Whilst I love all the totes, bags and purses made by all the QB members, I still go for black leather (currently a small backpack/convertible handbag). When one old faithful gets too shabby...I replace it with another, after much umming and ahhing. I do have a couple of spares/backups and "good, going-out" bags, but anything that doesn't fit in the leather bag, gets shoved in an environmental shopping bag (usually good old calico). Shoes....now that's a different story