Time for summer purse shopping?
My summer purses in particular don't hold up all that well.
See any you like? (PS no practical considerations, please).
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Arapaho-Rd
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoRelated Discussions
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Comments (4)Oh my..........just when shoes got cute again, they're gonna mess it up? I remember the platform soles. I wore them back in the seventies, and I think my g'daughter had a pair when she was six or seven a few years ago. No way do they ever make the legs look good. They remind me of the shoes Frankenstein wore in the classic version. Or the built up one in the pair of shoes for people with severe orthopaedic problems. Don't even get me started on clothing prices. I replaced my whole winter wardrobe this year for the first time in three decades. I'm not kidding. LOL. I waited until the huge markdowns in January and just did it. I picked clothes I really like, for a change and didn't even look at prices (not like me at all), and when I got them home...those what were on sale were marked down to a quarter of their original cost. That tells me that is what a store could afford to sell these garments at. And, a more logical price would be 50% of the original tag. I suppose the department stores figure that most people wait until a sales event to buy, and even at 1/4 off the original price they're still making out like Flynn, and the word "Sale" will bring people in. Then they guess a few folks are naive enough to just go in and pay full price, or must in a pinch, or just are afraid the store shall be out of an item by sales time. Clothing is now like a car lot. Nobody expects to pay the sticker price. What a drag....See MoreAll-time best thrift shop bargain!
Comments (28)Sorry, no big deals here to chortle over. I can't believe this obsession with name brand clothing, etc. Seems to me that if the maker wants to put his name on a shirt, shoes, etc. that I'll wear (hopefully for years), s/he should sell it to me for half price. I advertise his product every time that I wear it. When s/he tells me that, due to the wonderful cachet of their brand name, exclusivity and all (but they willingly sell it to all comers) I must pay double the price of run-of-the-mill products for it .... I say that's *smart marketing*!! Seems to me that we should just laugh at them and tell them to get lost!! Momma Bird in good old Ohio - we're waiting for you to show us a picture of you modelling your lovely new suit. Kathy - sounds like a good idea to pick up a few of those wonderful desks ... and publicize them on eBay. Good wishes for stretching your dollars ... (I was tempted to add, something like, " ... but not your stories, please" but forebore - I have had no reason to believe that I've seen stories stretched around here. Accusing someone of lying is not exactly a laughing matter, in my book. Though I do enjoy a good laugh, as several of you know - usually of the rather dry kind of humour. Enjoy your summer, sharing good times with loved ones and friends. I just lost a good friend - a hard worker and smart - not yet 60. Lung trouble - he smoked (cigars). ole joyful...See MoreTime to change purses!
Comments (23)I really need to get a new wallet because this one is falling apart,literally,,,but I am so sentimentally attached to it,,,I hate to give it up.... Years ago I did leather tooling as a hobby but I had gotten away from it for about 5 years until one of my ex's and I separated. When I caught her with another man and tossed her out on her backside. I was so pent up with anger that I needed a way to release it. Then I got the silly idea, I dug my leather tools out and got some leather, then I worked out my frustrations by pounding on that leather. By the time we settled the divorce I had made an extremely elaborate wallet, western belt and a new super heavy duty custom tool bag for work. It has now been amost 16 years and that poor wallet has seen better days, but every time I see it, it reminds me that I had the good sense to work out my anger constructively instead of fighting with her and getting into trouble....See MoreJune 2018, Week 1: Hot Time, Summer In The City
Comments (99)Jennifer, Could the dog have been bitten by a snake she was trying to bite? If you can look at the hard knot in her mouth, do you see any fang marks? When we have a dog with swelling around the mouth/nose/snout area, it usually is a copperhead bite. No treatment required except maybe Benadryl for swelling. The only time we've had a dog stung by a bee or hornet wasn't in the mouth---was in the facial area and there were knots at the sting sites and swelling. Benadyl was the solution. With the onions that got wet, it probably just means they'll need a longer drying period. Watch them for mold though. Amy, When Houzz changes things, I just roll on and work around whatever they've changed. I ignore notifications, FAQs, etc. in the gardening season because I don't have time for that stuff. I just come here to chat with y'all. I'm just grateful they saved GardenWeb when it looked like it was going to go away and disappear into the realm of used-to-be's. Someday it will go away and all we'll have left to help us stay in touch is the OK Gardening-related FB pages. I think it