Everyone Thursday: Page Pointy Toe Pump
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This pretty kitten heel pump is from Calvin Klein, whose shoes are surprisingly well-regarded. Every time I see one online they’ve got a really great rating, and we’ve included their Gayle pumps in the Corporette Workwear Hall of Fame because they’ve been around for years and always get high marks. These come in five colors in sizes 5-11 (what’s still in stock depends on size/color), and they’re only $108 at Nordstrom. Calvin Klein Page Pointy Toe Pump
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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?
Lawyer question…in house v. small firm for lifestyle? I have an amazing government job but at some point will need to leave in order to pay the bills, and honestly what I am looking for is good hours and flexibility. I know traditionally in house is the way to go for hours but was wondering whether a bank or fund (where I would probably end up if I went in house) might have more face time expectations than if I found myself at a smaller or mid-size firm where you have to hit your billables but nobody cares where you are when you hit them. I am at a sort of mid-career point so would probably go in to a firm at a counsel or partner level.
Thoughts?
Cb and other ladies in the U.K. – I’m heading to England in mid- may for a wedding. Posted on the main s ite request for assistance with my outfit and would love your thoughts. Thank you!
PSA!
Did you know kids can poison themselves with salt?
Daycare had salt out for tracing letters for the bigger kids (the room is 2-6 year olds, so the older kids were working on letters) and the younger kids, including my Kiddo, got into it and were eating a lot and then… blah blah blah vomiting and the ER all night long. Kiddo is fine, but poison control wanted her blood to get tested to make sure she wasn’t in a dangerous place with her sodium. I told daycare about it today, which felt awkward, but I gathered that at least a couple other kids were out with unexplained illnesses, so now they know.
best scooter for an almost three year old (in July)? should I get the kind with two wheels in front and one in the back, or skip straight to the two wheeler? I’m just concerned the two-wheeler is too old for her.
Totally non-kid related post (but it’s awkward to post on the main s!te at noon since that’s often when the post switches over).
I work at a non-profit that sometimes files amicus briefs. Most of the briefs are handled by a colleague but I handle a few that are in my particular niche. We often get outside firms to write these for us, but my colleague also has several junior attorneys under him to write in-house (junior as in 1-3 yrs out of school). Last year he had one of his interns, then a law student, help me with a brief. It was a frickin disaster. I had to re-write almost every sentence. The research was fine but kid cannot write. I was completely shocked when I found out my colleague had offered the intern a full time position after graduation. When the current case came in, my colleague said “hey Junior Attorney worked on this same issue for you last year — why not just have him write it?” Not fully recalling how horrific the brief last year was, I agreed. When I got the draft on Monday, I could barely get through it because it was so awful. Like written by a high school senior awful. Like using extremely imprecise and casual language awful. Like “these people have at least or even maybe more power than other people” is an actual phrase from an argument about a certain government office. I have an incredible research assistant who’s not a lawyer but has an MA and is going to law school in the fall. I gave him the brief to re-write and he turned out something gorgeous.
The kicker is that my colleague read the awful, awful draft, made two tiny edits, and handed it over to me. This is a guy who went to a top law school and worked at a top law firm. I mention that only because there is no way he has that background and could not see how bad this brief was. So either he didn’t really read it and doesn’t care about the quality (even though our organization’s reputation would be severely tarnished by having a brief like this filed in the Supreme Court) or, more likely, he saw it was terrible and figured I’d clean it up. That he didn’t even say to his subordinate “hey, this is not good” but just handed it off to me is what really gets me. He’s well-respected and has a certain amount of dorky celebrity and I feel like he thinks he’s above actually reviewing the work with his name on it.
I’m not sure what to do. I figure my options are: (1) say nothing unless and until I have to explain in the future why I don’t want to work with this particular junior attorney; (2) bring it up with my colleague as a sort of “hey, this was really awful and we over in our division had to put considerable resources into fixing it”; or (3) bring it up with the guy who sits below this colleague but above the junior people (and who, I understand, does the work of reviewing and fixing briefs when they’re the ones filing — I think my colleague figured I’d do that fixing instead, but that’s not my job and that guy is, frankly, not as high up in the organization as I am so I’m kind of insulted my colleague thought he could just dump that same work on me, when I should be his equal). No. 3 would just be to make sure people know the junior guy’s work is no good so he gets closer supervision. But it’s not a big team so they have to already know. I just don’t get how this guy has a job here.
PSA – Target Ponte Blazers on clearance for $9!
http://www.target.com/p/women-s-ponte-blazer-black-l-merona/-/A-50221607
Do we absolutely have to get a little potty for potty training or does one of those inserts work?
Also, for those of you who followed Oh Crap, can we just spend the entire weekend outside with said little potty or do you think we need to keep things indoors and more normal? We have hardwoods and rugs, so I’d really love to just make this a fun outdoors day…
Tomorrow I’ll be 39 weeks pregnant with my first, and my assignments at work are really starting to dry up. People are hesitant to give me long-term projects for obvious reasons, and there’s only so much short-term stuff to do. I’m at a small law firm with not a ton of pressure to bill, so I’m not worried about that – I’m just bored. I have limited leave time, so I still have to come in every day, but I don’t have anything to do. I’m caught up on CLEs and have everything in order for the kid. Any other ideas about how to spend my time during the day? There’s only so much news I can catch up on!
