I haven't returned my Quartz Brooke yet, but I was out shopping today and saw a number of Quartz Brookes on display at the mall and looked at all of them. And what I noticed is that the leather varies quite a bit from bag to bag. One bag looked hardly pebbled at all, it was almost smooth, while others had varying degrees of pebbling, some with "larger grain" (not sure if that's the right phrase, lol) and some with smaller. I know pebbled leather can vary, but this seemed like quite a bit of variation, and it really changed the look of the bag to me. The one that hardly looked pebbled was especially gorgeous, the smaller-grain ones were still quite beautiful, but some of the "larger grain" pebbled leather looked a bit faded and dry - the Brooke I got looks this way, and I think this is part of why I wasn't thrilled with it. I may be able to get over the hardware, but not both hardware and leather.
So now I'm thinking instead of returning my Brooke, I may take it in to my boutique and make them bring out all of their Quartz Brookes so I can pick the best one. If they don't have any good ones, I have 3 or 4 other boutiques within 30 minutes, so I can make the rounds. The really beautiful one I saw was at Macy's on display, but at FP I'd prefer to buy from the boutique because of the return policy, and I don't like to buy display bags.
Am I too obsessed, or is this just normal for a Coach addict?
So now I'm thinking instead of returning my Brooke, I may take it in to my boutique and make them bring out all of their Quartz Brookes so I can pick the best one. If they don't have any good ones, I have 3 or 4 other boutiques within 30 minutes, so I can make the rounds. The really beautiful one I saw was at Macy's on display, but at FP I'd prefer to buy from the boutique because of the return policy, and I don't like to buy display bags.
Am I too obsessed, or is this just normal for a Coach addict?