Accessory Tuesday: Akoya Pearl Stud Earrings
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Pearl studs have a place in every woman’s wardrobe. If you’re looking to upgrade this classic, you can’t go wrong with this elegant pair from pearl expert Mikimoto.
Mikimoto is known for only selling the highest quality cultured pearls (only the top 5% of their harvest meets their standards), and these earrings are no exception. These pearl earrings are backed with 18k white gold posts and come in four sizes: 6mm–6.5mm, 7mm–7.5mm, 7.5-8mm, and 8mm–8.5mm.
While they undoubtedly work Monday through Friday, consider wearing these studs on the weekend for some extra polish.
These earrings start at $510 at Nordstrom.
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+
My child had pink eye in both eyes starting on Friday. We kept her home from daycare on Monday and by Monday night the redness was all gone. We sent her to daycare this morning, and she was sent back home after lunch because her eyes were swollen and watery. Her teacher said she had been fussy and crying a bit. The school director said she cannot return until Thursday at the earliest (and they are closed Friday for professional development). Child was sleeping when I picked her up so I’m not sure how bad her eyes actually are. I am pissed – this seems like a weak reason to send her home. AITA, am I being unreasonable? This seems excessive to me.
Why do I do this to myself? Whyyy?? PSA on 3 kids. If you tell them they have to play a sport/have an active activity, you will end up with the following:
Fall: soccer (kid 1), soccer (kid 2), softball team (kid 3), softball clinic (kid 3) volleyball clinic (kid 3).
Winter: family skiing, softball clinic (kid 3), basketball team (kid 3), weekend basketball (kids 1&2)
Spring: soccer and soccer clinic (kid 1), gymja class (kid 2), 6 weekend races (kid 1 &2), softball team (kid 3), lacrosse team (kid 3)
Summer: swim team (kids 1&2), softball league (kid 3), tennis team (kid 3).
Also, there is dance class, acting class, math club, piano lessons, coding class and Girl Scouts in the mix.
Why can’t they all just pick the same sport year round?? ;)
We’re going to disneyworld soon and have one kid who sometimes gets motion sick (and for that matter I do!) Have any of you brought a kid to disney world and given dramamine or a wrist band or similar to combat this? I don’t want nausea to ruin a day for her. She’s actually usually pretty good in the car until she starts reading, but I imagine some of these rides might be tricky…
My 8 year old chose “running in races” as her spring sport- she’s signed up for a series of 6 weekend races. Her distance is half a mile.
She’s very muscular (she’s done lots of gymnastics and swimming in the past, also has quads of steel from idk what!) but has no cardio stamina. She wants to practice in advance of the first race in April. Ideas on how to help her build stamina? Adult programs aren’t appropriate.
How do you incorporate fruits and vegetables into your diet? DS is 3 and doesn’t eat any fruits or vegetables, not even a pouch or applesauce, and it’s because DH and I don’t really eat them except for whatever veggie side comes in our Blue Apron meal. Were all of you dutifully preparing fruits and veggies at every meal and offering them to your kids? I haven’t had the bandwidth to do this up until now, and now my kid only eats carbs and dairy and it’s my fault.
Day care has asked us to bring filled eggs for an egg hunt, but no candy. Do you have any fun ideas? Last year we got a lot of squishies and stickers. I was thinking mini finger puppets? My twins are 3 fwiw; their eggs will be mixed in with older kids’ eggs too.
There was an article in the Guardian yesterday about how 20% of kids entering school are not yet toilet trained or otherwise school-ready (able to dress themselves, for example). Apparently it’s a huge contributor to teacher burnout. This is really surprising to me – I thought by kindergarten age, not being toilet trained was still rare, even with the age of training creeping up from 18 months to 3+ years over the last half-century.
What are some pick-me-ups for you in a hard time/season of life?
I’m not talking about core things like sleep, therapy, exercise, good food, connecting with loved ones, but like bits of lightness or fun during the day just for you. Looking for ideas.
Has anyone used some fabulous peel and stick wallpaper lately? Looking to bring color and fun to a craft room space that will be used by me and my kids but everything seems either too formal or too childish.
