I had almost exactly the same dilemma a little while ago,my reasons were a bit different though,I had always wanted a Paddy and my husband said he would get me one for Christmas.After we'd been to look at the color and size I decided on,and he knew which to get without me there etc,etc.............we left the store and walked into the shopping center and I'm not kidding we must have seen about 30,a few real and so many fakes it was bordering on comical.What really put me off was there were girls of about 12/13 carrying them!!!!!!!!!!! So I thought time to be brave and go for something less well known by the masses,but classy enough to be recognised by the 'right' kind of people,if that makes any sense.