Splurge or Save Thursday: Clam Zip Wallet
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This wallet is a little piece of art you can enjoy every time you peek into your purse.
This zip wallet is composed of cleverly arranged triangles that give it both flexibility and structure. It has two interior card pockets and a center pocket divider to keep your credit cards, ID, and cash organized. While you can certainly get a wallet for less, I have not seen one that marries art and function quite like this.
Bao Bao Issey Miyake’s Clam Zip Wallet is $385 at Nordstrom.
A couple of slightly more affordable options are from Au Départ ($190 at Italist) and Comme des Garçons ($316, was $630, at Farfetch).
Sales of note for 2/14/25 (Happy Valentine’s Day!):
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Winter Sale, up to 60% off! 7850 new markdowns for women
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase — and extra 60% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + 15% off (readers love their suiting as well as their silky shirts like this one)
- Boden – 15% off new season styles
- Eloquii – 300+ styles $25 and up
- J.Crew – 40% of your purchase – prices as marked
- J.Crew Factory – 50% off entire site and storewide + extra 50% off clearance
- Rothy’s – Final Few: Up to 40% off last-chance styles
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Flash sale ending soon – markdowns starting from $15, extra 70% off all other markdowns (final sale)
When do your elementary kids play with friends? Mine is in second grade. Thus far we have avoided being overly scheduled, but this semester we are starting to see a lot more time in activities (swim lessons twice a week, soccer once a week or basketball once a week, religious school one week afternoon), aftercare. We still have a good amount of weekend time available but all his friends have sports that seem to take up the weekend (or opposite religious school schedules). It feels like the difficulty playing with kids at our house or theirs is really impacting his ability to have deep friendships. Do we just keep trying on the weekends? How do you fit this in?? He does sometimes play with neighbors in the 5:30-7 pm range but those are different kids and that’s so close to bedtime it often leads to overstimulated behavior issues.
Tips on hospital admissions with little babies? We will be here for a few days and am blanking on what to bring. I am EBF, doesn’t take a bottle.
I think this group leans more on the side of casual sports teams/activities (which I’m all for!) but for those of you whose kids have done club travel teams and other intense sports, have the time sacrifices generally been worth it for your kids? I never thought we’d be a “sports family” but am now looking into club/travel soccer for my oldest because he loves it (like, wears a soccer jersey every day and constantly plays it in his free time loves it). I want to encourage him and I think it’s good for him to both keep playing and learn to lose and meet other people, etc., but are we signing ourselves up for years of this if we try it next year? I know it’s a whole industry and the clubs will take as much as I give them.
P.S. for those curious about Legoland NY – I didn’t give my review yet because my youngest and then I got a terrible stomach bug after, so we were just surviving, but the place itself was great. Perfect for my kids’ ages (7 and 4.5) and the hotel was everything you’d expect for a kid experience, and very convenient to walk to the park. Would recommend if you’re in driving distance and have younger kids.
At what age did you start dressing your baby in something other that pajamas or onesies? I had a September baby in a cold climate, so she spent most of her young life in footie pajamas and a sweater of some kind. Now that the weather is warming up I sometimes put cute summer outfits on, but only if we are going somewhere special. We were out and about the other day (getting coffee so she had just woken up and I tossed in the stroller in her PJs) and we ran into a friend who made a rather pointed remark about how my daughter should be wearing real clothes now. She is starting daycare soon – do I need to dress her for daycare? To be clear, we change PJs at least once a day after bath time, and obviously before that if they get dirty.
What are your favorite books/resources for learning about exercise during pregnancy? A friend gave me her copies of Expecting Better and Cribsheet and I found them both really lacking in the exercise sections – I like Oster overall, but she barely spent any time on exercise and in the little space she did, she didn’t challenge any of the long-running myths (i.e., you shouldn’t begin exercising for the first time during pregnancy) or address the known health benefits of exercise for non-pregnant women. I’m hoping to find something more evidence-based. My main pre-pregnancy (currently TTC) exercise is mountain biking, which I hope to keep up in very modified form, and my main problem is back pain from herniated discs several years back. I do PT diligently, but I know pregnancy is going to be a big stressor and I want to make sure I keep my core as strong as I can. Any advice/tips/resources?
Is a necklace / bracelet beading kit and puffy stickers a fine birthday present for a 4 year old girl in our preschool class that I don’t know at all? Do parents dislike getting stickers? (These ones are good and peel off things easily). I just don’t want to be that parent but most of the kids in my daughters class are obsessed with stickers so it seemed like a good consumable gift.
Related to the wedding question above, though I’m a different poster, good source for a suit for a six year old? It’s for a 6 pm garden wedding in NYC. We tend to dress him more grown up, which he strongly prefers. TIA!
Recommendations for a good children’s dictionary? My 7.5 year old wants one and I have no idea . . . also, favorite dinosaur books for a 4 year old? We already have the How Do Dinosaurs . . . books. TIA!
Gift ideas for four year old boy? Budget $50.
Starting to plan for a replacement summer trip. Our international trip got cancelled because of husband’s work. Additionally, now husband (most likely) can’t go, but I’ve decided that the au pair and I will bring the kids (7,3,1) somewhere.
I want to go to the west coast, flying out of NYC so lots of east direct flights.
Ideas so far: LA-ish, maybe a day or two at Disneyland but also general sightseeing.
Portland, OR – could we rent bikes and bike trailers and go full Portland?
Honestly, my kids would be happy to swim in a hotel pool for 10 hours a day and occasionally go see something cool. I feel like there’s a resort that does this (Scottsdale?) but will it be too hot to exist? You guys have the best ideas..,
There were some interesting late responses to the kindergarten reading thread yesterday, if anyone wants to look back at yesterday.
Does anyone have a suggestion for a simple kids digital camera for a 5 year old that doesn’t have games?
It’s been a while since I’ve been to a wedding and have never really been with my own children, so curious – if a wedding invite calls for formal dress code, are children expected to have the same level of formality? We are invited to a summer wedding on a Sunday night and wondering if my son can wear a seersucker suit or if he needs an actual suit in a traditional fabric. Weather is likely to be hot given the time of year. Daughter would wear a pretty dress but nothing bejeweled or floor length, much to her disappointment. Kids are 8 and under, if it matters, and wedding is on Long Island.
Also, is there a difference between formal and black tie?