Which COACH bag are you carrying today?
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Busy and wet day, but I wanted to quick make this post tonight. We did our next switch into two more of this "birthdays month vintage spree". Daughter has Companion Flap Bag (good condition, 18$ shipped, guy didn't know what he had), and I took black Pocket Purse (it's a NYC one, good condition, 19$ shipped, another guy who didn't know what he had).
So our scorecard is now:
Oct 7 I used Black Court,
Oct 13 we used British Tan Watson and Mahogany Pocket Purse
Oct 20 we used Bone Pocket Purse and Red Pocket Purse
Oct 27 we used Black Companion Flap and Black Pocket Purse
.... and I thought that would be it .... but then .....
Oct 24 was daughter's b-day, hubby took off, and while she was still in school we killed some time at a new antique shop nearby. Found a British Tan City bag for 7-freakin-$. Obviously that had to come home. We also found another bag that I couldn't identify, and whateve pinpointed it as a Pocket Bag. It must have been made for only a few years in the pre-94 era when style numbers weren't in the bags yet. It was in very good condition, relatively rare, same size as a City Bag, and only $30 .... so daughter and I went back to get it. But I am *still* meeting my goal of fixing them up and using them all this month. I have one more conditioning to do on one bag's strap yet, and then we'll switch into those last two on my b-day, Oct 31. So I still made it! (The only danger is that hubby's taking my b-day off too, and we'll bum around a couple different antique malls. He looks for comics-themed things, so it's not just me. But now if something demands to come home with me again ..... I guess I'd just have to sling it over my shoulder as a second bag for the day.)
So our scorecard is now:
Oct 7 I used Black Court,
Oct 13 we used British Tan Watson and Mahogany Pocket Purse
Oct 20 we used Bone Pocket Purse and Red Pocket Purse
Oct 27 we used Black Companion Flap and Black Pocket Purse
.... and I thought that would be it .... but then .....
Oct 24 was daughter's b-day, hubby took off, and while she was still in school we killed some time at a new antique shop nearby. Found a British Tan City bag for 7-freakin-$. Obviously that had to come home. We also found another bag that I couldn't identify, and whateve pinpointed it as a Pocket Bag. It must have been made for only a few years in the pre-94 era when style numbers weren't in the bags yet. It was in very good condition, relatively rare, same size as a City Bag, and only $30 .... so daughter and I went back to get it. But I am *still* meeting my goal of fixing them up and using them all this month. I have one more conditioning to do on one bag's strap yet, and then we'll switch into those last two on my b-day, Oct 31. So I still made it! (The only danger is that hubby's taking my b-day off too, and we'll bum around a couple different antique malls. He looks for comics-themed things, so it's not just me. But now if something demands to come home with me again ..... I guess I'd just have to sling it over my shoulder as a second bag for the day.)
Im loving your Birthday Bags....great to see all your finds being used.
Thank you.
I've never done so much washing and conditioning and polishing, so back-to-back-to-back in my life before, but I'm determined. 
I was one of the rehabbers years ago in a much earlier wave (the Bunny Masseuse (spelling?) years), and I'd nearly forgotten that feeling of fingers covered in sticky goo. 
Once this is all done I'll probably do a shot of all of them and finally post something in the vintage thread. I haven't posted in there in ... yikes ... over five years according to the search engine. This month has almost doubled the vintage section of our closets, but not quite.
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Happy Birthday to you and your daughter! My daughter has a big birthday coming up on the 31st.Thank you.
Oh cool.Happy Birthday to you and your daughter! My daughter has a big birthday coming up on the 31st.
Happy Birthday to her too! I assume good as in "Look Ma, I'm a decade old!", or "Look Ma, I'm 18!" (?) ...... I passed through "Look Ma, I'm 50!" last year, and that was a bit of an adjustment. 
(I mean how the heck did that happen? Surely I finished school only last month, and married only last week?) But I feel much better now.The best thing about Halloween bdays as a child, is that you get the cake, and the presents, and the party, *and* it feels like everyone else is celebrating too. (And you don't get shortchanged on presents. I had a friend in grad school whose birthday was Christmas, and she hated it when people "combined" her gifts.) Once you have your own children, birthday takes a back seat to your kids' Halloween events. But it's still ok, because, just being honest, the feeling that the whole world is partying really never goes away. It even made "50" ok in the end.
Yes, my daughter loves her birthday! She's "Look Ma, I'm 30!" Not sure how that happened. I'll be "Look Ma, I'm 50" in April. I'm not doing well with it lolOh cool.
The best thing about Halloween bdays as a child, is that you get the cake, and the presents, and the party, *and* it feels like everyone else is celebrating too. (And you don't get shortchanged on presents. I had a friend in grad school whose birthday was Christmas, and she hated it when people "combined" her gifts.) Once you have your own children, birthday takes a back seat to your kids' Halloween events. But it's still ok, because, just being honest, the feeling that the whole world is partying really never goes away. It even made "50" ok in the end.
Yeah, thirty's still good. I really *was* just barely married at thirty. Take comfort that the shock of 50 does wear off, although I admit I got through mine with some extra retail therapy the summer before.
I mean, it happens to us all (shrug). The number doesn't matter nearly as much as the quality and the relationships/family/friends around you. Of course, right now I'm also at the stages of, "Oh God, daughter is learning to drive, everyone hide under the table!" ... and ... "You're kidding me. In one year I'm supposed to look at her and think she's an adult? Capable of completely taking care of herself? Surely you jest!"
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Beautiful!
I'm with you!
Too late!
Oh yes! Those were tough times but they really do come out alright and I even survived the empty nest syndrome.
Yeah, thirty's still good. I really *was* just barely married at thirty. Take comfort that the shock of 50 does wear off, although I admit I got through mine with some extra retail therapy the summer before.
Of course, right now I'm also at the stages of, "Oh God, daughter is learning to drive, everyone hide under the table!" ... and ... "You're kidding me. In one year I'm supposed to look at her and think she's an adult? Capable of completely taking care of herself? Surely you jest!"
On my way to a birthday brunch...
