A Second Chance To Buy Preminium Labels At Macy’s And Walmart

Did you know that Macy’s, Walmart, and Target have all expanded their digital storefronts to include recognizable name brands and premium contemporary labels? When you see the offerings, pay close attention to the seller listed, as it is done under different arrangements. Lands’ End and COACH sell directly via their own storefronts hosted by Walmart.com. Plus, these famous brands may come from pre-owned or 3rd-party marketplace sellers. Personally, I prefer buying articles sold directly by the well-known retailers: Walmart, Macy’s, Target, or by the original brands’ storefronts, not a 3rd-party seller, although Walmart will make good a sale gone wrong from all 3rd-party sellers. So you’ll still have 30 days to return damaged items, or if you change your mind. Usually if Walmart is the seller, customers have 90 days for returns. THE SAVVY SHOPPER urges all customers to be mindful and fair with returns, so companies will continue to have liberal return policies. With abuse, merchants start charging for returns so the cost of returns doesn’t eat into profits. Buyers, please show your appreciation with mindfulness when ordering. Order items you aim to keep.

I’m featuring a Lands’ End dress I bought in 2 colors for my senior mother earlier this year directly from Lands’ End that I now see offered on Macy’s and Walmart’s websites. We love the quality and cuteness of this Lands’ End Jersey Cotton Tiered Mini Dress. It’s not mini but hits right above the knee! Made of thick cotton, it’s the perfect Indian summer dress to transition into cooler temperatures! 

If Lands’ End sells out of your size or color, you now have a 2nd chance to grab the dress at Macy’s or Walmart online! Sometimes for a reduced price, sometimes not, but when customers regret not pulling the trigger at the time a piece launches, or they buy one, love it, and desire another color, they get a 2nd chance to buy it! Next time your size sells out, check to see if the retailer has a storefront at Macy’s, Walmart, or Target! I suspect the arrangement is a way for retailers to sell end-of-season stock, so it's a win-win for both merchants and their customers!

Personally, I refuse to pay the big markups pre-loved or opportunistic 3rd-party sellers ask for used bags. I’m thinking of YOU, random sellers of the discontinued COACH original Cassie 10” by 6” by 3” leather bag that I covet! Manufacturers, such as COACH, with storefronts on Walmart.com  sell only new items sans markups; however, when the season's stock is gone, it’s gone! Poof!

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Dr. Silkman's: The Smallest Retailer In Manhattan

Since 2003, Dr. Silkman's has manufactured and sold its soap, body lotions, and beard oils, made using local, clean ingredients at the Bryant Park and Union Square Holiday Markets, as well as on its own website. Finally in 2024, the botanical beauty retailer opened its first brick-and-mortar shop in a tiny 50-square-foot SoHo space that was originally an alley, turned tobacco shop, turned pizza shop. It has gotten press as the tiniest store in New York City. 

In Manhattan, residential and commercial rents are not cheap, so opening the store is a big achievement! It’s so cute, quirky, and full of the spirit of New York; Manhattanites and tourists alike should visit SoHo just to set foot inside this tiny shop to support a local, industrious, small business.

I wondered what prompted the creation of beard oil + care and got my answer when I saw that founder Zack Alper sports a beard. In 2003, he also pioneered the brand’s signature Body Lotion Candle. The shopkeepers encourage customers to sample its Body Lotion Candle while inside the store. Heat at body temperature melts the wax so it won’t burn your finger.

Dr. Silkman’s small-batch soap (large 5 oz bars), lip balm, bath, and body care and beard care are 100% homemade in New York and are relatively affordable. Its premium soap comes packaged in an exfoliating muslin wrap that doubles as a washcloth. The soap is made with organic olive oil, shea butter, coconut oil, or avocado oil bases. Its beard and shave care products contain argan oil. The Body Lotion Candles are made with nourishing shea butter, avocado oil, and beeswax.

An old photo the merchant found of his grandfather inspired the brand’s packaging. 

