Will we ever be content with our collection.
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Our being discontented is a human thing in my opinion. I have loved clothes and bags since i was a kid. But in my early 20s my taste has been increasingly pricey. Last year i bought about 10 bags or more, sorry i lost count.i still have a lot of bags in my wishlist and i disciplined myself to buy a maximum of 3 bags in a year. Already bought 2 (cant help it). I use my bags alternately every week, im afraid if i use them more than that it might easily get worn out.
i saw a lot of preloved bags that were very worn out and realized that its not worth the money coz it will really depreciate but i still love bags. And im also starting to buy jewelry coz i know it wont depreciate. Sorry for the mixed emotions/ signals im still confused if ill push through with my bag addiction haha lol!
10 :O thats alot but i didnt realise i had brought so many untill i wrote it down and i realised that given the chance i could easily buy more, while i dont limit myself to a certain number of bags i only buy bags i know i love now ratgher than what takes my fancy. i dont mind buying preloved bags even if they are badly worn because i get them restored
i like jewellery but i dont buy very often, my addiction for bags is too strong
I don't want a huge collection of bags, and I generally live by the phrase "travel light through life" - I want few but perfect bags (same with clothes, although it's a bit harder!).
That said my collection is still growing, as I am a younger student and don't have all the money in the world. My HG is not in my collection yet, but I plan on getting it when I'm done with my master.
So I'm confident that I'll be content with my collection at some point and only add a bag once in a while (like normal, non-bag-crazy people do
i didnt think i wanted a large collection but it looks like its going that way. i would love small perfect collection and i have become more precise with my purchases. so i think i will be happy with what bags i have eventually.....maybe....who am i kidding
i have just finished my degree too, What is your HG? haha i think the fact that we are on here means we will never be normal-non-bag-crazy people 
Aww sorry to hear! I know what it's like to always be on the hunt for something HAHA!
I guess I just sorted out my needs in a bag and went from there.
Ahh after i lost out on an amazing Bal i emailed the buyer saying that if she wasnt happy with the bag i would buy from her and shes just emailed to say i can buy!!
so happy!!!!after this theres only one other bal (a work) a mulberry carter/lily/bryn and a brightly coloured bays .... oh and a few brightly coloured RM macs and im done!
yey ohh and im also quite keen on another GM neverfull and a MK jet set tote........and possibly a CV flat clutch.....I started getting into designer bags just two years ago and this is my collection:
lv damier ebene neverfull mm
lv damier ebene speedy 30
chanel jumbo double flap lambskin clutch (my fave)
marc jacobs francesca
marc jacobs percy
My bf is getting me the alexander wang rocco this Friday for my bday while I save for a Celine nano and Balenciaga city and Givenchy pandora and everything else...........!!!
I HAVE A PROBLEM HELPPPP
lv damier ebene neverfull mm
lv damier ebene speedy 30
chanel jumbo double flap lambskin clutch (my fave)
marc jacobs francesca
marc jacobs percy
My bf is getting me the alexander wang rocco this Friday for my bday while I save for a Celine nano and Balenciaga city and Givenchy pandora and everything else...........!!!
I HAVE A PROBLEM HELPPPP
Haha
i dont think anything can be done a bag obsession is a truly lost cause Your collection sounds lovely!! (Congrats on the chanel!!) oh you must have a great BF getting you a rocco!
i go on a mad bag buying spree then start planning my next purchase. im trying to make better choices though and not impulse buy and ive recently started to SELL!!!! some bags...something i thought i would never do!
You must have amazing self control!! i try hard to ration my self and am trying to make better choices when it comes to bags. im trying to expand my Mulberry collection as M is my all time fave brand and ive also gotten into Bals of late
so alittle off my buying schedule but nothing too crazy
I wish I could say I'm content, that I want nothing else, but it'd be a lie. There's always something new I see that is like a little devil in my head whispering me to buy it! 
Luckily there are two things that hold me back a)money and b)space. I wish I could say it was common sense!
Luckily there are two things that hold me back a)money and b)space. I wish I could say it was common sense!
I find 'the wants' disappear a lot faster than they used to...a few years ago if I saw a bag I liked, I'd obsess until I found a way to buy it - and then would move immediately on to the next 'can't live without' bag. Exhausting, and not really a great way to live. Here's what happened to me - I was made redundant and was out of work for a year. When you are worried about keeping your home, bags and other material possessions lose all their importance. I sold all but two bags, and when I found another job somehow the desire to go out and buy a new bag to celebrate, it just wasn't there anymore. In the last three and a half years I have bought five bags, all pre-loved, all classics, all bags I thought about carefully before buying. I just don't have the same interest in plonking down £1000s anymore - not saying I'm not tempted sometimes, but I find it's always a temporary temptation. The fact I no longer use credit cards for anything is, I'm sure, a big help!
