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Sales of note for 9.10.24
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Ann Taylor – 30% off your purchase
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; up to 50% off everything else
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off wear-to-work styles; extra 30% off sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40-60% off everything; extra 60% off clearance
- Lands’ End – 30% off full-price styles
- Loft – Extra 40% off sale styles
- Talbots – BOGO 50% everything, includes markdowns
- Target – Car-seat trade-in event through 9/28 — bring in an old car seat to get a 20% discount on other baby/toddler stuff.
- Zappos – 26,000+ women’s sale items! (check out these reader-favorite workwear brands on sale, and some of our favorite kids’ shoe brands on sale)
Kid/Family Sales
- Carter’s – Birthday sale, 40-50% off & extra 20% off select styles
- Hanna Andersson – Up to 50% off all baby; up to 40% off all Halloween
- J.Crew Crewcuts – Extra 30% off sale styles
- Old Navy – 40% off everything
- Target – BOGO 25% off select haircare, up to 25% off floor care items; up to 30% off indoor furniture up to 20% off TVs
Anon says
What did you do with baby hand-me-downs with prints you don’t like? I’m so glad to get some decent used items and I prefer not to waste, but I practically cringe every time I look at “daddy’s little slugger!” and massive truck motifs (it’s like they’re afraid someone won’t recognize or acknowledge a baby as a boy.) Would it be terrible to just send these along to someone else who might enjoy them? They’re in perfectly good condition but I just don’t like them!
Cb says
Send them on their way! I got rid of a bright yellow taxi print onesie because it was too offensive to my sleep deprived eyes. I felt like I did laundry frequently enough that I didn’t need to keep massive supplies of things.
Anonymous says
Quietly donate. I’d be embarrassed to pass something I didn’t like on to someone I knew.
Anonymous says
Ha! I had those and also hated them- I used them as my back-ups in the car, diaper bag, and at daycare. That way I wasn’t burying any clothes I liked and wanted in the rotation, but there was still something if I needed it.
TheElms says
Yes this is what I did too – or I saved them for messy activities that were sure to ruin clothes (acrylic paint, crawling in the mud)
Anon says
+1 It’s good to have an outfit you don’t love buried in a diaper bag or at daycare as a backup. Good enough for a pinch only.
Anon says
+2
My kids are grandkids #9 and 10 in a family where grandma has a shopping problem so we’ve received A LOT of hand me downs. Which is 90% amazing and 10% me not understanding why grandma thinks baby boys need multiple button downs shirts. I’ve had to switch my mindset that I’m “shopping” in the hand me downs- ones I like go in the closet, ones I can tolerate go in the diaper bag and daycare and the rest stay buried to get passed along.
Vicky Austin says
This is what I did with “Loves Jesus & Naps.”
Anonymous says
Oh, my. I think I would have kept that one for laughs.
Anonymous says
Back up bag in the car which was then straight to the donation bin when that size was outgrown.
New Here says
Another vote for backup daycare/car outfits or passing them along. I’m fortunate to get LOTs of hand-me-downs from a friend. I used to keep everything and then realized my daughter couldn’t wear them all! So now I go through them and pick out what we need/like and pass on to others.
Anonymous says
Why wouldn’t it be OK to donate these to a thrift store or to someone else? There’s zero obligation to keep something just because someone else thought you might want it.
Anon says
I feel bad sending four garish “daddy’s boy!” onesies in size 6-9 months to the thrift store when I will then need to buy size 6-9 onesies new so we have enough. Call it hippie guilt.
Red Shoes says
You can buy the new ones from the thrift/consignment store, too!
test run says
Buy different 6-9month onesies at the thrift store that you do like! This is my approach.
Red Shoes says
I donate them or give them away! No point in me holding on to things I won’t use.
Anon says
i always wanted a daughter and i’m fortunate to have two who are fraternal twins, but sometimes it is hard. we are going to see a kids performance with some other moms/daughters and everyone else gets one-on-one time, while I am responsible for two. obviously this is a blessing, but still challenging at times. thank you for letting me post by silly venting
Pea Green Boat says
Understandable! You have two great kids and you want to spend more time with each of them. Would it be possible to try to set up a few one-on-one dates? That might help.
