Thank you
Look closer at where the up 'arrow' meets with the down 'arrow', it's off center, it doesn't seem nearly as obvious as they were in person, otherwise I would have just kept it. The leather is very soft and light, I know what you mean by the 'stiffness' on the Amalia with regarding to its coating. I don't think this Happy has any coating because of how the leather feels, however, if it did have any coating, it might have just been to prevent soiling easily but not necessarily scratches. I found a small tonal scratch on the inside of the flap, fairly common on calf or lambskins. I'll get to inspect it more closely when I get the replacement bag and will report back!


chriseve - the bag is so beautiful, I hope that the next one works out better. I don't see where it doesn't match, but that would drive me crazy too. So is the leather really soft or does it have a little coating? My green Amalia tote has a little bit of stiffness to it compared to many of them, just a different treatment.
I really think that they "hit the ball out of the park" with this Happy design.