Make My Life Easier Thursday: Seashell Lil Koi iPhone 16 Case
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I’ve dropped my cell phone countless times, only to be saved from catastrophe by its case. If you’re on the hunt for a new case, this innovative one protects both your phone and the planet.
Made of compostable bioplastic elastomer and flax straw materials, this soft, flexible, and grippy case keeps your phone safe from drops and scratches. It comes in countless prints and designs in versions that accommodate many phone models.
Pela’s phone case is $65.
Sales of note for 5/4/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Select clothes, shoes & more up to 50% off
- Ann Taylor – Friends of Ann Event: 30% off your entire purchase, including new arrivals (ends 5/4) + extra 15% off $200
- Banana Republic Factory – 40-60% everything + extra 25% off
- Eloquii – Extra 50% off all sale + $19 & up spring steals
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off must-have styles + up to extra 60% off sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – Extra 70% off clearance
- M.M.LaFleur – Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 40% off one regular-price item + 30% off everything else
Anyone else navigating socioeconomic issues with kids friends? I am so ashamed to say that I got out of touch for a while, but I’m glad to be in a community now that has economic diversity. My son wanted to go see the Minecraft movie and I invited his best friends family to come with us. Their family is super great and lives near us, they have 3 kids close to our kids ages. I didn’t think anything of it. The mom texted me and said that only her husband and their son were interested. My son came home and told me that his friend told him they couldn’t afford for his family to all go. I literally cried when I heard this. I was raised by a single mom on a tight budget but forgot what those days were like. You just never know what other people are going through.
Thank you all for the feedback re dental work yesterday (and the late post, too!). After getting the feedback from the ped, dentist friends, and speaking with a friend who just did this with her 3-year-old (good result, and very similar to how our ped dentist office handles it), we’re going to move forward with it.
I’m not thrilled about it, but don’t want to risk kid getting an infection (which is higher than I’d like at this point).
Crossposting from the main site since this definitely involves kids:
Travel suggestions for extended family (grandparents and grandkids ages 3-10) to Paris this summer?
We definitely want to do a river cruise (would love to hear if there was one you liked) and a family friendly Louvre scavenger hunt type of visit. Staying in the 7th which is not my preference but we’re pretty good at getting around cities. Have also marked down Tuilieries Gardens and Luxembourg Gardens as musts with the kids.
TIA!
I really hate country life but am feeling the benefits today. My son’s been playing with the neighbour grandkids all day. We’re at the end of a cul-de-sac with the windows open, so it’s a loose form of supervision split between the adults.
And LOL at Scottish children… it’s 16 C and they’ve declared themselves “roasting”. They are now doing magnatiles on the porch to “cool off”.
I’ve had two of these phone cases and really like them. They work well, they feel good, and there were too many good patterns to choose from!
I would recommend getting a lighter color because corner dings eventually show the tan-colored material.
While I’m grateful our public school is so inclusive and will let my 1st grade daughter share next week about morning announcements…a bit more notice that i need to help her write a script and come up with props (we are leaving town this weekend, which the teacher knows). DH is also out of town already so today i have to pack us all for our flight and apparently come up with a Passover project
What do you do when you don’t agree with your spouse’s parenting choices?
It’s about little stuff- candy and screen time, but I also feel like he’s being egregious about it. He gave our 1 year old and 3 year old jelly beans before school one morning this week because their breath smelled bad.
I feel like he’s babysitting our kids rather than parenting them. He feels like I’m constantly criticizing him.
I don’t know. I know these are all such cliches and been discussed to death here but I’m still so frustrated by it.