Budget Thursday: Ruffle-Trim Shetland Herringbone Jacket
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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 an ivory tartan that they call a “festive holiday plaid,” and a pink plaid). It’s an unusual color, but I’m seeing it more and more — with burgundy, cobalt, navy, etc. This looks very cool and modern but still feminine and sophisticated, and I would definitely give it a try. It’s one of those jackets to wear either as a really warm layer for inside or to wear outside when you need a coat but not a heavy one. Ruffle-Trim Shetland Herringbone Jacket
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Sales of note for 9.10.24
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Ann Taylor – 30% off your purchase
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; up to 50% off everything else
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off wear-to-work styles; extra 30% off sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40-60% off everything; extra 60% off clearance
- Lands’ End – 30% off full-price styles
- Loft – Extra 40% off sale styles
- Talbots – BOGO 50% everything, includes markdowns
- Target – Car-seat trade-in event through 9/28 — bring in an old car seat to get a 20% discount on other baby/toddler stuff.
- Zappos – 26,000+ women’s sale items! (check out these reader-favorite workwear brands on sale, and some of our favorite kids’ shoe brands on sale)
Kid/Family Sales
- Carter’s – Birthday sale, 40-50% off & extra 20% off select styles
- Hanna Andersson – Up to 50% off all baby; up to 40% off all Halloween
- J.Crew Crewcuts – Extra 30% off sale styles
- Old Navy – 40% off everything
- Target – BOGO 25% off select haircare, up to 25% off floor care items; up to 30% off indoor furniture up to 20% off TVs
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- 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?
Thanks to everyone for advice yesterday! I was at my desk working by 8:30am today due to a combination of skipping my shower, getting up at 5:30 to do my hair and makeup, streamlining my hair and makeup, and my husband and I doing as much prep as we could last night rather than this morning. We were able to leave the house at around 7:05am, and I feel optimistic that we can shave another few minutes off to catch the 7:30 train which would have me at work by 8:15am.
I think my marriage is circling the drain. According to my husband I’m a horrible person and it’s my fault we’re both fat and miserable, in jobs we hate, and the house is disorganized. This is probably true to some extent. It’s also true that I should have, and probably did, see this coming before we got married, bought a house, and had a kid. Whooops!
Ideally, I’d like to fix things, but he doesn’t want to see a counselor, and while we could try a major life upheaval to see if that helps — quit our jobs, move to a less hectic area, etc. — I am terrified that if that doesn’t work, I’m stuck, jobless, in a small town.
I am starting to care less and less if I am ‘right’ and think it may be time for the big D. I’m terrified of the logistics — moving, splitting custody, managing work travel and those days that I can’t do both drop off and pickup, being stuck geographically, etc. I’m terrified of telling people .
I’ve posted before about our marriage being in a bad place, not sure why I’m posting again, other than feeling like this is a safe space.
I just have to make a shameless plug for Talbots line of women’s petite clothing for any petite, cusp sized moms-to-be. Before I got pregnant I was at my heaviest and wearing a size 14petite or 16petite in most brands. I’m now 11 weeks and am starting to consider maternity wear, but I’ve struggled with finding petite work appropriate maternity clothes that are horrendously expensive. I bought some sale pieces from Talbots in their women’s petites and they are amazing! They are cut larger in the midsection area but fit me perfectly elsewhere. I’m wearing a 16 women’s petite dress today, and it’s a bit big now but I will be able to wear it for quite some time into my pregnancy since it has extra room right where a bump will be. And I’m thinking it will be perfect postpartum as well. Their shirts, pants, and skirts in women’s petites have similar generous cuts in the midsection.
There seem to be a lot of twin moms on here. I’m just starting the infertility treatment journey and I’m curious about the actual likelihood of having twins. I know older moms conceiving naturally are more likely to have twins. I know fertility drugs like Clomid (which I will be on) increase the risk. I know that for IVF some people implant 2 embryos. I’ve heard that PGS testing increases the odds that they will split too. I guess I’m asking, if you are willing to share, how you ended up with twins. I know twin parents hate that question but I just want to be really prepared for what I’m doing here. I’m leaning towards using the drugs; if IUI fails, going to IVF with PGS testing but only implanting one embryo. I’d be okay if I ended up with twins but I don’t think I want to majorly increase my odds by implanting two. That said, I might be majorly increasing my odds just by going down this road and if so, why not go for broke with two.
