


Weekend Open Thread
Something on your mind? Chat about it here. I don’t know about you, but since becoming a mom, MY part of my purse has shrunken to “wallet, iPhone, and lip gloss” — much lighter than I used to be. For the gym it’s even lighter — ID, iPhone, and maybe headphones — so it’s great…
Family Friday: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: The Illustrated Edition
My older son has been loving the hardcover illustrated versions of the Harry Potter books, and it’s kind of funny to have to wait for the illustrated books to come out because I’m old enough to remember waiting in the summers for the new books to come out as J.K. Rowling wrote them. There’s also a…
Budget Thursday: Ruffle-Trim Shetland Herringbone Jacket
This gorgeous jacket at Talbots is on a crazy sale: It was $169 and is now marked to $60. There are a ton of sizes left in misses, petites, woman, and woman petites, but the catch is that the only solid color available in most sizes is this sort of yellowy orange mustard. (There’s also…
Washable Workwear Wednesday: Ribbed Open-Front Cardigan
This cardigan/jardigan is noteworthy in a few respects. First: it’s machine washable, which is always great. Second, it’s$19 on “last act” sale at Macy’s — available in 8 colors, sizes XS-XXL. Third, call me crazy, but this looks like a pretty good $20 dupe for some of the other jardigans out there right now that…