The Minimal Baroque in tortoiseshell $290.

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and in cobalt blue, also $290

The Postcards model in fuchsia $225

And finally, the two-tone model with green lenses, $290

I’m really liking these, but they’re oh so expensive. Where can I find cheap glasses?

Order this dress and others customized to your measurements at dressofthemonthclub.com. Most dresses are $100, this is $125, and that’s a steal for a custom made dress. Support local, support women owned businesses, and support cute at DotMC and Wallflower!

Bonus link: Sorry I Missed Your Party on how women think about bangs as often as men think about sex.

Plus, their newsletter (monthly, naturally) is looking swanky.

More biking in dresses is on the way in my world!

BillyKirk is a small company of two brothers who employ Amish families to do much of the leather work. They make gorgeous bags, check out their site. How much do I want this bag? So much. Not $295 much, but close.

There’s more backstory on the BillyKirk boys, including photos of their childhood, here. I just rediscovered that blog Hollister Hovey, by rather swanky NY sisters who I want very much to be my friends. (I found the Lorca/Dali movie there, among many other things.) Their childhoods sound adorable. It makes me want to write more about mine, and just generally be more fabulous.

But they were $140, plus shipping, boo. However! Weirdly, Gap to the rescue! The mega corp that is Gap/Old Navy/Banana Republic/Athleta now has a website called Piperlime that looks like an attempt to give Zappos a run for its money. And the Leia is on sale for $89.50, with free shipping.

Who has a new pair of kicks? That’s right.

They’re having a 30% off sale this week, and it looks like sales are frequent. Piperlime, check it out. Guys and kids, too.

Somewhat related: The CEO of Zappos has a really good blog. He nails why Twitter is good for business and people, and many of the comments are from presidents/founders/CEOs etc. of companies you’ll recognize. Friendly, enjoyable business blogs are hard to find. Well done, Tony Hsieh. I learned from it that all Zappos employees are given the same 4 week culture training, offered 2k to leave in those first 4 weeks (1% do), and are made to answer the customer service phones for 2 weeks. Every single employee, regardless of position, goes through that. Wow.

Is it summer yet? How about now? Now? We can’t wear flip flops at work anymore, so I would love to have a pair of these folding flip flops in a pouch to tuck in my bag and pull out at the end of the day. Made from 99% recycled tire rubber. $22

I have several of these baggu bags in wild colors (without the mom heart) and I love them. Canvas tote bags are so lame, heavy, and easy to forget. These little baggus pack into a tiny pouch and turn up magically in my purse or jacket pocket right when I need them. I also bought myself several of the mesh veggie bags so I can stop coming home with twenty plastic bags wrapped around each tomato. A few of those are on the way to the momers also.

My mom lives in Paia, Maui and shops at Mana Foods–one look at the goddesses and dolphins on their website will tell you that my mom and her reusable bags are about to be a big hit.

I’m ordering some and will report back. Etsy is totally my late night shopping network. Thank god I don’t have tv or I’d be up to my ears in kitchen gadgets. Oh wait.