gg- omg, i totally understand the internal struggle. i've really been thinking about alot of those things too.
that is really an awesome description that the white patent has a "sweet" look!
somehow i feel like the black patent is the wild card in all of this. i feel like the black will either be totally striking, or it will be just too shiny for me to use alot for daytime in the summer. i already have alot of night time bags...
when i tried on the black lizard, one thing i really liked was the subtlety of the shine throughout the bag-- both in the lizard skin and in the rings. somehow even though the bag is very stylized, the subtlety of the sheen throughout the bag made the edgey design look very classic to me.
i'm really praying these two colors get delivered at the same exact time so i'm not faced with the decision just looking at one.