Splurge or Save Thursday: Gingham Bow And Cherry Handbag Charm
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Bag charms are a fun and easy way to personalize your look. While some can cost as much as the bag itself, this cheery cherry one from Target costs about the same as two cups of coffee.
This cherry charm has a beaded cherry, gingham bow, and heart pendant suspended from a lobster claw clasp. Attach to your favorite bag for a fun and fruity pick-me-up!
This handbag charm is $10 at Target.
Sales of note for 5/1/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – 20% off select Dyson hair tools with code + select clothes, shoes & more up to 50% off
- Ann Taylor – Friends of Ann Event: 30% off your entire purchase, including new arrivals (ends 5/4) + 40% off 1 full-price item (5/1 only)
- Banana Republic Factory – 40-60% everything + extra 25% off
- Eloquii – Extra 50% off all sale + $19 & up spring sale
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off must-have styles + up to extra 60% off sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – Up to 60% off everything + extra 60% off clearance
- M.M.LaFleur – Up to 25% off almost everything. Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – $20+ select favorites + 40% off 1 regular-price item + 30% off everything else
Congested, been living with it, but now it’s causing tooth and face pain and I can’t think straight. Still breastfeeding. Someone give me a pep talk to just take the decongestant – he’s over a year so it’s not like I even have to do anything if my supply dries up, but I’m also not emotionally ready to wean.
If your kids have local grandparents, do they come to your kids sports games? My mom is a loving and involved grandma who helps us a lot with childcare but I often feel smothered by her and don’t really enjoy spending time with her. She’s also incredibly socially awkward, not in a shy, reserved way, but in the way that she’ll insert herself into conversations that have nothing to do with her and she thinks she’s way more funny and charming than she is. So far our kids’ big events have been things like dance recitals or academic award banquets with lots of grandparents in attendance and nothing for family members to do except sit and watch the performance or ceremony, so it’s been fine to have her there. But now I have a kid playing a team sport with 2-3 games per week, and she wants to come to them. I selfishly really do not want her there. I don’t want to spend that much time with her, and I’m also trying to get to know other parents on the team and am dreading having her interact with everyone and butt into conversations I’m trying to have with other moms. Kid would be happy to have her there but isn’t begging for her to come. I know there’s probably no way to avoid it. I have to just s*ck it up and let her come, right?
Thinking ahead to spring break next year — we will have a first grader and an 18-month old. Give me your recommendations for easiest kid-friendly beach vacations! We’re coming from the DC area, and are open to getting passports for the kids if needed, but also happy to do something domestic.
For the poster from yesterday, how did the Thing go?!
per yesterday’s lengthy conversation. what items do you have left in your home from the baby/toddler stage that are still there because you’ve forgotten or been too lazy to remove. we still have childproofed cabinets, even though every single person in our house can open them, thus defeating their purpose. as well as some remnants of our baby gates on the stairs (which we finally removed when it starting falling down)
I need a gut checked. I dropped my daughter off a little later to daycare today after a doctor appointment. There’s a little girl in her class who only goes part time and I know had a hard transition. I thought it would be better by now but when I came in today, she was crying at the top of her lungs and the teachers were just going about their business. I mentioned to one of the teachers something about how she was sad and the teacher said “oh it’s all day every day for her” in a tone that just implied to me they are sick of it and don’t care if she’s crying. I get maybe they don’t want to be constantly comforting here but it just surprised me. Would you do anything here? I see the mom at drop off sometimes and could mention it. Maybe she knows and I don’t want to make her feel worse about being a working parent with her kid in daycare. I could call the director who is great and just say it was a little red flag for me. Or I could mind my own business. What would you do?
I recently took my six month old in for his wellness check and I thought he would be offered the Covid vaccine, but the doctor did not offer it as a matter of course and said it would be up to us and that different patients are choosing different things. We are in a highly educated, pro-vaccine area and it surprised me to the point that we walked away without getting it then. What are you all doing with your similarly aged kids? Baby is in daycare.