You need a wallet.  You need a phone case.  Do you want to carry a bulky wristlet?  Just break down and haul your purse everywhere?  What is the solution?

Hi Abra,

Thank you again for an amazing event with Hitha and for always providing honest, real, trustworthy recs and advice.

Question for you: what do you do for phone/wallet/keys?  I used to have a small card case keychain for ID, credit card, and DC metro card, but now it’s seeming that my phone is becoming my wallet and I should think about a combo phone/wallet instead.  What can you recommend that is sleek, manageable, and keeps everything super accessible?  I feel like I need more than a 2 card slot on the back of my phone, but less than a bulky tech wallet/wristlet, though I’m not necessarily opposed to either if they are the right thing.

Thanks, A

I’m so glad you made it to Hitha’s and my event, and I’m even more pleased you enjoyed it.  Hopefully, there will be more of them in the future.

So because I no longer commute by train, I get to carry a solid 75% less stuff.  It’s kind of magic.  I carry my cards in a simple, metallic card case, that I throw in an envelope pouch, which I carry in the smallest bag I can get away with.

As for solving your issue…

For a straight wallet, I’ve recommended this Fossil Caroline style to a number of people.  First off, it will hold an iPhone or similarly sized device.  And at $47, you can abuse it until the wheels fall off without feeling like you made a bad financial decision.

A phone folio case like this Michael Kors, in cobalt or blush, gives you three card slots, a cash pocket, room for your phone, and a convenient magnetic closure.  They also make a style with a tab closure in grey.

Have a Samsung or other Android device?  Amazon is basically your only option.  I found this cool Samsung folio case.

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