Talk me into/out of taking a big job. My current job (in-house lawyer) is fine – pays the bills, WFH, flexible, my team is friendly enough. It’s also pretty boring with no upward mobility. I was going to stick it out until I have a second child and they’re a bit older (I currently have a toddler and we’re TTC for baby#2). But TTC is taking longer than expected, the nature of my job has taken a turn to more boring and unrewarding work with a side of annoying corporate nonsense, and an old family friend who is now the head of legal at a very large and well-known company is offering me a job that could be a great fit. I don’t have the job, but I would probably have a decent chance if I choose to pursue it. It would be more money, more interesting work, and more upward mobility. It would also be more demanding on my time, some days in the office, and just a lot more leaning back in vs my current flexible coasting. I’m struggling between thinking this is a bad time for this with the potential for baby #2, maybe needing IVF, taking care of little kids, etc. But I’m also a little bored and depressed at work and there’s a part of me that is really ambitious and needs more stimulation. I also find WFH lonely and could use some time at the office. Anyone take a big job with young kids? Is this a terrible idea? My husband leaves early so I’m on morning duty but he could step up on some evenings, and we could afford to hire additional help, but I would see less of my child(ren).
Working mom victory – I moved universities in September and have struggled to connect with folks as no one lives locally and everyone (including me) works from home when not teaching. I realised 2 other women in my academic department live in the neighbouring city and today, we met for coffee/writing morning at a local library and had lunch in the sunshine. All three of us are moms to kids under 7 and we had such a nice chat/connection, and they were really appreciative.
I’m grateful for the ability to WFH loads from a work-life balance perspective, but it does leave my extroverted self feeling isolated so it’s been really nice.
Just started TTC again for baby #2, and am realizing that my cycles are way more variable than they were last time. Could I be entering perimenopause? I’m 35. Any advice besides just temping/using OPK strips?
Just coming here to vent and release this thought as my mother is about to arrive …. I’ve realized that the powerful mother of my youth (“girls can do anything!” and “get out there and conquer the world with all the opportunities I didn’t have!”) has turned into the grandmother who treats her granddaughters with a high degree of s e x i s m. I first noticed it when she talked about my brother’s kids — starting around age 4, she used a highly inappropriate term and pejorative word to describe my niece, and would ascribe manipulation to her very age appropriate and normal 4 yr old behavior. I pushed back hard on her descriptions and certainly the use of the word, but chalked some of it up to a sometimes rocky relationship with my sister in law.
Now, I’m seeing it with my own daughter who recently turned 4 — I was on the phone with her yesterday talking through our schedule when they visit, and she mentioned that she won’t watch my daughter alone b/c two years ago — when my daughter was TWO — she cried when my mom arrived and “gave her a funny look” and “doesn’t like [my mom] at all.” Ironically, my daughter has been stupid excited to see her when she has arrived over the last two years, but my mom is just stuck on this one bad interaction.
My son is actually a much harder kid — but any of his behavior is just “boys being boys,” and same for my nephew. It is definitely clear she prefers my son, and when my daughter exhibits any similar behavior as he regularly exhibits, I get a “wow, she’s really [insert negative word typically used against women/manipulative/willful, etc.]”
Obviously, I will push back on all of this in the moment and thankfully none of it has been in earshot of any of the kids, but I’m realizing it just makes me sad that the mother of my youth (who I credit with helping push me to accomplish a lot of my professional successes in very male dominated fields) isn’t showing up for her granddaughters in the same way. I think some of it has to do with a complicated relationship with my father as they age. He still lavishes love and attention on her, but also sometimes, ugh, some of their single friends. As far as I can tell, it’s never crossed a line, but as more of their friends have divorced in their 60s, I think he’s become a bit of a “go-to” guy around the house for friends who are suddenly living alone after decades of marriage. He really loves the attention and the praise that is heaped on him by my mom’s friends, and my mom clearly is uncomfortable with it, but rather than addressing it head on with my dad — she’s re-directing all the anger towards the friends. s/Super fun, and ultimately their business, but man, is it disappointing that some of this angst is clearly coming out towards the girls in our family :(