I recently fell in love with a bag from Anthropologie-the Alfresco Bag. It is a great neutral color, soft leather, adjustable from a tote into a smaller purse and comes with a snazzy printed scarf to liven it up.

I was entranced by the website description of it being the perfect bag for a trip to the market to buy a baguette for a picnic. It also had a five star rating on Anthroplogie’s website based on 16 reviews. I couldn’t go wrong, right?

I ordered it and waited with glee for it to arrive. Finally, it came and although the leather is beautiful and the bag is chic, I immediately noticed one fatal flaw.

As I mentioned earlier, the bag converts from a tote to a smaller purse. I was planning to carry it in the smaller purse version. What I didn’t realize is that to make that conversion you fasten a clip together that stretches across the inside of the bag.

So to go from big to small, you have to put up with this.

I mean, the whole point of having a big bag is so you can rummage around inside it. How are you supposed to rummage around with a big clip in the way? I figure for as much as this bag cost, I needed to really love it, so the Alfresco Bag is in the mail on the way back to Anthropologie.

What do you think? Would you have put up with it?