Budget Thursday: Wrap Skirt
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When I saw this skirt online (it’s from Target’s A New Day line), I loved the shape of it. Then I saw that the material is 95% modal with 5% spandex. Since my husband has switched all of his undershirts from cotton to micromodal, he has won me over to the modal fan club. Modal is very soft, stretchy, and almost bouncy. I think the style of the skirt in combination with the fabric makes it seem very easy and comfortable to wear. (It’s machine washable, too.) It’s getting great online reviews so far, and the woman wearing the skirt looks like she’s absolutely killing it! The skirt comes in black and orange and is available in straight sizes XXS–XXL for $13.98 and in plus sizes for $17.48 (both on sale). Wrap Skirt
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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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Thanks for the help with my mean toddler yesterday. We had a talk before bedtime about what is okay to say and what isn’t, and even practiced saying “I’d like to sit alone please.” We’ll see if it sticks!
Ugh. This morning, I spent 25 minutes trying to talk my toddler (2.5) out of a tantrum. He kept sobbing ‘I don’t want to play here!’ and no amount of redirection from myself or staff was helping.
It was an ugly tantrum too… on the floor throwing his body around. I stayed very calm but now I’m doubting how I handled it… part of me thinks I should have SHUT IT DOWN…
Feeling like a Bad Mom today…
I’m all about outsourcing right now since I’ve started a new job and baby #2 is 5 months old. I was thinking of ordering some pencil skirts and getting them tailored (I’m a small pear, so if they’re going to fit in the hips the waist will be much too large) and was surprised to find that there’s not a mobile tailoring service near me! I’m in a pretty major metro area too where grocery delivery, amazon now, laundry service, etc. are all readily available. Do mobile tailors not exist?? Someone start this business please! I’d happily pay twice as much for someone to come to my house to pin me up and then deliver the finished product.
Thanks to those of you who responded the other week regarding my bathroom paint color and decor. It is now SW Hazel, as suggested, and it’s beautiful! I also bought plush white towels, as recommended, and I am in love. I never would have done white towels otherwise. You all are so good!
I think the other color that was recommended was SW Rainwashed. Would it look OK to do my master bedroom in Rainwashed with the master bath SW Hazel?
Ooh that’s a lovely color! We painted an accent wall in our sitting room a light light pinkish color and liked it so much that we painted our tiny bedroom the same color. It’s like a cozy little love nest.
Any parenting podcasts people are enjoying? I like Mom & Dad are fighting and Best of Both Worlds but thought there might be more out there to check out.
sorry I know this has been answered many times but I can’t figure out how to search:
Which carseat will fit 3 across in a most cars?
(not for me but a friend!)
Tips for transitioning my 2.5 (almost 3) year old to a blanket from a Sleepsack? She’s small, so she is only finally outgrowing XL Sleepsacks, and I’m not sold on the ones with feet (although would go this route if we need to). She has a pillow in her crib but doesn’t always stay at the end with the pillow. She is still in the crib – we haven’t converted it to a toddler bed yet. Thank you!!
Help! Kiddo is 4 years old and complains about her “brain hurting” during car trips. We switched her car seat to front facing and that helped a bit for short rides, but we’re about to go on a 4 hour trip this weekend. Is dramamine the answer?
I had this with my twins from about 20 weeks to 34 when they were delivered– I second the recommendation to see a nutritionist. I’m not sure how intensely they have you monitoring it, but for me, I took blood sugar 3x per day– 30 minutes after each meal, if I remember correctly– and it needed to be below X amount. It wasn’t so much about not having any carbs, but about spreading them thinly throughout the day. I ate a TON of eggs. Breakfast was usually 3 egg scramble with basil cheese and tomatoes, plus one or two tiny donuts to be my breakfast carbs, I was allowed a certain amount for snack, then lunch was an open-faced sandwich on one piece of bread, second snack, dinner was a lot of meat. I know you said you are a pescetarian so fish or more eggs in a different way might be a good option here. The hardest part was giving up almost all fruits… grapes, apples, they are all just sugar bombs. I got tsked at the hospital for not gaining enough weight (I put on about 32 lbs and they wanted me to gain 40), but I was like look b*tches, I would love to eat six Krispy Kremes right now but I am not allowed. As long as the baby is growing enough, don’t worry too much about your own weight gain, it will be smaller than if you were allowed to eat pints of ice cream. But you are generally still permitted to have a fair amount of carbs, just not all at once.
My 20 month old son is not climbing out of the crib yet (nor does he show many signs of being able to do so soon other than generally lifting his leg sometimes when I approach). However, he sleeps extremely well on a cot at school and is starting to show signs of sleeping poorly in the crib. His night wakings have gone from zero in over a year (I know, I’m lucky), to almost every night for the past two weeks. He hasn’t napped alone in his crib at home in two months. It’s like he can fall asleep in the crib when he’s super tired at night but otherwise can’t. Has anyone else encountered this and transitioned directly to a full bed or to a mattress on the floor? Is it just a phase we should power through and keep him crib bound? Thanks.
join the facebook group “car seat for the littles” and they will be super helpful. then leave before the group gets too annoying.
FYI – for those of you looking for a PlanetBox for your kids, I just got an email with a code for 25% off your entire order. It’s School25 and you need to use it by 8/31.
Could anyone recommend a good stain remover that works on baby poop? I’ve heard good things about the babyganics one but have no idea if that is overblown.
Also, why are we constantly having blowouts???? It feels like the size is ok and we’ve tried a few different brands…
I just spent way too much money on Boden’s website. I told myself I’d probably be returning a dress or two that won’t fit correctly… but I’m not-so-secretly hoping they all fit. They seem to be the only place I can find a fit-and-flare dress for my pear shape that is an appropriate length and looks professional. My others are consistently my go-to dresses for meetings (with a blazer and heels)