Accessory Tuesday: Daphne Flat
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I’ve been marching through the conference circuit, and I always pack a pair of flat loafers like these.
Paul Green’s moc-toe flats have a cushioned footbed and grippy outsole that will keep you going from breakfast buffet to plated dinner. The pebbled leather upper has a horse-bit accent across the vamp, reminiscent of another classic loafer.
This loafer is $359 and available in black, cognac, and denim (probably best for the flight home). It comes in sizes 5.5 to 10.5.
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+
Ugh. My kid had a friend over after camp today. Normally when kids come over for play dates they pretty much disappear into our toy-filled basement. This girl has been whining to me all afternoon that she’s bored and wants TV. I did a science kit with that was a saved birthday present, and that went ok, but she’s turned her nose up at pretend play, all my kid’s toys and a bunch of arts and crafts/Lego/activity kits. This is a good friend of my kid’s and we haven’t had major issues when she’s been over before, and I know the family doesn’t give her endless screen time at home. I’m not sure what’s going on but I need a stiff drink.
I would pick the pool where there are kids that your kid would know from school. Also it’s probably hard to tell at this point if your kids will want to join swim team or not, but having a swim team was a big deal to our kids when we joined.
Is your concern explaining the tattoos or interacting with the people who have them? I think those would be issues handled differently for me.
I feel like my life is duct taped together right now. I was hospitalized last week for what I thought was severe dehydration (low BP, fast heart rate, super light headed), and turns out I had pneumonia and was held for 2.5 days to get lots of fluids and IV antibiotics. DH, who had comfortably been in a job for 10 years with max flexibility, started a new job the day I was admitted. So we spackled before/after 9-5 childcare together while also juggling his new commute/home routines. I’m about 8 days post diagnosis and finally feeling like a shell of myself but for utter exhaustion. But of course my 6 year old was diagnosed yesterday. Thankfully she’s not nearly as sick as I was. Praying the 8 month old doesn’t get it next, but I feel like it’s inevitable. My job is client facing, go-go-go at all times and I just….. cannot. Plus, DH is in a really good new company but it’s week 2. He can’t exactly be asking to dip out to take kids to pedi apts and so forth right now.
The only way out is through. The only way out is through. The only way out is through. End rant.
The main public pool in town is pretty nice: big, clean, shallow entry and slides for little kids. And I really like that it is one of the few public places where the group reflects the true demographics of the area: Spanish spoken, lots of average and larger bodies, and visible economic and racial diversity.
Unfortunately, almost every time we see someone with nazi tattoos. Some are blatant, others are coded ones that I wouldn’t notice but DH recognizes. Presumably everywhere I go in town the same people are walking around, but the tattoos are covered up. (No, we’re not moving in the immediate future, although the time may come.)
There is a new pool opening up as soon as it passes inspections. It will have the shallow toddler entry, but it’s much smaller, like maybe 10% of the size. It’s also in the wealthiest neighborhood, with less diversity in every way.
Annual passes cost enough we will need to pick one pool. Which would you take your kids too?
I keep my 4-year old’s room pretty neat, and it is bright and cheerful with fun decor. Actually, most of our house is fairly tidy. But my bedroom is a complete disaster – clothes and makeup all over the floor, a dresser that I haven’t got around to fixing, burned out lightbulbs that haven’t been replaced, overflowing hampers, etc. Why is this? And can anyone else relate?
Can anyone who currently lives in Europe or who has lived in Europe in one of the cycling nations comment on whether it’s the norm for women to bike commute throughout pregnancy? A friend and I were discussing this and she said everyone in the Netherlands continues to bike, but then I’m not sure if this is one of those myths that gets repeated like “all French women drink during pregnancy.”
Orthodontia advice, please! I feel like I see kids getting braces way earlier than when we were kids. Can someone with older kids talk me through the process? At what age do we first visit the orthodontist, and what kinds of questions should we be asking? How do we find one that’s decent? The one I went to as a kid was awful — I had to do three separate rounds of braces and my teeth are still messed up. When I google it, all the advice seems to be on orthdontists’ webpages, and I’m not sure I trust them to give me accurate information.
Any fun Olympics traditions with kids? My daughter is 6 so this is the first time she’s really old enough to care about it, and we’ve been traveling for most of the summer but are coming home this weekend and are both looking forward to a lot of time vegging on the couch with the Olympics on.
I have a (very) poor man’s version of these — Target has a loafer called the “Hayes Loafer Flats” that are $20 and shockingly good — they are in-between enough that you can wear them with a skirt or pants. I had a pair I wore constantly for years (and got tons of compliments on), and finally replaced them last week. The old ones are still fine, actually, they now just live at my office for emergencies.