Brown leather bag help please

[janeite]

I'm looking for a brown leather bag, possibly tan, big enough to hold a paperback and an umbrella.

Quite like this but I think it's too small.

Would like a proper shoulder strap.

Or this?

Any opinions/ideas? Don't want to spend more than 60. If I can't get a decent leather one for that price, maybe somebody could recommend a cloth one instead?

Thanks.

The Oasis one is nice, saw it today in the nude pink.

Do you by any chance live in London? There's a fantastic leather bag shop in Camden, called Gohil's, on the right before the lock if you're walking from the tube. I have one from there and I want more!

Thanks both. Am off to investigate my options tomorrow!

Just bought my Fossil bag. I love it so far, holds everything I need and can even throw in a nappy or two. Amazingly sturdy, dangly bits can be removed (quite like them though) and lovely brown leather which will look good as it ages.

tweetymum - How do you manage to get bags from the US website and not the UK one?
I bought the Sasha and want to change it now.

Morag, I should have mentioned, I don't live in the UK anymore, live in Canada, so had a friend buy it and ship it to me. I just sent her a cheque when I got it.

The Fossil website has loads more bags on the US site and if you have a friend there you can get them to buy and ship it to you, as they won't ship anywhere else. It also works out a bit cheaper as you may be able to avoid customs duty on it ocasionally.

Love that Fossil one - but too expensive for me.

I just ordered the scaramanga bag.

Just what I've been looking for!

How about this one?

Its a bit more than what you want to spend, but I've found that they are hardwearing and actually look good with age.

Good luck

Ooh, I ordered a messenger bag from scaramanga yesterday afternoon after seeing the link here. It arrived this morning (speedy!) and it is GORGEOUS!

thankyou ameliameerkat

Got mine today. I love it!

aquavit and batteryhuman Yay!! I always add Scaramanga to these threads as I love my bag from them so much! Maybe I should email them to say I got them two sales - do you think they'd give me a discount on another bag?!?! [hopeful emoticon] .