Organizing Thursday: Desk Organizer and Power Station
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I work primarily from home from a small, ladder-style desk, so space is at a premium.
This stackable organizer and power station is made to make the most of small spaces. You can use each piece stacked or alone. It includes USB ports, a power hub, and a phone stand for docking and charging. There’s also a pencil cup, storage tray, and cord wrap. It could even work on a nightstand or kitchen island.
This desk organizer and power station is $31.99 at Target.
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+
We had plans to trick or treat with a good friend of my kid’s (who’s also a neighbor) and now they told us that their kid has a sports practice from 6-7:30 so they want to go before or after. I don’t think any houses will be ready much before 6, and people start running out of candy in our area by 8, so I feel like that would be a really disappointing experience for my kid, who is in elementary school and old enough to expect trick or treating to last for a couple of hours and involve going to dozens of houses. Is there a tactful way to nope out of this? Or do we just say we’ll start solo and meet them when they’re done with their activity?
Grandmas and others demanding to hold the newborn baby….WHY?!? Has this always been a thing or is it unique to this generation? I’ve got a baby in the NICU and MIL is threatening to show up and demand she can see him because she’s family and deserves to hold him. We are fielding multiple daily demands about this. The entitlement, I cannot. (The NICU will not let her in so she can show up all she wants).
I have a formula-fed 14 month old who is having a really hard time transitioning off bottles. Is currently drinking just 2 oz upon waking and 2 oz before bedtime. He tolerates cow milk in the bottles, so it’s not the formula that is an issue, but he cries if we try to give him a hard-spout sippy cup for his AM or PM bottle. Is it okay to move to soft spout sippy cups like the Nuk early learners for the milk and then eventually transition to hard-spout? Or do we need to be really firm about the hard spout and just try to go cold turkey on bottles? Any weaning advice appreciated!
I recently had a miscarriage and was being assessed for the risk of a rare complication based on the genetic abnormality in the embryo (I posted on here about it – partial molar pregnancy). I just heard from the doctor and it sounds like I’m likely all clear! I guess you can’t rule it out 100%, but the results look really good. This means we can most likely start trying again on our timetable and not go through the terrible treatment some women have to do for molar pregnancy. I can’t even tell you how relieved I am. We didn’t tell many people in real life about the pregnancy and I need to scream it from the rooftops here at least…
How much do you spend on kid activities for kids in elementary school?
Any suggestions for a good bike helmet for a 4 year old? I can’t tell what price point is reasonable- it seems like an easy area to take advantage of parents who will pay $70 to protect their kids’ heads when a $30 helmet will do the same. Ideally will have a flat back for trailer riding.
Why did I think it was a good idea to get the COVID booster while on my period…
Wellp, we got kicked out of daycare for hitting. We are working with our OT therapist and pediatrician, but we don’t have a short term solution other than keeping our kid home. Luckily my husband is unemployed and can take the bulk of child care, but it’s still not great. We have a lot of meetings set up for next week, but in the meantime it’s ruining my work productivity and making both my husband and me really stressed. I’d like to just take time off, but I have time-sensitive projects and no one else will keep them moving if I don’t. Any advice? Thank you!!
I posted a little while ago about whether to keep our neuropsychology appt that was both $$$ and booked 5 months out but our daughter was much different than when we had initially booked the appointment.
The universe told us we should move it. (1) the day the first parent consult was scheduled ended up being the same day as parent teacher conferences. We could have requested to slip the conference in earlier, but (2) DH’s company released a new benefit that would cover $1500 of the $3500 appointment, effective January 2024 and (3) we both ended up with a work conflict we’d have to move for the one person portion.
Any one of those alone we would have kept the appointment, but all 3 coupled with her more stable state AND that he could swap us with a family scheduled for early January made it seem like the smart choice.
Thanks for being such a good sounding board.