Budget Thursday: Byrdie Satchel
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Huh: Amazon seems to have a lot of deals on accessories today, including Kate Spade and Frye. This cute little crossbody bag was $298, but comes down to $175 in today’s sale — there are lots of colors, prices, and shipping options, but the good news is this black one is eligible for Prime. Nice. kate spade new york Cameron Street Byrdie
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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?
Late post, but I’m fried and trying to finish up year end reviews while sick and tired. I have an associate who has an “affect,” and I’m struggling with how to incorporate it into her review. She tends to be a bit of a know it all, even with senior partners. With clients, she can project confidence, but I get annoyed when she pushes back or second guesses to a degree that is overreaching. I want to encourage her confidence with clients, while encouraging her to tamp it down slightly internally. Is there a way to communicate this in a review? Is it even appropriate for a review since I’ve not discussed with her personally? It is otherwise a very favorable review.
For how long do you consider home cooked leftovers good in the fridge? For months now we’ve been cooking food on Sunday to eat through the following Friday, so five days. This includes meals for our toddler. I never thought much of it but then saw the FDA recommends 3-4 days in the fridge for meat. Yes, I realize the safest way to proceed would be to follow the FDA rec exactly, but we have indeed been operating this way for months without issue and I’m leaning toward agreeing with DH that it’s just a conservative guideline and we’re fine. Looking for some anecdata. Thanks!
I’m a first time mom, DD is 9 months. I was (and still am) nowhere near ready to leave my baby overnight. I had a hard time leaving her with my parents and a nanny for 12 hours when I was in my friends wedding. Pre-baby I thought we would certainly go away for our anniversary when she was 6 months old, nope nope nope! It really depends on the person though. We also nurse, so having to pump on the trip (including 2-3 times at night when she was 3 months) wouldn’t have been great. I think I’ll be ready when she’s 18 months old.
If you gave birth to a baby in early January, would you be ready to go away for a long weekend without the baby by late April? Baby would stay with my mother, who will be with me throughout maternity leave and will be the caregiver after I return to work. It’s a tradition for us to travel on our birthdays, and was kind of hoping to keep that alive, but now I’m a first time mom so I have no idea how I’ll feel.
Thanks for the input ladies! That was helpful.
Help! Need gift ideas for a 7 year old boy. He is really into Harry Potter (already has the books) and loves to play basketball. He is super smart for his age.
I’m excited for a family beach trip coming up in June. Just so I can daydream away the cold weather outside, what would be your must-haves for a beach trip with an almost-2 year old? I am really, really hoping he will keep a hat on (currently we have limited success in that area).
Thanks all for the input on my nanny share/nap issue yesterday. I ended up talking with the other parents and leaving it open-ended about what we should do, and they were very apologetic and we came up with a good solution that works for all of us (other baby takes a short nap before arriving so she and my kid are on the same nap schedule for the rest of the day). Yay!
Oh shoot, I just realized you walk them home, so carseats are not in play. :(
I’m heading back to work in January after a 3 month maternity leave. I have been breastfeeding and giving a bottle a couple times a week. I have been pumping to start a frozen stash (about 75 oz) just in case i have to travel for work, am low one day, etc. However, I’ve seen on Google that women have freezers absolutely packed with frozen milk. How do women create such a huge frozen stash unless they are overpumping each day and creating an oversupply? And what’s the point of having such a huge stash? What am I missing?
Please help me unf*ck my get-home-serve-dinner routine. I have two kiddos, a son who is 15 months and a daughter who is 3. I pick them up from daycare, walk them home (max 10 min), and then do dinner, bath and bedtime. I should be able to pull dinner together in five minutes or less – it’s usually just microwaving the main dish and cutting up some sides – but I can’t because from the moment we walk in the door, the kids are awful. My daughter does all the things she shouldn’t do (going in my room, grabbing my phone, rummaging through my purse, sneaking treats, etc.). My son only wants to be held (and my back isn’t made for baby carriers).
Without getting into the humiliating details, let’s just say that every day this week, I have grown livid by the time dinner is on the table and have ended up bellowing, guilting or going totally silent (none of which is good for me or the kids) But they drive me nuts! I don’t even have time to put down my bag or change out of my work clothes (or take off my coat, even), because I am just trying to prevent crying / screaming / destruction, and get dinner on the f-ing table so that the whole night doesn’t go off the rails. I’ve started dreading pickup for this reason.
So: What how do I fix this? I’ve already tried half-paying-attention to the baby, ignoring the baby and just trying to get dinner ready ASAP, and bribes for the toddler; none of this has been successful. I guess I could sit them down with some snacks, but then that works against their eating the dinner that will follow literally within five minutes (and snack prep takes a bit of time too). Based on past experience, I don’t think TV/phone time is a good solution.
Please help me retain my sanity and not set my kids up for years of therapy. Thanks so much for any advice.
I love the Mighty Girl website for empowering books for my daughter. Does anyone have suggestions for similar type books geared toward young, elementary-aged boys? Also on the hunt for books about it being ok to make mistakes.
cross posting from the main site and apologies for the length of this post. Unfortunately, the HR department where I work has a history of providing people with incorrect information. I’m pregnant with twins. My manager has already indicated that I should take as much time as I’m allowed, so I am trying to figure out exactly what that is before I go and speak to HR because I want to be able to advocate for myself. We don’t have a great policy – it is basically STD (6 pr 8 weeks depending on how you deliver plus unpaid leave through FMLA). My question is about the FMLA part of the policy. Someone else posted about this recently where they were able to take extra unpaid time because their FMLA 12 weeks per year was based on their start date rather than a calendar year and I think that my policy might read like that as well. Here is what it says:
“Family leaves, which may be limited to 12 weeks in any 12-month period, will be provided if requested for the birth of a child of the employee. The company uses the individual’s current anniversary date of hire in a benefits-eligible status to calculate the 12-month period.” —> This makes me think that if hypothetically my start date was August 1 and I give birth on May 15 via c-section, I would take 8 weeks of STD bringing me to July 10. Then I would use 3 weeks of unpaid FMLA bringing me to July 31 and those 3 weeks would be coming from my FMLA allotment for August 2017-August 2018. But then the way the policy reads, it seems like the FMLA period start over on August 1, so could I take an additional 12 weeks unpaid? Or am I completely misinterpreting this?
Later on it says “staff members whose medical leave, family leave, or medical leave in combination with family leave does not exceed 12 weeks will be returned to the same or an equivalent position.” but does not say anything about 12 weeks within the calculated 12 month period or 12 consecutive weeks or anything like that. It does say that you can take the leave on an intermittent basis or through a reduced work schedule and I’m not sure if that is relevant on how to interpret this part. Is it incorrect to imply that when it says “does not exceed 12 weeks” that means “within the calculated 12 month period,” based on the definition provided at the beginning of the policy?
My LO is coming up on 11 months and it seems like a lot is supposed to happen by a year — in terms of nursing less and eating more. Talk to me about this transition in your experience… Did you start intentionally nursing less/send different meals to daycare/move to only sippy cup etc., or did it kind of happen naturally. We nurse morning, evening, and once overnight and send three bottles to daycare. I’m definitely going to get the daycare’s input/support in transitioning to the next room as well but more interested in hearing about how the transition was for y’all. I’m still nursing and pumping, but would like to wean as soon as he’s ready for cow’s milk because PUMPING and because we’d like to get working on #2.
Can anyone recommend toddler water shoes that ACTUALLY STAY ON?!?! Thanks so much!