Congratulations!! I enjoyed reading your reveal! I am glad the Marine duffle is perfect, and I sure hope they can get the tassels to you! I bought Marine last year and I am still in love with it.
As a side note - for Christmas 2012 my DH bought me a Deep Port duffle that I picked out. I hated the tassels, so I took them off and threw them away in the trash. This was before I discovered tPF. Looking back, I don't know what I was thinking! I should have at least stashed them somewhere. Later I sold the duffle (Deep Port wasn't love for me), and I tell ya, not having the tassels made it harder to sell! So yes, the tassels are THE THING!
As a side note - for Christmas 2012 my DH bought me a Deep Port duffle that I picked out. I hated the tassels, so I took them off and threw them away in the trash. This was before I discovered tPF. Looking back, I don't know what I was thinking! I should have at least stashed them somewhere. Later I sold the duffle (Deep Port wasn't love for me), and I tell ya, not having the tassels made it harder to sell! So yes, the tassels are THE THING!