Accessory Tuesday: Helium Initial Pendant
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One of my favorite necklaces is an initial pendant I picked up at Goodwill. Here’s a whimsical take on this personal accessory.
Ariel Gordon’s bubbly helium initial pendant is “electroformed in 14-karat gold (meaning they’re hollow and lightweight, but still super sturdy).” It’s bold enough to wear alone but also works well with other charms or necklaces.
This pendant is $875. Add the suggested 20” chain for $475 or choose your own.
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+
Just a PSA that your elementary age kids repeat what you say about other kids and their moms!
My daughter has a friend whose family we’ve kind of had a weird relationship with for a couple of years.. I’ve had the distinct impression that the mom doesn’t like me but my husband told me I was being too sensitive and reading too much into things. which I admit I have a tendency to do. Well, in recent weeks the kid has repeated some very rude things the other mom said about me. The details are specific enough and not something the kids would have any way of knowing about on their own, so I’m confident that this isn’t something one or both of the kids made up. It’s so awkward, especially because we had planned to invite them to a small (3-4 families) holiday gathering at our house, because my kid wanted their kid there. Now I don’t know what to do about that. Do I just pretend I didn’t hear this and invite them anyway?
DS (4) has very low iron and has to take an iron supplement. It makes him constipated so we also have to give him a laxative. He’s been fully potty trained for a while, but now he’s afraid to go #2 because it hurts him and he holds it in as long as he can. Last night he woke up crying several times because he had to go, but when we put him on the toilet he refused. What’s the solution? More laxative? I just don’t want him to have an accident at school- he’s old enough where that could be embarrassing.
The camp my daughter was signed up for December 26th apparently didn’t have enough kids registered so they canceled it and rescheduled it for… December 24th. It made me think of the recent discussion here about camp on Christmas Eve. We’ll be fine (this was a fun camp not a childcare replacement camp) but I’m so confused about what they’re thinking and why they think people in our very church-y area are going to register for camp on Christmas Eve!?
to the little girl in my daughter’s first grade class who convinced her that there is a monster that eats babysitters and children…I hope santa brings you coal (jk, except i’m quite tired today)
To the poster yesterday who provided some very thoughtful advice on parenting a teen during tense holiday get-togethers, thank you. I saw it late in the day and have been thinking about it a lot.
My 9 year old asked me for help last night. She says that there is a boy in her class that is neurodiverse (she didn’t use that word but that’s what I gathered) that makes her feel scared and uncomfortable sometimes. When I asked why she said that he gets very upset easily, choking himself, hitting himself, banging his head on the table, and used to scream in her ear/face when he sat next to her (he has since moved spots). Its my understanding that her school (highly rated public elementary school) takes the approach of removing the child from the class when the teacher is not able to calm them down on their own, and that every day he has special assistants/teachers who come to work with him during their “work on your own” time. My daughter wants me to talk to the teacher about how she finds his behavior scary, disruptive and distracting from her ability to focus on and do her work. I’m taking this very seriously as I want her to know that if she’s ever scared or uncomfortable by someone else’s actions, she should feel supported in speaking up and have her concerns taken seriously. However, I’m not sure how to approach this with the teacher and what can even be done about it. I’m sure its a difficult situation all around but I don’t want my daughter to feel scared or unsafe at school. Also, this has been a common occurrence, where every year she’s had at least one kid in her class that exhibits behavior that she’s found alarming or aggressive. [In case your impulse is to jump on me and tell me my kid needs to be more understanding toward others, she is actually a very empathetic person who is sensitive to others’ pain/discomfort and would never say anything to the kid or her teacher because she wouldn’t want to make anyone feel bad. And, I completely support the right of all kids to have access to quality education, but I am concerned that in situations like this it is coming at the sacrifice of other kids’ access to a safe learning environment. And I’m defining safe as both safe from physical violence as well as psychological threat.] FWIW I have witnessed this kind of behavior several times, seeing kids having to be physically restrained and removed from the group and I myself found it alarming and disturbing. I’m sympathetic to the child but I can imagine how challenging it would be to witness that on a regular basis when you are just at school trying to focus on learning (as well as socializing). TIA for any advice on how to approach this with the teacher.
Screen-free gift help for a very focused five year old who is into building and legos, but doesn’t need more? I’m leaning toward the Kids First Coding & Robot kit (expensive but would grow with kid). Also considering the Robot Factory set (building not coding) or the Robot Andy Toy (coding not building). The latter two are less expensive but seem less like long-lasting toys. Would be so helpful to hear from someone with experience with any of these toys or other suggestions! I don’t want to go overboard but also don’t want to get an electronic toy we don’t keep coming back to.
My two year old is going through her terrible 2 phase and I need help handling it better. She does that thing where she really wants an apple, and then I give her the apple, and she hates the apple, so then I cheerfully say ok, bye-bye apple, and then she sobs hysterically about taking away the apple, etc, etc. and it gets to me more than I care to admit. These days she doesn’t want to wear clothes, and I definitely let my own stressors get a hold of me (it’s cold, she’s going to get sick, I have an early meeting, just wear the clothes please) and this morning I ended up wrestling clothes on while she kicked and screamed, and then raising my voice more than gentle parenting would recommend when she started to take them off again because I just needed to get out the door, and now I feel really guilty about it. Is this just a phase you power through? Any helpful advice to handle it better?
For those who have switched their child’s daycares, how long did it take for them to adjust? My kid used to go to school happily and now begs not to go. It’s only been a week since we switched, but the mom guilt I feel is so rough. He is preschool age, for reference. I was trying to improve our lives but it feels like it backfired.
Has anyone landed a new job in the past year? How did you do it?
I feel stuck. My company is shrinking and gets more chaotic by the day. But it feels superhuman to rally at this point to find a better job while dealing with ongoing work stress, parenting, and life.