Putting the cart before the horse?

Or maybe the bag before the books??

My trusty leather tote/briefbag disintegrated on my trip to California last week. That's fair, it is at least 20 years old, so fully amortized.

So, knowing I would need a nice looking, sturdy, and functional replacement for law school (*), I have replaced it. 

(*) Even if I don't go to Law School, I will want a nice bag for future meetings with faculty and staff at the MIND Institute of UC Davis... And a pretty place in which to tote tools and data for the COAST research. The clothes may make the man, but the bag makes the researcher...