Someone should write a children's book titled City Punk, Country Punk.

Haha Mochi!

Rachy, no worries - just need to make sure I can return if it doesn't work.

"Am hoping the little flowers don't discourage me from actually using it", lol, you're hilarious.

Astrid wrote my answer to your question, how convenient.

You must ask yourself, "What would Penny do?" Deconstruct the Target bag, perhaps? Spray-paint some graffiti on it? Or maybe use as-is, who knows? I think you'll figure out how to make it "yours."

For me, some things can stand out and some can be supporting acts. Because I rarely pattern match, and almost always wear a medium size print somewhere, my bags are usually more of a support. So while I am drawn to a fabulous big print on a summer bag, floral or graphic, my purses read neutral.
Maybe next summer I'll add a neutral capsule and a big print bag. Something to look forward to.

Rachy, it sounds like you didn't like how the plaid bag looked on you. I wouldn't buy it then. But maybe I'd keep an open mind to seeing a similar one in better shades of black and white, or different colors.

I do sometimes wear things I like that I don't think look that good on me, usually because they are dated. I wear them in three locations-at home, on a quick walk (we never run into anyone and usually I have a third layer on anyway), or on a long car trip when I want to be cozy in the car.

Good question. I actually had the opposite experience today--also with a Fossil crossbody bag that I tried at Nordstrom Rack. The color was orange -- a color I never, ever wear, but combined with my otherwise sedate ensemble (black tunic, beige crops, black sandals) it looked kind of great. The thing is, orange is so far outside of my norm that I wasn't sure how it would look with anything else so I left it at the store. I don't need another crossbody at this point anyway, but it did make me think that my normal colors--black, white, beige, grey and burgundy have gotten a bit boring and might be enlivened by a bit of bright color sometimes.
Rachy, I know exactly what you mean by a bag seeming "draining." I have felt that with certain black bags, even though I wear black frequently.
For what it's worth, I like your new bag and I like what Angie said!

ETA--Just looked up the crossbody. I guess it was actually red. Reduced much further at my local Rack.