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Title: Handbags
Post by: oldspice on September 02, 2006, 12:20:24 pm

Do you have many? Do you prefer a hand-held bag or shoulder strap? Do you have one for each pair of shoes or do you try to fond one that goes with several outfits? Do you bother at all?


I have a little cloth bag with a lovely tapestry design that i got from Per Una (M&S) and I use it for most outings except for very formal dinners and events wearing very dressing evening wear is called for.


I would never pay more than £30 for a handbag.

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Post by: on September 02, 2006, 12:21:16 pm
No. None at all.
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Post by: StrollingMinstrel on September 02, 2006, 12:46:54 pm

 BK how disappointing... I was sure you were a liberated guy with a 'manbag' .


As for me I am one of theose people who seems to always be putting things int my handbag.. but rarely taking things out. Consequently my handbag weighs a ton! Well to be honest it did weigh 3kg recently. My son had some project for homework that invovled weighing recycling and his friend used the weighing meter (not sure that is the right name!) to weigh my bag. I was a little embarassed at 3kg


Contents include tissues, wet hand wipes, small umbrella, paracetamol, gaviscon, a purse full of lots of crud, but little cash! And about 20 lipsticks in a cosmetic bag... which is bizare as I tend to stick to the same 2 or 3, but I feel lost without them all incase of emergencies. Blimey wonder what a pyscologist would make of that one

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Title: Handbags
Post by: oldspice on September 02, 2006, 01:08:16 pm

What, no phone, address book, pen, Polos,  perfume, spare tights, feminine spares or chocolate??


Incidently, why do we carry around loads of make-up we never wear 'just in case?'  I hardly ever wear any but always carry two mascaras, three or four lipsticks, two shades of foundation (one for summer, one for rest of year) and a powder compact. What am I like???

Title: Handbags
Post by: on September 02, 2006, 01:10:54 pm
Dunno. Post a pic and I'll let you know.
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Post by: StrollingMinstrel on September 02, 2006, 01:11:15 pm
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Post by: Forth Bridges on September 02, 2006, 01:16:00 pm
what about a pusre? 
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Post by: oldspice on September 02, 2006, 01:18:12 pm
She mentioned a purse. Full of crud but little cash.
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Post by: Forth Bridges on September 02, 2006, 01:26:37 pm
no a male one? 
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Post by: StrollingMinstrel on September 02, 2006, 01:33:15 pm


 just for BK!

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Post by: goldencup on September 02, 2006, 02:00:36 pm
Until recently I never carried a handbag but I have got girlier of late and now own several.  On inspection my bag contains my mobile, purse (pink!), small cosmetic bag with 2 lipsticks, 2 lip glosses, mascara and face powder, painkillers, diary, pen and chewing gum. goldencup38962.754837963
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Post by: smurfboy on September 02, 2006, 02:42:13 pm
I have a faux-leather bag with a strap - I couldn't go as far as a 'manbag' that you have to carry. Handbags are often my saviour at Christmas though, because I know it's one present my sister or my mother is guaranteed to be delighted with. Why they need so many is beyond me.
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Post by: loulou on September 02, 2006, 06:53:29 pm
At last count I had 37 handbags, none of them old. I buy at least 2 a month. Every so often I clean out my bag cupboard and throw some away for an excuse to buy more. I have a bag in every colour imaginable. Expensive ones are kept wrapped in tissue in shoeboxes. This week I bought yellow shoes and a yellow bag and last week it was a green set and a black set . My shoes and bags are all colour co ordinated .
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Post by: smurfboy on September 02, 2006, 06:54:47 pm
Stick all the old ones on eBay, you could be rich.
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Post by: loulou on September 02, 2006, 06:56:15 pm
If they are not expensive I usually put them in the charity bag. Anything that was expenmsive I keep as they are usually special occasion bags.
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Post by: goldencup on September 02, 2006, 06:57:06 pm
Oh my God.  I wouldn't dream of wearing co-ordinated shoes and handbag any more than I would wear matching necklace and earrings!
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Post by: loulou on September 02, 2006, 06:57:53 pm
Well I find if I am in a hurry just dress all in black and wear coloured shoes with a coloured bag.
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Post by: goldencup on September 02, 2006, 07:04:54 pm
I never thought you were so conventional!
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Post by: loulou on September 02, 2006, 07:05:10 pm
The contents of my bag are mobile (pink), purse (red),small umbrella (pink),make up bag (pink) containing 2 lipsticks, one lipgloss, one bronzing powder and brush, keys to my mams house, tissues, pen, diary and a packet of mentos mints.
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Post by: Cherry_Ripe on September 04, 2006, 09:20:33 am

I have quite a few handbags but find storing them a problem so I vowed not to buy more until I find a tidy way of keeping them.