is just a matter of time. I'm surprised your Red Rivers are done. When I've grown them they're usually about the last ones to mature, and it often is late June or sometime in July. This has been a weird year, and my onions are weirder than anything else. Half the 1015Ys fell over and I harvested them. The rest remain strong and upright and still growing. Normally they're done by now. One Candy has fallen over. None of the others have. Copra? Nothing yet and I wouldn't expect it. Either last year or the year before they were the last ones to mature and it took them forever. This has been such a weird weather year that I guess nothing should surprise us at this point. Some of my tomato plants have great fruit set. Some do not. It appears directly related to how early I did or did not plant them. The ones planted in late March (I only planted 7 that early) have had a huge fruit set, and we've already harvested most of that fruit----dozens and dozens of tomatoes. The rest, the ones that were planted about 10-14 days later, have set maybe 1/5th as much fruit. Some have not set fruit at all. We went from too cold to too hot literally overnight here and the plants just sat there forever, shellshocked and doing nothing. It probably doesn't help that the rain mostly keeps missing us. For as bad as I think they look compared to most years, at leaste they are relatively healthy. We may be too hot now for them to ever set fruit and I'm not going to baby them through the whole entire summer, so if they want to stick around, they'd better get busy setting fruit. Next year I'll probably plant them all as early as possible and cover them, instead of planting in stages. Rebecca, We don't have JBs down here. I guess they haven't yet made it this far west and south. We might see 1 or 2 stray ones each summer. Dorothy (Mulberryknob) lives in Adair County and I'm almost positive she mentioned buying and using some type of Japanese Beetle traps from someplace like Home Depot in previous years. I've never seen those traps down here, but it seems like they worked pretty well for her. Larry, I'm sorry about the hail. I hope the damage wasn't too bad, We don't get much rain here in the summer months, and I do try to grow dryland style as much as possible, but I still have to irrigate quite a bit. I wish I didn't. It is a grandchildren weekend so I didn't step foot in the garden today and probably won't step foot it it tomorrow either. I'm okay with that. After working in it all week in the heat, as much as I do love it, I need a break and weekends are a good time to take a break and spend the time with family and friends. Dawn...See More
Sueb20
2 years agoI do love a purse discussion.
Love the pale gray below.
Below is my current bag, but mine is solid black. I don’t like any of the colors currently offered, but it is my perfect size, light weight, and has exterior pockets.
User
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoI have the year before last’s version of this Ralph Lauren bag. I hadn’t gone out much last summer or the summer before so it’s still in excellent shape. It’s a decent quality summer bag with a light colored lining, several interior pouches (largest one zippered) and a snap closure. Mine has a heavy brass stirrup on a leather thong as decoration instead of what looks like a tassel on the current version. Under $170 and widely available:
Bumblebeez SC Zone 7
2 years agoArapaho-Rd
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoI lied, I'm back.
Ella Tote from Rareform (recycled billboards). On sale $48.
mtnrdredux_gw
2 years agoArapaho, love that crochet one. I got my DD a fringed top sort of like that from Neiman's a few years ago. She looks adorable in it but my DH always says "the 70s called and Nana wants her afghan back.'
I had such a funny experience yesterday. DH and I took a leisurely drive up to Maine, and visited some towns on Boston's SouthShore. We were in dreamy, picturesque Duxbury (lovelove). We had our dog and took her for a walk at a little park. From across the parking lot, this cute young woman starts walking toward me, asking me something. Finally she comes up to me and says "excuse me, aren't you the the Preppy Francophile?" I'm like "what?" She says "the influencer. You look just like her!" (we were unmasked). I'm like "no." Then she says "oh I was going to recommend someplace for your blog. Sorry but you really look just like her." Then we chatted a little a bit about the town and stuff, and she left.
So I get home and i decide i need to look this up.( yes, I do kinda look like her). Here comes the purse part. I'm looking around, on this woman's website and I find an old post where she recommends a totebag. It's a "nantucket toile" on a Seabag. And it's for charity. I think it's cute. Is it too silly?
Sueb20
2 years ago
localeater
2 years agoOh gosh, I love that Nantucket toils sea bag. I say go for it. I have a limited edition, for a non profit seabag and I love it. Mine was for Maine Coast Fisherman’s Association. Here’s my bag, it’s no longer available, I am thinking of getting the wristlet which is still available and oh so cute
https://www.mainecoastfishermen.org/product-page/f-v-hayley-ann-wristlet
Arapaho-Rd
2 years ago
dedtired
2 years ago
just_terrilynn
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoMtn, that toile is cute!
