Accessory Tuesday: AirTag Keychain
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A few years ago, I put AirTags into all of my most-misplaced items — keys, wallet, gym bag. Of course, all of their batteries died at the same time, so as I’m replacing them, I’m also adding some cute AirTag holders.
Target’s Heyday brand had some really cute options, including this cherry carabiner, which will look adorable whether it’s attached to my keychain or stuffed into an overcrowded gym bag.
The keychain is $9.99 at Target.
Sales of note for 7/15/25
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – The Anniversary Sale is open for everyone — here’s our roundup!
- Ann Taylor – Semiannual sale, extra 50% off sale styles
- Banana Republic Factory – 40-60% off everything + extra 50% off clearance
- Eloquii – Limited time, 100s of styles starting at $9
- J.Crew – End of season cashmere sale, take 40% off select cashmere
- J.Crew Factory – All-Star Sale, 40-70% off entire site and storewide and extra 60% off clearance
- M.M.LaFleur – Sitewide Sale, save 25% with code — 48 hours only! Try code CORPORETTE15 for 15% off
- Spanx – Free shipping on everything
- Talbots – All markdowns, buy 2 get 1 free, on TOP of an extra 40% off (ends 7/15)
I would love help on figuring out how to throw money at making our lives easier.
Right now we have a 1.5 month old kid in daycare. Husband and I both have reasonably flexible but demanding and high-paying jobs. I’m trying to figure out what we can do to make our lives easier (and pros/cons of various types of help). We have a cleaner who comes monthly or so, and don’t hesitate to order delivery. We’re also planning to have my mom in back in town and rent her an apartment nearby (our condo is small, we did something similar for most of baby’s first year) but not sure that this is sustainable long-term, plus there is some family drama. I’m trying to figure out if we didn’t rent my mom an apartment, what could we put that money towards instead to make our lives easier. (And I’m also trying to figure out if it would be possible to have a second child without torpedoing our careers and marriage).
I’m trying to figure out how to get the following categories of help, and would welcome and tips / stories of what has worked and what hasn’t.
* Babysitter. Would love some additional time outside daycare, but how easy is it to get a babysitter who comes frequently enough to know the kid/routine, and is reasonably available when needed?
* Driving nanny. Would love occasional help with pickups / dropoffs. How does one find a babysitter who you trust to drive?
* Sick care? Big benefit of mom being around is she’ll take the kid when there’s a light fever and can’t do daycare. Is there anyone else we could pay for this?
* Can we get more household help – eg laundry, meal prep, cleaning up after dinner, brushing the cats and scooping the litterbox, light vacuuming, taking out the trash? I would love to have more time with the kid instead of household chores. Is it reasonable to ask if a babysitter or driving nanny is willing to spend some extra time to do these chores?
* Errands – dropping off packages, picking up groceries? Maybe I need to bite the bullet and trust grocery delivery services more?
* Life management – not sure what else we can outsource, is getting a financial advisor and accountant worth it?
What has been really helpful and worth it to you?
We moved into our current home 1.5 years ago and I still have not put family pictures up on the walls. I may have a mental barrier around doing this because of the decision-making involved and the feeling of permanence of putting nails in walls. How do I prioritize what photos get put on the walls? I think we’ll do a few gallery walls. How do I decide if we’re dramatic black and white family photo people or into professional full color photos or candid or vacation photos? Tell me about your photos on walls!
My kids are going into kindergarten and preschool next year. I have a fantasy that next summer we could get a summer nanny (we live close to a college so hopefully a college student). I guess I think it’d be more relaxed for them. We’ve previously been in year round daycare, but are moving any way so will have to do something different next summer regardless. Since everyone is in the thick of summer child care right now- what do you think? Good idea, bad idea?
Bday gift for a boy turning 6? Parents are wealthy, religious, and minimalist. So kid is very sheltered but enriched with lots of travel, art classes, etc. This is my ex’s best friends, but I’m taking our kids to the party.