My Mum's handbag is HUGE and is always full. Apart from all the usual stuff she always has something funny picked up from school in there (she teaches at an infant school) such as a green army man, or a hair scrunchie or something. I always joke that she has a hatstand and an anvil in there too

Title: Handbags
Post by: loulou on September 04, 2006, 12:36:31 pm
I would like a handbag room like you see in celebs houses on MTV's Cribs. I would have them all hanging up on the wall and I would have all my shoes in clear boxes. At the moment all my shoes are in their boxes with descriptions on the side: flat red, high black etc.
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Post by: smurfboy on September 04, 2006, 01:48:38 pm
Quote from: Cherry_Ripe

I have quite a few handbags but find storing them a problem so I vowed not to buy more until I find a tidy way of keeping them.


My Mum's handbag is HUGE and is always full. Apart from all the usual stuff she always has something funny picked up from school in there (she teaches at an infant school) such as a green army man, or a hair scrunchie or something. I always joke that she has a hatstand and an anvil in there too



Was your mother's maiden name Poppins by any chance?

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Post by: mintcracknell on September 04, 2006, 07:37:23 pm

Oh Loulou you are a woman after my own heart, I too have many bags and have great difficulty weeding them for the charity bags etc.  I too dream of a bag room, my friends just don't understand me!!   My friend has a similar problem with shoes, although she is not as enthusiastic as I am with the bags. I don't colour co-ordinate so much although I do sometimes match my coloured bags to jewellery I wear.  I know it's sad!  I would love to own a Lulu Guiness one day, can't afford it yet though so it's back to the old Jane Shiltons for me

Title: Handbags
Post by: oldspice on September 04, 2006, 07:46:22 pm
I like to co-ordinate my jewellery to my outfit. If I am wearing dark orange, I wear amber jewellery.
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Post by: goldencup on September 05, 2006, 12:17:14 am
I do co-ordinate jewellery to clothes - I just have a horror of matching earrings and necklaces!
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Post by: loulou on September 05, 2006, 01:06:57 am
Most of my jewellery is silver and I have a few strings of beads in various colours but not being a necklace wearer I usually just match my earrings with a bangle.
Title: Handbags
Post by: oldspice on September 05, 2006, 08:48:25 am

Quote from: goldencup
I do co-ordinate jewellery to clothes - I just have a horror of matching earrings and necklaces!


Like matching ties and hankies or - worse - matching ties and shirts a la 70s!!

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Post by: loulou on September 05, 2006, 01:31:15 pm
Some men need to go back to matching shirts and ties. The weatherman on tv the other day had a blue tie on with a brown shirt and it looked terrible.
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Post by: smurfboy on September 05, 2006, 01:34:31 pm
Matching shirts and ties are back in fashion.
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Post by: loulou on September 05, 2006, 03:07:35 pm
Have you got some matching sets smurfy?
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Post by: smurfboy on September 05, 2006, 03:40:40 pm
No, but I've seen one I like in Topman.
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Post by: goldencup on September 05, 2006, 04:31:23 pm

Quote from: loulou
Most of my jewellery is silver and I have a few strings of beads in various colours but not being a necklace wearer I usually just match my earrings with a bangle.


That's fine, that's just co-ordinating jewellery.  I mean actual matching sets where the earrings are a smaller version of the necklace.  This sort of thing:



 

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Post by: smurfboy on September 05, 2006, 04:44:29 pm
What's wrong with that?
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Post by: Forth Bridges on September 05, 2006, 04:48:54 pm
did you KNOW MR - T no longer where godl has it  afends GoD
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Post by: goldencup on September 05, 2006, 06:16:36 pm

Quote from: smurfboy
What's wrong with that?


