Share Your Edited Bag Closet Journey......

[Shelby33]

Here are the bags I have now

Of this group, I am gifting one of the red bags and have already gifted the other red.

I didn't count but these are the bags that really work for me and I love each one. After years of trying a large variety of bags I've settled on these styles because they're functional, comfortable, and I love the leathers. And I love how they look.
I have probably gifted/donated 30 or so bags because compared to these bags I just didn't enjoy them or they were inconvenient. One problem is I HATE having to take the bag off my shoulder to get to my stuff. I don't need to do that with any of these. Also they have all been out in the rain. I don't want to have to change my bag because it's raining. It bugs me.
All of this editing (subtracting AND adding when I finally found what worked) took about a year and I'm happy with each bag.

 

[diane278]

Here are the bags I have now
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Of this group, I am gifting one of the red bags and have already gifted the other red.
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I didn't count but these are the bags that really work for me and I love each one. After years of trying a large variety of bags I've settled on these styles because they're functional, comfortable, and I love the leathers. And I love how they look.
I have probably gifted/donated 30 or so bags because compared to these bags I just didn't enjoy them or they were inconvenient. One problem is I HATE having to take the bag off my shoulder to get to my stuff. I don't need to do that with any of these. Also they have all been out in the rain. I don't want to have to change my bag because it's raining. It bugs me.
All of this editing (subtracting AND adding when I finally found what worked) took about a year and I'm happy with each bag.

How great it must feel to know you’re at that sweet spot! Congratulations!

 

[southernbelle43]

I've honestly never had one of mine wear out!

Me either I am ashamed to say, lol

 

[Shelby33]

How great it must feel to know you’re at that sweet spot! Congratulations!

Thanks! It's a relief really, now I can just enjoy what I have!

 

[lightwave]

Me either I am ashamed to say, lol

Same here...none of mine wore out. Years ago though I’d use the same bag exclusively until I got tired of it, then chose something else. So if anything wore out, it would have been back then. But nothing did.

 

[Purses & Perfumes]

Also they have all been out in the rain. I don't want to have to change my bag because it's raining. It bugs me.
All of this editing (subtracting AND adding when I finally found what worked) took about a year and I'm happy with each bag.

One of the reasons I don't rotate my bags enough is because of the weather - I don't want to expose some of my bags to rain and deal with water spots, etc. And we get quite a bit of rain here. So often, I end up bypassing those bags, and only wearing the bags that can handle all the moisture, snow, rain etc.

Congrats on finding purse peace! It's nice to be in that place.

 

[Shelby33]

One of the reasons I don't rotate my bags enough is because of the weather - I don't want to expose some of my bags to rain and deal with water spots, etc. And we get quite a bit of rain here. So often, I end up bypassing those bags, and only wearing the bags that can handle all the moisture, snow, rain etc.

Congrats on finding purse peace! It's nice to be in that place.

I had two calfskin bags that I gave to my mom for this reason. She doesn't have a lot of bags (boots-now that's a different story!) and she loves them. On some bags I have used kiwi protect - all which helps, I have heard really good things about apple rain and stain guard too but never tried it myself.

 

[Bag peace]

I also think I’m enjoying going through this process just as much as I’d probably enjoy having a “perfect for me” collection all sorted out.

That's such a beautiful spot to be in. I'm truly thrilled for you.
I'm trying to get back to this place, where the journey of editing brings with it mental clarity and a sense of contentment. It's a form of self-reflection and evaluation for me. I often get insights into my character as I'm editing, and rediscover the way I prefer to live (if that makes any sense ).

 

[Purses & Perfumes]

I had two calfskin bags that I gave to my mom for this reason. She doesn't have a lot of bags (boots-now that's a different story!) and she loves them. On some bags I have used kiwi protect - all which helps, I have heard really good things about apple rain and stain guard too but never tried it myself.

I have heard good things about that Apple Garde product too, but have never tried it. Maybe I will try it on one of my bags this winter and see how it works.

 

[diane278]

That's such a beautiful spot to be in. I'm truly thrilled for you.
I'm trying to get back to this place, where the journey of editing brings with it mental clarity and a sense of contentment. It's a form of self-reflection and evaluation for me. I often get insights into my character as I'm editing, and rediscover the way I prefer to live (if that makes any sense ).

It makes total sense!

 

[Nibb]

Yessss I do this too! Always make sure I have a photo of my bag collection on hand!

