Hi guys Thankyou for your replies on this thread, found each and every one very useful in making my decision,
Me and the oh went to Cheshire oaks today and I had a little cunning plan to take him in the mulberry outlet store in the hope that he got the message and treated me to a lovely new mulberry,
I have decided to go for the graphite grey Antony which oh agreed was ideal for day to day life...so I am now the proud owner thanks to oh !
It's the smaller one which I understand is compact but it fits my large purse in, my iPhone and plenty of extra space for other bits and bobs,
I'm really happy with it so far and cannot wait to show him off tomorrow

Thanks again for all your advise! That's 2 mulberrys in 2 months...definitely on that slippery slope to mulberry addiction !!