my inner rapper

(the following must be read to the tune of vanilla ice's "ice, ice, baby").

yo SCP

all right STOP let me elaborate so listen

bagnatic is back with a brand new obesession

SOMETHING grabs a hold of me tightly

flows through my mind, daily and nightly
is it a bag? yo, like you didn't know

i’ll keep buying my purses as long as i have dough

to the extreme i rock my bags like a vandal

light up my days with the leather made handles

HECK, i want to go to chanel real soon

the bag i have in mind is making me swoon

DEADLY, it’s dope and leathery

anything less than a chanel is a felony

i love it, i love it, i better make way

i need to call kazue so i can hear her say

“if you want the bag, it’s here for you to take it”

get in my car and off to scp to get it.

nice, nice, baby....

in my past life, i was a gansta rapper. i'm outie, word to your mother....

faked out

i went over to a friend’s house for an easter sunday hot pot lunch with her family. since i’m 100% buddhist, easter sunday just means a regular day to me except for the occasional rabbit sightings.

when i got there, it appeared she had invited another chick to join them also. when i met the girl, my eyes immediately zoned in on her bag. OMG, is she carrying a BOTTEGA VENETA small hobo in pink leather?! am i meeting a kindred spirit? one that loves bags as much as i do?!

*sigh* upon further inspection (as much as can be done without looking creepy), i decided it was a fake. what were the indications you might wonder?

1) i cut right to the chase and asked her “is this a bottega veneta bag?” she shook her head.
2) it was a bad leather dye job even though the shape was correct.
3) and the crème de la crème of it all….it had the WRONG designer label on the bag. there was a small metal placard that said “francesco biasia.” the last time i checked, the bv bags had no labels at all. they are iconic because of the interciatto weaving….and francesco biasia…heck, he’s a completely different designer.

we found other things to talk about…but the love of bags was not one of them.

the super SA

meet kazue, the super sa. she called me a few days ago to thank me. for what you might ask? heck, that's what i asked myself too! i must admit, i was caught off guard. i wasn't sure if she called me to tell me that there's something wrong with my jumbo-licious transaction.

apparently, she called me to thank me. ahhh....remember how i told you she helped me tons by allowing me to upgrade to a jumbo? after that transaction, i thanked her and went to bloomingdales' customer service to write a note to her manager to praise all that was great about kazue. i kid you not. she's pulled through twice for me and she didn't even get commission on my big purchases. mike the big a-hole did though. i like good service and when i see that, i reward it. in this case, i couldn't tip her so i did the next best thing which was to write a good note to her manager.

she called to thank me for the note. anyways, if you ever want a chanel, she is a great person to buy from. just tell her that bagnatic sent you....but uh, use my real name.

a collective sigh...*sigh*

my pretty glazed lambskin wallet just got it's first long scratch in the front. ahhh!!! depending on the lighting, it is noticeable, but it's also not...again, depending on the lighting. and also depending on if you are as fixated on it as me.

why am i devoting a post to it? because i'm a dork.

seriously, do you gals ever get the new high of owning something new and once it gets it's first scratch or nick, the holiness that was this item vanishes? this happens to me. i remember when i got my first new car, i would wash it almost weekly, regardless if it looked like it needed it or not. then after it got a gnarly scratch from a mofo's keys when i was parked at vons once, i didn't care to baby it much anymore. i didn't even care if pigeons shatted on it...i would just leave the shat marks until i have to seriously bring it in to get washed.

don't get me wrong, i still LOVE my wallet. the orange color is to die for! i just wished it got it's first scratch like 5 years LATER. ahh...now it officially functions as a wallet and not as a museum piece.

jumbo-licious

i took my chanel jumbo caviar flap out for it's debut today...to lacma! oh how fun! it really is the BEST size for the classic flap bag. it fitted EVERYTHING that is necessary for me to be comfortable: chanel wallet, ipod, pouch of neccessities, keys, phone, and a pack of tissues. just enough. just right. yes! finally!! a workable chanel flap for moi!

it hangs nicely and it's so, so PURTY. the wallet works really well too!! i love the pocket where i stuff my receipts. yay. so what next? how about combing my hair. dang, is there a tuft of hair sticking out the back of my head or what?

the journey ends here

ta da! meet my new wallet, this orange chanel!! love it? i sure do!! after exchanging my medium/large flap for the jumbo size, i happened to look at the display case and whaddya know!! a bright orange wallet greets my eyes. as you all know, i've been looking for the perfect wallet for quite a while now and this wallet is as near perfect as it can get. referring to my specs for a good wallet, it meets 6 out of 8 requirements. not perfect, but it's a CHANEL!! many things can be overlooked because of the double c's. :)

