well, i carried the mandy today. DEFINATELY will take some getting used to, especially when i'm having to lug around a school bag too.
the only thing is the guy at the outlet never gave me a chance to look the bag over before i bought it (he basically said if i didn't buy it then, he was giving it to the ebay resellers that were there). and he assured me it was in perfect condition- and it's NOT. one of the rings on the side is scratched (not even little scratches from normal wear, they're deeper than that). and there are some pretty big scratches to the leather, too (that aren't coming out like the smaller scratches are) and there's quite a bit of scuffing to the lining inside...and i'm a bit upset that i just paid $720 for a bag that isn't even close to "perfect" condition, like he promised. i know they normally mark bags with that kind of wear down a bit...do you think they'd do some kind of price adjustment, since the quality isn't what they said it would be?!