THE SAVVY SHOPPER senses that Dr. Silkman’s skincare products are made from the heart, and customers get quality ingredients plus a little extra value for their money. The store is located at 401 West Broadway. From November through December, Dr. Silkman’s will once again sell at the Bryant Park and Union Square Holiday Markets. Come on down, readers! 

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About CleverMade’s Haulkin-Like Tote

CleverMade

Can’t fit a metal cart into your space? In 2023, I reviewed the $110 rolling Hulken Sack. Three years later, I'm seeing more and more of them on Manhattan streets hauling groceries. They’re popular with New York shoppers who live in small apartments.

But now for $32 (or less at Walmart), customers can buy a comparable tote made by CleverMade that is well worth the savings! It’s a fraction bigger than the medium-sized Hulken and is available in shiny silver, yellow gold, rose gold, and black. Initially, I preferred the silver, then switched to the shiny black because I think it will show less dirt and wear.

	CleverMade	Hulken (medium)
Open dimensions	18”L x 14”W x 24”H	16”L x 12”W x 22"H
Folded height	5"	4 "
Bag weight	4.1 lbs	3 lbs
Weight capacity	75 lbs	66 lbs

Customers who have both bags split hairs over the differences in size but mention liking the CleverMade caddy's snap-collapsible poles, giving it more structure to stay open and making it easier to load than the Haulken bag. CleverMade is designed with an extra exterior compartment also. Both have a zipper-closed top, 3 handles, and wheels made of steel, but surprisingly to some users of both, the CleverMade rolls smoother on concrete and uphill compared to the Hulken.

There’s no way of knowing without testing both which brand is the most durable, but at less than 1/3 of Hulken’s price, you could buy the rolling CleverMade Tote 3 times and still break even. I think it's quite telling that owners of both brands don’t have an outright preference for the Haulken, yet seem to be 

neutral.

So what would I do? The Haulken folds down to 4 inches compared to the slightly bigger CleverMade Sack’s 5 inches. If the 1" difference in height is irrelevant because a buyer has the storage space, I’d buy the $32-or-less CleverMade. Only if I needed Hulken’s additional compactness would I very reluctantly consider paying 3 times more! It’s one of the times when customers can save by selecting good enough over the higher-priced tote, an option they didn’t have 3 years ago.

Savvy Shoppers always compare to know whether to save or splurge! When quality matters: splurge. When nearly the same: save.

Extra tip: 

A neighbor gave me a rolling tote exactly like the Temu one below that is made of substantial nylon and is even more compact than both the Haulken and the CleverMade rolling totes. Although CleverMade is still my 1st choice, I’d recommend the Temu rolling tote if you need greater compactness due to a chronic lack of city storage. It doesn’t have the structure of the CleverMade (or Haulken), but it is sufficiently well-made and relatively large when unfolded, at a far lower price. Strong enough for wheeling groceries on concrete, and due to its unstructured nylon fabric, it folds down to stow away in the most challenging of tiny spaces. As you can see below, you can expand it to 3 different capacities. If using it for travel, it has a flap to slide over the handle of a rolling suitcase. The wheels of the Temu bag are also detachable. They slide off so you can clean them in soapy water sometimes. 

All 3 brands of rolling totes look stylish LIVE in front of your face! My neighbor gave me the Temu tote in a bluish-grey color that is more grey than blue. For the price she paid, I love it!

Temu rolling totes here

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Harper & Wells Boston For Simple Elegant Style

Harper & Wells of Boston offers great style and quality at a great price. The pieces are well-made and durable. With clean lines, soft fabrics, and thoughtful details, they’re comfortable, elegant, and versatile, so you’ll reach for them again and again. The brand defines quiet luxury, with nothing designed in excess.

The clothes, shoes, and accessories are made for both men and women, and the prices start at a good value for the money, even before the retailer offers seasonal reductions of up to 80%, a combination always near and dear to THE SAVVY SHOPPER’S heart! This constitutes a great find!

Wow, don't these casual smart pieces look ultra upscale? Let’s describe them as preppy marries pizzazz and has an offspring they name polished! What I love is the cozy yet never sloppy vibe of every Harper & Wells piece.

