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#17,641
Kylacove said:
No judgements meant. I'm just a pack rat and take everything I think I could need during the day and most of the time I do. That said, I have a beautiful Coach bag that is really too big for my comfort and no external pocket so I've tried a purse insert to make it work. I can empathize with wanting a smaller bag.
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No problem.
It's just that I used to be like that and since gradually taking out the pouches and seeing if I missed them I found I don't. Downsizing to a card holder from a continental wallet was a big deal too. I'm just in a phase where I'm enjoying just not hauling stuff around. Lord knows the groceries to feed six of us is enough.
 
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I am currently in the life phase when large structured bags are not for me. I admire them from afar and have great respect for the ladies who rock them, but I either have no patience to play handbag tetris and fit everything I need perfectly, or get annoyed at wasted space in a large bag with little in it. So I generally got for medium-large soft bags that can stand on their own, but also can be compressed when they are not fully stuffed. Picky, thy name is Totinscience :D
 
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#17,647
HopelessBagGirl said:
Man I wish I wasn't in tiny bag land. I remember a year ago and especially two years ago wishing the smaller bags were bigger and now I'm wishing the bigger bags were smaller. I just don't carry anything anymore and hate rifling through big empty cavernous sacks so I'm just about fine with a flora or penny messengers and auras and once in when I really have something bulky like the girls' sippy cups and want room for their hoodies too, then my angel midi. But my Arianna or Modena? Forget about it, it's comical when I put my things in there, they roll around in the bottom. My Angelica is just about the max I feel I can use. My Selene midi zips aren't getting used but they are so so pretty. Just so big. I should rotate into them sometimes just to fondle.
I'm wishing for more small and smallish medium structured styles and there's just a sea of huge bags.
I think I'm just too busy to have a shoulder bag under my arm. I need my bag to be light and crossbody and out of my way when I'm carrying tons of groceries, switching the car seats from one car to another, carrying the kids' backpacks when they cry and refuse, and sometimes them as well. If my bag doesn't 'disappear' from my radar it gets left in the car, I can't deal. These days it's crossbody smalls and that's it.
Plus I stopped carrying makeup, just a gloss with me now. I never ever touched up my makeup anyways. It's phone and card holder and that's it. Keys and headphones are sometimes in there and cheap sunglasses that I don't bother with a case because I lose them so often. But really an aura is more than enough. A Penny messenger even is.
Funny how I used to carry so much and now so little.
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I wish I could cut down that much. I don’t carry makeup, just a tinted lip balm, but I have my notebook and planner. Nowadays, DD’s school security badge with a bulky cord (Should I get a slimmer cord for it? [emoji848]) and an extra battery. I carry a headphone on a good day, too. I need to find my minimalist again. [emoji29]
 
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#17,648
Kylacove said:
If you rarely leave home you probably don't have to carry your life with you and can get by with smaller bags. I can go smaller on short weekend excursions . During the week I'm away from home at least 11 hrs so I need bigger bags.
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Even when I leave home for half a day, I need extra space. [emoji16] I like to have something just in case sometimes. [emoji4]
 
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#17,649
obscurity7 said:
My shipment just came! Love the Bordeaux Tuscania leather, and the fact that the Penny midi is somehow larger than I thought. The only annoying bit is that the zipper won't close all the way. Could that be because it's new and stiff?
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The tangerine nappa cuff is perfection! It's fantastically bright, just in time for spring and summer!
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This cuff is so gorgeous!!! Last summer, I got besotted with the idea of combining lead Africa and Tangerine Nappa, which resulted in a colorblocked Sabrina to die for. Now if only spring were to finally start, so my bag can join me in daily adventures :D
 
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TotinScience said:
This cuff is so gorgeous!!! Last summer, I got besotted with the idea of combining lead Africa and Tangerine Nappa, which resulted in a colorblocked Sabrina to die for. Now if only spring were to finally start, so my bag can join me in daily adventures :biggrin:
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I think I remember seeing that Sabrina! It was SO COOL. The cuffs might become a dangerous addiction. God help me if they start coming in different metals, too.
 
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#17,653
christinemliu said:
Thank you so much! Do you happen to also have the midi Soulmate link?
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I found that if you google the bag, you can find barebones links to all of them. It at least gives you some dimensions and options to help with making decisions. Useful for those of us who are still relatively knew and don't know the ins and outs of each bag yet.

Soulmate midi: http://www.marcomassaccesi.it/shop/home/64-soulmate-midi.html
Selene zip: http://www.marcomassaccesi.it/shop/home/57-selene-zip-midi.html
 
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#17,655
lenie said:
Just received my Aphrodite in Everose and Zhoe in Tan pompei. I ordered an extra shorter strap for the Zhoe so I can carry it by hand or elbow for dressier occasions. Pictures to come this weekend. The Everose is stunning! My next bag in Everose will be the Sienna. Just waiting for another sale...
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lenie said:
Just received my Aphrodite in Everose and Zhoe in Tan pompei. I ordered an extra shorter strap for the Zhoe so I can carry it by hand or elbow for dressier occasions. Pictures to come this weekend. The Everose is stunning! My next bag in Everose will be the Sienna. Just waiting for another sale...
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Photos, Lenie, photos. Not fair to describe those beauties and not show them!!!
 
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