For those of you who are fans and live in the Midwest (or else feel the need), I highly recommend attending the outlet sale in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, where VB is manufactured:
http://www.verabradley.com/Site/Company/OutletSale.aspx
It's held in the Ft. Wayne Coliseum, and it's pretty crazy--just imagine row after row of tables filled with every style and color of bag. I've been the last few years, and when you walk in, they give you a garbage bag. Then it's every woman (and the occasional bored husband) for herself. I "may" have ran across the coliseum last year to get some half priced luggage...