So let’s feature more of these timeless pieces, shall we? I bet readers can’t pick out one they dislike!

IMHO, customers could wear these effortless and refined clothes whether they are a college student or a senior citizen because the style is so classic ... i.e., timeless, fitted, with flattering details at prices that won’t break the bank! 

Did you know of Harper & Wells of Boston before reading about it here?

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Bistex Launches New Intense Lip Moisturizers With Color

Blixtex is no longer just a pot of petroleum jelly. Its lip moisture line now includes lip color and lip liner, 2 worthy additions. They contain ceramides to repair the skin barrier and vitamin E to smooth dry lips  -- the claim is for 24 hours of all-day moisture. Although I think Blistex makes superior lip moisturizing products, I've never used any brand that moisturizes lips (or skin) for 24 hours without reapplying it throughout the day. I suspect the same is true here. But ceramides do the most to moisturize the skin and last longer than other ingredients.

Products less moisturizing than Bistex include ChapStick and Burt’s Bees, which can be stiff and waxy instead of treating and melting into your dry lips. Maybelline’s Baby Lips melts into your lips without really treating or smoothing the dryness, and its degrees of pink hues bleed. That said, I'd use these 3 lip moisturizers over using nothing at all in winter.

Another excellent product to treat winter dry lips is a tried-and-true jar of petroleum jelly. It's super cheap and lasts forever. I wouldn’t spend the money on the minuscule jars of Vaseline colored petroleum jelly. The tiny pots cost more per oz than a 13 oz size that will last for years, and I’d rather carry a cylinder lip balm in a purse than a tiny jar of Vaseline. To boot, the pink color has no staying power.

The Blixtex lip colors let you moisturize your lips without having to apply lipstick under petroleum jelly, which smears. So if you must look polished on the job, Blixtex’s lip color moisturizers might be the answer to add a little lip definition as you moisturize your lips.

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Ceiling Light and Fan

In my Manhattan apartment, there is a convenience I lack that I wish the builder had installed. I don’t have a ceiling light fixture in the center of my living room. The reason is unknown. Was the builder trying to lower expenses? Or was it thought unnecessary in apartments constructed in the 1970s with lower ceilings? Who knows in 2026. I lean towards saving costs.

To light my living room, I have 3 floor lamps, but I still wish I could turn on the overhead light right smack in the middle of my living room from my missing phantom ceiling light fixture! It also means I can’t benefit from installing a ceiling fan in the center of my living room, which I’d love to do to reduce the need of using my air conditioner. Outside of July and August when humdity can be oppressive, I like the feel of a fan’s gentle cool breeze over the artificial coldness of an air conditioner.

My ideal ceiling fan is a modern low-profile bladeless fan like the ceiling fan from Humold. That said, builders and electricians say older blade ceiling fans work better than the newer bladeless ones, which should be verified if you cool a big space.

Made flimsy now

To compensate, I have 3 floor lamps and 4 fans. Two of my 4 fans look like space helmets and are bladeless. I reviewed them in a prior blog which I’ll link below. My 3rd fan is a tower fan, and the 4th is a floor box fan I nearly gave away until I discovered its usefulness in finishing drying garments that come out of the dryer damp. Plus, it blows air into the kitchen when I turn on the oven in August. So it stays. I  suggest you buy box fans in black as dust and dirt is visible. Hard to clean without a private backyard and garden hose. 

Hmm, this poses the question: Do ceiling fans need cleaning? Yes! Even though newer models feature sleek aerodynamics, DC motors, and sealed components, dust, pollen, pet dander, and household grease still accumulate on the blades and motor housing, and so need cleaning every 2 - 3 months. Oh!

Nonetheless, I continue to pine for a ceiling fan.

