TOTALLY GEEKED!

Cheerios4606 · Guru

RE: First-World Problems

chef · Guru

I'm with you, Cheerios. Wouldn't know a Coach purse if I saw one. Don't care either.

But, I can tell you if a knife is good quality or not. Can't tell you brands but I can tell you by looking.

Vette · Owl drink to that!

Love my coach, I've had it going on five years now and it still looks brand new. The price is well worth not having to replace it after a short amount of time.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

Vette wrote:
Love my coach, I've had it going on five years now and it still looks brand new. The price is well worth not having to replace it after a short amount of time.

Me too. I live near an outlet, bought a gorgeous one for $100, used it for years. I still have it but my everyday bag is one I got at Wilson Leather. I can tell you right now that one will not last, it is 6 months old and already showing wear.

Divine Geek · Guru

Vette wrote:
Love my coach, I've had it going on five years now and it still looks brand new. The price is well worth not having to replace it after a short amount of time.

Totally agree. I have a few coach purses, and they age very well. My most recent purchase is a Michael Kors and I am in love with it. Well worth the money.

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

Divine Geek wrote:
Vette wrote:
Love my coach, I've had it going on five years now and it still looks brand new. The price is well worth not having to replace it after a short amount of time.
Totally agree. I have a few coach purses, and they age very well. My most recent purchase is a Michael Kors and I am in love with it. Well worth the money.

I am so bringing you to the outlets if you ever visit!

Divine Geek · Guru

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Divine Geek wrote:
Vette wrote:
Love my coach, I've had it going on five years now and it still looks brand new. The price is well worth not having to replace it after a short amount of time.
Totally agree. I have a few coach purses, and they age very well. My most recent purchase is a Michael Kors and I am in love with it. Well worth the money.
I am so bringing you to the outlets if you ever visit!

I used to hit the outlets all the time at my last job. When I had time to waste between appointments I'd go shopping. I got a wonderful cream and pink coach purse I love.

Divine Geek · Guru

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Divine Geek wrote:
Vette wrote:
Love my coach, I've had it going on five years now and it still looks brand new. The price is well worth not having to replace it after a short amount of time.
Totally agree. I have a few coach purses, and they age very well. My most recent purchase is a Michael Kors and I am in love with it. Well worth the money.
I am so bringing you to the outlets if you ever visit!

and yes I'm in!

I know what to do_sometimes · Frozen Sucks!

Divine Geek wrote:
I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Divine Geek wrote:
Vette wrote:
Love my coach, I've had it going on five years now and it still looks brand new. The price is well worth not having to replace it after a short amount of time.
Totally agree. I have a few coach purses, and they age very well. My most recent purchase is a Michael Kors and I am in love with it. Well worth the money.
I am so bringing you to the outlets if you ever visit!
and yes I'm in!

I so hope you don't get a deer skull mounted for Christmas...

Divine Geek · Guru

I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Divine Geek wrote:
I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Divine Geek wrote:
Vette wrote:
Love my coach, I've had it going on five years now and it still looks brand new. The price is well worth not having to replace it after a short amount of time.
Totally agree. I have a few coach purses, and they age very well. My most recent purchase is a Michael Kors and I am in love with it. Well worth the money.
I am so bringing you to the outlets if you ever visit!
and yes I'm in!
I so hope you don't get a deer skull mounted for Christmas...

I think I'm safe. Last I heard there was an issue with too much skull and not enough pot

and for the record...

Spoiler

I at first typed "too much head" but thought better of my wording and changed it to skull. biggrin

Vette · Owl drink to that!

Divine Geek wrote:
I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Divine Geek wrote:
I know what to do_sometimes wrote:
Divine Geek wrote:
Vette wrote:
Love my coach, I've had it going on five years now and it still looks brand new. The price is well worth not having to replace it after a short amount of time.
Totally agree. I have a few coach purses, and they age very well. My most recent purchase is a Michael Kors and I am in love with it. Well worth the money.
I am so bringing you to the outlets if you ever visit!
and yes I'm in!
I so hope you don't get a deer skull mounted for Christmas...
I think I'm safe. Last I heard there was an issue with too much skull and not enough pot

and for the record...
Spoiler

I at first typed "too much head" but thought better of my wording and changed it to skull.

Momala · Great cook-happy wife-superb fisherman

Know the best way to clean and condition leather - either real or faux?

SHAVING CREAM!!!!!

Yep, go raid the bathroom and use the shaving cream (foam, not gel)
to clean your leather. Take a slightly damp washcloth, give it a good
squirt of shaving cream, and work it in to the leather in circular
motions. The teeny tiny bubbles get in to all the nooks and crannies,
and lift out the dirt. Rinse with a clean damp washcloth, and you're
good to go for another couple of months. Works on light colored car
seats, as well.

My boss's wife picked out a beautiful red Coach purse for me one year,
and when she saw it a couple of years later, she couldn't believe that it
was the same one they gave me - it looked show-room new!

Lawyerlady · On the bright side...... Christmas is coming! (Mod)

All I know is this - when going through my purses, the cheap ones seem to deteriorate just sitting in the closet over time - straps come apart, seems fray, any "plastic" parts (fake patent leather) start to peel. . My more pricey purses last for years.

Southern_Belle · Nothing's Impossible

I have a fake coach and real coach. Huge difference in quality.

Tignanello · My dog name is, Sasha!

Lawyerlady wrote:
All I know is this - when going through my purses, the cheap ones seem to deteriorate just sitting in the closet over time - straps come apart, seems fray, any "plastic" parts (fake patent leather) start to peel. . My more pricey purses last for years.

I've started hanging by bags on hooks on the wall, displayed nicely. I like to be able to see the Coach I got new, the vintage Prada that I found in a consignment store, the coach bag purse that I found in Value Village for $20 and the two hand-tooled leather bags from Florence. There are also some crappy ones that hang there so I can grab them if I'm going somewhere that I wouldn't want to take a nice bag.

The Value Village one is brown and sort of like this one, but more like a rectangle with 4 distinct sides. The piping started to come out on one of the lower corners and Coach fixed it new-condition for the $55 cost of shipping. And let me tell you, when I walked into that store with a bag that big they were more than happy to let me play with/try on each and every bag or jewelry piece I wanted!

Also, Nordstrom had a Kate Spade sale the other day, so I picked up an amazing wallet for $100. It's fantastic and I'm in love with it. I just wish I could afford Kate Spade more often.