I have a lot of black bags, a semi-formal black one with white ribbon trim, a formal pewter one, a canvas Community bookbag, and when faced with the requirement to buy something that fit my tablet and stuff all safely and worked for work and casual, I said "fuck it--dare you to carry a red bag EVERY DAY no matter the rest of the outfit." I admit, I bought the identical one in black at the same time, but it's never been used. I even carry the red bag while wearing purple shoes and am almost entirely over that.

I just wear too many red dresses that were the wrong red for the bag. Any other color, I don't care.

And I have way more evening bags than my lifestyle supports.

I settled in with some ice cream to watch the Glee episode where

I watched that last night. I think they handled it well.

And I have way more evening bags than my lifestyle supports.

1/5 of my hanging space is taken up of dresses, most of them dressy. You want our wardrobes should mate and go have a life without us?

I got butt-dialed and it's all crackly British accent audio, and I need a CSI-magic program to enhance the file and work out why a guy is talking about having gone to an all-girl's school.

You want our wardrobes should mate and go have a life without us?

No! I would say we should get together and dress up, but I probably couldn't wear your clothes. You are welcome to borrow a bag, though! Shiny black, gold, silver, embroidered with flowers, snakeskin (maybe?)....oh, I think there's a little hot pink one, too.

I don't have any evening bags, or any Coach, but I have three red bags: a shiny patent red bag I got on sale at Macy's several years ago; a cotton messenger bag I picked up in a consignment shop this summer; and I just found a good-sized tote in red leather with a zipper across the top when I was in Wisconsin. It's really good quality and seems to come with a lifetime guarantee, so I didn't mind the price too much. I'd been looking for a red leather tote for a couple of years, so I'm really pleased.

This afternoon my house smells good: I roasted two bulbs of garlic for a potato-leek soup I'm making. Yum.

Ooh, snakeskin! Sounds like a plan--let's do drinks and stuff.

My pewter formal bag is Coach. It was bought with "you're a good puppy" reward points from Countrywide.

I have a lot of bags, but generally carry one or two for months and forget the rest.

Relatedly, I have gotten myself into a circumstance I really never anticipated. I officially have too many shoes. The past month or so every time I see really cute shoes, I squee and then realize they are just like some pair I already have. I think that pair I bought in Nola officially plugged the last gap and now I am in a state of perfect shoe equilibrium.

I have a lot of bags, but generally carry one or two for months and forget the rest.

Me too. My goal is to empty my and every week and switch to another one but I rarely actually do that. I think I've managed it once this year. Maybe I should lower my frequency standards to something more achievable, like quarterly...

Whoa, shoe equilibrium, that sounds like it should feel good!

Well, shoe shopping's a lot less fun, I'll tell you what.