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Classic vs Healthy Thumbprint Jam Cookies

I’m thinking about making Thumbprint Jam Cookies for Christmas this year, a cookie we never made in my family. After a test run of making Healthy Jam Thumbprint Cookies this evening, I plan to go with the Classic Thumbprint Jam Cookie recipe. The healthy recipe is tasty enough to eat (I ate 6 cookies for dinner), but its texture isn’t exactly right to satisfy my (and likely your) cookie craving. It’s like eating a protein bar instead of a candy bar, which doesn’t quite cut it! I’ll give you both recipes, and you can try each one to see if you agree with me.

Healthy Thumbprint Jam Cookies

1 1/2 cups oatmeal, ground into a fine  powder

1/2 cup almonds, ground into a powder

3 tbs applesauce

1 large ripe banana, mashed

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

a squirt of honey (about a tablespoon)

Pinch of salt

1/4 cup of all-purpose flour

1/4 cup low-sugar fruit jam (like raspberry or strawberry)

Directions:

1) With a fork, incorporate the 1st 7 ingredients together in a mixing bowl.

2) I used the all-purpose flour to make the cookie dough less sticky and easier to handle by sprinkling it on the dough and my hands as I formed 1 tablespoon of the dough into balls.

3) Flatten the balls of dough and place them on parchment paper on a cookie sheet, then press an indentation (a well) into the dough with your thumb.

4) Fill each well with about 1/2 teaspoon of jam.

5) Bake at 350 degrees F for 15-20 minutes. Let cool before eating.

These aren’t terrible cookies to eat, but they aren’t the best in texture. The banana makes them sweet enough, but a lack of butter leaves the texture wanting, except perhaps for an unwavering Health Nut. A Health Nut who buys those very dense $7 chewy protein bars. They do not taste like candy bars, readers. Some folks have forgotten how great candy bars taste! Gee, I digress.

Classic Thumbprint Jam Cookies

Ingredients:

3 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup butter, softened
2/3 cup granulated sugar
2 large egg yolks
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1/4 teaspoon almond extract

Pinch of salt

1/3 cup strawberry or raspberry preserves

Directions:

1) With a fork, incorporate the first 6 ingredients. I’ll save 1/4 cup of the all-purpose flour to sprinkle on the dough and my hands while forming the balls of cookies. If necessary, refrigerate the dough to make it easier to handle.

2) After forming the balls (about a tablespoon of dough each), flatten and place them on parchment paper on a cookie sheet. Use your thumb to form a well into each cookie.

3) Fill the wells with about 1/2 teaspoon of preserves.

4) Bake at 350 degrees F for 11 - 15 minutes. Cool before eating.

A classic Thumbprint Cookie is a shortbread cookie with a well filled with jam. The most satisfying shortbread cookies are soft to bite into, yet crunchy. I plan to get wild and crazy by rolling them in vanilla sugar before baking for a sweet and rich vanilla flavor.

Visions of sugar, butter, and vanilla dancing in our heads and on our tongues sound like the perfect Christmas cookie, don’t you agree?

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Tip: Saving Champagne or Lambrusco

There are times I would enjoy a glass of champagne or wine if only I had a friend over to make opening a bottle worth it, or when I do have a friend over to share the Champagne or wine with -- as non-guzzlers of alcohol -- we enjoy our glass of wine yet don’t finish the bottle. Half a bottle of Champagne or Lambrusco goes flat soon after opening the bottle ... like the next day. 

But wait, in addition to making sangria with leftover wine, there’s an easy, inexpensive solution! It also lets you skip spending $300 for a wine perserver, a devise that pierces only the cork to stop oxidation from spoiling leftover wine.

I figured out how to keep sparkling (or regular) wine just as fresh or bubbly as the day you open it. 

Here’s how:

1) Buy a champagne stopper. Walmart sells them for $3.50. In 2018, I got the Champagne Stopper by MiTBA on Amazon. If it's out of stock, enter the stopper name in a Google search box to see where else to buy them.

2) Save an empty Champagne or Lambrusco bottle to pour leftover and/or regular wine into. This is necessary because regular (non-carbonated) wine bottles do not work with the stoppers. The mouth of a regular wine bottle will not catch.

