New Camera Bag

Ah, camera bags, ever the dilemma - do you get the standard black brand bag, a camera bag disguised as a purse, or just your average purse that a camera gets thrown into? Sadly, I've been falling victim to the latter. I have long admired ONA's chesnut Brooklyn bag (http://www.onabags.com/store/shoulder-bags/the-brooklyn.html?color=chestnut#chestnut), but couldn't afford the hefty price tag. But I very much liked the idea of a brown leather satchel as a clever home for a camera (I just can't bring myself to buy a regular camera bag. They're big, clunky and I'm not a professional photographer. I don't want to come off looking like I'm trying to be one). So for the past few months I've been on the hunt for a suitable brown leather satchel. I finally found one at Wilson's Leather, that structurally fit all my requirements. It had space for my camera, but separate front compartments for my phone, keys, etc. plus a back pocket for a planner/papers and a top zipper pouch for anything else.

Here comes the fun part.....the original price of the satchel I got was $240. The outlet store listed their retail price as $119. Then they happened to be having a 60% off original suggested retail price, so that brought it down to $96. (Which worked out almost perfectly, my budget was $100). I mentioned this rather excitedly to the sales associate who was ringing me up. He gently noted that, unfortunately, the final price would end up being just a little over $100 due to tax. All I said was, "Oh" and was about to take another breath to say my next thought when he smiled, "Hold on just a sec..." A few tickety-taps later and he beamed down at me, "How does $88 with tax sound?" My jaw just about hit the floor. I thought perhaps he took the sales tax or something, but there happened to be a $15 off coupon floating around the mall for Wilson's Leather. So he credited one to me. What wonderful customer service! So without further adieu, here's my new satchel...



(The only possible downside is that I wish the bag wasn't SO red-brown. I had originally wanted something a little more in the yellow-brown family to go with all my green, khaki, and ochre brown clothes. Ah well.)