OK that was a bad example as I didn't really mind those.  How about these?


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Post by: loulou on September 05, 2006, 06:25:25 pm

You wouldn't catch me wearing those horrible earrings .

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Post by: goldencup on September 05, 2006, 06:37:14 pm
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Post by: oldspice on September 05, 2006, 06:59:02 pm

Me neither.


Smurfy, when you say matching ties and shirts are back in fashion, do you actually mean ties with the same pattern on as the shirt or just ties that are coloured co-ordinated with the shirt? i remember bright, patterned shirts with round collars and kipper ties in the same pattern and they were revolting.

Title: Handbags
Post by: smurfboy on September 05, 2006, 08:41:16 pm
I mean ties with the same pattern as the shirt.
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Post by: loulou on September 05, 2006, 09:41:43 pm
That's not a good look.
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Post by: goldencup on September 05, 2006, 11:36:36 pm

Like this?


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Post by: goldencup on September 05, 2006, 11:38:48 pm

Or this?


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Post by: loulou on September 06, 2006, 01:10:55 am
That's horrible.
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Post by: kevvosa on September 06, 2006, 01:12:12 am
No it's the height of fashion. 
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Post by: loulou on September 06, 2006, 01:13:48 am
Still horrible. I prefer to see a man wear a tie that compliments his shirt.
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Post by: smurfboy on September 06, 2006, 03:22:15 pm
I prefer not to wear a tie at all!
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Post by: Cherry_Ripe on September 06, 2006, 04:21:29 pm
Going back to handbags, I just bought a little green one at M&S
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Post by: loulou on September 07, 2006, 12:45:53 pm
 I bought a black one from John Lewis yesterday.
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Post by: Cherry_Ripe on September 07, 2006, 01:33:33 pm
 Well done Lou. We don't have John Lewis here. I have been to the one in Bristol and it seemed to have nice stuff.
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Post by: goldencup on September 07, 2006, 02:12:48 pm
I bought a straw one from Primark - 50p!!
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Post by: Cherry_Ripe on September 07, 2006, 02:42:15 pm
Oh what a good bargain gc!
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Post by: smurfboy on September 07, 2006, 02:55:44 pm

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No, but I've seen one I like in Topman.


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Post by: loulou on September 07, 2006, 03:35:33 pm
I feel a shopping thread coming. Every week we can list our purchases with pics.
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Post by: smurfboy on September 07, 2006, 03:51:59 pm
A lot of pics from the 99p Store for me then...
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Post by: Cherry_Ripe on September 07, 2006, 04:17:31 pm
I bought a new car this week
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Post by: smurfboy on September 07, 2006, 04:51:07 pm
What sort?
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Post by: oldspice on September 07, 2006, 07:51:49 pm
Quote from: smurfboy

Quote from: smurfboy
No, but I've seen one I like in Topman.




I am speechless.

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Post by: smurfboy on September 07, 2006, 07:52:46 pm
First time for everything eh?
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Post by: oldspice on September 07, 2006, 08:03:44 pm
  frankly, I don't know whether to love it or hate it. I think it would depend on who's wearing it. It is a young man's shirt.
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Post by: smurfboy on September 07, 2006, 08:58:09 pm
Hopefully I still qualify!
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Post by: oldspice on September 07, 2006, 10:31:31 pm
Definitely, but I think if my husband wore it, he would look like Mrs Doubtfire.
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Post by: smurfboy on September 07, 2006, 10:45:02 pm
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Post by: loulou on September 07, 2006, 11:22:47 pm
I hate that shirt and tie.
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Post by: smurfboy on September 07, 2006, 11:34:33 pm
It wouldn't suit you anyway.
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Post by: loulou on September 07, 2006, 11:36:00 pm
Smurfy I don't think those colours are right for you.
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Post by: smurfboy on September 07, 2006, 11:40:11 pm
What colour would you put me in Lou?
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Post by: loulou on September 07, 2006, 11:40:57 pm
lilac and blue and I think you'd be stunning in purple.loulou38967.9455902778
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Post by: smurfboy on September 07, 2006, 11:41:55 pm