For me, it’s all about the usage I will get out of it plus how it looks. I currently have a pleather purse from Wet Seal, with gold embellishments, and one of those flat type wallets, also from there. For both I paid around 50, and they’re serving the purpose. I do love Coach, Chanel, LV, etc, however I don’t have the money for them. Plus the fact that I like to switch it up every so often. I do have a small Coach bag that my mother gave me for being in her wedding party, however I really don’t use it too often. Maybe if I found a designer bag that I REALLY liked, I’d definitely save up and buy it. But having a 40 dollar purse that is great in every aspect, is fine with me. And might I add, I like decently big purses. Not disgustingly huge ones, but big. My boyfriend is always giving me his crap to hold, and I need to put it somewhere!