PSA: I have a couple of these skirts (Only Hearts Women’s Double Knit Knee Length Pencil Skirt – link to follow) that I bought at a local boutique and while they aren’t cheap, for ponte knit they hold up amazingly well and are perfect for in between stages of pregnancy (and I’d guess PP).
Since it’s stretchy I can easier wear it below my bump. Unless you’re crazy thin like the model I don’t think it looks good with a knit top tucked in, but with a sweater or untucked button down I feel put together!
Ok, so my 3 year old kiddo has started gagging on food. It started out with just select vegetables (peas, corn), and then started to include meat (unless she likes it), and some fruit with skin or strings (bananas, oranges – both of which used to be favorite fruits). Last night she was cruising through some mashed potatoes and suddenly gagged after a bite, and wouldn’t touch them after that. She has gagged so hard that she’s thrown up several times.
Is this a normal 3 year old thing? She was a human garbage disposal as a baby, got very picky around her third birthday, and the gagging has started in the last month or so.
I think I got stuck in moderation yesterday… Any specific recommendations for point and shoot cameras? Budget is $500 and ability to capture quickly moving toddlers is of utmost importance.
Thanks!
I’m looking for anonymous internet support. I’ve posted before — on here or the main site — about moving to a small town for my now husband, giving up a (legal) job I loved and excelled at, and being unable to find a job in the small town. I’ve been commuting about three hours a day for several years, to a job I don’t love. I’m reaching the end of my maternity leave and have decided that I won’t be going back. The commute was soul-crushing enough before I had a kid; add in that it would largely prevent me from seeing said kid during the week, and I just can’t do it. I had thought about trying to go part-time, but I never want to be full-time there again and it would take time away from my current plan — networking and volunteering in small town in the hopes of finding a local job.
I am not sure how to handle my profound sadness about quitting. I wanted my kid to have a working mother, and I’m terrified I will not be able to get back into the job market.
I’m also not sure when and how to start the job search. Is it ok to let connections know that I’m quitting only because of the commute? Should I wait a few months and spin it as wanting a longer maternity leave than I could get? I’m concerned about people thinking I couldn’t hack it or wasn’t committed. And, maybe, that’s true–I’m just not willing to make the family sacrifices required for a job I don’t really like that involves that much of a commute.
Any kind words on how to navigate this? (Please don’t just tell me it’s a mistake to quit, because I’m all too aware of the risks.)
Does anyone have updated information on zika risk in the Miami area? DH has a business trip planned to Miami in a few weeks, and I’m a bit concerned since we’ll be TTC #2 in the next 3-4 months. He’ll likely be inside at a hotel almost the entire time, so I recognize the risk is low – but we had a zika scare with our first pregnancy and those 9 months of waiting to see what would happen were not fun. I’ve checked the CDC website and it’s the usual precautionary language, but I’m curious whether anyone has had conversations with doctors, local folks on the ground in Miami, etc. about the potential risks.
I’m beyond frustrated with my 7-year-old. Every time we get together with my parents, at their house, I can count on him having some uncharacteristically intense meltdown. At this point, I think it’s attention seeking behavior. He gets mouthy, argumentative and just plain mean with me when I tell him to use his manners or play more quietly. He cries, loudly — seriously, it sounds like a toddler meltdown. He pulls c r a p that he never would at home, and I spend a lot of time removing him from the situation and/or the rules at Grandma’s house. Last weekend, his response that “Grandma’s house doesn’t have rules.” Oh heck no. I explained that Grandma’s rules are the same as ours at home and he sassed back, “No, that’s not true.” His behavior embarrasses me and I’m at the end of my rope trying to figure out WHY he’s doing this. Before each visit, I’ve been proactive about telling him how I expect him to behave. It doesn’t work. I’ve removed him from the situation, or even left early. It doesn’t have any lasting effect.
He so badly wants my mom’s attention at all times and is a total pest when she’s trying to get a meal on the table, play with other cousins, etc. It’s not like he doesn’t get one-on-one time with her, so I don’t know why he’s feeling so neglected. She’s been more than patient with him, and maybe that’s part of the problem. My mom says no, but he still tries to walk all over her because she’s too nice about it.
Anyway, I’ve started avoiding going to my parents’ house altogether because the entire situation makes me feel like a terrible parent even though I’m trying to address it. He doesn’t act like this at home; it’s a lovely act for my parents and siblings.
I’m here this morning to sing the praises of the Betabrand maternity yoga pant dress pant – I hate maternity work pants, but I don’t ever want to take these off! The material is a thick ponte and the waist band can easily be folded over or worn the way the model on the Betabrand s*te wears it for more support. I think these will be great for postpartum wear, as well!
I’m 5’5″ 125lb (when not pregnant) and gain alllll my weight in my butt, hips and thighs. I purchased a petite medium and the length is just short enough that I can wear flats, but it doesn’t look silly with 2.5″ heels.