Anon says
yes, i try to do one-on-one dates. they are still at the age where if I take one to do X, the other one wants to do X as well. for these group outings with friends, they have the same friends at this stage. DH said to me, you could take just one…and i was like how on earth could I take one kid to see a show with 6 of their friends and leave the other one home.
Anon says
I get this! I always wanted two kids, and I’m fortunate to have them.
…AND I’m also in a situation where I am the primary parent and frequent solo parent due to DH’s job (yes, we have help, thankfully) – sometimes it’s just a lot, and I wish other aspects of the situation could be different sometimes. I think that’s a normal, healthy part of understanding and accepting your life :)
Anonymous says
Screaming into the void this morning: the dog is sick and pooping everywhere, DS has a cough that keeps making him vomit (as of last night we need to toss his rug), and yesterday my BIL showed up as part of a cross-country bike ride with the smelliest clothes and shoes I’ve ever encountered. It’s like our entire house is one giant stink fest. My hands are raw from cleaning up literal s*&( and vomit. And this morning I woke up to a bug bite on my forehead, perfect timing as I have a wedding to attend this weekend. That is all.
Red Shoes says
I’m sorry. I hate how things that, like, are probably manageable annoyances if they’re happening in a vacuum always seem to come in clusters.
Anon says
Right there with you! Solo parenting a potty training toddler and a sick dog, which sets off my morning sickness. When DH gets home his first chore is going to be steaming the carpets!
Anoon says
This week we’ve seen 3 music shows– THREE! more than we’ve seen in the last 5 years!– one of which was a big band we liked in college, the other two were small, local bands. It has been such a normalizing experience, one of few since COVID and kids… Just sharing that doing a thing I used to like doing pre-kids, pre-covid was… nice.
Cb says
That’s lovely! I love going to the theatre, and need to book something for the autumn to look forward to.
Anoon says
Oh, Mary! is supposed to be hysterical! I love theater, too, and the advent of this new show made me realize how much of broadway is dominated by drama.
Anonymous says
I JUST walked out an bought tickets to Oh Mary – FYI, it recently extended so there are some relatively cheap seats available in Oct and early Nov – and am about to buy tickets to TEETH the musical.
anon says
Hi all, I need help with making a birthday more fun. My son has a summer birthday and it always falls during the week that we’re on vacation with family. We fly to my in-law’s home, then drive about 5 hours away to a lake resort, (“Resort” is misleading though, this is not luxury, there is a pool and lots of lake adventures, though). Anyway, son is turning 7 this year and mentioned that there isnt much fanfare surrounding his birthday at the lake. He’s not wrong, its difficult to haul lots of decorations, we usually make a simple dessert of his choosing, and bring some simple presents (he gets the big stuff at home). Its tough to balance, because we are there with a couple of cousins his age and dont want to dominate the vacation with a huge annual celebration. Also, every day of the vacation is fun, so its hard to distinguish his birthday. Any thoughts?
Anonymous says
Hold a separate friend birthday party for him either before or after the resort vacation. I could certainly understand that he wants a more fun party, and it’s not like it has to be on the actual day.
Anon says
+1. Personally, I would also try to get an actual birthday cake for the day of vs. a simple dessert of his choosing and, if at all possible, some balloons or other decorations.
I also don’t think you need to worry about the feelings of the other cousins his age. They all have their own birthdays at other times of the year, and they would probably be happy to celebrate with your son on his bday.
Anon says
Can you find a different week for the vacation?
DLC says
I don’t think celebrating his birthday with family and cousins would be dominating the vacation. In fact, I think it would be nice to be able to celebrate with family, though I say that as someone who has a Christmas birthday and never gets to see family since they live on the opposite coast. Whenever I manage to make it home for winter break, my family celebrates my birthday. Similarly, my brother has a birthday the week of Thanksgiving and we always have a cake and sing. I would be happy to celebrate my niece’s birthday any time I can.
