Finally Friday: ‘Circle’ Cardigan
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Sales of note for 2/7:
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Winter Sale, up to 60% off! 7850 new markdowns for women
- Ann Taylor – Extra 25% off your $175+ purchase — and $30 of full-price pants and denim
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 15% off
- Boden – 15% off new season styles
- Eloquii – 60% off 100s of styles
- J.Crew – Extra 50% off all sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40% off everything including new arrivals + extra 20% off $125+
- Rothy’s – Final Few: Up to 40% off last-chance styles
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 40% off one item + 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?
I have this cardigan and have worn it the last week since delivering. I think the NICU nurses ID me by its. It’s too casual for anything but an office day for my biz cas office but is so soft and cozy.
So I saw the 2 replies to yesterday’s question about estate plans and I have to chime in.
For reference DH and I did our plans with a lawyer when child 1 was 1 and child 2 was on the way. DH was 40 and I was 34, just out of grad school and entering my academic career. Between us we owned rental property, our home, 401ks, a few IRAs, and some random stocks, plus we had life insurance policies. Our attorney recommended a full suite of estate documents – way more than seemed necessary at the time but her reasoning was that we were going to be within a decade close to estate tax issues plus there is always uncertainty about tax law so best to get everything set up now rather than have to update it (or remember to update at the right time). She didn’t charge extra so it wasn’t a sales pitch – her services are flat rate which we found to be standard looking for an estate lawyer.
So we have wills, life insurance trusts, other trust, power of attorney, and a bunch of other legal docs. So happy we did it that way…doing it once was painful enough (bc who wants to think about dying right?) and it’s nice to have it done.
TL;DR if your income or assets are growing it’s a good idea to have a more complete and bullet proof plan now.
Major Boden sale on sale! Any favorites for an extreme apple shape who’s slowly but surely losing the baby weight?
To the mom yesterday who asked about pumping during trial: First, what is the typical trial schedule? Some courts/judges run 9-5 with one long lunch break and a shorter break here and there. Others run 8:00-2:00 with two fifteen minute breaks. Second, once you know the standard schedule, I would see what you could do within what is already established. Chances are that you are going to need more time at some point. I would call that judge’s courtroom clerk: Be polite but don’t beat around the bush. In my experience, if you just say that you are a new mom and need more time, many will not understand what you are asking for. I would offer that you are a new mom, breastfeeding your baby and ask if one of the breaks could be extended by [X amount of time] to give you an opportunity to express breast milk. Better yet, do a bit of detective work and see if there are any new moms in the clerk’s office that you could speak with and who may be able to help. I pumped during trial breaks for several weeks. I asked for a bit more time (an extra 15 minutes to let me pump). I would recommend doing all the things that you can to make pumping faster during trial. Let me know if you need those tips!!
Ladies, hit me with your best advice on setting up a home office and generally working from home. I have moved into a house where I finally have room for a real office/work station but haven’t gotten around to setting it up. (Notwithstanding the fact that we moved 8 months ago. We have a room that is empty but for my baby’s changing table, which we call his “dressing room”…). When I have a lot of work to get done, I tend to stay in the office because I am so much more productive there, and it is so hard to tear myself away from my kids before bedtime and to get geared up to log back in after dinner and actually be productive from 8-10 pm. How do you do it?? Tips for getting re-psyched and focused in the evening, as well as tips for getting the home office set-up going would be appreciated. For context, I am a big-law transactional associate. Sometimes leaving the office early and logging back in from home is not an option, but I’m realizing that often it is a constraint I put on myself.
Seeking nanny advice: Our current nanny, who my 22 month old son has grown to love over the last year, is about to have a baby of her own and will no longer be working for us. I found someone to take over, but my son will just not adjust to her. He is typically a very outgoing and friendly kid, and he screams when he is alone with her and has even vomited a couple times from crying so much about being with her. He acts like he is afraid to be left with her. It’s been two weeks since she started working and while I think I may sense a tiny bit of warming up, he doesn’t seem to like her much. When is it long enough to know if she is just not the right fit? She seems ok to me, I don’t love her (yet), but to be fair, I haven’t loved any nanny right at the beginning, I think there is an adjustment process. Has anyone dealt with this or have any advice? I don’t know if I should continue to wait it out or see if I can find someone else in the meantime.