Splurge or Save Thursday: Italian Leather Handwoven Satchel
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This perfectly sized woven satchel looks like it retails for way more.
Crafted from luxe Italian leather, this soft satchel has a magnetic closure, interior pockets, and a convertible strap, along with a top handle.
This roomy bag looks like it would have no trouble holding a tablet or e-book for your commute in addition to other essentials.
Quince’s Italian Leather Handwoven Satchel is $149.90 and comes in bone, taupe, and cognac.
Sales of note for 9/23/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Ann Taylor – 30% off tops and sweaters
- Banana Republic Factory – 40% off everything + extra 15% off
- Eloquii – 50% off select styles with code
- J.Crew – Extra 30% off sale styles, plus up to 50% off layers they love
- J.Crew Factory – 40-70% off everything + extra 60% off clearance
- M.M.LaFleur – Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Nordstrom – Fall savings event! Also get 15% off select beauty items and 6x points on beauty.
- Talbots – Anniversary event! 25% off entire purchase, plus fresh fall classics from $34.50
Made my first Botox appointment– honestly, I am excited but I feel guilty for such an extravagant purchase on myself. We can afford it….and after a hellish year I would like to treat myself to something extra special that I have been wanting to do. Any other moms out there have the same predicament?
Related to the parenting discussion below: I’m struggling with how to practice self-care while also valuing reciprocity. So for example, if I tell my 5 YO kid “I don’t want to play with you” or “I don’t want to pick you up,” then I fully expect my kid will later retort that day with “I don’t want to put out the napkins” or “I don’t want to pick up my toys.” Reciprocity and fairness are big concepts in my marriage, but they don’t quite work for a relationship with kids, which is uneven by nature. I can probably change the wording to “I need space” or “I need free arms right now”. But at some level, I think my kids ought to listen simply because I’m the parent, without some lecture about why it’s important that we all pitch in to set the table for dinner or tidy the house. Any advice or scripts?
Checking in/thinking about the poster who posted a comment about her husband being asked to leave a venue for being overserved when they were with their kids. Hoping/praying things are better for everyone involved.
How closely do you expect daycare teachers to monitor food time with under-1s? We were there for pickup at our new daycare yesterday and two young babies were eating berries and nectarines with one teacher in the room with her back turned focusing on a diaper change. If one had choked, it absolutely wouldn’t have been noticed for…a while. I’m mindful of avoiding the “expert halo” (when you assume that people are experts and overlook red flags), but this place has also been open for 20 years with great reviews. Am I overreacting?
I really enjoyed the discussion yesterday about being a “military parent” (not quite an accurate summary of the conversation, but you know the one I mean). I felt so seen. It’s been interesting to see how my parenting style has evolved over time. I consider myself fun – I’m out there playing and saying yes to ice cream and thinking of adventures for us to go on to mix up the routine of daily life. I’m already planning my fantasy family ski trip and thinking about what candy I’ll offer on the chairlift. But at the same time, I too have areas where I’m strict and where I’m not interested or available to offer detailed explanations to a toddler for why we need to put shoes on and why we need to go to bed on time and why we can’t roll around during a dirty diaper change. I’m strict on certain types of screentime. This is kind of surprising – I thought I might be more “fun” and relaxed (“you can’t let naptime dictate the whole day!!”) about those things than I am. Interestingly, my lifelong best friend and I are VERY similar in many ways and we share literally everything, but on this, we’re so different – she’s all about the explanations and the acknowledging big feelings and it works a lot of the time, but she admits they struggle with setting boundaries around things like bedtime where everyone is getting exhausted/not enough sleep and it’s harder than ever to figure out how to hold the line.
It’s so, so interesting to me how there are many good ways to be a good parent, somewhere on the strict to not strict spectrum. Ultimately for us, I’m finding that to be the fun parent I want to be, there are certain areas that need to be stricter and more regimented. It’s like planning a vacation; I used to think that the best vacations were super spontaneous and had no itineraries, but I realized over time that I have SO much more fun when I put in the effort to plan excursions and pick good restaurants and put thought into hotels and travel arrangements. “Planning to have fun,” I guess – it works for me and probably doesn’t for others.
Finally, my question – any podcasts or articles to recommend on this subject? I love the topic of how to have fun as a mom and with your kids (particularly in the outdoors), but I didn’t really see too many on this subject when I was browsing The Mom Hour (which was recommended here) a while back. Any recs?
Please share stories of children who didn’t experience trauma from their parents’ divorce. I want out of my marriage but don’t want to inflict pain on DS (5). We don’t argue in front of DS very often, so staying married is best for DS. But the thought of staying married for another 13 years until DS goes to college makes me want to cry.
What’s going well this week (inspired by an effort not to get bogged down in the very many annoyances annoyances)? Home, work, life, pop culture?
I’m on secondment at my husband’s workplace 1 day a week, and we got breakfast and lunch together today. One class this week just gelled. They spent 40 minutes on the warm up, talking to each other rather than to me, which is so satisfying to see.
My mom is here and she and my son have so much fun scheming. My son’s teacher called and they are going to give him a desk he can decamp to in the library corner, which would be a punishment for most kids, but my sensitive soul might be happier there.