I feel like screaming into the void this morning. My 12-month-old daughter struggles with sleep – sometimes it’s early morning wakings, sometimes it’s split nights, sometimes she surprises us and sleeps for 10 hours. Last night was a split night, so she was awake on and off from about 12 AM until 2 AM. My husband tended to her first, but I couldn’t fall back asleep because I was watching her on the monitor (and then obsessively Googling baby sleep advice). I eventually went downstairs to watch TV, but then she started crying, so I brought her a bottle of water, which finally got her to go to sleep and she slept until 8 AM (which is late for us).
Meanwhile, my daughter’s classroom at daycare is experiencing an outbreak of HFM, and her room was suspiciously empty this morning, even with a late drop-off, so now I’m bracing for potential illness. Did I mention I’m a lawyer who has to keep an eye on her billable hours?
Only 4 kids have RSVP’ed yes to my kid’s birthday party this Saturday. Last year, a lot of kids showed up without RSVPing, which was fine because it was at a park, but this year it’s at a trampoline park and we’d like to know numbers ahead of time so the facility can get the right number of pizzas, etc. Should I send a reminder out? Just estimate a few more kids coming?
Would love to hear more about people who transitioned from public middle school to private 8th grade high school. I have a rising 7th grader who is thriving socially in middle school (great group of friends,) and is doing well academically (A student, but had a B in math with lots of tears and tutoring help, although she is 2 years ahead. But in general she doesn’t love the academic part of school, just finds it boring and has struggled with paying attention in class and being interested). She very much wants to go to private high school, and we as parents think likely the right fit academically. We feel like she doesn’t get as much individual attention as she needs, and financially it would be expensive but doable (it’s basically, like 5-6% of our income, while annoying its not the end of the world, but we want to be prudent). Her pre-algebra tutor was from a private high school in town and she said she feels like math clicked for her with the tutor much more than in school and she taught way better. I guess the biggest worry I had is that it won’t work out too well socially, since she is thriving and from talking to other parents/my job with teens, this is not always the case.
The questions I had for people who made similar transitions or know others who have:
1. if anyone has made the transition this late in the game and has it worked out well socially? I worry about how hard it will be for her to meet friends after school as as of now she can walk/bike to see most of her friends, and in private school they would be all over the place, or if she will find a nice group again.
2. When is the best time to make a transition? We are debating applying this year to start in 8th, or having her repeat 8th (she is on the young side for her class). Do schools always agree to repeating a grade. I don’t want her to start in 9th bc seems risky to transition when the grades count for college.
3. Do you feel like there’s an academic advantage to private school? That is the biggest reason we are supportive of it, that it would be better for her since she does so much better with more one on one or small group attention.
4. Another selling point for us is the advantage in college acceptance.. Is that truly the case? We live in a NYC suburb that has excellent public schools, but the privates seem to be admitting 40% of their class into elite schools. Do you think this is bc of the donations/SES advantage, or is it truly bc these schools help?
5. Did you think it was worth all the $$? It is quite a lot over 5 years so want to be prudent!
Book recommendations for my 4.5 year old? We’re about to finish the Princess in Black series and she’s really enjoyed it. She’s into Zoey and Sassafrass too. No interest in the magic treehouse. She can’t read yet so I’m reading to her, so things that I wouldn’t hate would be nice.
Does anyone have a suggestion for a good babyproofing resource, especially with regards to pool safety? We live in an apartment complex with a shared pool right outside our sliding glass door. It has a tall fence with high latch and is up to code, but we want more layers of backup since we can’t guarantee that neighbors won’t leave the gates open by accident. I’d love any recommendations for online resources that walk you through the different safety options for pools. We need general guidance too (beyond the obvious like anchor heavy dressers, etc.)
I would also love any specific product recs – if there’s a brand of oven knob cover that is far less annoying than the rest, for example.