My first purse from a pattern!

I consider myself to be a decent seamstress, but patterns have always been a thorn in my side.  How do you lay them out?  Pin and trace, pin and cut?  Taping them together or laminating?  UGH!  So when I've made purses in the past, I just sort of made them up.  A couple of squares, a long rectangle, a zipper and voila!  A purse is born. 
Well, I found this cute FREE pattern and decided to give it a try. I think it turned out pretty well.

You know what else stumps me?  Lining the inner and outer pieces to sew together so they come out the right way.  It took me three attempts to get it right.  Thank God for seam rippers!