After attending a wedding and a funeral in the past 2 weeks I've decided I need a new purse. I have one nice leather Jr. Drake purse that I use for fancy occasions and it worked fine for the wedding, but was too small for the funeral (I traveled 3 hrs., and this purse barely holds my wallet and I knew it wouldn't fit my sunglasses or anything else). I have a tan leather bag but its more casual and since I was wearing black for the funeral it really stuck out. Most of my bags are casual cross body bags (Kipling, Baggallini), or large totes in patterns (Vera Bradley, current most used is a Thirty One Retro Metro tote). My birthday is coming up in September, so I thought I could find a reasonably priced nicer purse and use my birthday as the excuse to get it I'd like black or a steel gray color and either a hobo/bucket type bag with one strap, or with two smaller straps over my shoulder. Would need to hold my large wallet (currently a Kipling), my large sunglasses case, small cosmetic bag, phone, keys, and other small things like pack of tissues, etc. Nothing so big that it looks like I'm carring the kitchen sink, but nothing too small either.
I checked at Ross and TJ Maxx yesterday but didn't find anything I loved. Everything was either the long cross body strap or made from cheap fake leather. I'd love real leather (a soft smooshy kind) but that may be out of my price range. MZ Wallace is also very much out of my price range! Any other suggestions to look at? Would most likely have to order it online as we don't have Nordestrom or anything like that here.