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I wonder if this could be classified as a qualified research expense, but I can’t even say it with a straight face, so would never get through an audit.thank you, @indiaink !!
Ooh, here’s one -
i had to buy it because of this article I wrote!
TPF is bad enough, but writing the articles becomes very enabling...I now own at least half the items I put in my holiday 2021 article! So, yeah, now I am realllllly tempted to add Barenia based on my research. It never ends!
Oh that's priceless
I love this look. I actually bought a knitting bag at one point to use as a handbag. It had wooden handles and was blue with white stars. I think it might be at my mum’s holding some wool now so things have come full circleThe purple envelope clutch sounds WONDERFUL!
The bags we carried in high school in the early 1970s were oversized, glorified knitting bags with shoulder straps. It was a crafty time. And this was part of the original boho look. They were large calico bags, usually a quilted calico in a pre-date of Vera Bradley fabric. They were usually gathered on two wooden dowels with large wooden balls on the ends, like the frames you can buy at craft stores for making knitting bags. They were wide open at the top, with long shoulder straps attached, sometimes with rings, sometimes braided, sometimes with tassels. They were big enough to carry your lunch. The only thing I can find online that's remotely similar is this on ebay, but it's smaller and lacks that puffy gathered calico look:
Vintage Quilted Lime Green Polka Dot Handbag Sewing/Knitting Bag? Wooden Handles | eBay
Wooden Handles.www.ebay.com
The bags I bought because they reminded me of high schoolwere by Betsey Johnson, who else? The line was called "Flower Child" aptly. They even have big wooden balls on the ends of the tassels which made me swoon. And just like in high school mom keeps asking me why I am carrying around a knitting bag. Retro heaven.
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Me: *thinking of an outing in the future* I don't have a SINGLE bag that will work! None of my (20+) bags fit the mood/vibe/look I'm going for!
(I may at times use the same rationale for shoes too.
And yet I've been able to manage well enough without that bag (or pair of shoes) in my life up until that point. LOL.
Oh yes. You. Do!
Well, here's a pic of the Dumb Excuse for buying the bag... don't have the bag yet, it's 'in process'. Ya'll can certainly understand why I'd need a bag I could attach this to, right?This makes perfect sense
what this thread needs: pics of our dumb excuse bags
(Full disclosure: I've got a thing for Zebras) ETA: This is the Hermes Geegee Savannah Purse Charm.
This is fantastic!!Well, here's a pic of the Dumb Excuse for buying the bag... don't have the bag yet, it's 'in process'. Ya'll can certainly understand why I'd need a bag I could attach this to, right?
