Everyone Thursday: Firstclass Dress Pump
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We featured this heel in black as part of our recent black heel roundup over at Corporette, but this dove gray is calling my name — and Amazon has it on sale. I’ve had great luck with Anne Klein heels being comfortable, and for $53 it’s hard to go wrong. (Other colors are as low as $30!) This style’s available in sizes 5.5-11 at Amazon. Anne Klein Firstclass Dress Pump
Psst: We’re giving away TWO $250 Nordstrom giftcards through tomorrow morning — check out full details for the giveaway here!
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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?
What age (if ever) would you let your kid jump on a little trampoline with a handle? Specifically the Little Tikes 3′ trampoline?
Reposting from yesterday: Does anyone have a good recommendation for parenting a six year old? My daughter is now almost in first grade and I feel like there were tons of great recommendations for younger kids, but I need some resources for parenting elementary-aged children. I’m familiar with “How to Talk So Kids Will Listen . . .” and “From Parent to Child,” but am looking something that’s focused on child development, etc. Any recommendations?
I was dropping my drycleaning off the other day looking totally haggard– 10 weeks pregnant, nauseous, tired, hair was still wet and i had no makeup on. The dry cleaner said, “oh what pretty eyelashes you have.” I almost cried. It was the kindest thing she could have said! I know I looked like crap (and she probably sensed I felt that way) and I was so grateful for that sweet pick-me-up comment. Sometimes I’m just so glad to be a woman among women.
Daycare Q – Baby HSAL is 9 months old. She came in at a weird time where the next oldest babies were 3 months older than her, so she’s currently the oldest in the “older” infant class. Her teacher mentioned yesterday that someone (I assume one of the directors) already been talking about when they’ll move her up to junior toddlers. Different ratios (1 to 4 vs. 1 to 5) but even if they were able to address that, am I right to think that there’s way too much of a difference between a 10 and 13 month old to move her up early? I mean, that class is down to 1 nap/day and they do primarily table food, and she’s just not there yet. There’s another kid who started later but is just a few days younger and I know they always planned to move them together, so I may see if the other mom has heard anything. I really love this daycare and LOVE her current teachers, so maybe I’m overreacting. Her teacher could have misheard, but I feel like she wasn’t based on the types of things she was saying (parents get to decide, she wasn’t ready for Baby HSAL to move). Am I just being crazy since no one has said anything “official”?
Where do you all shop for clothes for your kids? I am kind of all over the place. On the one hand, I get that they grow out of their clothes so fast, and so the best thing is to get cheap stuff from Carters, Old Navy, etc.; but, on the other hand, I love the look and feel of the nicer clothes (Tucker + Tate, Hanna Andersson, etc.) Am I foolish for wanting to spend more on clothes the kid is only going to wear for maybe 3 months?
(I have a one-year-old, by the way)
Another question. We are going on vacation in a couple weeks with a two year old and a ten month old. Will be in a beach town, but will mostly hang out at the hotel pool.
Any advice for pool or beachside gear to help corral and keep happy the ten month old? Or any general advice for vacation with kids these ages?
Advice on overnight diapers for a big 27 month old with sensitive skin? My son keeps waking up with soaked clothes/sheets/etc because his diapers are leaking. We do bambo nature size six with a diaper insert, and it just isn’t working.
Favorite first birthday gift ideas? Why am I blanking on this – I have a two year old!?
Any tips for minimizing (eliminating) toddler food throwing? It’s my daughter’s newest thing. I know that she’s probably just looking for a reaction from us. We have a dog that has become quite a scavenger when she’s in the high chair, so we’re constantly jumping up/telling the dog to ‘leave it’ which I think is providing enough of a reaction for my daughter.
FWIW, I honestly don’t really care about the dog eating the food. None of it is unsafe for her and it really is a fairly small amount, so I’m inclined to let that go. If the answer is to just let the dog eat the food, I’m fine with that but my husband cares about it. I’m more annoyed by the black beans that get flung all over the apartment. I’d like that to stop.
Pregnancy hormones made me cry this morning when I read an e-mail saying that my current-youngest is moving up to the next class in daycare.
If you need me, I’ll be trying to pull myself together to be a functional adult in time for a meeting with my boss in 10 min. Gah. Great start to my day.
So I am new to the kid birthday party circuit, forgive me if this is a stupid question. Our kid is invited to birthday party with a save the date and we may have another commitment that day but won’t know until past the RSVP date. It’s okay to RSVP yes and then not go, right? We would send a gift & a card, if that matters.
You know how some days you feel like you’re barely making it as a human and other days you are absolutely on fire with the ‘functional adult’ thing? This week is the latter and I feel like I need to celebrate it.
Husband has been traveling for work (he does extended work travel) for a while and I have gotten into this awesome groove. Granted, my kid went into daycare not wearing pants today (baby is in the ‘let me feed myself’ phase where we end up with at least one costume change daily so I just cut my laundry losses), but I’ll take it.
What have your most recent parenting/adulting victories lately?
These are a bit mumsy, I think.