• Family Friday: Light-Up Crocs

    As a fashion blogger, I never thought I’d be writing about clogs, but as a mom I find that I come down on the side of Crocs in the whole Crocs vs. Native Shoes debate. Even though all the cool kids are wearing Natives, my kids are obsessed with light-up things so they love their…

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  • A Week in the Life of a Working Mom: Government Attorney in the Midwest

    For the fifth installment of our Week in the Life of a Working Mom series, I’m happy to introduce a CorporetteMoms reader who asked us to call her HSAL. She’s a 35-year-old government attorney in a large Midwestern city and has one child. Our usual caveat applies: Please remember that this is is a real person who has feelings and…

  • Budget Thursday: Karmen Pump

    If you’ve been on the main site, you’ll know that I’ve been recommending the Karmen pump for years, in part because the readers have been recommending it for years. Payless filed for bankruptcy in April and has closed many stores (check on yours here), so if you like this shoe or if you haven’t tried it yet and need a very affordable pump (with a…

  • Date Nights for the Win!

    Here’s a fun topic for today: how often do you get date nights with your spouse? Is it a regular event or an “as available” kind of thing? How fancy do you get for your date nights? Do you have any tips for new working moms about date nights? For my $.02: We try to do a…