What does your son want to do to make it special? Maybe there can be a day that he plans?
Anon says
I’m not getting why acknowledging a birthday is “dominating” the vacation. I think you need to shift your thinking a little bit here and bring decorations, make or purchase an exciting cake, maybe have a special annual dress-up party hat he wears that day, etc. It sounds like you haven’t really tried to “distinguish” his birthday, and he’s noticing.
Anon says
Yeah. “Dominating” the vacation would be trying to make the whole week revolve around him. Celebrating his birthday and making a big deal of it on the actual day is normal, and it’s not surprising he’s hurt if it’s treated as just another day.
Anonymous says
+1
Anon says
Yeah, agreed with this. I actually think all the cousins benefit from a solid fun family blow out birthday bash — get an actual cake, do actual decorations, and man, bring a on theme item for the cousins to hand out as a goodie bag (customized towels from etsy? new goggles? lake toys?). The cousins benefit from CAKE + a cool goodie bag gift. Do it up – paper streamers are cheap and travel easily. Send invites in advance of the trip to cousins. Let your kid wake up in a decorated room; make chocolate chip pancakes that day; save an outing for that day (mini-golf? local water park? usually are around lake resorty type places).
My most birthday aware child has a summer birthday, and we are avid, hardcore international adventure travelers. I’ve pulled together family bashes for her in all corners of the world. I’ve never once regretted hauling items to make sure her day stands out in a trip. She’s been such a good sport the few times we’ve really missed the mark (got stuck driving for 6 hours unexpectedly one year, and arrived to find the store we had planned to grab birthday dinner items for was closed) that I’m always happy I went the extra mile for her.
Anonymous says
Celebrate with a friend birthday before, have cake and candles and presents while on vacation. If the presents are too big to pack, make sure to get a couple smaller ones.
I grew up with two siblings and a dad that had birthdays in the same summer week. When my siblings were little we went ALL OUT whenever we happened to be on vacation on one of their birthdays. Usually they got to pick a restaurant.
anon says
We just got back from a wonderful vacation at a “resort” too! Not fancy but a beautiful place. Here’s some ideas: make the cousins a scavenger hunt or games day (things like a water-balloon toss with reusable water balloons- easy to pack and fill with a bucket!) with a birthday theme. These games do not have to be elaborate for kids to have a lot of fun. An outdoor movie, face paint (kits are easy to get online, where you paint in a stensil), ice cream Sunday bar, pizza on the beach/by the pool, rent a boat/kayaks, sparklers, have everyone in the group wear his favorite color on his actual birthday. Not suggesting all of this, but trying to bring up things that wouldn’t take much packing.
Side note, while your 7yo is likely not staying up late enough for this, the adults in our group love playing glow-in-the-dark bocce ball every year. Worth buying and having it sent to MIL’s house.
Anonymous says
All the suggestions to make the entire extended family vacation on a different week are wild to me. Make a big deal of his actual birthday during the vacation, including a real cake, balloons, and maybe a special excursion. Then have a friend party when you are at home. A lot of summer birthday kids have birthday parties or half-birthday parties during the school year instead of on or near their actual birthdays anyway, because so many friends are away on vacation or at camp during the summer.
Anonymous says
I think you should either pick another week or make a bigger deal out of his birthday there, and I really don’t think it’s somehow dominating the vacation or bad to do that! I can speak only for my kids, but they love other kids’ birthdays and would be thrilled to be able to have a birthday celebration for a friend or cousin on vacation (I mean, cake, games, music, they’d be in heaven). There’s a good chance that all the cousins would love it.
Anonymous says
Actual cake with candles i think is key. My son turned 7 yesterday. He usually gets like 4 birthdays because we are often traveling in an around that time. If we are home he goes to daycamp per normal.
– Actual cake with candles and gits from mom and dad on the date. Decorations (banner{s) that we resuse every year plus a couple of balloons fit easily in a full sized envelope.) If we are away we make sure that it is a very kid friendly activity that day – waterslides vs. huge hike. (we would do both on the trip anyways). i think, as mentioned above the full sized cake is key and making the day a bit different.