I wish I could say I'm content, that I want nothing else, but it'd be a lie. There's always something new I see that is like a little devil in my head whispering me to buy it!
Luckily there are two things that hold me back a)money and b)space. I wish I could say it was common sense!
Haha i had a list in mind when i started this thread but its esculated and changed since! ive made 2 purchases (One i really hunted down and one impulse) there may be few more before the end of this month. i dont have lots of money so i am trying hard not to spend too much, im quite good at setting a price and sticking to it. im in the process of making a handbag home
but i think it will be full already so i dont know where these newbies will go??
Thats so interesting im out of work too so i do plan my purchases more carefully and i do think that it has stopped me buying bags "just becuase i could" and i dont plan on making any more purchases untill my situation changes. I buy 90% of my bags preloved and restore them i find it more rewarding
there have been lots of time i could have just brought this bag or that bag but as you say it is tempory temptation! and i feel i know my handbag style now, so as much as i may like a bag if it doesnt fit in with me and my life it stays in the shop
So as you know when i started this thread i had some very specific handbags in mind that in my opinion would make me content with collection and while i have flipped back and forth as to weather it will be possible to be so ect ect
The very specific bags were.
A balenciaga (brief/day)
A mulberry daria hobo
A mulberry lily
And some brightly coloured rebecca minkoff macs.
While ive by no means aquired all these bags i think when my "new family members" join the group ill stop looking for awhile.
I happened upon a bal day in good condition with giant gold hardware no less!!! BONUS. As i like the g21 HW
A then got a second change on THE brief...see post above for why this is THE bag lol. This is in bad shape and will need to be restored and dyed
So thats two bags ticked off my wih list
Now i had zero luck with the the daria or lilys but i did find a carter. The carter was a style i loved when it came out and happened upon at an amazing price! I also found a beautiful mushroom bays which will be with me soon. The bays was my only impulse purchase!
While stalking the mulberry forum i found the bryn in flame which was love at first sight! Im still looking but there may be a possible one in the pipeline and even if the bryn doesnt work out i think ill be more than happy with my collection. Now im not sayng ill be content forever ... Im good for now
Sorry for the rambling!!!
and while i have flipped back and forth as to weather it will be possible to be so ect ect The very specific bags were.
A balenciaga (brief/day)
A mulberry daria hobo
A mulberry lily
And some brightly coloured rebecca minkoff macs.
While ive by no means aquired all these bags i think when my "new family members" join the group ill stop looking for awhile.
I happened upon a bal day in good condition with giant gold hardware no less!!! BONUS. As i like the g21 HW
A then got a second change on THE brief...see post above for why this is THE bag lol. This is in bad shape and will need to be restored and dyed
So thats two bags ticked off my wih list
Now i had zero luck with the the daria or lilys but i did find a carter. The carter was a style i loved when it came out and happened upon at an amazing price! I also found a beautiful mushroom bays which will be with me soon. The bays was my only impulse purchase!
While stalking the mulberry forum i found the bryn in flame which was love at first sight! Im still looking but there may be a possible one in the pipeline
and even if the bryn doesnt work out i think ill be more than happy with my collection. Now im not sayng ill be content forever ... Im good for now Sorry for the rambling!!!
So as you know when i started this thread i had some very specific handbags in mind that in my opinion would make me content with collection
The very specific bags were.
A balenciaga (brief/day)
A mulberry daria hobo
A mulberry lily
And some brightly coloured rebecca minkoff macs.
While ive by no means aquired all these bags i think when my "new family members" join the group ill stop looking for awhile.
I happened upon a bal day in good condition with giant gold hardware no less!!! BONUS. As i like the g21 HW
A then got a second change on THE brief...see post above for why this is THE bag lol. This is in bad shape and will need to be restored and dyed
So thats two bags ticked off my wih list
Now i had zero luck with the the daria or lilys but i did find a carter. The carter was a style i loved when it came out and happened upon at an amazing price! I also found a beautiful mushroom bays which will be with me soon. The bays was my only impulse purchase!
While stalking the mulberry forum i found the bryn in flame which was love at first sight! Im still looking but there may be a possible one in the pipeline
Sorry for the rambling!!!
Hey, good to hear your updates! And congrats to finding those on your wish list! Keep up the good work in making them new again!