I am in the happy position of sitting on a pot of money I have made from ebaying old stuff and I reaallllly want to get a new bag 
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My budget is absolute max £500 (less is better), I do want great quality though as I expect to get my money's worth - I won't be spending this much on a bag again for a long while. I am a sahm with two preschool dcs and the bag is just for my stuff. I walk everywhere so always have the bits and bobs the dcs need in the bottom of the buggy and I can fit lunchboxes etc in there too. So it needs to take the usual; purse, phone, keys, small pack wipes, hairbrush, pen, sunglasses, maybe a book or my kindle if I am out for the afternoon on my own(!).
A cross body strap is really useful although I don't want a bag that is just cross body iyswim and so far my front runner is this one -
www.my-wardrobe.com/anya-hindmarch/nude-maeve-clutch-467529
I love the fact that I can wear it on my shoulder, cross body if I need my hands free and also as a clutch when I go out with dh/friends. I like the nude colour the best, I don't want black at all and wondered if the red would be a bit more limiting? I am a bit 
about the pale leather though as I wear jeans most days and I would be very annoyed if the dye transferred onto the paler colour where I wore it across body?
I have already asked a few friends and have a few other ideas to go and check out irl although so far this looks the best to me. I should be able to get to London in the next couple of weeks to have a good look around a department store - which is the best one for bags? Selfridges? Harrods?
Thanks!
ps if you are one of the friends I have already asked (you know who you are ) please don't out me as have namechanged for this - ta x