Okay, my DH is sleeping in and I’m indulging in this my new favorite thread. I thought I was the only nerd to keep photos of bags, I keep them in my hidden photo album on iCloud. I keep them hidden so when I make total strangers look at pictures of my dogs they don’t think I’m some nut with bag fetish. I’m also tweaking the collection right now to more suit my current lifestyle. Here is the picture of my album. A few more than 10 but I’m still editing.

 

[Porschenality]

Interesting thread. I don’t know how your all doing it. I have well above the target and wouldn’t know how to separate myself from them. I do know of about 5 I could do away with but that’s out of an awfully high number of bags that I have. I’m going to keep an eye on this thread for inspiration. I’m not saying I won’t get more bags, I’m saying I need inspiration getting rid of some lol.

 

[indiaink]

Okay, my DH is sleeping in and I’m indulging in this my new favorite thread. I thought I was the only nerd to keep photos of bags, I keep them in my hidden photo album on iCloud. I keep them hidden so when I make total strangers look at pictures of my dogs they don’t think I’m some nut with bag fetish. I’m also tweaking the collection right now to more suit my current lifestyle. Here is the picture of my album. A few more than 10 but I’m still editing. View attachment 4593396

"Making total strangers look at pictures of my dogs"

"Wait, let me show you her puppy photo when she fell asleep in my lap, and look at this one, in the snow, the first weekend we had her!"

She just turned 7 years old Saturday. Photo attached.

I have an Excel spreadsheet with photos of all bags and accessories on the first sheet, then a line item list of bags on the 2nd sheet, and accessories on the 3rd. I have very few accessories, and just got my bags down to a total of 10 (including the one whose arrival I expect tomorrow), not including a couple of small crossbody bags for outdoor events and three small bags for more important dressier events, and then I have two totes for work.
I can tell you the secret of fine-tuning and editing and getting rid of excess: Give the bags away either to your favorite charity or a friend and know that you've lost hundreds of dollars in the process. I think I just cured my addiction yesterday with a painful donation to Goodwill. At this level, then I've become stupid, and I hate stupid. Ergo, purse addiction cured.

 

[klynneann]

Okay, my DH is sleeping in and I’m indulging in this my new favorite thread. I thought I was the only nerd to keep photos of bags, I keep them in my hidden photo album on iCloud. I keep them hidden so when I make total strangers look at pictures of my dogs they don’t think I’m some nut with bag fetish. I’m also tweaking the collection right now to more suit my current lifestyle. Here is the picture of my album. A few more than 10 but I’m still editing. View attachment 4593396

I will happily look at pictures of anyone's dog, friend or stranger!

 

[Nibb]

"Making total strangers look at pictures of my dogs"

"Wait, let me show you her puppy photo when she fell asleep in my lap, and look at this one, in the snow, the first weekend we had her!"

She just turned 7 years old Saturday. Photo attached.

I have an Excel spreadsheet with photos of all bags and accessories on the first sheet, then a line item list of bags on the 2nd sheet, and accessories on the 3rd. I have very few accessories, and just got my bags down to a total of 10 (including the one whose arrival I expect tomorrow), not including a couple of small crossbody bags for outdoor events and three small bags for more important dressier events, and then I have two totes for work.
I can tell you the secret of fine-tuning and editing and getting rid of excess: Give the bags away either to your favorite charity or a friend and know that you've lost hundreds of dollars in the process. I think I just cured my addiction yesterday with a painful donation to Goodwill. At this level, then I've become stupid, and I hate stupid. Ergo, purse addiction cured.

Love the pup! She’s cute. Sorry about the donation but you released to a good cause and those bags are going to be loved, not stupid you had them and enjoyed them and now it’s release time. I’ve heard that admitting to the addiction is the first step.
My DH and I are doing our version of Swedish Death Cleaning, the whole house is in the chopping block, fortunately it’s a small house. I love your excel inventory idea, you can see from my photo list I just don’t have that many bags, I got rid of a ton last year about this same time. I live pretty close to FP so most get traded in for credit. My friend who takes care of our dogs when we leave town is the other beneficiary of discarded bags. I think three or four more bags are going to be traded in. I would really like a medium Nero Cabat, Barolo Lauren, and possibly a small or medium convertible tote in saffron, I think I would be done at that point but only time will tell. Dog pictures to follow