Make My Life Easier Thursday: 8-Pack Hair Coils
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These hair coils are my true MVP of my quarantine. I have very thick hair and I am also very due for a haircut. When I get my hair cut, I also have them thin it out a little at the ends and in the back because it’s so heavy and dense otherwise. Since discovering these types of hair ties, I won’t go back to my regular bands. These never get loose during the day, are strong enough to hold all of my hair back, and I think they’re healthier for my hair. One downside for me though, as with all of my hair ties, is that they do stretch out, so that is one problem not solved. Another problem is that they’re not comfortable to wear on your wrist, at least for me. Anyway, these are helping me rock my everyday quarantine hairstyle of a messy bun with ease. An pack of eight is $9 at Shopbop. 8-Pack Hair Coils
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Sales of note for 1/16:
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Cashmere on sale; AllSaints, Free People, Nike, Tory Burch, and Vince up to 60%; beauty deals up to 25% off
- AllSaints – now up to 60% off (some of the best leather jackets!)
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase; extra 50% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles with code — readers love this blazer, these dresses, and their double-layer line of tees
- DeMellier – Sale now on, free shipping and returns — includes select options like Montreal, Vancouver, and Venice
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; extra 50% off all clearance, plus ELOQUII X kate spade new york collab just dropped
- Everlane – Sale of the year, up to 70% off — reader favorites include their scoop tee, Dream Pant, ReNew Transit backpack, silk blouses and oversized blazers! New markdowns just added
- Hannah Andersson – Up to 30% off all pajamas;
- J.Crew – Up to 40% off select styles; up to 50% off cashmere
- J.Crew Factory – 40-70% off everything
- L.K. Bennett – Archive sale, almost everything 70% off
- M.M.LaFleur – Tag sale for a limited time — jardigans and dresses $200, pants $150, tops $95, T-shirts $50
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Semi-Annual Red Door Sale – 50% off + extra 20% off, sale on sale, plus free shipping on $150+
And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interest – working mom questions asked by the commenters!
- The concept of “backup care” is so stupid…
- I need tips on managing employees in BigLaw who have to leave for daycare pickup…
- I’m thinking of leaning out to spend more time with my family – how can I find the perfect job for that?
- I’m now a SAHM and my husband needs to step up…
- How can I change my thinking to better recognize some of my husband’s contributions as important, like organizing the shed?
- What are your tips to having a good weekend with kids, especially with little kids? Do you have a set routine or plan?
Y’all, even though it’s covid season, we still need to put sunscreen on our children, right? I’ve sort of let that one go and realize I need to be a responsible parent…
Has anyone had a kid do the virtual camps on IDtech or any classes on outschool? Any reviews?
Other apartment parents: besides neighborhood walks and using a balcony/patio if you have one, what are you doing to get your kids time outside? I am getting so worried about them missing out on outdoor play that I’m starting to look at listings for rental houses in the suburbs, something I never thought I’d say after spending a year in the burbs, hating it, and running back to our walkable centrally located apartment. Help?
I am struggling so much. Today is the worst day for me so far. I am not keeping it together. I am failing at everything. Ugh. I decided to take tomorrow off from work. I need a day where I am not trying to do everything 100%.
Nothing says quarantine fun like a fraud alert for my CC being used halfway across the country for the CC that is my main shopping card. Fortunately my diapers and wipes orders appear to have gone through, but I have a whole list of merchants I have to call for in process orders once I get my new card in the mail. Not like I don’t have enough else to do between work, kid and home right now. BLERGH.
Any general resources/books for parenting a very gifted child? Just turned 3 yo has been doing developmentally unusual things for a while that we didn’t pay much attention to, but he has now spontaneously taught himself to read and is reading at an early-mid elementary school level, as far as we can tell. Maybe we should have seen this coming — I started college at 16 — but we didn’t. I’m not looking for educational resources, that’s a problem for much later. I’m wondering more about general thinking/philosophy. Thinking back, I don’t feel great about how my own accelerated academics were handled, and I want to try and avoid the weird mix of under-nourishing and over-pressuring that I got. Thoughts?
On the struggle bus today. LO is having such a hard time with all the changes to his schedule and as not sleeping well. I was up with him until 10pm trying to get him to sleep (moral of the story I think is lean into it and just stay in his room until he falls asleep rather than walking him back every 5min and getting him all riled up).
He’s exhausted and miserable today too, and all I want to do is snuggle him. But I think popping in and out of my office is confusing to him, it’s easier if I’m working/unavailable for longer chunks of time. I also struggle with enforcing our separate work times and ignoring the screaming at the door and DH calmly repeating “Mommy is working now” vs caving and holding him on my lap while I’m on mute (which I did during most of my 8am call). That must be confusing to him right? Ugh. I don’t know what the right answer is.
Thank you all who posted yesterday in response to my question about extending leave. As one commenter astutely pointed out: I want to information gather from HR before I go to my manager because he will just be like “???” if I ask. It would be helpful to say “Hey, I would like to extend leave and here is information that HR shared with me about it.” So I think it’s questions about health insurance and stock vesting so far…
I have an almost 3 year old and a 10 month old. I have a few hours of family help a few times a week, but with a husband in biglaw who is slammed and can’t help at all, I’m trying to squeeze in my part-time work when I have help, when the baby naps and after they go to bed.
I feel so guilty though when I get messages from my daughters preschool about the amazing arts and crafts they are encouraging and pictures from my mom friends who are doing them (most only have one kid though and don’t work). I don’t understand how people are finding time for this if they have a job and more than one kid, particularly one that’s a mobile baby. I know it’s irrational, because my kids are so happy to play outside, tinker with their toys, and my daugher gets 2-3 hours of screen time a day, but between making meals, getting them all fed, cleaning up after them, and doing my work, there is zero time for anything educational for her (does reading to her count?). I’m not sure If I’m doing something wrong and need to somehow find time for this and the mess many art projects create in our tiny place.
Update: I may have showed my husband the comments on the Tripp Trapp from yesterday… he laughed and said, ‘Sounds like we’re getting another high chair.’
Is it weird that I’m pretty much fine with this? I’m eating better, exercising, fine with putting in the bare minimum at work (even though it’s insane) and enjoying spending time with my hubs and kiddo. I know that a lot of people are having a hard time, and I absolutely get that, so I’m curious why I feel like this is…ok for now?
Any nursing-friendly summer uniform ideas?
I had planned on weaning by now because of my travel-heavy, courtroom-heavy job. I planned for my summer wardrobe to be tee shirt dresses with shorts underneath. Now I’m home all day so I’m going to keep nursing through the summer. Crew neck tee shirt dresses are not really the best option anymore. What should I get?
I was laid off before the Corona-shutdown began in earnest, and had been aggressively networking and job hunting before daycare closed and my preschooler stayed home all day. In the grand scheme of things, I am thankful I am not juggling her and a job I hated, and the company was generous with severance because life looked good for them early in the first quarter. But now I cannot get motivated to do any of the activities that her school has prepared for at home. Any free time I have (nap, husband taking a late lunch to cover for my job interviews) is spent on my job hunt. My daughter seems happy with extra outdoor time and walks and extra tv time. Kindergarten is two years away for her. In the big picture, I think me getting a job is best for our family, her and me…but those other parents at preschool are posting photos of all the school-provided activities they’ve done with their kids while at home. I’m feeling guilty.
For the stretching out, a friend puts the coils into just-boiled water for a couple of minutes, and she says they’re like new afterwards.