Happy Monday! Did you know there are a lot of maternity items in the big Nordstrom Fall Clearance Sale? A lot of it is very springy stuff (lots of pastels), but I think this dress could be worn year-round, layered in winter with a navy cardigan and navy tights. The dress is Maternal America, one of…
If you had asked me six years ago whether I wanted a backpack, my answer would have been a hard and fast NO THANK YOU. Motherhood (helped by the fact that backpacks are trendy right now) has changed that — I wore a lightweight nylon one during both of my pregnancies when I had SPD…
I have not noticed this dress before, but Talbots has it in a zillion different colors and prints at the moment: meet the Bella side-drape dress. It’s machine washable (line dry), comes in regular, petite, plus, and plus size petites, and ranges in price from $62-$149. The pictured dress, in “forest fern,” (pictured in the…
Whoa: how have I not noticed this highly rated dress on Amazon for $35?!? Fine, fine, $36.99. I always love it when there are customer photos — Amazon is doing more and more of that — and everyone looks great. The dress comes in short sleeves as well as a simpler top; note that the…
A while ago, I realized that I was packing a Ziplock bag of makeup in addition to my usual favorite cosmetic bag — all because the brushes were too big for the cosmetic bag. I wanted something compact, easy to open (but contained on a counter), and big enough for makeup and a few other…
