Hey gang if you are wondering why you getting my reactions from old posts, haha late to party as usual! Just quoting some things here I
really really appreciate!!! I was actually looking for something else and came across these posts. I plan on reading through here and probably AT and RR to get current.
I ‘reacted’ to your posts in that I could relate to and that I appreciated the level of honesty there.
Last August I sprained my low back badly and was recovering from that, which more or less rolled into a mammogram in October, and you may know that rolled into a breast cancer diagnosis etc… all is well now

So now I am in catch up mode.
I must have around 50-60 bags, mostly vintage
Coach. I know I have a hard to find vintage Dooney in there too. Now that I have enough brain cells to spare coming out of treatment I can focus on my bags I am looking forward to paring down. I need to (re)organize how my bags are stored (which is what I was contemplating this time last year), list, organize, get a real number. See how many need rehab. I know that I have really enjoyed the hobby of refurbishing vintage Coach. And will continue that. I am going to get myself on a selling platform in 2025 and would love to sell at least a third of them. I have a mental list of the styles that don’t work for me. I love my black Saddle bag and Berk Flap, but I hate holding the flap open against my body to get tish out of it! I love my humble distressed City bag. I reach for it so often. I enjoy looking at my small bags; they may be the last to go. I swear my cute little Winnie found at the bottom of a random pile of bags at a flea market for $3 or 4 dollars is really a metaphor to be open to being surprised by the Universe …
I too was afraid to get a true count, like somehow I owed someone (who? the world) an explanation. Now I am single, so I understand if you share space or finances etc with your hubs, there may be ’splaining, but that is not my case. But I did spend a bit of time over the last 6-7 months thinking about what I would do with my hobby as I emerged into a new normal. I really enjoy refurbishing and my finds so screw the number! My purchases were well within my means so it wasn’t like bills weren’t being paid. Count them up and round them up. Spruce them up and get selling.
Or at least take pics and share them here.

to ya for my ramble!