The MiTBA Champagne Stopper (the brand I use) is a leak-proof bottle sealer featuring a built-in pressure pump designed to keep sparkling wine, prosecco, and champagne carbonated for days. Other stopper brands that look similar to it will likely work as well. Decide if you wish to take the risk.

I have enjoyed leftover Champagne, Lambrusco, and non-carbonated wines 2 -3 weeks after opening a bottle. So now I’m not reluctant to open a bottle to drink a single glass of wine with a cheese platter or a nice dinner. Because you know what? It appears I’ll never be a heavy drinker. When having a glass of wine, I like its taste, but I don’t desire it any more (meaning quantity or frequency) than I desire other treats, like a piece of chocolate, an apple, or a slice of cake. The Champagne Stopper is ideal for cheap dates just like me!

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5 Functional Mini Umbrellas

Totes Auto Open/Close Minis

When rain falls in the summer, it could be sunny and dry an hour later. Not so in the autumn and winter, when rain frequently means a damp and gloomy day or a wicked, stormy weekend.

Although often requiring compromise, I no longer carry big, bulky umbrellas to tackle rainy days. Surely I’m not alone in preferring mini umbrellas that are super light and fit into a purse or jacket pocket. Here's a roundup of 5 mini umbrellas customers like. The criteria: The umbrella should fit into a handbag or pocket, be easy to open and close, open wide enough to keep us dry, reasonably withstand the wind, and have a long enough shaft to hold comfortably: 

1) Mini Totes - The best experience I’ve had with mini umbrellas is with Totes. Of course, there are some compromises compared to using a full-sized heavy umbrella; namely, a strong wind can blow it up, but you can quickly snap it right back into place, and it is stronger than other brands I’ve tried, including Eagle Creek and Leighton. The shaft is a comfortable length. You don’t want the umbrella sitting on your head!😳 Priced at $20, Mini and Micro Mini Totes appear in the aisles at T.J. Maxx regularly, where you will pay $10, half price. I don’t like to pay more since umbrellas are easily lost despite efforts to be responsible. Although not a dealbreaker, I prefer manual to auto open/close mini umbrellas. It takes no strength to manually open a mini umbrella, and they don’t break as often as automatics.

2) Sherry Travel Mini Umbrella for Purse With Case - Overall, positive reviews from customers. One of the smallest, weighing 4.5 oz, so perhaps worthy if you desire to keep an umbrella in your purse at all times for unexpected rain. It won’t weigh down an overnight bag either. The case makes it easier to keep it in a handbag, but it’s not an umbrella's strongest selling point; still nice as long as the case is a bonus.

3) Mustarpicking Mini Travel Umbrella with Case - A bestseller that has many positive reviews. A strong wind can flip it up, yet customers say the umbrella is surprisingly sturdy. As with this mini umbrella, many brands have SPF sun protection, another feature I wouldn’t pay extra to get, since it's not the reason we carry umbrellas. Their main function is to keep us dry.

4) Lilac Travel Mini Umbrella - The canopy opens to a generous-sized umbrella. The retractable handle is a bonus, making it easy to hold. Reported to hold up well in wind, customers say it’s of average quality, reasonably priced, and works well for everyday use. I’d reluctantly pay up to $11.97 for the cheapest color, but not more.

5) Davek Mini - This mini is one of Condé Nast Traveller’s top-rated, so I think it's fun to compare it. It’s compact and, ohhh, so sleek! But at $65, a regular wage earner would cry if s/he lost it! Umbrellas are just so easy to leave behind, and that’s not all! Once, I went to a house party. The hosts put our extras (my cloth tote bag holding a scarf and mini umbrella) in their coat closet. When I left to go home, the party givers searched and searched but couldn’t find my items! There was either a black hole in their closet or another guest took my belongings home! I got wet getting on the bus and never got my things returned. If you inadvertently take somebody’s stuff home, you should call the hosts to tell them! I was fond of my black mini tote umbrella with colored polka-dots that I managed not to lose, and at least I only paid $10 for it at T.J. Maxx. A mystery never to be solved!

