I probably need a more grown-up bag. The one I've been carrying with the cracked handles is, how you say, ghetto. I've been on the lookout (i.e. gilt.com) for something in the $100 - $300 range that I can use daily, but nothing's really caught my eye, or if it did, then I didn't get to it in time or I was never sure if it was the one.
I feel pretty strongly against the mass-market so-called "luxury" brands (e.g. Coach) and so began poking around
etsy.com - clicked "buy," chose the bag category and typed in "leather" as a search. It returned some 314 pages and I just spent two hours going through about 200 of those pages. Who knew there were so many talented leather artists? I like the idea of a) supporting artisans and b) having someting somewhat personalized. I culled the best of my favorites here. Yeah, I can't decide.
