Everyone Thursday: ‘Bristal’ Ankle Strap Pointy Toe Flat
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These flats happen to have a zipper up the back — huzzah! That’s great news for the harried mom who can’t actually be bothered to undo or redo these straps every time. This shoe comes in burgundy suede, black suede, and this charcoal suede (all lucky sizes at this point) for $89.95 at Nordstrom. (I should note, if you’re a fan of this sort of style you should check out this similar shoe with grommets — and in fuchsia.) Pictured: ‘Bristal’ Ankle Strap Pointy Toe Flat
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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?
DH just took a new job which will require him to travel 2-3 times per month (usually Tuesday-Thursday). I’m supportive and excited for him. I’ve also recently started a new job that is much more flexible, less demanding overall, and closer to home and daycare. But of course I’m still nervous about the big changes and doing “it all” myself during the weeks he gone. For those of you who have spouses who travel frequently, what are your tips for managing work, the kids, the house, etc. during the week? And do you do anything to keep your marriage going when spouse is home? (Part of me thinks parts of it will be easier–in many ways, DH is messier and more work than Kiddo.)
Guys, since this is vent day — I’m a big law associate finally working on the kind of deal I joined this dang firm to work on. As a result of either poor planning or just law firm work being what it is, I ended up like 100% on two deals for most of January. I’ve been billing like 75 hours a week and my husband has been travelling at least half the week for the past month. My parents have been helping out with the kids for a couple hours in the evenings when my husband is gone, but this is killing me. I am freaking exhausted and therefore unproductive and underperforming at the the exact moment I want to be shining. And I’m sick now, obviously. My husband is finally home all week next week, but when he told me yesterday morning that he was going to have to travel all week next week, it took all I had to keep it together for the next several hours, mostly unsuccessfully. He’s supposed to be the one with the less demanding job so he can take care of things when I’m overstretched at work. This such a mess. Not really seeking advice I guess, but just wanted to type this out.
First, I know this is a total first world problem (and that I’m very lucky/privileged), but I have to vent.
I took this week off work as a staycation. I had modest goals like catching up on my sleep (baby is a terrible sleeper, I haven’t had a good night’s sleep since summer), reading a book, doing taxes, taking care of some stuff around the house, and generally enjoying being alone with my introverted self. I’ve been looking forward to this for a month. And it’s been an unmitigated fail. At least one kid has been home sick every day. My husband is sick with a man cold and was also home for three days. We’re both out of patience with each other and the kids. I’ve accomplished none of my plans. Daycare is closed today because of Day Without Immigrants, so I have all 3 (finally healthy and full energy) kids alone while husband is at Very Important Meetings, and to top it all off I have a muscle spasm in my neck and can barely move. The oldest kid woke up an hour early from nap and just woke everyone else up too. I am so done. And it’s a $#@?ing long weekend. The last thing I want right now is more time with my family. I feel like a horrible person for thinking that, but I need a break. I thought I was going to get one, which makes it that much worse that this week has been so stressful.
OK thanks. Just needed to get that out.
I’m so tired. I had the flu this week. 4.5 year old had the flu last week. My 2 year old — who somehow hasn’t gotten sick yet – has woken up once every hour or two for the last 10 days. No explicable reason – we’ve been to the doctor twice for unrelated reasons and no sign of a rogue ear infection or sinus issues. He did get sent home to get stitches yesterday, and today, he screamed so loudly at drop-off, the teachers had to literally push me out of his room while he was on the floor flailing like a damn madman. He fought me the whole way into daycare — like kicking and screaming fighting. I should have stopped, helped him calm down, and reset before I left, but instead, I muscled him into his classroom with rage pouring out of my eyes (sorry, all the parents I passed that I wouldn’t make eye contact with). No one has eaten anything other than take out all week. I feel like a tired failure today.
Just a bit of a vent, I’ve got a longer than normal work trip starting tomorrow (a week) and in addition to packing/prep/last minute work craziness I’m also just wiped trying to prep as much as I can at home. My husband and I rarely travel over the weekend, so part of it is scrambling to do laundry/prep meals we usually do together to try to lighten the load on him, but other things are like ‘must clip child’s fingernails because husband never remembers’ or ‘must call garbage guy to come haul away the old mattress so husband doesn’t have to try to do it with a child in tow’. Ugh, a housekeeper sounds sooooo good right now.
Lawyer moms, any good online resources for free or low-cost CLE courses? I used to get CLE credits through trainings at my firm, but now I’m in gov’t. My agency doesn’t provide a subscription to PLI. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated, as I have a few weeks until the deadline for compliance.
Also, thanks for the feedback yesterday on my pancake fiasco. I think a nonstick pan is in my future.
Little TK brought a note home from school yesterday that he was “having a hard time keeping his hands to himself” and had punched two kids. This is totally out of character for him. When I tried to ask him about what happened, he went into a long winded story about superman and a garbage truck, so … no insights gained.
It’s been a bit of an usual week for him … 2 birthday parties at school, plus Valentines Day; grandma is staying with us for a week; and his favorite teacher just went out on maternity leave. I don’t want to make excuses for him and obviously want to stress to him the importance of not hitting other people, but it’d be helpful for me to have something to point to since this has never, ever been an issue for him.
He just turned 3. Thoughts on how to best approach this with him?
I need some advice on menu planning. Do you use a menu planning service (like Cook Smarts) or just do this on your own? I spend so much of my mental energy thinking about what to feed our kids and it’s highly inefficient. I need to start preparing more in advance. Would love to hear what you do.