Umbrellas should keep us dry. They are an item that needs to be functional, not expensive, which is why Totes are my #1 choice. 

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Good Frozen Pizza

Friends say I make a good pizza pie from scratch, and I've shared how I make it here. But life isn’t limited to either/or actualities, and we don’t have to spend all our time in the kitchen.

Good frozen pizza exists! Today I’ll share what I like and pay for it. I’m a fan of DiGiorno Rising Crust pizza, which I buy when it goes on sale for $6.00 and sometimes $5.50. It comes close enough to good homemade or pizza parlor slices to be worth eating. In fact, it's superior to what’s sold by many of the newer Manhattan pizza parlors that are opening and skimping on ingredients or making cardboard dry crusts. There’s nothing more disappointing than eating bad pizza in a city historically known for its great pizza! How can it be? Why open up a pizza parlor when merchants could do something else they could take pride in?!

At home, I buy the DiGiorno Rising Crust Everything variety, and if out of stock, I’ll get the Pepperoni Supreme alternative, then finish it off by adding diced bell peppers, onions, and sliced mushrooms. On a frozen pizza, I always sprinkle parmesan cheese, oregano, garlic powder, and red pepper flakes before baking it. Perhaps it's the key to making frozen pizza taste better and even delicious.

I’ll pay up to $6.00 for a frozen pie. If it's priced higher, I’d rather go out and bring home a hot pie from a good pizza parlor, if one can be found. Frankly, it took a few bad pizza parlor pies to get me to try making my own and DiGiorno frozen pizza pies!

You may wonder why great pizza in Manhattan is harder to locate. Once upon a time, real Italians opened pizza parlors, but nowadays it could be people of any nationality. Or it could be because some of the new pizza parlors are not mom-and-pop businesses but are owned by private equity firms, public shareholders, or institutional investors. There’s less love of the product!

On a brighter note, if you look for it, there’s still great pizza in all 5 boroughs of New York City, including Manhattan, but no longer will you find a great slice on every block. Alas, reason enough for me to have a box of DiGiorno Rising Crust pizza in my freezer and, when I have 24 hours to let the dough rise, to make it myself.

What’s your favorite frozen pizza?

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Blog Extra: Other food I buy when it is on sale:

1) Sushi - Fairway offers 10 pieces of inside/out sushi rolls for $5.99 on Wednesdays. I get nori with tuna and salmon = 20 pieces. So one day a week I don’t have to think about what to cook or scrounge up for dinner.

2) Coleslaw - $1.99 for a 16 oz. bag.

3) Mushrooms - Either 2 for $4, 3 for $5, or $2.29 each for 8 oz, depending on the sale. I select the mushrooms that are sliced for me.

4) Baby carrots - $1.69 - $1.99 for a 16 oz bag. Note: Baby carrots do not exist, but what a treat that someone else has cleaned, scraped, and cut them into bite-size pieces. Ready to eat! 

5) Light mayonnaise - $4.25 - $5.00 for a 30 oz jar. The price of mayonnaise is sky-high, like the price of gasoline nowadays. Who knew we’d pay $5 for a jar on sale!

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Khaite’s Luxury Leather Ensembles

Selena Gomez rocking her $5,700 Khaite outfit

Khaite, the New York luxury designer of leather mix-and-match separates, was founded by designer Catherine Holstein. The label combines buttery smooth leather, sharp tailoring, and structured styling. IMHO, the look is especially striking when pairing leather jackets with skirts. Let’s do a quick and dirty Khaite leather outerwear with skirts roundup to illustrate:

Of course, the leather jackets would also look fantastic paired with leather trousers, and for versatility, they also work well with fabric skirts or fabric trousers.

One of my favorite couplets is a Khaite leather jacket styled with a frilly, ruffled (silk?) skirt such as the right image👆, for a leather and softer effect. I think the leather jacket and skirt combo is what makes Khaite stand out from other designers.

Not many of us buy $6,000 (including tax) ensembles, but runway inspiration can be applied off the runway to budget-friendlier brands. Leather is the perfect warmth when summer turns into autumn.

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