Make My Life Easier Thursday: Deluxe Door Saver
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It’s nearly time to pull out the holiday decor! Here’s a clever Christmas wreath pad that will protect your door from scratches and scuffs all season long.
Made from green padded fabric, this wreath pad is finished with twist ties to secure your wreath and keep it out of sight. Two top slots accommodate the wreath hanger of your choice.
This wreath pad is $21.99 at The Container Store and comes in two sizes: 24” (for wreaths 24″ to 26″) and 30″ (for wreaths 30″ to 33″).
Sales of note for 11.25.24 (Great Black Friday Sales!!)
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Early Black Friday, up to 60% off — great deals on Natori, Vince, Theory, Boss, Cole Haan, Tory Burch, Rothy’s, and Weitzman, as well as gift ideas like Barefoot Dreams and Parachute — Dyson isn’t marked down at all but you do get 3x points on beauty purchases.
- Ann Taylor – 40% off your purchase, plus extra 15% off full price styles
- Anine Bing – Shop more, save more (spend $200-$300, get an extra 15-25% off)
- A.P.C. – Shop 40% off
- ba&sh – Up to 40% off Fall/Winter styles, including select colors of reader favorite Gaspard & Guspa cardigans (also included in Tuckernuck’s sale)
- Banana Republic Factory – 60% off everything + extra 20% off (or extra 30% off with your Gap Inc credit card) ends 11/26
- Bloomingdales – Take $25 off every $100 you spend on items labeled BLACK FRIDAY; ends 11/24
- Boden – 30% off on 1000s of styles, including reader favorites like this blazer and these dresses
- Cuyana – Free shipping over $95 (and 10% off your first order over $150)
- Demellier – 20% off with code, free worldwide shipping & returns
- Design Within Reach – 25% off sitewide (including reader-favorite office chairs Herman Miller Aeron and Sayl!)
- The Fold – Black Friday, up to 30% off everything
- Eloquii – 50% off everything + extra 10% off $125 or more
- Everlane – Up to 50% off everything
- Furla – Up to 50% off select styles
- J.Crew – Up to 50% off almost everything – LOTS of winter coats 40% off, down to $204-$230
- J.Crew Factory – 50% off everything, plus extra 25% off orders $125+
- Kule – 30% off sitewide
- Kohl’s – Earn $10 Kohl’s Cash for every $50 Spent – includes Travelpro luggage!
- LaLigne – 30% off in their ONLY sale of the year
- Lo & Sons – Up to 70% off – reader favorite laptop tote is under $200
- Macy’s – 20-50% off beauty brands like Clinique and Armani, 50% off designer handbags, 50-75% off sparkly jewelry, and 40-50% off women’s boots
- Mansur Gavriel – Winter sale, up to 60% off
- M.M.LaFleur – “20% off everything” (but exclusions apply)
- Ministry of Supply – 30% off sitewide
- Mulberry – Up to 40% off, including Bayswater, Islington, and more
- Neiman Marcus – Earn a $50-$1250 gift card, including on beauty and fragrance purchases
- Rothy’s – Everything up to 30% off (some also on sale at Nordstrom)
- Shopbop – 25% off storewide with code, including great blazers from Rag & Bone, IRO, Smythe, and select L’Agence (also lots of nice Black Halo dresses)
- Soma – Early Black Friday $29 bra event (up to 50% off)
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off, plus free shipping on everything (and 20% off your first order)
- Sue Sartor – Week of Joy sale, 30% off sitewide
- Steelcase – 25% off sitewide, including reader-favorite office chairs Leap and Gesture
- Strathberry – Pre-black Friday, enjoy up to 30% off select styles!
- Stuart Weitzman – Extra 25% off full-price and sale styles
- Talbots – 40% off your entire purchase + daily deals
- Theory – 25% off sitewide + up to 40% off select outerwear
- Tory Burch – 30% off $250+
- Tuckernuck – 20% off sitewide
- Universal Standard – At least 30% off sitewide, up to 70% off all styles
- Victoria’s Secret – 30% off everything, and 7/$35 panties
- White House Black Market – 60% off clearance, 30% off sitewide for WHBM members
- 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
- BabyJogger – 30% off sitewide
- BestBuy – Lots of deals on gaming consoles, including PS5, XBox Series X, and more
- Carter’s – 50-60% off entire site and store
- ErgoBaby – 25% off bouncers
- Graco – Up to 30% off sitewide
- Hanna Andersson – 50% off sitewide
- J.Crew Crewcuts – 50% off almost everything, prices marked
- Nordstrom – Lots of deals on Stokke, Maxi-Cosi, BabyJoger, Posh Baby, Silver Cross, and more
- Old Navy – Everything on sale
- SNOO / Happiest Baby – 30% off Snoo, up to 50% off sitewide
Can you make some recommendations on tech controls for kids? I’m so not tech saavy and don’t even know where to start. My kids all have Amazon tablets right now for their age. My SIL said something about her kids having a phone and she could see everything they see- is that a thing?
My eight year old is somehow under scheduled. Apparently I’m the opposite of many oops. His soccer season ended. His once a week lax clinics did too. He’s currently on a very relaxed basketball team that practices once a week but that’s it. What extracurriculars have your kids that age enjoyed? I tried to find coding but it’s all far away and hosted at other schools (his school doesn’t offer after school activities). But something like that that I’m not thinking of? He’s no super into art. Agh. I’m in a major metro area – there should be something fun!
Anyone have advice on deciding on whether to have a second kid via IVF when that wasn’t necessary for the first one? There would be a large age gap. We are torn between being one and done and wanting one more. Kid wants a sibling, and IVF is mostly covered by insurance (up to 3 tries).
I am seeking feedback from other moms on some daycare struggles. My son just turned 3. There is a new child in his class who is a bit younger and rowdier than the others. He bit my son through his raincoat and left a deep mark on his chest, and my son often complains to me that this child pushes him, causing him to fall. When I pick my son up he seems very sad on our drives home. He says he doesn’t like it. He did not used to be this way. I talked to the teachers and they said others have also complained about the other child’s biting and aggression, and they are doing everything they can but they are a no-expulsion school and incidents do happen. We don’t want my son to be unhappy at daycare. I would definitely be unhappy if someone was biting and shoving me. The staff do care for him and provide comfort afterwards. But it is affecting his mood about the whole place, and he is only 3. Is this normal? Is it worth looking at other options?
Re-posting about OT from a few days ago.
Looking into OT to help kid (~4) with some motor/coordination and what I perceive to be minor sensory stuff. We’re thinking to try for 6 months and then re-assess if we need to continue or just take on a complimentary activity instead (e.g. private swim, climbing).
Anything to look for, or any red flags, in an OT provider?
Any other Midwesterners wake up to the first snow of the season? It was just a dusting this morning but we’re supposed to get a couple inches this afternoon, and my kid is so excited. We’ve had some very mild winters the last few years and having enough snow to sled feels like a rare event now.
Just pondering- what’s your parenting philosophy on name calling?
Our 3 year old has started jokingly calling everyone a tooty butt. I gotta be honest- fart jokes are fairly common in our house and we think it’s kinda funny, so I’m pondering where to draw the line and if we need to reset a little. My husband still calls his sister an annoying nickname so we need to think through our values on this and might have to change what we’re modeling.
At the moment I told her she wasn’t allowed to call her baby brother it because he can’t agree to playing like so that so it’s name calling. Her Dad and I both got to chose if we were okay joking like that and we said we were.