (not including canvas bags and some no name small bags). Of course I kept buying in 2009 too. This number is still a little big for me. I think my first step is to start using those bags that I love, and some others have to go. It is quite urgent for me because I am moving to a smaller apartment (as it's much closer to my workplace) and there are only 2 closets in there! That's not even enough for our clothes, not to speak the baby stuff!
I now do have some dream bags in mind, such as the YSL Muse and the BV large Veneta, etc. But they can wait. It's better to use the bags I currently have. When I exhaust them, that will be the time that I part with the lesser classy ones and move on to a dream bag.
I agree with your approach about the selling/gifting bags that you haven't used for a long time. As for what it's worth, if you are not absolutely comfortable with selling off your collector's items, think about it some more. Everyone has to follow their own pace.
Great to see you here, though!
Hi baipaing!!
I agree with your idea to use the bags you have, and then decide what has to go...and maybe at that point you will feel like reaching for a dream bag! And btw, what do you think of the Bays? Is it comfortable for shoulder wear? I am seriously considering one - it's on my "short list" at the moment.
Thanks!
And please keep us posted as to your decision-making process!
BPS and fabae, I figured as much. My local PS (literally 1.5 blocks away) has seemed woefully understaffed lately, and the hours were cut. It's really sad, because frankly I have always found the US postal service fantastic. It is literally only in the last few weeks that I have had some major problems. Regardless of my package issues, however, I feel very badly for the people who worked there for so long and suddenly find themselves without a job. Suddenly my missing handbag doesn't seem that important.
It certainly puts the annoyance of lost packages in perspective. I live a few blocks from my post office too, and through the years have come to know most of the employees. It breaks my heart to see hardworking people in their 50s who've devoted the best years of their life to the post office, twenty years in some cases, to find themselves suddenly unemployed in this treacherous economy. What's a lost package in comparison to that disruption of a life and a family?