Oh heck, just use it and love every minute of it!! They look so great broken in!!Hmmmm, with all you thinking that mono speedies look good w/ patina, maybe I should just start wearing my mono speedy 30 more often. I know I could always get the vachetta replaced one day, maybe in 10yrs,lol. It might be worth it, I love that bag so much and I did spray it with Wilsons after all(just in case I would ever get caught in an unexpected shower, and I even have a plastic bag large enough for it in the bag, lol, for that very reason).