I find it very strange when I see someone without a handbag about and about. I mean, where would you put the:
spare contact lens case, allergy tablets, purse (large) credit card case, tissues, sun glasses, cough lozenges, reading glasses, old receipts, notebook, pen, front door keys, fold up bag, old credit card (that I cancelled because I lost hence the new credit card case, I knew I had it somewhere). And that's just the mean and lean cross over bag.
I've also bought some on Ebay, hardly used and like new, so Sewmuchmore had better get her Radleys out of the attic and get some fabric funds.
I did buy a large Smith & Canova leather bag that I found too heavy to use, but it is always very useful when I go to a committee meeting to carry the wine in for afters.
I would like to get hold of a really expensive one, just to see if they are made any different to the lower priced leather ones.