Make the decision that you will be happy with when you look at the bag - when you're walking down the street with it do you want to think, "Eh, the bag isn't so great, but I only paid $200 bucks for it!" That's $200 wasted bucks in my opinion. I'd be much happier thinking, "Wow, I love this bag!" because you really won't be thinking about that money months down the road. We buy bags to enjoy them, not to sit there and look at something that we don't like for $200. I like the Carly much better - too many people carry the regular signature items.