I sure do heart my Messenger Bag, or, as some of my coworkers call it, my “Murse” (Man + Purse = Murse). Whether it doubles as a laptop bag, or whether I’ve got it packed with an umbrella, map, light reading, and my re-usable shopping bags, I’m so very very glad I snatched it up at Target all those years ago (year ago?) for $20.
Of course, back then, I had no idea I’d be a resident of Washington DC come summer. I had no idea I’d be working in a cube farm in Bethesda, and a bookstore downtown. I had no idea not only that I’d've sold my car, but that I’d've wrecked my car (the one I had a year ago) into a deer, bought a new car — my first brand new car ever — and then gone and sold that.
In any case, and especially in retrospect: Worth. Every. Penny.