I have relatively small hands as well, but yeah, after a while of playing you just develop a natural way to "get around" the neck. Sure, I can't do insane stretches like Paul Gilbert (if he dies, I want his hands), but it's not hindering me at all really.
Note that even full size guitars have different scale lengths, for instance my Les Paul measures 24 ¾ inch and my RG measures 25½ inch.
Then there is also PRS (and clones thereof) measuring in between the "gibson" and "fender" scales at 25" dead.
What's equally important is the size of the frets. My LP has 38 or 39 year old mini-frets with almost 40 years of wear on them now, so barre chords are a hassle. If you get something with bigass jumbo frets you don't have to put as much effort in to fret big chords. Honestly, whenever I play my RG with the bigger frets, it sounds like I'm playing notes double because of the relative force my fingers are used to put into fretting a note and I have to adapt for a few minutes.
Also, you can rock a hello kitty squire for a long time. I've seen Dave Navarro play one when he performed here with Jane's Addiction (with ex-GNR bassist Duff still in the band) for a song.
Epic show, the pinkest and girliest guitar you can find at a rock show.
But yeah, they used to sell new for about 200-230 euros, so I wouldn't go over that definitely, probably a bit under since it's a used budget guitar.
Gig bags, I dunno, I have hardshell cases. My first own guitar was the Ibanez RG I still have. First I played was an EKO western/accoustic.