Can anyone recommend some sunglasses for my 27 month old? We’re going to Mexico next month, and I think I should take a pair. I really don’t have much hope she’ll leave them on, and we’ll take wide brim hats…but it seems like the responsible thing to do?! And if she likes them, she’d really benefit. She goes ape when the sun is in her eyes in the car. Thanks, ladies!
I am so frustrated. My 4yo, who has been in daycare since she was 4 months, was just home from school for 5 days due to a fever that wouldn’t break. She’s finally back at school — and I found out that other kids at school have pinkeye and lice. I woke up with pinkeye today. I’m so done. I just want to be at work, doing my work! Not being home with a sick kid or being sick myself!
GIRLLL me too! DD was home for like 5 days in December, and was just home again for 3 days this week. It’s just that time of year.
Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who weighed in on big families yesterday! Lots of food for thought, but I’m happy to hear it CAN be done!
My 11 month old (previously wonderful sleeper) has started waking at night – around 2:30 or 3AM wanting to be fed. He’s exclusively formula fed and drinks 4 oz at a time – I have tried for months to get him to drink more with zero success. He gets dinner between 6:30 and 7PM, a 4 oz bottle before bed (7:30PM) then we feed him 4 oz again around 10PM before we go to bed! Any tips? FWIW – I’m pretty sure he was premaure (he’s a foster so I don’t know his birth story), and he’s in the 3rd percentile for weight so we feed him as often and as much as we can. His pedi said his weight is fine as long as he’s gaining. He’s also been sick and teething so I think part of the waking is discomfort. Should I try NewMomAnon’s tip of PB before bed? Or do I just need to suck it up and do a middle of the night feed for a while?
I can’t stop thinking about a critical comment from another parent in my daughter’s carpool this morning. I kept my daughter home from school all last week due to a nasty virus and subsequent ear infection, which this car pool parent knows because (a) my daughter wasn’t in the van; and (b) I told the parent about the ear infection yesterday morning. This morning, my daughter was having an upset stomach due to the antibiotic she’s taking, and she was a little weepy as the kids were boarding the van. This parent commented that “DD seems a little sad this morning,” and I said “yeah, she’s not feeling that well.” The parent replied sarcastically, “well, thanks for putting her on the van with my kid.” I said “it’s just a stomach upset from the antibiotic she’s taking for her ear infection” and walked away. The parent tried to backtrack by saying, oh, “do you need to borrow some probiotic?” but am I out of line for thinking that it escalated into a nasty comment pretty quickly? This parent knows me well enough to understand that I’m committed to keeping my kids home from school when they have something contagious.
Whatever happened with that? The husband who had ordered mushrooms and the expensive painting?
Related to the discussion of divorce earlier, but not on topic enough to be a sub-comment:
I have to put in a plug for a book that I just read – it’s called “Come As You Are.” It’s about women’s s*xuality, including a lot of scientific research and some anthropological/psychological analysis of issues that complicate intimacy, especially in long-term relationships. I didn’t find it to be racy or sensational; it’s a well-researched, well-written book with lots of interesting insights. I wish I had read it before I got divorced, because it might have helped me get past the feeling that it was “all my fault” or “all his fault.”
And…don’t be turned off by the garishly pink cover. Publishers are the worst. The book didn’t deserve that.
How do you remember to have your young children do chores? My daughter just turned 3, and she knows how to do simple things like put her clothes in the laundry, set silverware on the table, or put her dishes in the sink. I expect her to need to be told/reminded to do these things before they become routine for her, but most of the time I forget and do them myself automatically. Do I need a chore chart for myself? Any tips?
Hi ladies! I dropped my last pumping session this week – hallelujah – but am finding myself really uncomfortable throughout the day and painfully engorged by the time I get home. (So, I’m on day 4 of not pumping.) How long does this take to regulate? Still nursing morning, evening, and dreamfeed, and plan to continue that a bit longer. I had dropped down from two pump sessions to one about two weeks earlier without a problem, but with one session a day was still pumping about 7oz. Any advice? Just tough it out?
Looking for an OB in Los Angeles – preferably the Studio City/Sherman Oaks area – any recs? TIA!