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Oh my gosh. It was like Christmas at my house. I LOVE the Theia. It is so elegant in its simplicity. And the details are wonderful. The Mud color is absolutely the perfect neutral. I have wanted something in that color for year and it does not disappoint. It does not photograph well regarding color. The photo has a rosy tint and the bag is not rosy at all. The outside zipper pocket holds my iPhone 6s plus in the upright position and still zips.
The wide strap is really comfortable and the three options for the strap, short, long and messenger are genius. I am truly not disappointed in the leather, the style or the color.

The bag is NOT small to me. I am 5' 6" and weigh 149. I cannot imagine how big the regular size is.

The Athene in lipstick is just happy. What else can I say. It does have a "plastic" look compared to the other leathers, but it is still beautiful. I will let you know how it holds up being used as a make up bag.

Oh and I love the red lining! And the cuff bracelets. One is lead Africa and the other MM chose for me is the Everose Pompei. Fun, fun, fun.
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I am just on cloud nine with these purchases.
Congrats! You got a lovely haul! I'm especially drooling after your penny midi and lead Africa cuff. [emoji7]
 
Congrats! You got a lovely haul! I'm especially drooling after your penny midi and lead Africa cuff. [emoji7]
Thank you. I am really enjoying using the Penny’s for a wallet and a make up holder. They look so cute when I open the bag to get something out. And they fit almost every size bag because they are soft. And boy do I regret not getting a lead Africa purse
 
Man I wish I wasn't in tiny bag land. I remember a year ago and especially two years ago wishing the smaller bags were bigger and now I'm wishing the bigger bags were smaller. I just don't carry anything anymore and hate rifling through big empty cavernous sacks so I'm just about fine with a flora or penny messengers and auras and once in when I really have something bulky like the girls' sippy cups and want room for their hoodies too, then my angel midi. But my Arianna or Modena? Forget about it, it's comical when I put my things in there, they roll around in the bottom. My Angelica is just about the max I feel I can use. My Selene midi zips aren't getting used but they are so so pretty. Just so big. I should rotate into them sometimes just to fondle.
I'm wishing for more small and smallish medium structured styles and there's just a sea of huge bags.
I think I'm just too busy to have a shoulder bag under my arm. I need my bag to be light and crossbody and out of my way when I'm carrying tons of groceries, switching the car seats from one car to another, carrying the kids' backpacks when they cry and refuse, and sometimes them as well. If my bag doesn't 'disappear' from my radar it gets left in the car, I can't deal. These days it's crossbody smalls and that's it.
Plus I stopped carrying makeup, just a gloss with me now. I never ever touched up my makeup anyways. It's phone and card holder and that's it. Keys and headphones are sometimes in there and cheap sunglasses that I don't bother with a case because I lose them so often. But really an aura is more than enough. A Penny messenger even is.
Funny how I used to carry so much and now so little.
 
Oh gosh I do spend the days at the university; I'm a graduate student. But I even fit my iPad with keyboard case and water bottle in my aura and that's all I need. I don't know, I just stopped carrying tons of stuff.
On weekends I spend many hours out and about with the kids but they leave a bunch of stuff in the car just in case or bring their own little back packs or then I just put sippy cups in my little purse and take only phone and card case otherwise and I still manage with just a small purse.
I definitely do not rarely leave my house; I am an extrovert and would go nuts.
 
No judgements meant. I'm just a pack rat and take everything I think I could need during the day and most of the time I do. That said, I have a beautiful Coach bag that is really too big for my comfort and no external pocket so I've tried a purse insert to make it work. I can empathize with wanting a smaller bag.
 
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