thank you all! I appreciate all the input you ladies have given me!
I'm very please with the purchase...the beads aren't SUPER "loud"...so the bag isn't OVERLY trendy (a smidge trendy, yes...but lightyears better then the FISH bags!)
My mom was looking at a few and kept saying "your father would kill me if I paid this much for a bag"...well, I HAVE to buy her her first coach now for mother's day! so I must hit the outlet soon! (not that my mother isn't worthy of "full price"...it's just that she liked some of the "older styles" in leather, not signature print)