On the 7th I turned 27 and had some leftover $ for once so I decided to treat myself!! Im a park ranger and work outside every day and barely get paid enough to make rent so I dont own any "luxury" goods whatsoever especially fashion items, but I've always loved fashion and handbags especially. I loooove looking at expensive bags I will never be able to afford and really thought I was going to come home with a coach tabby bag. But nope, I ended up with this gorgeous black pebbled laurel. I was disappointed by the quality of the tabby bags in person as I live a very active and insane life and know for a fact that a tabby bag would get ruined in my day to day use. The laurel has rolled leather edges vs painted rubber sealed edges and the leather is SO soft. I also got the fabric crossbody strap and it adds the perfect amount of color. I love it and im so very happy.