I’m still stuck on backpacks I can sling over one shoulder as a purse when not using as intended. Not sure I’ll ever go back to regular handbags unless it’s a semi / formal gig.
My new likes, cheap and cheerful! and so incredibly handy for traveling.
mtnrdredux_gw
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoDed, that is kind of you to say!
I like it, Bumble! ...but then I really like python. I bought this purse two years ago at Heathrow on our way to Greece. I made a rookie mistake, and mistook the price in pounds for $ so I thought it was less than at home. Duh! I do love it.
Jterri, the backpack/tote combo is cute!
Sueb20
2 years agoSueb20
2 years agoFor our upcoming Asheville trip, my gray bagallini backpack will be my carryon/day trip bag, and I ordered a little matching crossbody for shopping/dinners/etc when I don’t want to carry a bigger bag. Both are gray, not very exciting but practical! In general I’ve always thought of Baggalini as kind of an older-lady brand...oh wait, I am an older lady.
mtnrdredux_gw
2 years agosalonva
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2 years agoSalonva, Yes, I am!
Dedtired, my instagram was hacked and I have not yet bothered to reclaim it. My girls sent me screenshots from instagram. What's kind a funny is that in the first pic, where she is standing is probably 15 minutes from our beachhouse!
mtnrdredux_gw
2 years agoSueb20
2 years agoI like the Ralph Lauren tote from a few posts back so I looked on the RL web site, thought these were cute too. Some of these come in several different colors.
I like the denim bag because jeans are my uniform, but it comes in different leathers too.
Sundance often has interesting bags, too. https://www.sundancecatalog.com/category/footwear-and-bags/all+handbags.domtnrdredux_gw thanked Sueb20dedtired
2 years agomtnrdredux_gw
2 years agoSueb20
2 years agosalonva
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rubyclaire
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agomtnrdredux_gw
2 years agoLOL, Rubyclaire, that is too funny. When I was younger, some people said Marguax Hemingway. I have had a few people say Chelsea Handler. And now its a random blogger. Like Sue says, sometime you just don't see it. But I love assistant deli manager!
ANyway, back OT. I bought this purse today.
martinca_gw sunset zone 24
2 years agoBumblebeez SC Zone 7
2 years agoI bought this one recently and I think I can use it through different seasons. MTN so you've got your python! And Spanish I love that strap
Bumblebeez SC Zone 7
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2 years agoSueb20
2 years agoBumblebeez SC Zone 7
2 years agoBumblebeez SC Zone 7
2 years agoLocal I love handbags with color and that's pretty! Nice for fall.
I'm seriously eyeballing this one right now for spring
mtnrdredux_gw thanked Bumblebeez SC Zone 7localeater
2 years agoBumblebeez SC Zone 7
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoBumblebeez SC Zone 7
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deegw
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoI saw the most interesting pleated leather bucket bag at Target today. Only $30 and was very similar to the one linked below. I can't find it on the Target website. I love geometric bags, if I won the lottery I would splurge on something from Loewe.
https://www.mansurgavriel.com/products/cammello-pleated-bucket-bag-re20-rosamtnrdredux_gw
2 years agoBumblebeez SC Zone 7
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Feathers11
2 years agoTarget does have some great stuff right now! I had never looked at their handbags before, mainly because I've never been into purses and only bought expensive ones that would last for years (I had a black Coach with the divets on the bottom which I happily carried around for a decade).
But I'm in need of something to tote around town, and particularly now that farmer's markets are back up and running. I was in Target yesterday evening and spotted these two... nothing fancy, and right up my alley.
czarinalex
2 years agoI really liked this bag at Target last week. If it had longer handles, I would have bought it.
Bumblebeez SC Zone 7
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoartemis_ma
2 years agoBumblebeez SC Zone 7
2 years agoJoaniepoanie
2 years agoQuestion for those who use bags with one snap or magnetic closure at the top—-do things fall out easily? That’s what I’m imagining. I currently have these in my Amazon cart—trying a new style won’t break the bank. The one on the bottom also comes with a lace-look overlay which is pretty but seemed too ”fancy.”
Bumblebeez SC Zone 7
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