Hi dbverycherry

By coincidence my daughter and her boyfriend went to New York for 5 days over Christmas and she has brought me back a Kipling purse from Macys. I wasn't expecting a gift as she had already visited us before Christmas and given me a lovely Kipling handbag - well this was the matching purse! I was thrilled with it!

I know about Macy's canvas bags because a year ago we went to New York for our anniversary and on that occasion we bought our daughter one of those. They have quite a good selection in different patterns and sizes and both the bags and my Kipling purse would be within the price range you mention.

Make up IS generally cheaper there (they have a lot of Sephora shops that stock Bare Escentuals, Smashbox, etc) but if you don't really wear much make up, maybe a bag or purse would be a better idea.