– Something with my side of the family when we see them in August.
– Something with ILs when we see them at some point in the summer
– Actual party with his friends when school starts. (This has all the trapping for a low key bday – activity, goodie bags etc.)
Since he has always had spread out bdays he has never complained about getting gifts spread out (we often have multiple xmas days too).
anon says
Taking my kids (6 and 9) to a rock concert in a big arena this summer. Do they need noise blocking headphones? Our seats are in the nosebleed section – far from the stage. Have any experience or recommendations?
Anonymous says
Everyone needs ear protection, including adults. I wear Loop earplugs, which may work for the older kid.
Anonymous says
Yes definitely.
rakma says
Just did this last weekend with 7 and 10yo, and yes, ear protection was a must. Outdoor stadium, nosebleed seats, and it was loud. Kids have Loops, the ones that have multiple levels of noise blocking, for music lessons and those worked great. Don’t know that I’d invest in them for just the concert though.
anon says
Just a funny for the day. I told my boss and peers about my pregnancy back in early March. Strangers and acquaintances have been able to politely chit-chat about the obvious bump for months. Friends are now openly making fun of my third trimester waddle.
Only today did my boss’s boss, who sits at the desk next to mine every day, ask “I don’t want to be rude, but are you expecting?” Sometimes professional etiquette seems to be going back to the Victorian times.
Anon says
Eh I don’t think it’s that old fashioned to be cautious about it even when a woman looks very pregnant. My dad always used to say “never assume a woman is pregnant unless the baby is crowning” and I’ve stuck to that. I’ve been asked about my “baby” when I wasn’t pregnant and it suuuuucks. One of my daughter’s best friend’s moms is a very slender woman but for whatever reason has a prominent belly and seems to dress in a way that accentuates it. For a long time, I kept seeing her and thinking she must be pregnant but then a month or two would pass and she clearly wasn’t.
anon says
Mostly I’m surprised because it’s not just the (very prominent) baby bump. I’ve switched to frumpy but body-con maternity clothes, taken calls from the OB at my desk, heck I even put in a FMLA application a couple weeks ago. I assumed she would have discussed it with my boss, either formally or informally.
Anonymous says
This is the rule I use. I once thought someone in my office was pregnant then same times as I was. I found out years later that she had some kind of cyst issues and was in fact struggling terribly with infertility. I am forever grateful that I bite my tongue on asking if she was due the same time I was.
Anonymous says
Sometimes people are clueless, sometimes people just want to steer clear of the topic at all costs. I was 8 months pregnant at a summer associate dinner where I asked for a replacement for a raw fish dish, and a partner sitting near me asked me why.
Anonymous says
It is weird to me that your boss didn’t tell boss’s boss. Especially if you’re all close enough to sit next to each other. I work in a pretty big company, and my boss’s boss would want to know for planning purposes (and to be happy for us and congratulate us, of course).
OP says
We have a ton of autonomy at each level, so it’s not really a problem. My interactions with boss’s boss are 99% social and 1% co-signing my annual reviews. But it did seem weird!
Anon says
I think people don’t want to seem rude/are scared to ask/don’t want to assume. I am almost 8.5 months along and the amount of people who very *gently* bring up the topic makes me giggle. I do appreciate the etiquette to an extent, but it is very obvious to everyone (including small children lol) that I am very, very pregnant.
OP says
Exactly! At a certain point it’s just funny.
Anon says
It’s funny for the person who is pregnant. For the person who is not but “looks” 8 months pregnant , it would be really hurtful to make that assumption. I would prefer for 20 pregnant women to think I’m funny than to hurt the feelings of one person who is not
Anon says
+1
Also small kids are very observant and say blunt things about people’s bodies that would be considered rude if an adult said them (I babysit the sweetest 6 year old who once told me my freckled face looked like “a very rotten banana”) so I don’t think small kids remarking on body changes means adults can safely do the same.