1) durability- (yes) i think so. i hope so? it's glazed lambskin so it would be a lot hardier than the one i had shown you guys from before, the blue-gray camilia one which i had returned because it was too small.
2) good style or design- (no) love the style, but i wish it had a button or clasp closure. that just means i have to be wary of how i place the wallet so it won't flop open.
3) hot color (yes) it's orange!! if you've known me long enough, you know how i love me some color. this burnt orange color is right up my alley.
4) at least two pockets- (yes) there's actually about 4 pockets. one for money and a lot of other nooks and crannies to hide my receipts and notes.
5) a coin pocket with a button closure (yes) there's actually a zip closure coin pocket. even better! no two slots though to separate my silver coins from their copper brothers.
6) a minimum of 6 credit card slots (yes) in fact, there's 8 credit card slots.
7) a compact design to fit in any of my existing purses without major fit issues (no) it's long but it fits all my bags except for my small marc by marc jacobs totally turnlock bag. the ocean colored one.
8) IT MUST BE A ONE STOP SHOP. everything i need should just fit into this one wallet so if i change purses, i can just transfer the wallet and not have to rejigger the contents. (yes)

so that's that. i know i wanted a chanel and the right color came along. i also wanted my SA kazue to get commission for the big favor she did for me. i always think, you scratch my back and i'll scratch yours. i think the color and the wallet is lovely.

bigger IS better

hahaha...meet the updated version of my old love...the JUMBO caviar flap. i wanted to make that explicit or else you're going to think, "why the heck is she posting her old chanel? she must be running out of bag worthy thoughts." NOPE.

since buying my medium/large caviar flap a few months ago, i was having "issues." not loud, public issues, but definitely the growing itch that it wasn't the right one for me. if you were a recipient of a lot of these neurotic thoughts, i apologize. i must "heart" you enough to call you up to talk about my "baggages" (hahaha...i crack myself up). anyways, i FINALLY decided, WHAT THE HECK, this is an expensive bag. i'm going to call bloomingdale's chanel to see if i can remedy this situation especially since i'm not totally loving it anymore.

remember the caviar wallet that i had returned? well, the nice lady that helped me then is named kazue and she helped me once again for this transaction (i think just like rogerio, my hair stylist, i will be only going to her from now on for any chanel purchases. she is awesome!). she looked at my purse and said it was in mint condition. yeah...that's cuz it was hardly used! it still had that new leather smell for all you purse sniffers out there! anyways, i told her i wanted to do an exchange for a bigger size and serendipitously, she had the perfect purse for me. a jumbo caviar flap with gold hardware in their security coded stock room. it's BRAND new, with WRAPPED chain link straps, TISSUE PAPER in the right places, and a CHANEL price TAG that would make me blush if i looked at it too much...so i don't. i kind of ignore it. anyways, it only required me to give her my bloomingdale's gift card that i got and i was able to walk away with my brand new jumbo flap. yes!

it was a good call for me, too. totally! one of the reasons why i didn't use my old caviar flap much was because it was TOO SMALL. i know, i thought i was a minimalist too, but by golly, it could only fit my wallet, cell phone, and keys. i can't even squeeze in a tampon! wait, i don't use tampons...a pad! you have to rejigger the contents all the time so i was over it....seriously, when i had originally bought the medium/large size, i had thought, wow, it can be so versatile and go from day to night in a flash. slowly, i realized what my social situation is and daytime meant eating and shopping (which means an automatic bigger bag for comfort) and night time meant sometimes drinking at dive bars which aren't chanel appropriate places anyways. the old flap has got to go. i need a flap that i can use a lot and during the day even if it looks like a big suitcase as described by my sis.

hello jumbo! i haven't taken it out for its debut yet because it's only 2 days old and i'm sitting at home typing away. you can imagine what a busy little squirrel i've been! i really dig it a lot and i can tell i'll be using it more because the overly protective feeling i once had for my old chanel isn't there anymore. maybe it's because i finally realize that this one is going to stay. ok, so in that box, it housed my chanel jumbo caviar flap. so what's in this box?! hahhahahaha.......

renewed love

meet my new chanel.

authenticate this

did you know that in all chanels after the 1980's, there is a hologram sticker that is stuck on the inside of the chanel to verify that it is real...interesting eh? i found mine at the bottom left hand corner of an inner pocket. can't take a picture of it because it's an awkward placement...but i thought, wow. talk about hardcore. there's some other cues, but i thought this one was pretty awesome because you really do need to look for it and who would have thunk. i had to use my flashlight....